DBD Haunted by Daylight 2023 Start Time, Leaks, Rewards & Gameplay News

Halloween is nearly upon us, meaning that so is Dead by Daylight's biggest event of the year, Haunted by Daylight. The event comes with tons of cosmetics and charms as rewards, a Halloween currency, and a limited-time Event Tome with tons of challenges. Here's everything you need to know about Dead by Daylight's Haunted by Daylight 2023 event, from its rewards and gameplay modes to the limited-time currency.

18 October 2023 - Page updated with the latest news and information. The event starts today!

Haunted By Daylight 2023 Start Time & End Date

Haunted by Daylight 2023 will begin 18 October and end in early November, according to the game's Year 8 Roadmap, which lists an event between these dates.

Last year's event - during which players could collect Void Energy - took place from 13 October to 3 November 2022, so we could expect that this event would take place during a similar timeframe.

Haunted By Daylight 2023 Teaser Trailer

Haunted By Daylight 2023: Rewards & Currency

Dark Trinkets Currency

Players will be able to earn a special event currency called Dark Trinkets to trade in for the cosmetics. Dark Trinkets will be earned by completing challenges in the Event Tome. Any unused Dark Trinkets will be converted to Bloodpoints at the end of the event. 

Each Challenge in the Event Tome will give 15 or 30 Dark Trinkets each, while the end node in the Tome will provide 200 Dark Trinkets.

Halloween Rewards

Haunted by Daylight 2023 contains new Halloween Sweaters for survivors and Candy Weapons for killers, for a total of 16 brand-new cosmetics. Each reward will cost 175 Dark Trinkets.

The following killers and survivors will receive new cosmetics:

Candy Weapons

• The Deathslinger
• The Clown
• The Knight
• The Skull Merchant
• The Legion
• The Dredge
• The Hag
• The Wraith
• The Huntress

Halloween Sweaters

• Mikaela Reid
• Nea Karlsson
• Elodie Rakoto
• Kate Denson
• Vittorio Toscano
• Haddie Kaur
• Yui Kimura

Haunted By Daylight 2023: Gameplay

Esoteric Generators & Hooks

Returning for 2023 Haunted by Daylight Event are the decorative Esoteric Generators and Esoteric Hooks, which will grant survivors and killers respectively extra points for interacting with them. Players will also need to interact with these objectives to complete event Challenges in the Event Tome.

Haunted Boons And Traps

Also active during this event will be a new gameplay feature called "Haunted Boons," as well as possibly "Haunted Traps" for killers. It's unclear how Haunted Boons will affect existing Boon perks, or how Haunted Traps will work; it's possible that these in-game mechanics could be triggered by picking a certain challenge in the Event Tome.

That's everything you need to know about Dead by Daylight's Haunted by Daylight 2023 event, including all the rewards, limited-time mode features, new currency, and more. Stay tuned for more information as the event nears!

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