Day and night cycle | Enemies Dying Light Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
A complete day and night circle is one of the more important traits of Dead Light. How to behave after the twilight you can learn from the Combat chapter. In this section you will find general information about how the whole mechanism of time flow function in the game.
Time in Dying Light flows faster, thanks to that approximately every several minutes the time of day changes. Current time can be checked in the map window (the clock on the right side), but you can as well simply look at the watch that your character has from the beginning of the game. Very important thing is that you can change the time of day anytime you want by interacting with the bed. Beds can be found in all main survivors hideouts and in all safe zones. With them you can make it easier to survive the night and make the sunrise come faster. Of course, you can make the night come faster as well if you, for example, want to gain additional profits from working during the night (more about them below) or you want to take care of a task that is available only after the sun goes down.
IMPORTANT ADVICE: During the pretty long prologue of the game the current time of day is not changing. You can use it to your advantage and explore all areas of the slums during the day and secure all the safe zones. The game unlocks the flow of time after starting the main mission "Airdrop" - the one in which you must get to two crates with medicaments and run away from infected.
After reading all information on this page and in previous chapters you can think that traveling during the night is pointless. It is risky and forces you to use better weapons, but it's not like immediately after the sun goes down you should use the bed and skip the night. Staying in game world during the night is greatly rewarded. Those are the bonuses:
- Bonus to Survivor Rank - depends on how much time you were away from safe zones after the sun went down. It's pretty much gambling - you can risk and stay longer in dangerous environment, risking to lose points if you die, or you can get the bonus earlier. The points are received automatically after you return to one of main survivors hideouts, after you use the bed or after you survive till the dawn.
- Receiving double the amount of Power and Agility points.
- Receiving additional Agility points for every chase lost (that one with mutants and/or hunters) - the amount of points received depends on your efficiency in losing the trail.
- Chance to find unique rare items that are not available during the day
In summary, you should do some night trips. But always make sure that you have the right supplies (boosters, weapons, health kits etc.) and in case of any serious trouble be ready to quickly retreat to the closest safe zone.