In Dead by Daylight, players will soon have story and new quests. Additionally, the game will feature cutscenes with even more lore.
One of the biggest wishes of the Dead by Daylight community over the years has been the introduction of more story content. Currently, the stories of the characters are told only in small summaries or notes on addons, offerings, and other items. But that will change soon.
This year, the developers want to bring story content into the game that will be expanded roughly every 3 months. This was announced in the roadmap for Year 4 of Dead by Daylight. We will reveal what this means.
Here are the “Archives” of Dead by Daylight: Dead by Daylight is set to receive a new submenu called the Archives. Here, players take on the role of a new character who explores the fog of the game world. After all, the entire game takes place only in the created world of the Entity.
This new character, however, is capable of venturing into the fog and uncovering individual memories from specific characters. These can be both killers and survivors.
In the “Archives,” players can then refer back to these memories.
This is how the Archives work: Each story in the Archives has its own progress network. This is similar to the blood web, but each point is a mission that the player must complete. These can be general tasks, such as “Escape as a Survivor from a match,” but also very specific tasks, such as: “Catch a Survivor in a bear trap immediately after they have climbed through a window.”
By completing the missions, players then unlock new missions.
What rewards are available? The basic reward consists of bloodpoints for the small intermediate steps, as well as excerpts from a character’s story. But there are also cosmetic rewards. Survivors and killers will soon be able to equip “charms,” meaning lucky charms that will be visibly attached to the character. Essentially a new “prestige” symbol, when a specific story has been completed.
For lore fans, the main reward is likely to be the unlocking of small cinematics. These will presumably be available for the successful completion of an entire story and provide insights into the past lives of the characters. So, anyone who has always wanted to know how the life of Dwight, Meg, or the Trapper has unfolded will find happiness in the Archives.
A new “Tome” every 3 months: Similar to the chapters with new killers, the developers plan to release a new “Tome” every three months alongside the mid-chapter patches, which will include several backstories with quests and unlockable rewards. Each Tome is to contain three parts:
- At least one story about a killer
- At least one story about a survivor
- A general story about the game world
When will the Archives be available? Starting with the next “Mid Chapter Patch.” This is expected to be the case at the beginning of November. However, the developers have said that the feature could be delayed if they are not satisfied with it yet.
Are you excited about more story in Dead by Daylight? Or do you think the game doesn’t need it, and the developers should focus on other things?
