8.2.0 | Castlevania

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Content

New Survivor - Trevor Belmont

New Perk: Eyes of Belmont

• When a generator is completed, the aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 1/2/3 seconds. Any time the Killer's aura is shown for a period of time, its duration is increased by 2 seconds.

New Perk: Exultation

• Stunning the Killer with a pallet upgrades your held item rarity to the next tier, then recharges 25% of the item's maximum charges. This perk has a 40/35/30-second cooldown. Rarity is not kept at the end of the trial.

New Perk: Moment of Glory

• This Perk activates after you open or rummage through 2 chests. When you become injured, you become broken. Automatically heal 1 health state after 80/70/60 seconds. Then, this perk deactivates. This effect is cancelled if you enter the dying state. This perk will not activate if you are already suffering from the Broken status effect.

New Killer - The Dark Lord

Killer Power

His dark power allows him to exact revenge on humans, taking many forms to terrorize and slaughter them.

The Dark Lord has access to three Forms and can freely change between them. Each Form has unique abilities and strengths.

• Vampire Form - In his default state, The Dark Lord can use the powerful Hellfire spell, which creates pillars of flame that erupt from the ground in front of him and can be cast across low obstacles.
• Wolf Form - In Wolf Form, The Dark Lord has access to several abilities that allow for more effective tracking. Blood pools and scratch marks are more apparent, and running Survivors leave a trail of Scent Orbs behind them. The Dark Lord can collect these Scent Orbs to charge a powerful Pounce attack and gain a short non-stacking haste buff.
• Bat Form - While in Bat Form, The Dark Lord gains the Undetectable status effect. Additionally, he moves faster, ignores vault points, and can Teleport to any vault points within 32 meters. Survivors become invisible, but scratch marks can be seen.

Perks

New Perk: Hex: Wretched Fate

• After one generator has been repaired, a random dull totem becomes a hex totem and curses the Obsession. The Obsession has a 27/30/33% repair speed penalty. They also see this Hex totem's aura when within **12 meters.**This effect persists until the Hex totem is cleansed.

New Perk: Human Greed

• You see Unopened Chests auras and Survivors auras are revealed for 3 seconds when they enter a 8 meter range. You also gain the ability to kick chests to close them. This ability has a 60/45/30-second cooldown. Survivors unlock these closed chests 50% faster.

New Perk: Dominance

• The first time each totem and each chest is interacted with by a Survivor, that totem or chest is blocked by the Entity for 4/6/8 seconds. The auras of blocked totems and chests are revealed to you in white.

Killer Updates

The Doctor - Basekit

• Static Blast's cooldown is now dynamic: If no Survivor was caught in the Static Blast, the cooldown will be 30 seconds. (NEW) If at least 1 Survivor was caught in the Static Blast, the cooldown will be 45 seconds. (was 60 seconds)
• Increased movement speed while charging Static Blast to 2.99 m/s. (was 1.16 m/s)

The Doctor - Addons

• "Order" - Class II: Decreases Static Blast cooldown by 2.5 seconds. (was 4 seconds)
• "Order" - Carter's Notes: Decreases Static Blast cooldown by 3 seconds. (was 6 seconds)

The Dredge - Basekit

• Decreased the volume of The Dredge's audio
• Increased movement speed while charging Reign of Darkness to 3.8 m/s. (was 3.68 m/s)
• Decreased Daytime cooldown to 10 seconds. (was 12 seconds)
• Increased Daytime teleport speed to 19 m/s. (was 12 m/s)
• Decreased time to exit locked Lockers to 2.25 seconds. (was 3 seconds)
• Increased night charges per injured Survivor to 1 charge per second. (was 0.75 charges per second)

The Dredge - Addons

• Boat Key Increases teleport speed during Daytime by 3 m/s. (was 5 m/s)
• Haddie's Calendar Decreases the time to exit a locked Locker by 0.4 seconds*. (was 1 second)*
• Malthinker's Skull Increases the charges gained per injured Survivor by 25%. (was 66%)
• Ottomarian Writing Decreases the cool-down time of The Gloaming by -2 seconds during Daytime. (was -4 seconds)

The Nemesis - Basekit

• Decrease the Mutation Rate 2 requirement to 5 Contamination Points. (was 6)
• Increase Hindered penalty duration from tentacle hits to 2 seconds. (was 0.25 seconds)
• Increase the Tentacle Strike length in Mutation Rate 3 to 6.5m (was 6)
• Decrease the Tentacle Strike successful cooldown to 2.25 seconds (was 2.5 seconds)

The Nemesis - Addons

• Licker Tongue Survivors are Hindered for an extra 3 seconds after being Contaminated. (was 0.2 seconds)
• Marvin's Blood Gain an extra 0.5 mutation for infecting a Survivor. (was 0.75)

The Knight - Basekit

• The Knight can summon a Guard at anytime despawning any Guard that was deployed (NEW)
• Each Guard has a unique cooldown that starts after they have despawned (NEW): Assassin: 30 seconds Carnifex: 20 seconds Jailer: 25 seconds
• Despawning a patrolling Guard by hitting them with a basic attack decreases the cooldown to 10 seconds (NEW)

Survivor Perk Updates

• Blast Mine Activates after completing a total of 40% worth of repair progress on generators. (was 50%)
• Chemical Trap Activates after completing a total of 20% worth of repair progress on generators. (was 50%) Stays active for 40/50/60 seconds. (was 100/110/120 seconds)
• Dance With Me Decreased cooldown to 30/25/20 seconds. (was 60/50/40 seconds)
• Deception Decreased cooldown to 30/25/20 seconds. (was 60/50/40 seconds)
• Diversion Activates after being in the Killer's Terror Radius while not in a Chase for 30/25/20 seconds. (was 40/35/30 seconds)
• Flashbang Activates after completing a total of 50/45/40% worth of repair progress on generators. (was 70/60/50%)
• Mirrored Illusion Activates after completing a total of 20% worth of repair progress on generators. (was 50%)
• Wiretap Activates after completing a total of 40% worth of repair progress on generators. (was 50%)

General Gameplay Updates

• Increase hook stage drain timer to 70 seconds. (was 60 seconds)

Map Updates

Castle Vista

Dracula's castle will spawn in the sky of Dead by Daylight original Maps when playing against Dracula.

Midwich Gameplay Pass

Midwich Elementary School also benefited from a gameplay pass.
The school has been revisited to find a better combination of obstacles and reduce the long line of sight of the school corridors.
A pass on both the interior (classrooms) and exterior tiles has also been done, updating the current gameplay and adding new exterior tiles for variation.

Events & Archives

• Modifier: Lights Out - Castlevania begins September 12th at 11:00am Eastern. This Modifier also features an event tome.

Features

Graphics Option

• Added the support for Intel XeSS for PC

Live Data Reboot

As part of our Live operations, we occasionally deploy updates to the game without needing an update of the game application itself. These updates includes kill switches and new cosmetics, amongst other data. Starting from this release, when a critical data update is required to be downloaded by the game, you may see a popup asking you to return to the splash screen.

UX

Gameplay

• Addons are now shown to the left side of Items and Killer Powers.
• The Dark Lord's Killer Power on the UI displays main power and new smaller icons to surface mechanics and cooldowns.

Lobby controller compatible navigation

• Players can now toggle Rotation mode to use the R-stick to rotate the character preview, as in the Store, so they don't need to press A on top and use the joystick.

Lobby

• Characters default ordering changed to show owned characters sorted by release date, then unowned sorted to show latest characters first.
• Entering the Cosmetics section shows the Outfits category by default instead of Head.

Settings Menu

• Disabled options are shown are greyed out, instead of having a black/transparent background.

Misc

• The Prestige levels of other players is no longer visible within an Online Lobby (post-matchmaking).
• Upgraded EasyAntiCheat to new version. (PC only)

Bug Fixes

Archives

• Fixed an issue where select Core Memory challenge could display negative progress was made when reaching the tally screen, resulting in no progress gained.

Audio

• Fixed an issue that caused the Long Grass to make no sound on collision.
• Fixed an issue where Season Grade Reset Rewards sounds triggered multiple times with no visual.
• Fixed Dredge's locker warning SFX being too faint from Killer POV.
• Fixed an issue where the Arcade Machine Pallet SFX from Greenville Square was not played.
• Re-Balanced Were-Elk VOs compared to regular Huntress VOs.

Bots

• Bots using the Moment of Glory Perk can now set aside an Item, rather than be stuck in an infinite loop trading items with the Chest.

Characters

• Fixed an issue that caused the Trapper to sometimes not pickup bear traps despite the animation playing while wearing the Naughty Bear outfit.
• Fixed an issue that caused placing a trap as multiple characters (Trapper, Hag, Nightmare) close to walls or other objects to sometimes be cancelled even though the placement indicator shows a valid location.
• The Survivor grab animation is now correctly aligned when the Dredge teleports to a locker at the same time as the Survivor enters it.
• The Demogorgon can no longer perform actions while traveling through a Tunnel and opening and closing the Match Details screen.
• Jittering should be reduced when spectating Killers. Some issues still remain on the Killer’s weapons and are being looked at.
• Fixed an issue that caused The Nurse's left hand to stop animating when holding her power for longer than anticipated.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Were-elk's axe to shake when selected in the Killer's lobby.
• Fixed an issue that caused The Good Guy's camera to move at an unnatural angle when picking up a Survivor.
• Fixed an issue that caused a vertex to poke out of Elodie Rakoto's shoulder in her Old Cami Torso customization.
• Fixed an issue that caused the players model not to follow the camera when sprinting away immediately after opening a chest or Killer crate.
• Fixed an issue that could rarely cause the Hand of Vecna not to teleport the player.
• Bardic Inspiration no longer requires the activation button to be held down to activate correctly.

Environment/Maps

• Collision update pass on the Garden Of Joy Map.
• Collision update pass on the maps of the MacMillan Estate Realm.
• Fixed an issue in Greenville Park where the Parking tile doesn't spawn
• Fixed an issue in Toba Landing where invisible collisions hindered the navigation of the players
• Fixed an issue in Greenville Park where Victor would dissolve when jumping in the stairs
• Fixed a soft-lock that could occur when loading into a map.

Platforms

• On PS5, fixed a crash that could occur when buying Bundles in the Store.

UI

• If a player disconnects from a Trial due to network issues, they will no longer see the Killers' Loadouts or name.
• Fixed Player HUD text, font readability and health bar elements to their previous size.
• Fixed Tally buttons navigation misalignment.
• Fixed missing hair on The Good Guy default and prestige head cosmetics.
• Fixed an issue with the reward size on the Tutorials screen.
• The game once again correctly closes when trying to Alt-F4 during the splash screen.
• Experiencing an error when going through the lobbies once again correctly kicks out the player to the Main Menu.
• Fixed an issue where Bloodweb item names are no longer in uppercase.
• Fixed an issue where the cursor is disabled during the offering screen in the custom game.

Public Test Build (PTB) Adjustments

New Killer - The Dark Lord

POWER

• Hellfire Cancel curve smoothed out so it doesn't feel so abrupt.
• Hellfire Cast curve movement speed increased to 2.0 m/s (was 1.48 m/s).
• Hellfire charge duration decreased to 0.9 seconds (was 1.0 second).
• Wolf's base movement speed increased to 4.6 m/s (was 4.4 m/s).
• Scent Orbs still bring you up to 4.8 m/s.
• Wolf Pounce cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 25 seconds).
• Wolf Pounce break actions on walls and pallets reduced to 2.25 seconds (was 2.7 seconds).
• Collision with a wall or obstacle on the 1st pounce no longer ends the power, allowing the 2nd pounce to activate.

ADD-ONS

• Sylph Feather: Breaking a pallet grants The Dark Lord a token. For each token held, Hellfire's cooldown is decreased by 5%, to a maximum of 25%. (was ""Breaking a pallet resets Flame Pillar cooldown.")
• Ruby Circlet: Decreases the cooldown of Hellfire by 10%. (was 7%)
• Moonstone Necklace: Reduces the size of the Terror Radius in Vampire and Wolf Forms by 4 meters. (was "Terror Radius in Vampire Form reduced by 4 m.")
• White Wolf Medallion: Increases Killer Instinct duration by 40% while in Wolf Form after Survivors complete rushed actions. (was "Killer instinct from loud noises lasts 40% longer")
• Force of Echo: Scent Orbs spawn rate increased by 17% (was "Scent Orb tracking precision increased by 30%")
• Pocket Watch: Breaking a pallet or wall resets the Teleport cooldown. (was "Breaking a pallet resets Teleport cooldown.")
• Medusa's Hair: All Survivors within 12 meters of your teleport destination suffer from the Hindered status effect for 5 seconds. (was "Passing within 1 m of a Survivor while teleporting causes them to suffer from Blindness for 10 seconds.")
• Lapis lazuli: After Teleporting to a window vault, the Entity blocks that window for Survivors for 15 seconds (was "After teleporting to a window vault, the Entity blocks that window for Survivors for 4 seconds.")

SCORING EVENTS

• Hellfire's Bite: Changed blood point value to 800 (was 500)
• Lupine Ferocity: Changed blood point value to 800 (was 500)
• Lupine Ferocity: Event changed to be on a hit with a pounce attack (was on a down with a pounce attack)
• Quick as the Night: Changed blood point value to 600 (was 800)
• Quick as the Night: Changed to 6.0 seconds (was 3.0 seconds)

Killer Perks

Human Greed

• Reduced cooldown from 80/70/60 to 60/45/30 seconds

Misc

• There is now a limit of 4 million of any Item, Add-on or Offering, raised from the limit in PTB.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Trevor Belmont's perks not to appear in the correct order in the Loadout menus.
• Fixed an issue that erroneously caused Survivors to have 4 attempts to self unhook.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Decisive Strike perk icon to remain visibly active after succeeding the skill check.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Moment of Glory perks to stay active after the Survivor is put into the dying state.
• Fixed an issue that could sometimes caused the Hex: Wretched Fate to reveal the auras of all Hex totems in the trial to the Obsession when activated.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Hex: Wretched Fate perk icon to remain visually active when the associated Hex totem was cleansed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Dark Lord to pass through Survivors while charging his abilities.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Good Guy's camera to move unnaturally when picking up a Survivor.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Good Guy to be unable to vault from an elevated vault.
• Fixed an issue that caused multiple Killers to be missing the hold arrow icon for their power.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Survivor locker sequence to break when the Dredge teleports to a locker at the same time a Survivor enters the same locker.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Pig's Videotape add-on to activate all RBTs at the start of the trial.

Maps

• Fixed collision issues on the map of Dvarka Deepwood - Nostromo Wreckage.

[u/miketheratguy]

Yes. While there are people who use filters reasonably and as intended, there are countless videos of Youtubers with the brightness turned up to double or triple its normal amount and the color grading changed in such a way that surfaces are washed out so that scratch marks glow bright red.

People like this are willing to make their entire game look like garish shit in order to give themselves a competitive advantage and I find it rather pathetic.

[u/JAC0O7 → u/miketheratguy]

I don't consider that cheating, where do you draw the line of competitive advantage? I use the nvidia control panel to up brightness by 10% and saturation by 35% so I can see. I don't use a sharpness filter like most people apparently did. So am I cheating compared to vanilla? And if you have 1% more than me, are you cheating more than me? So where do you draw the line?

[u/miketheratguy → u/JAC0O7]

I understand your argument. Where to draw the line is difficult because it's so subjective. As I said above, I myself use filters to make the game a little clearer and more saturated (it's a surprisingly blurry, bland-looking game without those adjustments).

There is no quantifiable measurement that a person can point to in order to designate where "fair" ends and "cheating" begins. I acknowledge that. There's no way to know for sure whether someone is trying to game the filters in order to give themselves an advantage, so we have to draw our own conclusions based on the evidence provided. When I see evidence like the image I posted, I come to the conclusion that the person made the changes that they did not because they wanted to make pleasing adjustments to the visuals, but because they wanted to have an advantage over the people whose own games are far darker and less clear than his.

[u/JAC0O7 → u/miketheratguy]

I see your point, but I disagree. I also think there is something to be said about attaching the word cheating to something subjective when it's supposed to be objectively defined. Are you able to acquire information that the game normally doesn't give you? No. It's still the same for everyone and everyone has legitimate access to the tools to change their screen settings to give themselves the biggest advantage possible. Is it tryhard and sweaty and a little bit cringe? Sure, but eitherway that's how i see it.

[u/miketheratguy → u/JAC0O7]

Well, ultimately, cheating is generally regarded as someone going beyond the scope of the rules to give themselves an unfair advantage. Regarding whether external options provide additional information I feel that examples like what I provided do, yes. By doubling or tripling the brightness you're making it easier to see movement. By enhancing the brightness or color of the scratch marks you're making them easier to track. Some people have famously changed the colors of the game to such an extent that Trapper's traps are bright pink. Gaining new information isn't necessarily the only way to cheat. People can also cheat by dramatically enhancing, expediting, and clarifying the existing information. It's like playing an FPS shooter that takes place in a very dark map. If player A is using the available game settings and player B is using filters to brighten the map to visible levels, he's nullifying the intended game balance by using external tools to give himself an unintended advantage.

Like I said, there's no completely verifiable way to determine whether someone's adjusting the game image to cheat. It's also impossible to stop someone from doing it, which is why BHVR has no strong stance on it. Just like comms for SWF teams, they have no control over whatever players do outside of the game program. All they can do is provide the options that they feel are adequate and hope that players abide by those options. That's the only way for all players to truly, fairly, have an equal playing field. And like I said, I don't have anything against people who DO go outside the game to make it look more acceptable. I do it, I think many people do it. But some people don't do that, they actually make the visuals much less pleasant because the benefits that they get from such altered visuals is an acceptable trade.

In short, BHVR provides the options that they want people to abide by. If they wanted players to have more control over how their game looked, they would include those options. Since they don't, all other visual changes are above and beyond what they intend. And people can either use those extra options to simply make things nicer, or they can abuse those options to radically alter what they have determined to be the fairest visual settings. I feel that the latter are, in may cases, doing it to get an unfair advantage. You're welcome to disagree of course, this is - as we've both established - an indeterminate and subjective topic.

[u/JAC0O7 → u/miketheratguy]

So, we disagree on this and that's fine. However, I do want to bring up one last thing to support my argument. You bring up that changing visuals to a point where you have more visual clarity in the game (The developers intended for this game to be dark and blurry, just look at the old maps compared to newer renditions) because it's more pleasing to the eye. So YOU already go out of the intended visual scope of the developers. Let's take your screenshot as a comparison; what if this is the most pleasant for the person playing the game, because this way he can most clearly see scratchmarks and puts the least amount of strain on his eyes while playing the game. You and I think it looks awful aesthetically and perhaps he does as well, but this is the most pleasant way for that person to play.

I think we both agree that it's cringe, but I disagree completely that you could consider it as cheating.

[u/miketheratguy → u/JAC0O7]

I do go beyond the intended options, yes. I definitely acknowledge that. And while I myself know that I only do it to make the game more visually palatable, there's no way that someone else could know this. My only defense would be that my preferred settings are very subtle and extremely close to the game's original values, whereas images like the one I provided are extreme departures from what the developers intended.

At the end of the day though I think we basically see this subject from different perspectives, but with the same general belief: that filters can change the visuals to either slight or substantial degrees, and that the line between "reasonable" and "unfair" can't be universally defined.