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All 7 official updates we track, newest first, from Aug 25, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026. Hotfixes and minor updates that Behaviour Interactive posted separately are listed as their own entries.
This bugfix patch adjusts the Dark Arrogance Killer perk again: its basic-attack cooldown reduction now applies to every basic attack at 10%, instead of 15/20/25% on missed attacks only. The rest of the notes fix audio, character, map, interface, crash, Haunted by Daylight and Lights Out issues.
This bugfix patch adjusts when Survivors can Surrender and when Killers can End Trial, so both options apply when the remaining opponents are bots. Killer Powers with a stack count now show 0 on the HUD when the stack is depleted, and The Mastermind's Virulent Bound redirects better. The rest of the notes are bug fixes for audio, bots, characters, maps, perks and the interface.
The Mid-Chapter update adds the Survivor Intent System, which lets Survivors send and receive text messages during a match, and reworks the Abandon, Surrender and End Trial options. It updates a large group of Killer and Survivor perks and adds a new Rift, Academia. For example, Agitation now gives 14/16/18% Haste while carrying a Survivor, up from 6/12/18%, and Help Wanted can now compromise up to 3 Generators at a time instead of 1.
A small patch reverts the Divine Light curve window changes for The Judgment. The window while Zealous returns to 0.6s from 0.8s, and the window when non-Zealous is reverted too.
This bugfix patch changes The Judgment, The Xenomorph and several 2v8 elements. The Judgment's Zealous curve window grows from 0.6s to 0.8s, Ghostface's Night Shroud charge rate rises from 15% to 20% and chest spawns increase from 20 to 27. Invoking Salt is a new item, and Nostromo Wreckage is now available in 2v8.
A bugfix patch with a few balance changes. The Judgment's Zealous Divine Light curve window doubles to 0.6s from 0.3s, and The Knight's Guards now path around Pallets that are dropped while Hunting. Repressed Alliance and Vigil are adjusted too, and the rest are bug fixes.
Chorus of Sin adds the Killer The Judgment and the Survivor Aurora, with new Killer and Survivor perks. Unhook Protections now give Endurance and 10% Haste for 10 seconds, down from 15 seconds, plus Elusive. Perk changes include Coulrophobia at 20/25/30% from 30/40/50% and Keep Them Waiting at 5% from 4%.
Counts move with time of day, weekday, seasons and events as much as with patches, so a change next to a patch date is not proof the patch caused it. Where an official source gives only a date, the marker can be off by several hours.
Steam concurrent players is the number of people in Dead by Daylight on Steam at the moment of each hourly snapshot (Valve's public Steam Web API, GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers, app 381210). It does not include players on other platforms or launchers and is not the game's total player base. History starts when Nerf Radar began recording it. Steam is a trademark of Valve Corporation; Nerf Radar is not affiliated with Valve.