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Dying Light: The Beast Update 1.3 Goes Live With Enemy Surrender AI, New Finishers, and Week 3 Challenge

The drop reinforces Techland’s live-service strategy, pairing new AI behavior with community targets, a PUBG Mobile tie-in, stability fixes.

Overview

  • Techland released version 1.003/patch 1.3 on October 30 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series consoles, bundling crash, performance, stability, and graphical improvements.
  • Human enemies wielding melee weapons can now surrender when a firearm is aimed at them, introducing new outcomes based on player actions.
  • Nine new execution animations arrive across weapon types, covering bladed and blunt classes plus knives and knuckledusters.
  • The Week 3 Sharpshooter community challenge runs October 30–November 6, with goals of 10,000,000 and 20,000,000 accurate shots unlocking the Marksman car skin and Bullseye rifle.
  • A Dying Light: The Beast x PUBG Mobile crossover runs October 31–November 21 with the Skillet quest and themed rewards, while Dying Light 2’s Halloween Showdown event runs October 30–November 20.