Techland has revealed Dying Light 2 Update 1.23’s patch notes, heralding the start of the UGC Fest, an event focused on community-created content. The update reinforces Techland’s long-standing commitment to supporting Dying Light 2: Stay Human, which the studio previously promised to maintain for at least five years.
The entire Dying Light franchise has seen an uptick in activity over the past few weeks, a trend that can likely be attributed to the impending release of Dying Light: The Beast, set to launch on August 22, 2025. Just a couple of days ago, Techland announced the Retouched Update for Dying Light, a comprehensive visual upgrade that increases texture quality across the board to “create a sharper, better look” for the now 10-year-old title.
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In a recent blog post on the official Dying Light website, Techland revealed the patch notes for Dying Light 2 Summer Update 1.23 alongside the commencement announcement for the UGC Fest, a celebratory event highlighting the game’s thriving modding community. In terms of patch notes, Update 1.23 mainly consists of bug fixes and minor quality-of-life improvements, but one big gameplay change stands out: Dying Light 2’s default immunity timer has been increased by 50%. This tweak significantly increases how long players can stay outdoors at night before infection begins to set in.
The headliner for the Dying Light 2 Summer Update 1.23 is the UGC Fest, a 4-week-long event with a rotating schedule that will feature community-made maps made using Dying Light 2 map editor Techland has made available to the public via Steam, allowing for custom-map creation. Each week, three new user-generated maps will be the focus, with players being tasked with completing bounties within them to earn exclusive in-game rewards. The bounties will need to be triggered from Pilgrim Outpost, one of Techland’s websites, before they become available in-game. The event kicks off today, June 26, and will last until July 23.
Close June 26 to July 2: LFG, Lunar Heist, Dying Guys July 3 to July 9: Desert Fury, The Intersection, Harran Prison July 10 to July 16: Holy Bullets, Aiden’s Nightmare, Island Marathon July 17 to July 23: Ancient Colosseum, Ruins of Hope, Fish Hunt
Update 1.23 will also feature a collaboration with the indie hit Balatro, titled the “Friend of Aiden Bundle,” offering Dying Light 2 players the Jimbo Outfit, the Ceremonial Dagger, the Flying Blind Paraglider, and the Joker Charm. These Balatro-themed additions can be acquired by completing two short side quests that can be triggered by interacting with newly added posters in two locations. One is located in the Bazaar (Trinity), while the other can be found in the Fish Eye Settlement (New Dawn Park). Though most of these new items are purely cosmetic, the Joker Charm offers 12 unique gameplay-impacting effects that are randomly chosen every time the Charm is crafted.
Dying Light 2 Update 1.23 Patch Notes (June 26, 2025)
Co-Op
Fixed the issue with full sessions using “Call for Help” still being displayed on the multiplayer games list Fixed the issue with Friends sometimes appearing offline in-game, making it impossible to invite or join them Fixed the issue with the black screen and loss of functionality occurring for the Peer when starting the dialogue before the Hubert chase objective in the “The Only Way Out” quest Fixed the occasional issue of displaying another Player's model in the Menu tabs Fixed the issue with all the Players being respawned alongside the Host when the Peers were down and the Host died last
Tower Raid
Fixed the issue with the inventory opening button working on controller only once before deactivating for the remainder of the run Fixed the issue with different strings and buttons being assigned for blueprint upgrading Fixed the issue with Infected failing to perform the run animation when pathing on lamps Fixed the issue with weapons sometimes visibly clipping through the elevator roof while jumping Slightly changed layouts of Floor 1, 8, and 18
Gameplay
Increased the default immunity time by 50% Fixed the improperly placed spawn trigger causing Renegades to sometimes despawn in the “Crystal White” quest Fixed the issue with doubled Elemental Weapons for purchase in Jai’s menu Fixed the issue with dodging before the attack animation is finished cancelling the Stamina usage while also dealing damage to enemies Fixed the issue with the delayed appearance of polearms in Aiden's hands when performing a top down attack after double jumping Fixed the issue with improper behavior of Waltz during one of his attacks Fixed the issue with the Infected Blade’s blueprint looking upgradable, but not appearing in the Craftmaster’s menu Fixed the issue unabling Players to upgrade Reinforcement and Empowerment mods to the 8th level Fixed the incorrect pop-up showing when quitting Photo Mode Fixed the issue where multiple blueprints purchased from Jai display different rarities in the Workbench and during a Tower Raid run Fixed the issue with Players being able to get stuck on a pile of books in the Prologue Fixed the issue with the game sometimes not launching the downed/death animation on the Player before showing the death screen Added the Stone Charm compatibility clarification to better inform Players about it only interacting with Heat, Shock, and Toxic weapon mods
Technical
Fixed the issue allowing DLC weapons to be used after disabling/uninstalling DLC Fixed the issue with the game failing to launch on specific builds on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Fixed the issue with improper lighting sometimes being present in all interiors throughout the game Fixed the issue that turns Mods on on Xbox Series X|S when restarting the game Fixed the issue where none of the sound sources are audible throughout the game and sometimes crashing when exiting the City map to the main menu Fixed various PlayStation and Xbox telemetry crashes Fixed the issue with the game failing to start while loading it from a save when the outro cutscene is interrupted Fixed the issue when pressing block on a gamepad when dashing causes that weapon to appear in player's hands which leads to animation issues Fixed the missing subtitles for Fire Brigade Bundle in all languages Fixed the unintuitive transition button on Sola’s rewards screen Fixed the multiple broken terrain textures present in the Prologue Fixed the issue with tree behavior during some cutscenes Fixed the issue with a hole sometimes being visible through the textures of the ground in the Prologue Fixed the issue with some grass being present inside buildings Fixed the issue aligning transition between the deep water and the water’s surface
