Overview
- The global Call of the Beast event runs October 16 through January 7, 2026, introducing a new community goal every Thursday with exclusive rewards.
- Week 1, titled A Season to Dismember, runs October 16–23 and tasks players with severing 30 million limbs for a Lumberjack car skin and 60 million for a Woodchopper Axe.
- A console update labeled 1.002.005 launched October 16 to enable the event, with progress tracked on the Dying Light Outpost and rewards delivered to contributing players’ in-game stashes.
- The 11-week roadmap lists upcoming additions including New Game+, Legend Levels, Nightmare difficulty, new weapon executions, PC ray tracing, and a PUBG Mobile collaboration.
- Techland issued hotfix 1.002.006 on October 17 to resolve an issue that reduced weapon and armor stats after death or upon restarting the game.