Dying Light: The Beast’s Biggest Update Arrives with New Game+, Legend Levels, and More

Dying Light: The Beast has rolled out its biggest update yet with Patch 1.4, bringing New Game+, Legend Levels, ray tracing support, and hundreds of fixes.

Dying Light: The Beast | Image: Techland

Techland has officially launched Update 1.4 for Dying Light: The Beast, and if you’ve been waiting for a major refresh, this is easily the one you’ll want to jump back in for. The studio is calling it the game’s "biggest update so far," and honestly, it’s hard to disagree. We’re talking New Game+, a full endgame progression system, visual upgrades, and more than 400 tweaks inspired by community feedback.

One of the headline features is New Game+, finally giving players a reason to re-run Kyle Crane’s story without giving up the gear, weapons, and unlocks we’ve worked hard for.

Once players hit Level 15, the game opens up Legend Levels, a familiar progression system for longtime Dying Light fans. Instead of letting XP go to waste, it’s converted into Legend XP, letting us unlock passive perks like stronger combat stats, more health, and better Beast Mode performance.

Techland also confirmed full ray tracing support, bringing more realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows to the game’s environments. As per the official notes, the best way to experience it is by switching the video preset to Ultra, although players can tweak individual settings if they want to balance performance and visuals.

The team has also squashed more than 400 issues, many of them related to parkour movement, climbing inconsistencies, environmental navigation, and various UI or audio bugs.

Update 1.4 also adds three new finisher animations, including options for one-handed and two-handed blunt weapons, plus a brutal new slasher execution.

If finishers are your thing, you’ll want to jump into the new “Executioner” community challenge, part of Call of the Beast Week 9, which runs from November 27 to December 4. Rewards include the Gutsbuster Car Skin and the Rascal weapon, depending on how many total community finishers we collectively pull off.

Beyond all that, the patch includes improvements to stability, frame rate, localization, UI clarity, and dozens of bug fixes across co-op, vehicle challenges, and mission progress. According to the official patch notes, over 35 performance issues and more than 70 graphical glitches have been fixed, clearing up everything from floating assets to incorrect lighting.