On Dec 18th, Techland released an update to Dying Light 2: Stay Human, kicking off the Winter Event, Winter Tales – Gifts from Above 2025, while adding Evolving Bundles along with game updates fixing many co-op, gameplay and technical issues.
Winter Tales – Gifts from Above 2025 Winter Event
Baka is back in the Villedor with a set of new bounties for players to complete, progressing with him will unlock items in his shop based on the level players are at.
These items can be bought with Candies collected from killing seasonal zombie enemies – including Naughty Biters, Naughty Bolters, Naughty Virals, Uncle Snow, and Ice Spitters.
Players who gather enough Reputation Points by completing bounties will be able to receive a letter to Santa from Baka. Sending a letter will trigger the special Airdrop.
These encounters are defended by the strongest enemies, but also provide the most valuable loot, including seasonal weapons and gear pieces.
Players can also take part in weekly community goals to unlock even more rare rewards.
Each week focuses on defeating a specific seasonal enemy type, and reaching the milestone grants themed weapons and charms:
- December 18 – December 23 – Week 1: Kill Naughty Biters – rewards include the Glacier Shank Knife and Snow Season Ornament Charm
- December 23 – December 30 – Week 2: Kill Naughty Virals – rewards include the The Guiding Star Mace and Gift Season Ornament Charm.
- December 30 – January 8 – Week 3: Kill Uncle Snow – rewards include the Fractal Frost Axe and New Year’s Ornament Charm.
Dying Light 2 Evolving Bundles – weapons, cosmetics and outfits
Additionally, apart from the seasonal event, the update has also added a brand new The Evolving Bundle to the in-game store.
These bundles include weapons, cosmetic items and an outfit that evolves to a more exclusive version as players complete quests and challenges attached to them.
The first bundle of that kind is the Night Wolf Evolving Bundle , which evolves into the Crimson Werewolf set as players progress through a four-part questline.
This way, players can acquire two versions of a powerful rifle, an outfit, six gear pieces, and a paraglider skin. The bundle also contains the Wolf’s Claws melee weapon and an exclusive grappling hook variant.
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Game Updates
Along with the event, Update 1.26 introduced the following fixes and improvements to the game:
Co-op
- Fixed the issue with ‘Find Games’ matchmaking not working Xbox consoles
- Fixed the issue when Infected sometimes disappear for Peer upon killing them during the Tower Raid
- Fixed the issue where Player is loaded into the map first when trying to Quick Join from the Main Menu
- Fixed the issue with bodies of dead enemies disappearing and reappearing when the Peer joins the Tower Raid, while the Host is already in the run and kills Infected during the joining period
- Fixed the issue where Host is not able to interact with doors during the “Water Tower” quest
Gameplay
- Fixed the flashlight behavior during cutscenes
- Fixed the issue with quest chests being missing through the quest “Getting Stronger”
- Fixed the issue with possibility to deal damage/kill patrolling Volatiles from a very close range while being in the hiding spot, and not being detected
- Fixed the issue with Volatiles sometimes not despawning after player’s death
Technical
- Fixed the issue with some locations where Player is turning on the generators for unlocking Metro Stations are missing
- Fixed the issue when sometimes when playing as Scrapjaw in Tower Raid the location mesh is missing
- Fixed the issue with some missing VO
- Fixed the issue with empty Forsaken Store in Downtown area
- Fixed the issue with Player not being able to switch tabs in Stash after opening it quickly again
UI
- Fixed the issue with the names of the UGC maps being incorrectly placed in the UGC menu
- Fixed the issue with the Tutorial screen not being visible when interacting with Tower Raid posters
Currently, Techland is offering holiday discounts across the Dying Light franchise, with Dying Light: The Beast up to 20% off, Dying Light 2: Stay Human up to 70% off, and Dying Light 1 at a historic maximum discount of 85%. So if you haven’t yet, now is the best time to jump into one of the best zombie games out there!
