Dead by Daylight Alien Chapter Now Live In PTB, New Perks Detailed
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Behaviour Interactive has now placed Dead by Daylight’s upcoming Alien Chapter on the game’s PTB (public test servers) servers giving the community a chance to play around with the new Killer and the perks, plus test the new balance changes that are coming with the new Chapter.
How to join the PTB for the Alien Chapter
All PTB servers are done on the PC version of the game through Steam. Trying out the new Chapter and its new content is entirely free for all players who own the game, but you’ll have to do a few things to activate the PTB.
Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to do to get access to the PTB.
Open Steam
Right-click Dead by Daylight in the Library section, then select Properties
Click ‘Betas"‘
Open the drawdown menu and select ‘Public Tests’
the download for the PTB will start (roughly 1.17 GB in size)
Once done, simply boot Dead by Daylight.
When you do this, every time you boot the game you are logging in to the PTB servers. If you want to go back to live servers you simply need to undo what you did by not picking the beta in the Properties menu.
Dead by Daylight Alien Killer Perks
The launch of the PTB also comes with patch notes not only detailing the changes that will be available for testing in the PTB but descriptions of the new perks and the special ability of the new Killer.
Here are the new perks and the new Killer’s ability.
New Killer - Alien
Special ability - Hidden Pursuit
A series of tunnels become available on the map when the Xenomorph is in play. By accessing a Control Station, it can enter these tunnels to quickly move around the map, detect the presence of nearby Survivors, and speed up the cooldown time of its Runner Mode ability. Exiting a Control Station tags nearby Survivors with Killer Instinct.
Map Feature: Control Stations
Seven Control Stations are scattered across the map. Survivors can interact with these stations to get a Remote Flame Turret, while the Xenomorph can enter and exit the tunnels underneath the Control Stations.
Special Item: Remote Flame Turret
Turrets can be placed in the map to counteract the Xenomorph. When the Xenomorph enters the radius and line of sight of a Turret, the Turret attacks; this attack staggers the Xenomorph and will cause Runner Mode to end. If a Turret successfully knocks the Xenomorph out of Runner Mode or fires for too long, it overheats, and must be repaired by a Survivor. The Xenomorph can attack Turrets to destroy them.
Killer Perks
Ultimate Weapon - When you open a locker, this perk activates for 30 seconds. Survivors entering your Terror Radius scream and reveal their position and gain Blindness for 30 seconds. This perk then goes on cooldown for 40/35/30 seconds.
Rapid Brutality - You can no longer gain Bloodlust. Hitting a Survivor with a basic attack gives you 5% haste for 8/9/10 seconds.
Alien Instinct - This perk activates when you hook a Survivor. You see the aura of the farthest injured Survivor for 5 seconds and that Survivor is oblivious for 16/18/20 seconds.
New Survivor - Ellen Ripley
Survivor Perks
Lucky Star - When you hide in a locker, this perk activates. You leave no pools of blood and make no grunts of pain for 10 seconds. When you exit the locker, you see other survivors and the closest generator's aura in yellow for 10 seconds. This perk then goes on cooldown for 40/35/30 seconds.
Chemical Trap - After completing 70%/60%/50% progress on any generator, this perk activates. While standing next to a dropped pallet, press the Active Ability Button 2 to install a Trap, which stays active for 100/110/120 seconds. The aura of trapped pallets are revealed in yellow to all Survivors. When the Killer performs the break action on the trapped pallet, the trap explodes, and they are slowed by 50% for 4 seconds.
Light Footed - When you are healthy, this perk activates. Your running footsteps are silent. This perk goes on cool-down for 28/24/20 seconds after doing a rushed action.
The PTB will also feature a new map called Nostromo Wreckage. Here’s how Behaviour describes it.
“Explore the mysterious crash site of the iconic Nostromo. Visit landmarks familiar to the fans of the Alien franchise, in a unique setting where you will find yourself chased in and out of the ship. Run the Killer around the shuttle that brought Ripley to the world of the Entity. Navigate through the alien landscape, and you may yet escape from the remains of the wrecks. “
The Alien Chapter will be around the PTB for a couple of weeks as the new Chapter will go live on August 29, 2023.
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