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Release Dates[]

Patches Release Dates
PTB 5.6.0 15 February 2022
5.6.0 8 March 2022
5.6.1 15 March 2022
5.6.2 23 March 2022


Public Test Build 5.6.0[]

Important

Progress & save data information has been copied from the Live game to our PTB servers on February 8th. Please note that players will be able to progress for the duration of the PTB, but none of that progress will make it back to the Live version of the game.


Features

  • Added a new Killer - The Onryƍ
    • Perks - Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage, Call of Brine, Merciless Storm
  • Added a new Survivor - Yoichi Asakawa
    • Perks - Parental Guidance, Empathic Connection, Boon: Dark Theory
  • Forum and support links now redirect based on your selected language when applicable.
  • Added new custom SFX Intros to all Maps.
  • Added an option to lock viewport aspect ratio to 16:9.
  • Improved detection of modified or corrupted game files.
  • Daily Rituals will be reset the first time a player starts the game

Dev Note: The tracking system for Daily Rituals has been reworked, which requires all rituals to be reset with this patch.


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in the Loadout panel that when hovering over an add-on from a past event, the message "No longer available" was showing if the associated item was equipped.
  • Fixed an issue with killer loading tips not displaying randomly after playing a few matches.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the Cenobite to remain stuck when interrupting a survivor at the same time as they get hit by a chain.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Spirit's Husk not to be destroyed when stunned by the Head On perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to be able to destroy Victor while inside a locker.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the Nemesis' zombies to be attracted to survivor in the dying state.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Distortion perk to consume tokens when standing inside Boon: Shadow Step's area.
  • Fixed an issue that caused completed generators to be blocked by the Dead Man's Switch perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Broken status icon not to appear when under the effect of the Renewal perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Haste status icon not to appear when under the effect of the Guardian perk.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed users to unlink unbreakable outfits in the store.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dwight's and the Trapper's loadout to be reset after playing a tutorial bot match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some of the Trickster's subtitles to disappear too early.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing Alt+Tab in the keybinding menu would cause any further key remapping to not work properly. (Stadia only)
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a wrong cosmetic to be displayed after switching a killer's outfit in the store.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to keep breathing loudly when stopping to open a chest after running.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Chase Music for the Trapper to occasionally cut out during gameplay.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to play the game with Stretched Resolution to gain an unfair advantage.
  • Tentatively fixed an issue that causes players to disconnect during Steam maintenance.


Known Issues

  • Generator auras appear incorrectly when using the perks Hex: Ruin and Surveillance.
  • The Brand New Part add-on triggers the Merciless Storm skill checks.
  • The bonus Bloodpoints are missing when performing an Apparition or Transposition with the Videotape Copy add-on as the Onryƍ.
  • The external perk icon for the Empathic Connection perk is missing.
  • The Onryƍ is unable to be spun in a Custom Game lobby.
  • Survivors jump at the start of any TV interaction.
  • Survivors facial animations persists on their corpses when they are mori'd by certain Killers.
  • Charms are misplaced when Survivors repair generators.
  • The Haddonfield map and the Strode Realty Key offering remain disabled.
  • The Nurse is disabled due to a bug.
  • The AI controlled Meg fails to drop the pallet in the killer and survivor tutorials, making it impossible to complete them.


Patch 5.6.0[]

FEATURES

  • Added a new Killer - The Onryƍ
  • Perks - Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage, Call of Brine, Merciless Storm
  • Added a new Survivor - Yoichi Asakawa
  • Perks - Parental Guidance, Empathic Connection, Boon: Dark Theory
  • The Nurse is back in rotation after a bug fix
  • Forum and support links now redirect based on your selected language when applicable.
  • Added new custom SFX Intros to all Maps.
  • Added an option to lock viewport aspect ratio to 16:9.
  • Added subtitles in the Lobby.
  • Improved detection of modified or corrupted game files.
  • Daily Rituals will be reset the first time a player starts the game

Dev Note: The tracking system for Daily Rituals has been reworked, which requires all rituals to be reset with this patch


BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an issue that may cause valid skill checks to be rejected under high network latency.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Nurse to be stuck and unable to move after a grab attempt after blinking is invalidated.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the AI controlled Meg to fail to drop the pallet in the killer and survivor tutorials, making it impossible to complete them.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors' positions not to be revealed if they are crouching when the Cenobite picks up the lament configuration.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the camera to follow the survivor after a hit is invalidated because of a survivor using Dead Hard.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause a desync to appear in the HUD if a survivor is picked up at the same moment as they bleed out.
  • Fixed an issue in the Loadout panel that when hovering over an add-on from a past event, the message "No longer available" was showing if the associated item was equipped.
  • Fixed an issue with killer loading tips not displaying randomly after playing a few matches.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the Cenobite to remain stuck when interrupting a survivor at the same time as they get hit by a chain.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Spirit's Husk not to be destroyed when stunned by the Head On perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to be able to destroy Victor while inside a locker.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the Nemesis' zombies to be attracted to survivor in the dying state.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Distortion perk to consume tokens when standing inside Boon: Shadow Step's area.
  • Fixed an issue that caused completed generators to be blocked by the Dead Man's Switch perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Broken status icon not to appear when under the effect of the Renewal perk.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Haste status icon not to appear when under the effect of the Guardian perk.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed users to unlink unbreakable outfits in the store.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dwight's and the Trapper's loadout to be reset after playing a tutorial bot match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some of the Trickster's subtitles to disappear too early.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing Alt+Tab in the keybinding menu would cause any further key remapping to not work properly. (Stadia only)
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a wrong cosmetic to be displayed after switching a killer's outfit in the store.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to keep breathing loudly when stopping to open a chest after running.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Chase Music for the Trapper to occasionally cut out during gameplay.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to play the game with Stretched Resolution to gain an unfair advantage.
  • Tentatively fixed an issue that causes players to disconnect during Steam maintenance.
  • Fixed an issue where the teachable Perks from Stranger Things characters displayed in the Store Character info page could be the one from the previous character selected.
  • Fixed an issue in Custom Game spectate mode where a "None" prompt could appear under the Item of the spectated Survivor.
  • Fixed an issue with Player names using Asian characters were no longer displayed correctly in-game.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Built to Last perk to continue to recharge items when a survivor is grabbed from the locker by the killer.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed survivors to interaction with totems while inside lockers.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Overcome perk to trigger when the survivor has the Endurance status.
  • Fixed an issue that caused generator auras to appear incorrectly when using the Hex: Ruin and Surveillance perks together.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Oppression skill check to remove progression.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the audio to be delayed on the opening trailer video. (Xbox One/XSX/Stadia only)
  • Fixed an issue that caused certain purchased DLC-related cosmetics to not be unlocked. (EGS only)
  • Fixed an issue that may cause a grade progress error message to appear at the end of a match.
  • Tentatively fixed an issue that may cause survivors to receive a disconnection penalty when the killer disconnects from the match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the interaction icon not to switch to the hand icon after an item is depleted during an interaction.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the arrow icon to disappear when consuming an item during an interaction when still affected by a positive speed effect.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause friend list statuses to not update properly.
  • Fixed a minor misalignment of the Main Menu.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Custom Game button on the Main Menu to flicker when hovered.
  • Fixed a number of Loading Screen tips that had incorrect icons.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the wiggle skill check sfx to trigger too soon after being pulled from a locker
  • Fixed an issue that prevented spawning sfx from triggering when a survivor loads into a lobby
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Undetectable VFX to move ahead when blinking as as the Nurse
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Plague's infection to remain when the pallet is dropped by an infected survivor.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the VFX to be visible in the Blight's POV with his "Ferryman of the Underworld" outfit.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the blood droplet to remain in the air when a survivor is removed from the Cage of Atonement
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Artist's Crow head to vanish during the spawning idle animation.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the ink vfx to remain in the air when a hook in the Eyrie of Crows's map is sabotaged
  • Fixed an issue that caused hooked vfx to persist after being unhooked


FIXES FROM PTB

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Brand New Part add-on to trigger the Merciless Storm skill checks.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the first skill check of any kind to be red after failing a skill check from Merciless Storm.
  • Fixed an issue that cause the external perk icon for the Empathic Connection perk to be missing.
  • Fixed an issue that made it possible to bypass the constrained aspect ratio black bars
  • Fixed an issue that caused the HUD not to be constrained at the start of trials.
  • Fixed an issue with the HUD position when the game was in portrait mode and the 16:9 Aspect Ratio option was set to ON.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Blood Pact perk to reveal the auras of all survivors.
  • Fixed an issue that caused missing and incorrect survivor voices on Legendary cosmetics.
  • Adjusted the intensity of all Onryƍ's weapons, the Condemned's VFX, the mini-mori's transition and the glitch effect inside the Lobby.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the glitch effect to stay in all menus.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Onryƍ's weapon to not appear correctly inside the lobby.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause a rituals sync error to occur at the end of a match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused bonus bloodpoints to not be granted at the end of a match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused daily rituals progress to be saved for games where the user disconnected.
  • Fixed an issue that caused FPS drops when survivors were inflicted with full Condemned stacks.
  • Fixed an issue that caused bloodpoints to be granted for the last remaining survivor even if they disconnected.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Iridescent Videotape to turn on televisions which were closed by survivors inserting a tape.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Videotape Copy add-on not to give bonus bloodpoints when performing an Apparition or Transposition.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ to move around the Main Menu level if rotated while doing her jump scare animation.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Other World effects to be removed if cancelling The Onryƍ's Manifest just before it completes.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors in lockers to clip with weapon ammo assets when grabbed by The Onryƍ.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ to be able to attack immediately after demanifesting when lagging.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Survivor death animation to play a second time at the end of The Onryƍ's Mori or Mini Mori.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ not to receive a Psychic Torsion score event when performing a Condemn Mini Mori.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ's red stain to be out of sync with her visibility after entering the physical world.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ to enter an invalid state when teleporting after manifesting under conditions of network lag.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the black smoke to be missing when The Onryƍ is Undetectable.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ to have a collision while not being Manifested.
  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to sometimes be unable to interact with televisions previously teleported to by The Onryƍ.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ to appear standing up for a frame before crawling out of a television.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Well Stone add-on not to reduce the time for a turned-off television to turn back on.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryƍ's Water Well Add-on to remain inactive after some interactions.


CHANGES FROM THE PTB

  • The Onryƍ
  • Decreased Manifest charge time to 1.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds)
  • Decreased Demanifest charge time to 1.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds)
  • Decreased maximum visibility range to 24 meters (was 32 meters)
  • Decreased Terror Radius to 24 meters (was 32 meters)
  • Decreased passive Comdemned fill time per segment when holding the Videotape to 25 seconds (was 30 seconds)
  • Decreased the amount of Condemned segments removed when inserting the tape to 3 (was 4)
  • Add-on - Yoichi's Fishing Net - Decreased time modifier to 12 % (was 20 %)
  • Smoothed the movement transition when Manifesting
  • Changed some of The Onryƍ's VFX to help with photo sensitivity concerns
  • Reduced the intensity of The Onryƍ’s attack VFX
  • Reduced the intensity of the Condemned VFX
  • Reduced the intensity of screen effects in the lobby
  • Improvements to The Onryƍ’s mini-mori transition

Dev Note: These changes are intended to make The Onryƍ more viable on open maps, and allow her to Manifest more frequently during chases. In addition, passive Condemned progression has been buffed (and removal nerfed) to make it more threatening overall.

  • Perk - Parental Guidance
  • Duration decreased to 5/6/7 seconds (was 8/9/10 seconds)
  • Perk - Corrective Action
  • Updated description to clarify that the perk only effects normal skill checks

Dev Note: Corrective Actions already had this behaviour, it just wasn't clearly stated in the description on the PTB.


KNOWN ISSUES

  • Charms are misplaced when Survivors repair generators.
  • The Haddonfield map and the Strode Realty Key offering remain disabled.
  • In certain resolutions, objective, notification and other indicators can appear outside of the in-game viewport.
  • On PS4, in the Killer tutorial, there is a ~1m delay before Meg dies on the hook. 
  • It is possible for the Onryo's model to bend towards the ground.
  • Two Generators can't be damaged by the Killer from one side in Backwater Swamp.
  • Missing UI and Survivor model when coming back to Lobby from the Archives. Re-entering the lobby (going to the Store and back, Main Menu and back, etc.) should correct the issue.

Hotfix 5.6.1[]

FEATURES

  • Re-enabled the Wake Up perk after a bug fix.
  • Re-enabled Object of Obsession perk after a bug fix.

Please note that these perks will be re-enabled only after the update is available on all platforms.


BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an issue that caused survivors to be stuck between a hook and a locker in Silent Hill map.  
  • Fixed an issue that caused the killer not being able to pick up the survivor in the basement's stairs.  
  • Fixed an issue that caused the previous killer's theme to play in the Lobby of a custom game if the Survivor switches to Spectate mode.
  • Fixed an issue that caused selected outfit customizations to revert to default in the store when selecting a new customization part.
  • Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent opening of the sliding doors on the Gideon Meat Plant map.
  • Fixed an issue that caused already equipped charms to not appear on the killer customization preview screen.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a long delay when hooking Meg in the tutorial. (PS4 only)
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused daily rituals to be generated for characters which are disabled.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Killer to crash when Survivors interacted with the exit switch with the Wake Up perk equipped.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a crash when unhooking a Survivor using the perks Aftercare, Object of Obsession and Empathetic Connection.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause a Merciless Storm skill check to appear after the generator has been completed.  
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Enduring perk to reduce the stun duration when a survivor is carried.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the effect of the Boil Over perk to remain after a survivor disconnects while carried by the killer.
  • Fixed an issue that may prevent survivors from wiggling free after being dropped by the killer and picked back up.
  • Fixed an issue that may cause the wiggle progress to start at 25%.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the survivors arm holding an item to bend backwards when screaming.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Ingest Corruption VFX to be offset when the Plague interacts with a corrupted fountain
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Operation Theatre room to be less visible with the Onryo's screen effect
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Onryo's Ring Drawing add-on not to spread Condemned stacks when healing a condemned survivor using an Anti-Hemorrhagic Syringe
  • Fixed an issue that caused a VFX of The Onryo to be present in the background of the Tally screen
  • Fixed an issue that caused the arrow indicator VFX to sometimes be missing from The Onryo's televisions
  • Fixed an issue that caused fewer televisions to spawn in Custom Games with less than 3 survivors
  • Fixed an issue that caused hatch VFX to be incorrectly positioned when playing as The Onryo
  • Fixed an issue that caused missing breakable walls in Badham Preschool.  
  • Fixed an issue that caused broken tiles in Yamaoka map.  


KNOWN ISSUES

  • When swapping from the Play as Killer menu to the Store, the sound effects of the Killer are missing. Swapping to a different Killer in the Store will fix this issue.

= Hotfix 5.6.2[]

BUGFIXES

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Bloodletting, Vector Victory and Pulcinella cosmetics to be unlocked for free. (Epic Games Store only)
  • Fixed an issue which sometimes allowed purchasing of the same perk multiple times in the Shrine of Secrets.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented unlocking of Sadako Rising DLC achievements. (PS4 only)
  • Fixed a crash which could occur when equipping the Boon: Dark Theory perk. (Switch only)
  • Fixed an issue which prevented purchasing of discounted outfits using Shards.
  • Fixed an issue that caused killer being able to block the Unhook prompt with one of the hook in MacMillan Estate maps.
  • Fixed an issue that preventing The Onryo sfx from playing when opening an empty locker.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented The Hillbilly's chainsaw SFX from playing during a sprint.
  • Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when entering the perimeter of Yoichi Asakawa's Boon: Dark Theory.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented progress in the Triage achievement if the healed Survivor was unhooked.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented The Onryo's Condemned kills from counting towards the Tome 10 Execution challenge.
  • Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect camera orientation while projecting as The Onryo to a nearby near TV.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented a Survivor using perk Head On from killing The Nemesis' zombies when dashing out of a locker.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a generic icon to be shown when using a Killer power.
  • Fixed an issue that caused The Nurse's blink charge animation to loop when charging her power.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented progress of The Demogorgon's Daily Ritual.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented The Nurse's blink charge time from being increased when using Kavanagh's Last Breath and Heavy Panting add-ons.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Survivor to instantly wiggle free when being downed while the Killer was carrying another Survivor with 90 % or more wiggle progress.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the makeup to be missing from Elodie's 50's Night Out outfit icon.


KNOWN ISSUES

  • Killer sound effects are missing when going from the Play as Killer menu to the Store. Swapping to a different Killer in the Store will fix the issue.
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