Dying Light 2 patch 1.10.0 official notes: Significant combat improvements to Brutality, Physicality, and more

The latest Dying Light 2 patch update, version 1.10.0, has introduced a healthy number of interesting quality-of-life improvements to Techland's popular action RPG. Some of the major highlights are the changes to Brutality and Physicality, as well as the Weapon Durability and Transmog features.

Dying Light 2 fans who are interested in a more detailed description of the latest patch can check it out on the official website. However, for a brief overview, here are all the major elements of this version.

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Dying Light 2 patch 1.10.0 official notes

Brutality updates

• Cut Demolishers – and everything else – in half.
• – More dismemberment!
• – Every limb can be cut in 3 places.
• – New visualizations of damage done to enemies (visible bones, ribs, eyeballs, etc.)
• VFX adjustments for blood and guts.
• Players can rip out a chunk of flesh and leave a hole in the enemy’s body.
• “Spill the beans” takes on a literal meaning with the possibility of ripping the guts from your foe.
• New hit detection code for improved enemy reactions to being hit with a weapon.
• More smashed head variants.
• “Domino Ragdoll” introduced, where enemies can fall on each other, with a proper reaction to the force and weight that pushes them.
• More ragdoll improvements for immersion and emergent gameplay.
• Added an ability to dismember enemies through collisions with environment objects.
• Support for Biters seamlessly falling from high ground, including rooftops.
• Enemies can pass burning and electrocuted effects to each other.
• Added new hit reactions and improved some of the existing ones.

Gear Transmog

• Players can now modify the visuals of most of your gear pieces by using a new slot called “Appearance.”

Weapon crafting

• Crafting will happen with… Craftmasters (hooray!).
• Players will need to obtain weapon blueprints by exploring The City or claiming them as a reward. Then, you can find your claimed blueprints at the Craftmaster’s shop.
• IMPORTANT: Blueprints are upgradable – the higher the blueprint level, the better the weapon quality you’ll get. A blueprint’s level dictates damage, durability, modification slots, and the number of affixes.
• Affixes (additional stats like “Increased damage against Humans +20%”) are randomized when a weapon is created – so good luck, Pilgrims!
• Crafting, as always, requires resources.

Pilgrim Outpost introduction

• Pilgrim Outpost is here! A new Hub for all Dying Light fans is open with some new, long-demanded features.
• These points advance you through Pilgrim Reputation Ranks, and with each rank, you get Pilgrim Tokens.
• Players can spend them in the Armory, where they can buy unique weapons and outfits from a Pilgrim Outpost merchant. We regularly update the items on offer.
• With Pilgrim Tokens, players can also buy an Outpost Drop, where you can get random crafting materials and weapons. If they are lucky, they can get one of five completely new Pilgrim Weapons that are exclusive to the Pilgrim Outpost.
• The more bounties you complete, the better gear you can get. Every week, they get six unique bounties to complete. If they finish them all, they will get additional Reputation points.

In-game bounties

For those players who are hungry for new challenges, the developers are currently offering new Daily and Weekly bounties:

• Bounties are introduced after the prologue.
• Bounties are divided into the following categories:
• Daily – one simple Bounty per day.
• Weekly – one challenging Bounty to be completed within a week.
• Finishing Daily and Weekly Bounties will grant you in-game rewards (like experience points – or Legend points if you’re already playing Legend Levels).
• For every 5 Daily or Weekly Bounties completed, you’ll receive an additional reward – Bounty Bonus Box that has the possibility to drop exceptional weapons and other equipment.

Teleporting to other players in co-op

• Players in a co-op session can gather teammates during common interactions (for example, to talk with an NPC or go to sleep).
• Ability to dismantle weapons to receive crafting resources.
• Two-handed weapons received some love with the ability to add mods to them.
• Possibility to switch on/off in-game event participation.
• Rebalance of the number of Howlers during the night.
• Players can knock over enemies by sliding into them.
• More special infected encounters during the day.

Game update

Co-op

• Improved stability related to the host’s game crashing when another user attempts to connect.
• Aiden’s head animation is now displayed properly when turning around while hanging from a pole or pipe.
• Fixed a game crash for the host or peers upon finishing the Carriers 3 side quest.
• Fixed an issue where the host could encounter a black screen during dialogues.
• In-game music no longer stops playing when the player is downed in the Bloody Ties challenge.
• Functionality of mines is fixed.
• Adjusted the Respawn button prompt to be more intuitive for players.
• Players are now able to see the distance to teammates when downed in co-op sessions.
• Players will no longer see multiple icons when joining a co-op session.
• Players in a co-op session are less likely to spawn in the model of an NPC after dialogue or a cutscene.
• Notifications about the inability to join co-op sessions have been improved to reflect more accurate information to players.

Gameplay

• Huge groups of Tyrants and Volatiles will no longer be spotted in the open world.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t complete Achievements.
• Players can no longer perform a Knife Takedown and instantly kill Infected with a higher level than Aiden.
• Fixed a bug where Biters would grab Aiden one after another.
• It’s easier to aim for the head with a baseball bat.
• Adjusted stamina consumption for higher-tier weapons.
• Players will be able to escape from a Volatile if QTE Hold Mode is enabled.
• The attack animation on some weapons is now faster, making all the attacks have the exact timing.
• A proper light is present in multiple places between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. and during specific weather conditions.
• Fixed an issue where Hakon would become unresponsive, show improper behavior, or not follow the correct path in various quests.
• Fixed an issue with loot missing from the Sunken Airdrop.
• Human enemies no longer die instantly after removing their masks.
• Improved Spitter’s damaging actions.
• Added missing textures on The City map.
• Fixed an issue where craft plans were missing, resulting in blocking game progress.
• There will be a proper time change when the player dies during the “Get to the Safe Zone” objective.
• Fixed multiple issues related to Aiden being respawned incorrectly.
• The correct animation is played when the “Ground Pound” skill is used.
• Aiden’s model will no longer lose collision upon jumping through certain points of the Artist Workshop, Trading post, and Rooftop School.
• Players will no longer be moved under the map when changing to any of Legendary Level outfits.
• Instant Escape stabbing audio fixed.
• Fixed an issue where Play from Chapter was not available under some circumstances.
• Players can no longer see what’s under the map during the X13 quest.
• Players can no longer obtain an unlimited amount of spears during the last fight in the Bloody Ties DLC.
• Improved sound for the taunt animation done by Renegades.
• Shadows related to players’ movement will be rendered correctly.
• No more Waltz waltzing around after the game is completed – he will no longer spawn randomly.
• Dynamic Competitions won’t trigger near Hubs as often.
• Blocked revealing discoverable and detectable zones during dynamic competitions.

Technical improvements

• Improvements to memory usage and performance in longer play sessions.
• Updated XeSS to 1.1. XeSS is now the default upscaled on ARC.
• Improved foliage lighting.
• Improved dissolve dithering to better simulate transparency.
• Improved water reflections, turbidity, and refraction.
• Improved shadows with ray tracing enabled.
• Improved specular reflections on chemicals.
• Improved volumetric shadows.
• Memory usage optimization.
• Fixed mesh flickering on some models.
• Fixed an issue where the game crashed when Photo Mode was spammed during the Windmill or Antenna panel animations.
• Fixed left-hand grip animation.

UI

• Fixed missing text from the Stash, Respawn, Bounty, Fast Travel menu, Inventory, Crafting, and Collectibles menus.
• Fixed text translations when starting parkour challenges before acquiring the paraglider.
• The health bar is now visible during the grab animation.
• The stamina bar depletes as usual upon Aiden’s death and respawning.
• Fixed minor typos and translation errors.