Fourth Year Anniversary was an Event in Dead by Daylight that took place between 23 June and 14 July 2020.
It kicked off the in-game celebrations for the Game's fourth Anniversary.
Overview
The Event featured a new Mini-Game (since it is not a Challenge, unlike previous Events) and worked akin to the Moonrise Event in terms of mechanics, with the difference that getting hooked would not remove the Crown from the Player.
In-game changes
- Added Anniversary Lobby
- Added Anniversary Loading Screen
- Features quotes from members of the Developer Team.
- Re-enabled Anniversary Theme Music
- Added Anniversary Hook Model
- Added Anniversary Generator Model
- Added Anniversary Locker Model
- Added Ghastly Gateau Offering
- Added Fourth Year Flashlight Item
- Added Fourth Year Med-Kit Item
Developer Quotes
Jeffrey Game Designer If it glows, it goes. |
Jeffrey Game Designer Do bones. |
Mathieu Game Director II think we did a pretty good job, so far. |
Mathieu Game Director Don't forget to call your mum. |
Mathieu Game Director Thank you! Yes, YOU! |
Guillaume Game Designer I was here. |
Jean-Baptiste Sound Designer Sometimes you don't realise it, but your ears are actually very scared. |
Jean-Baptiste Sound Designer Did you know that the footstep sounds are actually the sound of real feet recorded in their natural environment? |
Jean-Baptiste Sound Designer The loud chase music is here to cover the sounds of the Survivors in order to give them a chance to escape. |
Simon Release Manager When all seems lost, boop the snoot for extra chance of survival. |
Amine Gameplay Programmer Who put confetti all over my code? |
Dominic Playtest Coordinator Is it already bugged? |
Sarah UI Design Lead Back before Alpha, Matt Cote asked for some name suggestions for the Killer who eventually became The Trapper. |
Sarah UI Design Lead You will pry Urban Evasion from my cold dead hands. |
Alexandre Functionality Tester Please don't kill me! |
Sophie-Amélie 3D Character Artist Seeing cosplays and fanart of the characters we create is so damn wild! |
Michael 3D Artist Hi Mum! |
Joshua QA Team Lead 99 little bugs in the game, 99 little bugs. |
Olivier QA Why are you runnng? |
Simon-David Dev QA Is this a feature or a bug? |
Simon Procedural Level System Programmer While everyone was fixing Generators in playtests, I was fixing them for real! |
Simon Procedural Level System Programmer Your lucky coin will be unlucky, tough luck. |
Alexandre Senior UI Programmer Don't you dare drop that Pallet on me, Justin! |
Alexandre Senior UI Programmer Well, this doesn't look right... |
Alexandre Senior UI Programmer In theory, it should be working. |
Rose Product Manager Have you tried playing DbD while commuting to work? |
Chaun Animator Yeah, it's probably supposed to bend that way. |
James UI Programmer Overalls Friday! Join the movement! |
Sebastien Game Programmer Looks like The Wraith's Mori file location has moved. Ring a bell to anyone? |
Laurent Technical Artist Everything is fine... |
Catherine Technical Artist Self-Five! |
Kendji 3D Artist Work on your cardio, it could be useful! |
Kendji 3D Artist Even if you're a noob, you still have a place in the party. |
Michael Programmer An engine change a day keeps the doctor at bay. |
Donnary21st Community Manager Did you know that "Rin" is the 4th most popular name for newborn girls n Japan in 2019? "Yui" is the 8th!. |
Donnary21st Community Manager Did you know that hitting a hooked Survivor is called "Kebabing" in Japanese? |
Donnary21st Community Manager The Wraith is considered as the most adorable Character by a part of the Japanese Community. |
Sam Associate Brand Manager Rough day? |
Eric 3D Character Artist Dbd is a vibe. |
Eric 3D Character Artist All of your fanart and cosplays amaze us! |
Eric 3D Character Artist Help, I'm trapped in the Entity Realm! |
Leo Product Manager Bunny Who? |
Ethan Game Designer Only in the games industry could you hear this sentence on the job: |
Ethan Game Designer When we first got the audio treatment for The Plague, she made these disgusting retching sounds while holding the power. |
Remi Technical Director In the sequel "Deed by Daylight", you perpetually fix Generators for an orphanage while singing carols. |
Remi Technical Director I'm not dead! |
Remi Technical Director const char msg [] = {65,32,119,105,110,110,101,114,32,105,115,32,121,111,117,46}; (Editor's Note: Sometimes Remi has trouble speaking human).* |
Laurent Dbd Mobile Game Programmer We eat a lot of chocolate in the office. |
Laurent DbD Mobile Game Programmer During lunch break we play some DbD games. |
Mathieu Lead Level Designer The game, the map, the game... |
Mathieu Lead Level Designer Open the agtes! |
Mathieu Lead Level Designer Where's Carl? |
Clyde Community Manager Did you know that The Huntress always hums a popular lullaby known to every Russian person? |
Clyde Community Manager During closed Alpha back in Spring 2016, Chuckles and Banshee were the prototype names for The Trapper and The Wraith. |
Pierrick Level Designer Ok, this one's gonna be the best map! |
Pierrick Level Designer May I cleanse the very Totems I hid? |
Kevin UX Designer That feeling when you run out of Pallets to use and the Killer is still after you... |
Isabelle Head of Product Strategy We are very excited to start Dead by Daylight Year 4 with you and want to thank all the players who continue to engage with our game every day |
Joelle Brand Manager I never thought I'd be scared back into the closet! |
Stephen Gameplay Programmer Programming is just a series of IF and ELSE statements. |
Stephen Gameplay Programmer Insert funny quote here |
Nikki Lead Customer Support My personal mission is to view every single piece of DavidxDwight fanart out there |
Nikki Lead Customer Support To the rest of the CS team and the ACMs: |
Nikki Lead Customer Support I can be bribed with a good spreadsheet or pretty charts. |
Shiroku Associate Community Manager I named The Clown's Perk Pop Goes The Weasel. No joke, that was my idea. |
Sofi Game Designer Horror games are my favourite, and I've always wanted to work on one. |
Louis Gameplay Programmer A key aspect of surviving a trial is not dying. |
Louis Gameplay Programmer Take to the stars and explore new realms in the upcoming spin-off adventure, 'Hillbilly Space Programme', coming to a sloped rock near you!. |
Louis Gameplay Programmer When developing The Plague, we had discussions about whether to model the attack like a vomit assault rifle, a vomit flamethrower, or a vomit shotgun. |
Andy Community Manager Let there be dead by dayLIGHT! |
Andy Community Manager How many dead cows are in the game? |
Andy Community Manager Connection with this quote could not be established. |
Justin Product Manager To whoever posted 'actual braindead survivor please avoid at all costs' on my Steam profile in 2018, it's still true! |
Justin Product Manager The game you're playing right now was created by some of the finest developers and team I've ever met. |
Justin Product Manager No, you can't put that as a quote for the 4th Anniversary. |
Alice Functionality Tester You'd thinik by now I wouldn't get jump scared! |
Alice Functionality Tester I can't wait until you guys can see [REDACTED]! |
PatBrutal Community Manager Acting Jane was an incredible experience and I am glad that I was chosen to do her voice! |
PatBrutal Community Manager Be happy, enjoy, and have fun! <3 |
not_Queen Lead Community Manager Fact: Diversion should be called Pebble. |
not_Queen Lead Community Manager WAH! |
not_Queen Lead Community Manager I started to play Survivor when The Nurse could blink 7 times. |
Jérôme Senior Product Manager Hey, thanks a lot for playing the game! |
Jérôme Senior Product Manager Good luck in your upcoming trial. |
Jérôme Senior Product Manager Is this the real life or is this just Entity? |
Peanits Community Manager We actually play the game. |
Patrick Lead Game Designer YEEHAW! |
Patrick Lead Game Designer I'm a terrible source for quotes. |
Patrick Lead Game Designer No, please, I don't want to add anymore quotes to the database for this event... |
Dave Creative Director This is for you, long lost friend;it was an honour to work with you |
Dave Creative Director Happy Anniversary to a remarkable and beautiful community! |
Dave Creative Director The only ice cream flavours available in The Entity's Realms are 'Horse Flesh' and 'Pain'. |
Michel Music Composer One of the key secrets to DbD music is that use a hammer to hit my instruments! |
Matt Design Director Living the dream. |
Matt Design Director No, I'm the other Matt. |
Matt Design Director I don't get it :| |
- *Remi's message after converting from ASCII values: A winner is you.
Challenge
Anniversary Crowns
- 4th Year Anniversary Crowns were only unlockable for original Characters up to CHAPTER 16.
Licensed Characters could collect them for bonus Bloodpoints, but would be unable to unlock them as a Cosmetic piece.
Each Trial would spawn a Crown Pillar with a Crown hovering above it, emitting a sound close-by.
Interacting with the Crown would grant Players a special Score Event "Crowned" and dissolve it into the Character, giving them a special visual effect emanating from their torso for the remainder of the Trial.
The Crown Pillar would randomly despawn and respawn throughout the Map at an interval of between 90-120 seconds, giving each Player a chance to eventually get their own Crown as the Trial progresses.
There was only ever a single Crown Pillar at once on the Map.
Successfully finishing the Trial as Killer or escaping as Survivor with a Crown would unlock its corresponding Cosmetic piece.
Original Cosmetic pieces as shown in the in-game menu:
Log-in Rewards
Logging into the Game during the Anniversary Event will unlock pieces of a special Anniversary Outfit for Claudette Morel and The Deathslinger and two Anniversary Charms:
Claudette Morel
30 June - 2 July 2020 | 25 June - 28 June 2020 | 5 July - 7 July 2020 |
The Deathslinger
23 June - 25 June 2020 | 2 July - 5 July 2020 | 28 June - 30 June 2020 |
Outfit Gallery
Charms
30 June - 7 July 2020 | 23 June - 30 June 2020 |
Trivia
- For a period of time the Ghastly Gateau was bugged twofold and awarded a 140 % bonus percentage to only the Player who burnt the Offering.
- The Theme Music playing in the Main Menu is a variation of the well-known "Happy Birthday" melody.
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