Dead by Daylight Update 9.1.1 Patch Notes Kick Off With Major Bug Fixes

Let’s cut straight to the chase: Dead by Daylight update 9.1.1 patch notes are officially here, and frankly, the community can breathe a ragged sigh of relief. If last week’s update felt like a clown car bursting into flames, you weren’t hallucinating—you survived one of the wildest bug cycles in Dead by Daylight’s nine-year history. Now, Behaviour Interactive has finally unleashed a patch meant to duct tape the damn thing back together. But don’t worry, I’m not giving out celebration cake just yet. I’ll break down what’s actually fixed, what’s only cosmetically fixed, and what’s doomed to return like a vengeful ghost.

1. Perks Like Streetwise and Last Stand Finally Unbroken

First on the roster: the perk problems. Streetwise and Last Stand took a brief yet memorable vacation on the dreaded Kill Switch bench due to game-breaking bugs. (Pro tip: “Kill Switch” is fancy dev-speak for “We broke this so badly it needs a timeout.”) With Dead by Daylight update 9.1.1, these perks have been re-enabled, now supposedly working like they did before—meaning, you should no longer experience toolboxes vanishing into the Upside Down or teammates looking at you like you’re secretly working for the Killer. Still skeptical? Yeah, me too. But at least now you can risk your bloodpoints with a little more confidence.

2. Nerfing Fog Vial: No More You Can’t See Me, John Cena Meme Build

Let’s talk about the Fog Vial. Introduced last patch, it turned the fog on some maps up to 11—so much so that players were wandering around like confused Roombas. Killers could practically disappear mid-chase. Survivors, for their part, needed echolocation to escape. The Fog Vial has been nerfed back to a reasonable state. Now everyone can see beyond their own nose. Great news for people who actually want to play the game, less so if you relied on turning every match into the world’s saddest game of Marco Polo.

3. The Clown’s Overpowered Bottle-Throwing—No Longer the NFL MVP

You know what shouldn’t exist? A portly Killer who can outpitch major league athletes. But that’s exactly what happened last week, when The Clown gained the ability to chuck bottles at absurd velocities. Some survivors swore those things broke the sound barrier. Thankfully, update 9.1.1 grounds The Clown’s little league career. Now, his bottles function as intended: dangerous, but not catapulting you into a parallel universe. This should restore a smidge of sanity to chase sequences and, if we’re lucky, kill at least half the Benny Hill memes.

4. Priority Bug Fixes for Killers, Chases, and Survivor Perspectives

Let’s get serious for a second. The new patch doesn’t just swat at small bugs; it takes aim at some of the deeper code gremlins tormenting Killers and Survivors alike. Chase mechanics, which determine how the cat-and-mouse drama unfolds, got a much-needed scrub. The Deathslinger’s aiming animation, which had all the smoothness of a Windows 95 screensaver, now looks less broken. No, this isn’t a Pixar-caliber performance—just a baseline expectation in a competitive game that players can finally dare to have.

5. Audio, Character, and Map Issues Cleaned Up—Mostly

What’s a Dead by Daylight patch without a meaty “miscellaneous fixes” section? Patch 9.1.1 claims to tackle rogue audio glitches (no more random shrieking, hopefully), character model oddities (survivor arms shouldn’t resemble taffy anymore), and map exploits that made a few unlucky locations feel like playing hide and seek with a wall hack. According to the official Behaviour patch notes, there’s progress…though, in classic Behaviour fashion, new bugs will probably spawn before you even finish reading this sentence. I’m not betting rent money on perfection, let’s put it that way.

6. A Promise for More Hotfixes (Yes, Another Patch Incoming)

Ain’t no rest for the wicked—or the bug-riddled. Behaviour admits that some newly-patched problems, especially involving Blood Rush and the infamous Fog Vial, are not perfect yet. So, yes, yet another hotfix looms on the horizon. At least the devs aren’t hiding: their communication’s clear this time, promising another follow-up next week. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s a patch to fix a patch, but hey, persistence beats pride every damn time.

7. Behaviour Actually Listens (Eventually)

For once, Behaviour acknowledged the elephant in the fog: player trust is slipping, and their communication style lately has been about as transparent as a brick wall (or Fog Vial, pre-nerf). Update 9.1.1 comes with a public commitment—faster status updates, broader use of the Kill Switch, and less radio silence when all hell breaks loose. It only took a near-mutiny, but here we are. Maybe, just maybe, the next time everyone’s perks bug out, we won’t have to wait for an interpretive dance tweet to hear about it.

In Case You Missed It: Players Begging Blizzard to Take Over

If you need a healthy dose of schadenfreude—or you want to relive how catastrophic last week’s debacle really was—you have to read the hilarious roundup of Dead by Daylight bug fix drama and Overwatch crossovers. Yes, the player base legitimately asked Blizzard for help. If that’s not a cry for help, nothing is.

Wrapping Up: Is It Finally Safe to Queue?

So, after pouring over the Dead by Daylight update 9.1.1 patch notes, is the game finally safe for you, your rank, and your highly questionable sanity? The answer: safer than it was, but let’s not throw a party until the next patch cycle comes and goes. As ever, keep one eye on the latest Dead by Daylight news and guides, and keep a hand on the “Report Bug” button. At least you can now load in without being ambushed by The Clown’s Major League Baseball audition.

For more breakdowns, opinions, fresh bug autopsies, and darkly comedic gaming wisdom, keep it here. And if you’re still brave—or foolish—enough to hit the “Ready” button, may your teammates be semi-competent and your chases mercifully bug-free. (But let’s be honest: that’s what patch notes are for.)