Dying Light 2 Stay Human Update 1.30 introduces Halloween Showdown 2026, a three-week event featuring community challenges, themed enemies, collectible candies, and exclusive rewards. Villedor receives Día de los Muertos decorations, while Tower Raid adopts a traditional Halloween look. Players can collect Halloween Candies and Showdown Candies to exchange for rewards and contribute to weekly community goals.
The update also includes gameplay improvements and technical fixes. These address issues involving third-person aiming, missing environmental details, Intel XeSS performance, FSR Frame Generation flickering, audio interruptions, and several other bugs. The introductory videos have also been updated with improved visuals and revised narration.
Dying Light 2 Update 1.30 Patch Notes
Halloween Showdown 2026
- Introduced Halloween Showdown 2026, a three-week community event featuring two shared goals each week.
- Each weekly matchup pits two characters against each other, with separate rewards available for each side.
- Added Día de los Muertos decorations throughout Villedor’s open world.
- Added a traditional Halloween appearance to Tower Raid.
- Introduced special Halloween-themed enemies in both the open world and Tower Raid.
- Halloween-themed enemies drop Halloween Candies, which can be spent at Baka’s Event Shop.
- Featured enemies appear in encounters during their respective event weeks and remain in the game afterward.
- Defeating featured enemies in the open world during their event week awards Showdown Candies.
- Added Halloween Chests containing:
- 40 Showdown Candies during the day.
- 80 Showdown Candies at night.
- Players can spend Showdown Candies at Baka’s Event Shop to support either side of the weekly matchup.
Community Goals and Rewards
- Players who contribute at least 10 Showdown Candies to a community goal receive its weapon reward when the goal is reached.
- Both weapon rewards can be unlocked if the community reaches both goals.
- At the end of each week, the character receiving the most contributed candies wins the community vote.
- The winning character’s charm can be claimed through Pilgrim Outpost.
- Donating 10 Showdown Candies to a faction immediately rewards players with 500 Halloween Candies in-game.
- This participation reward applies separately to each goal, allowing players to earn up to 1,000 Halloween Candies per week.
Gameplay Fixes and Improvements
- Updated the intro video and Skip Prologue video to reflect the game’s graphical improvements.
- Adjusted narration in the introductory videos to provide a more natural voice-over and better introduce the game world.
- Fixed an issue where Old World Money shared the same inventory slot as the Pistol Weaponry Kit.
- Fixed an issue in third-person mode where shots sometimes failed to land where the crosshair was pointing.
- Fixed missing truck curtains near chests, which could make ambush encounters easier to spot.
Technical Fixes
- Fixed various crashes related to Intel XeSS.
- Fixed performance dropping to 8 FPS when VSync was enabled alongside XeSS.
- Fixed an issue where game audio could cut out after approximately 10 minutes of gameplay.
- Fixed an issue where accessing the store could softlock players in the Inventory Menu while onboarding tutorials were active.
- Fixed issues where NPCs could clip through geometry.
- Fixed heavy flickering that could occur when FSR Frame Generation was enabled.
- Added missing store assets and translations.
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition was released on February 22, 2024, and is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The game was developed and published by Techland.
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