Dying Light: The Beast drops you right into Caster Woods, a new playground crawling with nightmares and secrets. This time, Kyle Crane takes center stage again after his absence in Dying Light 2. Daytime is safer, but enemies are tougher at night, and XP gain doubles. Standing still in fights or exploration makes you an easy target, so using the right strategy is essential to staying alive.
Bows, crossbows, and throwing knives are great for silent kills. Using the right skill is also crucial, allowing you to dominate the enemies or escape from them. Sneaking past enemies is better than engaging them at night. In this guide, I’ll discuss the best beginner tips and tricks for Dying Light: The Beast, including how to initiate the game efficiently.
Beginner Tips and Tricks For Dying Light: The Beast
Below are the best beginner tips and tricks for Dying Light: The Beast to get started with.
1. Always be Kicking
This is a tried and true tip for all Dying Light games, but especially in The Beast, where Kyle Crane, all juiced up on zombie steroids, has the most powerful kick to date. This game’s dropkick might change the definition of yeeting. Even the game’s basic kick is really helpful. Here are some best ways you can utilize kicks in combat.
Best Ways to Use Kicks in Combat
- Interrupt Attacks: Stop a zombie mid-swing and knock it to the ground.
- Create Chain Reactions: Kick one zombie into another to stagger multiple foes.
- Leverage the Environment: Send enemies flying into spikes, fire, or other hazards.
- Clear Rooftops: Kick rooftop-chasing zombies back to the streets.
- Set Up Finishers: Each kick opens a short window for a quick execution.
2. Dance With the Devil
Stamina
How well you do in Dying Light: The Beast relies mostly on how well you can manage your stamina. This is more important than it has ever been. Nearly everything you do, from attacking to blocking and kicking, affects your Stamina.
However, running doesn’t affect your Stamina. If you’re in a chase, rest easy knowing that Kyle Crane is the forest gump of video game protagonists. If you do run out of stamina and you’re in the middle of a brawl, dashing and running away can be useful.
2.1 Save Your Stamina
If you’re low on Stamina and you dash continuously, Kyle will fall back and down on the ground. While not optimal, this often can buy you a couple of seconds to catch your breath, as his stamina meter fills up.
You can also still block when exhausted, but it’ll prevent you from gaining your stamina back. If your actions become out of sync with how the gauge is depleting and refilling, you’re going to have a bad time.
3. Two Hands Are Better Than One
Melee
While Dying Light: The Beast allows you to pick up and use firearms, the majority of the weapons you’ll be utilizing in the game are melee-based. They come in both one-handed and two-handed variations.
Tips for Using Melee Weapons
- One-Handed Weapons: Swing faster and consume less stamina, ideal for quick attacks and conserving energy.
- Two-Handed Weapons: Offer higher attack power, making them effective for dealing more damage to bosses and tougher enemies.
- Consider Weapon Mods & Durability: These factors influence weapon performance and should be checked before committing to a weapon.
- Favor Two-Handed Melee: The trade-off in speed and stamina consumption is minor, while the increased damage helps defeat enemies faster.
4. Take Aim – Reticle Matters
Rectile Matters
The reticle in Dying Light: The Beast is crucial not only for aiming weapons but also for parkour precision. Learning to line it up properly can save your life and make combat more efficient.
Tips for Using the Reticle Effectively
- Line Up Jumps: Align the reticle with ledges before big jumps — it can mean the difference between grabbing the edge or falling to your death.
- Aim with Intention: Don’t slash mindlessly — focus the reticle on enemies to conserve stamina and land hits accurately.
- Headshots vs. Body Shots: Aiming for the head deals more damage, but hitboxes vary by weapon, so adjust your swing timing.
- Target the Legs: Legs are bigger targets, and hitting them can trip the infected, giving you time to recover or escape.
5. Double Trouble
QTE
In the game, you’ll be getting into a lot of quick-time events where zombies will try to gnaw at you. You may think that you’re safe from attack when one of these events kicks off, but in Dying Light: The Beast, a second zombie can stack upon the first. This makes for an even more stressful encounter.
- You’ll either have to push them off or, if you have a shank, take them out with the blade.
- Be aware of your surroundings and how many infected are around when one of their ranks latches on to you.
6. Stop and Smell the Roses
When you’re given a quest objective on the other side of the map, the world is designed to focus on running and parkour. You’ll pass through rooftops directly to it with jumps, ledges, and poles perfectly aligned so you don’t lose momentum. However, another big aspect of Dying Light: The Beast is resource gathering. Whether that be scrap to upgrade weapons or valuables to sell in return for cold, hard cash, you will want to take the time to loot as much as you can.
Tips for Looting
- Enter Open Windows: While running and hopping onto rooftops, duck into open windows to rummage for loot—every bit helps.
- Scavenge from Enemies: Defeated infected can also be a source of loot.
- No Guaranteed Loot: Not every enemy corpse contains loot, so don’t expect to find items every time.
6.1 Loot the Bodies
While it can feel like you’re raking in the scrap, keep an eye on what you’re actually picking or not picking up.
- The more bodies there are, the more possibilities for loot, but searching corpses can be monotonous.
- Instead, if you’ve taken out a horde, run away slightly from their cadavers and then loop back.
- The game quickly de-spawns fallen enemies, and in their place will leave a package for you to loot.
7. Going Beast Mode
Beast mode
Beast Mode is a new addition in Dying Light: The Beast, where Kyle Crane can put aside the weapons and tear through zombies with his bare hands.
- While this might sound like an OP move, Beast Mode doesn’t last very long.
- Beast mode is useful in horde situations or while fighting any bosses.
7.1 How To Get Beast Mode
In the tutorial, Beast Mode activates automatically whenever the Beast Mode meter fills. You will unlock a Beast Controlled Skill to use when required later in the game. To enter beast mode, you need to fill a gauge. You do so by dealing melee damage, parrying attacks, or having damage dealt to you. But you should know that using guns doesn’t increase your accumulation at all.
Steps to Use Beast Mode
- Charge the Meter: Parry attacks, perform perfect dodges, or take damage to fill the gauge.
- Activate Beast Mode: Click both joysticks (controller) or press Z+X (keyboard) to trigger it.
- Wait for Full Charge: For maximum impact, let the meter completely fill before activating.
- Unlock Apex Predator Skill: This lets you activate Beast Mode even before the gauge is full.
- Use in Combat: Activate during large fights to wipe out groups of enemies efficiently.
- Watch the Timer: The meter drains while active, so plan your attacks carefully.
8. Pay-to-Win Weapon Mods
The most effective weapons are those that you can equip with mods. You can get the weapon mods easily in the early game by buying blueprints from vendors.
Thinks to Keep in Mind for Weapon Mods
- Resources Needed: You still need resources to craft the mods.
- Vendor Stock: Vendors are usually stocked with just the right amount of materials needed to craft the blueprints they sell.
- Worth the Investment: Since mods are among the most important items in the game, it’s worth spending your limited cash to acquire the necessary resources when needed.
9. Save Your Ammo
Ammo is Important
The game offers only limited ammo for your gun, and using it in open fire can put you in really serious trouble.
Tips for Saving Ammo
- Conserve Ammo: Avoid spraying every infected with bullets to save ammunition.
- Use the Bow Wisely: Reserve your limited ammo and use the bow to eliminate enemies efficiently.
- Prioritize Melee Weapons: Take out infected using melee weapons to reduce reliance on guns.
- Repair Melee Weapons: Damaged melee weapons can be easily repaired, unlike ammo, making them a more sustainable option.
10. Learn the Enemy’s Attack Pattern
Each enemy, like Chimera, has their own attack pattern, noises, and movements. Players can easily predict their new movement by just noticing their body behavior.
Best Tips For Fighting Zombies
- Observe Enemy Patterns: Watch how enemies time their moves to predict their attack patterns.
- Recognize Attack Types: Enemy moves can include a lunge, sprint, jump attack, swing or thrash, and spit.
- Exploit Recovery Windows: Pay attention to rushed attacks, as enemies are often stunned or slow right after, allowing you to strike.
- Use Cover and Stealth: Take cover behind objects or use Stealth Expert to heal your character, avoiding damage during combat.
11. Watch Out for the Weather
Weather
The weather in Dying Light: The Beast directly impacts survival. Rain can actually change how weapons behave.
Weather Tips For Survival
- Electrified Weapons: Using an electrified weapon turns puddles into death traps for groups of zombies.
- Weather Effects: Storms can limit visibility, winds may affect projectiles, and lightning can reveal volatiles lurking in trees.
- Adapt Constantly: The dynamic weather system forces you to adjust your strategy frequently.
- Have a Backup Plan: Always keep a backup strategy, as environmental conditions won’t always work in your favor.
