Dying Light: The Beast’s Best Weapon Is a Little Too Cocky

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With *Dying Light: The Beast*, the *Dying Light* series is back and arguably stronger than before. This new installment addresses some of the issues found in the previous game, offering a return to the core experience fans loved. Players once again step into the shoes of Kyle Crane in a truly immersive zombie apocalypse, this time with powerful new abilities. As you explore the dangerous world of Castor Woods, you’ll use these powers, along with whatever weapons you can scavenge and create, to survive against the relentless hordes of zombies roaming the streets and forests.

In Dying Light: The Beast, players have a good selection of weapons – from axes to hammers – each with its own strengths in combat. But one weapon really stands out as the best, especially for stealthy players (and stealth is crucial in Dying Light). It also deals a lot of damage. However, there’s a big downside: this top-tier weapon is much harder to use and find than the others, limiting how often you can actually wield it.

Dying Light: The Beast’s Bow Is Its Sharpest Double-Edged Sword

Why Silence and Accuracy Change Everything

In *Dying Light: The Beast*, the bow is a particularly strong weapon for quiet, stealthy gameplay. Avoiding noise and large groups of infected is key to survival in any *Dying Light* game, and the bow excels at letting you do that. While throwing knives are also useful for stealth, the bow is much more effective thanks to its longer range and higher damage.

In *Dying Light: The Beast*, a precise headshot with a bow will usually kill an enemy instantly, except for bigger creatures like Chimeras. While guns and throwing knives can also achieve this, the bow is a superior choice for long-distance fights because it’s both quiet and powerful. Using noisy weapons like guns – in *Dying Light: The Beast* and other *Dying Light* games – can attract Virals. These fast-moving enemies are easier to kill than regular infected, but they can quickly overwhelm you if they swarm.

The Rare Cost of Power in Dying Light: The Beast

While the bow is a powerful weapon in *Dying Light: The Beast*, it’s very costly to use. This is mainly because it requires Feathers, which are extremely rare in Castor Woods – even more so than other materials in the game. The problem gets worse as you upgrade the bow and its arrows. Higher-level crafting requires even more Feathers for both making new arrows and repairing the bow itself.

Feathers, like other valuable items in *Dying Light: The Beast*, can be collected through dedicated searching, but they remain scarce and appear in limited amounts. Players will find themselves needing to farm for them again relatively quickly after spending a good amount of time doing so. It’s unfortunate that such a powerful weapon has a limited supply. It almost seems arrogant, knowing its own limitations.

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2025-09-23 22:34