Dead by Daylight celebrates the Chinese New Year – and releases a lot of stuff. There are many unlockable cosmetics and blood points waiting.
In Dead by Daylight, the Patch 5.5 has just started, bringing new story content to the SAW franchise. This also marks the beginning of the “Lunar New Year” event, which this year is called “The Lurking Stripes.” For killers and survivors, this means more blood points, new in-game tasks, and a whole range of unlockable cosmetics.
What do you have to do during the event? The event works very similarly to previous events in Dead by Daylight. During the event, Red Envelopes appear in the blood webs of all characters. These can be activated as offerings at the start of a match.
The red envelopes can also be opened by other players. In this case, both players (the opener and the owner) receive a reward in the form of blood points. Additionally, the owner receives one of the cosmetic rewards at the end of the match.
In simpler terms: If you want to grab the cosmetic rewards, you need to use Red Envelopes as offerings and then open them yourself or have another player do it.
What can be unlocked? There are several rewards in the form of cosmetic items, both for killers and survivors.
New clothing is available for the killers Clown, Artist, and Nurse, as well as a new weapon for the Trapper.
Survivors can look forward to new clothing for David King, Jane Romero, and Kate Denson.
In addition, there are various charms that can be used for decoration by both sides. All items are showcased in this trailer:
Apart from that, there are also thematically appropriate toolboxes and Fire-Crackers during the event, which can be used to distract the killer (or simply to celebrate).
How long does the event last? The event runs from January 25th to February 8th. All players have this time to earn the various rewards and benefit from the bonus blood points.
By the way, daily login is also worthwhile, as currently, there are 50,000 blood points just for logging in every day.
How does the community feel about this? Generally, the mood among players seems to be rather positive that an event is coming and that there are more blood points – especially since the current patch has significantly increased the blood points from another source. However, there are also some loud voices who believe that Dead by Daylight is becoming too complacent and has no new ideas for events. The event resembles many other events and brings very few new ideas.
But while we’re on the subject of skins – another killer has exactly lost that. The Cannibal can no longer use his skin masks of survivors since Patch 5.5. The reason for the removal was the racist actions of some players.
