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When the lights go out, the real terror begins. Traverse the darkness with nothing but your own senses to guide you — no abilities, no trinkets — and feel your way to victory. | 
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Modifier: Lights Out was the first iteration of the recurring limited-time Modifier: Lights Out.
It was available between 7 and 14 February 2024 and accompanied by a Modifier Tome: Modifier Tome 1 - Lights Out.
Modifications[]
Several aspects of a regular ranked Trial were modified when playing Lights Out, intended to create a more immersive gameplay experience.
Load-Out[]
Players were unable to equip any Unlockable before the Trial and entered the Trial without any Perks
, Items
, Offerings
, or Add-ons
.
However, Survivors were allowed to equip and use any Item they found in a Chest
inside the Trial Grounds, which spawned in a higher number.
Chest Loot[]
The default number of Chests when playing Lights Out was increased from 3 to 8, almost tripling it.
Additionally, their shared loot table was modified to only spawn rarer Items:
| Item Rarity | Spawn Chance |
|---|---|
| Common | 0 % (disabled) |
| Uncommon | 0 % (disabled) |
| Rare | 50 % |
| Very Rare | 30 % |
| Ultra Rare | 20 % |
Keys[]
Whereas Chests were plenty in Lights Out and spawned Toolboxes, Maps, and Med-Kits, they would never spawn any Keys
.
If the Killer closed the Hatch
, it would be closed for good.
Lighting VFX[]
Lights Out came with a dark world filter that greatly reduced the visibility for all Players by lowering the brightness of the lighting on the Map (in a manner similar to the retired New Moon Bouquet
Offering) and also filled the entire Map with thick billowing fog that only allowed for a few metres of visibility.
HUD[]
Lights Out hid the Status HUD and all related overlays.
Stealth[]
Trials were much stealthier during Lights Out, due to the mode suppressing both the Terror Radius
of Killers and the creation of Scratch Marks
for running Survivors.
Generators[]
All Generators had a fixed minimum Progression of 5 % at the start of the Trial.
This caused all Generators to emit a minimum amount of noise, helping Survivors find them through their hearing rather than with their sight.
Available Maps[]
This first iteration Lights Out was only playable on a reduced Map Pool of 4, which were chosen at random:
Trivia[]
- In the game files, Lights Out has the code name "Dread by Daylight".
- The Nightmare was not available during Lights Out, as the Dream World VFX would clash with the VFX of the Modifier.
- Lights Out was the first Modifier for Dead by Daylight, introducing the concept.
- It was first teased through an official Trailer released on 26 January 2024, with more information following in the Developer Stream on 30 January 2024.
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