Dead by Daylight Black Banquet Guide: Event Dates, Match Rules, Rewards
Dead by Daylight’s 2026 Anniversary Event, The Black Banquet, is here—and you’re invited to a decadent, asymmetrical horror celebration marking 10 years of the game. Running from June 25 to July 16, 2026, The Fog is treating players to a match format built around dining, special objectives, and event progression. Below is a breakdown of how matches change, what items show up, what you’ll be chasing in quests, and what rewards you can earn.
Event overview and what’s included
- Black Banquet Archives
- Match changes for The Black Banquet
- Main Course
- Menu of the Day match items
- Dessert
- Black Banquet event quests
- Cosmetics and customization rewards
- Main Course
- Menu of the Day match items
- Dessert
Black Banquet Archives: your invitation and the code
When you launch DBD for the first time during the event, you’ll receive an invite to The Black Banquet.
Click the red wax seal, and the envelope opens to reveal the first of seven Archive entries.
At the end of the invitation, you’ll also see a code: 14, 3, 12, 29, 1: 51.90, -3.18.
If you treat 51.90, -3.18 as GPS coordinates, they point to Cwmdu, a small village located in the Black Mountains in Powys, Wales. The second Archive item is a classified file from the Cardiff Police.
Match changes for The Black Banquet
If you queue into an event match, you’ll be dropped into The Black Banquet, with maps and objectives adjusted for the celebration.
Trials play like a two-course meal: a Main Course for most of the match, followed by Dessert at the endgame. Here’s how that works for both Survivors and Killers.
10th Anniversary offerings (Bloodweb bonus)
Keep an eye out for Toothy Torte offerings in the Bloodweb. Using them grants 100% Bonus Bloodpoints across all categories and for all players.
Main Course rules
The Main Course begins at the start of each trial and continues until either four Generators are completed or one Survivor remains.
When you enter a map, the game selects a Menu of the Day for you. It appears at the top of your screen and specifies which “dish” you have, along with the effects that will be active throughout the game.
Your first task is to locate a Dining Cart. You can spawn in with a Morsel, but you’ll spend most of the trial searching for Dining Carts, picking up Morsels, and carrying them to Dining Tables.
While you’re holding a Morsel, the top-left interaction changes to Set A Table. You’ll also be shown the buff you’ll receive from that specific Morsel—for example, Speed.
- One Global Effect that lasts for the entire Main Course
- One Survivor effect applied whenever a Survivor eats a Morsel
- A temporary Survivor effect if Survivors assemble 4 Morsels on a Banquet Table
Once you have a dish, you can either eat your Morsel for a small personal buff or place it on a Dining Table. If multiple Morsels are placed on the same Dining Table, you’ll trigger a Banquet Payoff effect.
Menu of the Day match items: Dessert
Dessert start and what it gives
When four generators are done or there’s only one Survivor left, the Dessert phase begins. A bell rings, and the Dining Carts are replaced by Dessert Tables.
You can eat Morsels from these tables to gain a buff, which will be one of the following:
- Haste
- Elusive / Undetectable
- Endurance or Blindness Immunity
The Black Banquet for Survivors
For Survivors, the core choices are simple: eat Morsels or contribute them to the Banquet Table. If your team manages to place four Morsels on a Banquet Table, you’ll earn a Banquet Payoff that lasts for 60 seconds.
- You can load in with a Morsel if you use a Toothy Torte offering
- If you have a Toothy Torte offering, Banquet Table outlines appear in white when you’re near them
- Dining Carts don’t show outlines, but they’re scattered around the maps
- To activate the payoff, you must bring four Morsels to the same table
The Black Banquet for Killers
Killers focus on slowing down Survivors using Poison. You can throw poison at Survivors or poison interactable objects.
If you poison the Dining Cart, it will:
- Lower a Survivor’s sprinting ability
- Damage a Morsel so it can no longer be used at the Banquet Table
In addition to Dining Carts, you can poison:
- Generators
- Pallets
- Portals
- Banquet Tables
If you burn a Toothy Torte offering, you’ll begin the trial with the maximum number of Poison charges.
Black Banquet event quests and milestone progression
Completing Black Banquet quests rewards you with Banquet Coins. This is exclusive event currency, and you can spend it to unlock Black Banquet cosmetic items.
Community quests
- Global: Complete 100,000,000 Black Banquet trials
- Personal: Complete 5 Black Banquet trials
- 20,000 Bloodpoints
- 100 Rift Fragments
Completion quests
- Appetite for Greatness — Dwight cosmetic (Body)
- Rightful Place — The Trapper cosmetic (Body)
- 100 Rift Fragments
- Feed the Leader — Dwight cosmetic (Legs)
- Just Desserts — The Trapper cosmetic (Weapon)
- 100 Rift Fragments
- Weak Stomach — Dwight cosmetic (Head)
- Brand New Man — The Trapper cosmetic (Head)
- 100 Rift Fragments
- Refined Beak Player Badge
- Still Standing Banner
- 100 Rift Fragments
Milestone quests
- 10,000 Bloodpoints
- 50 Banquet Coins
- 25 Rift Fragments
The Black Banquet: Part 1 quests
- 10,000 Bloodpoints
- 75 Banquet Coins
- Killer: Carry Survivors
- Survivor: Escape 10 Chases
The Black Banquet: Part 2 quests
The Black Banquet: Part 3 quests
Cosmetics and customization rewards
During the event window, you’ll unlock rewards in two main ways: by finishing quests or by spending Banquet Coins. The lineup includes cosmetic items for both Killers and Survivors, plus player badges and banners.
Dead by Daylight The Black Banquet rewards
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