Dead by Daylight Mid-Chapter Update 6.1.0 Now Live

It’s finally here: perhaps the largest single balance update in Dead by Daylight history drops today in the form of Patch 6.1.0, AKA the Mid-Chapter update. It’s going to be interesting to see how the meta changes with the major changes that go live today — will BHVR’s goal of diversifying perk choices become a reality?

We’ve discussed the changes plenty already (here and here) so we won’t go into great depth in this article, but in brief:

Many popular meta perks have been nerfed and/or adjusted
Generators will take longer to repair (10 sec)
Killers have had various actions sped up or otherwise buffed
Progression has been significantly modified

Read on to see the full patch notes, or just go check ’em out in-game!

Dead by Daylight Patch 6.1.0 Notes

Content

“Tome 12: DISCORDANCE” of The Archives (starts July 20th 11AM ET)
Added 5 maze tiles to the pool in the McMillan Estate map

Gameplay

Generators take 90 seconds for a single survivor to repair (was 80 seconds)
Killers kicking a generator now immediately cause a 2.5% loss of progress in addition to starting regression
Bloodlust trigger times have been reduced to 15 seconds for Tier 1, 25 seconds for Tier 2, and 35 seconds for Tier 3 (was 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 45 seconds)
The following Killer actions have been sped up by 10%:
- Time to kick a pallet or wall has been reduced to 2.34 seconds (was 2.6 seconds)
- Time to kick a generator has been reduced to 1.8 seconds (was 2 seconds)
- Cooldown time after a successful hit has been reduced to 2.7 seconds (was 3 seconds)
Duration of the Survivor speed boost when hit has been reduced to 1.8 seconds (was 2 seconds)
Survivors now have a modified version of Borrowed Time as a baseline ability, no perk required
- Unhooked Survivors now get a 7% movement speed bonus and Endurance for 5 seconds
- The speed bonus and Endurance effect are removed if the Survivor performs a Conspicuous Action
New Term – Conspicuous Actions
- Includes: Repairing a Generator, healing yourself or others, cleansing or blessing a Totem, sabotaging a hook, unhooking a survivor, and opening an exit gate
- Added a new section and description to the Game Manual
Endurance status effect is now cancelled by Conspicuous Actions
Endurance does not prevent a Survivor from entering the dying state if they are inflicted with Deep Wound

Killer Perks

Barbecue and Chili

Removed Bloodpoint bonus

Corrupt Intervention

Added: Corrupt Intervention deactivates when any Survivor enters the dying state
Note: The perk still deactivates after 2 minutes if no Survivor has entered the dying state

Coulrophobia

Added: Healing Skill Checks move 50% faster for Survivors under the effect of this perk

Dark Devotion

Now triggers when a Survivor loses a health state by any means (was just basic attacks)

Eruption

Increased Generator reduction when a Survivor enters the dying state to 10% (was 6%)
Increased duration of Incapacitated status effect to 15/20/25 seconds (was 12/14/16 seconds)

Hex: No One Escapes Death

Added: Once the Hex’s effect is revealed to the Survivors, its Hex Totem’s aura is shown to the Survivors at a range of 4 meters. This range increases steadily over the next 30 seconds to 24 meters

Hex: Ruin

Added: Once any Survivor is killed by any means, the Hex: Ruin Totem reverts to a Dull Totem.
While a generator is not being repaired by a Survivor, it will immediately and automatically regress repair progress at 50%/75%/100% of the normal regression speed

Jolt

Removed the cooldown

Knock Out

Added: Recovery speed is reduced by 25% for Survivors under the effect of this perk

Lethal Pursuer

Added: Any time a Survivor’s aura is shown for a period of time, its duration is increased by 2 seconds.
Note: The new effect applies to the duration of the normal Lethal Pursuer effect, which means it effectively reveals survivors for 9/10/11 seconds at the start of the match

Monstrous Shrine

Reworked – This perk is now Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine
Scourge Hooks grant 10/15/20% faster Entity progression if the Killer is not within 24 meters. Basement hooks count as Scourge Hooks

Overcharge

Added: After Overcharge is applied to a generator, its regression speed increases from 75% of normal to 200% of normal over the next 30 seconds

Pop Goes the Weasel

Changed regression to be 20% of current progress (was 25% of total)
Note: This is calculated after the new baseline regression when kicking a generator

Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain

Increased Healing and Repairing speed penalty to 10/13/16% (was 7/8/9%)

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Removed scream effect on Survivors repairing the exploding generator, generator will spark to show regression

Thanatophobia

Increased individual penalties for repairing, sabotaging, and Totem cleansing to 4.5/5/5.5% (was 4/4.5/5%)
Increased maximum penalty to 18/20/22% (was 16/18/20%)

Tinkerer

Added: This effect can only be triggered once on each generator

Survivor Perks

Borrowed Time

Reworked to account for the baseline version of the effect
Survivors you unhook keep their Endurance status effect for an extra 6/8/10 seconds and their movement speed bonus for an extra 10 seconds

Botany Knowledge

Increased healing speed bonus to 30/40/50% (was 11/22/33%)
Changed Medkit efficiency bonus to a -20% efficiency penalty (was +10/20/30%)

Calm Spirit

Increased chance to avoid alerting crows to 100% (was 80/90/100%)
Added: Allows you to open chests and cleanse/bless totems silently, but at 40/35/30% reduced speed

Dark Sense

Reworked: Each time a generator is completed, Dark Sense activates. While Dark Sense is active, the Killer entering a 24-meter radius around you reveals their aura for 5/7/10 seconds. Once the aura’s duration expires, Dark Sense deactivates
Note: The effect triggers if the Killer is already within 24 meters when the perk is activated

Dead Hard

Removed the dash / dodge element of the perk.
Activating Dead Hard now grants the Survivor Endurance for 0.5 seconds
An animation plays when activated so Killers can see when the perk is used without the Survivor being hit

Decisive Strike

Added: The perk and its effects are disabled if the exit gates are powered.
The perk is now disabled when the Survivor performs a Conspicuous Action (Defined earlier in the patch notes under the Gameplay section)
Stun duration is now 3s down from 5s

Déjà Vu

Added: Gain a 5% repair speed bonus on the generators revealed by Déjà Vu

Distortion

Reduced the starting tokens to 3 (was 4)
Removed stipulation preventing the perk from activating when in a Killer Trap
Added: Regain a token for each 30 seconds spent inside the Killer’s Terror Radius. Distortion may not have more than 3 tokens

Hope

Removed time limit

Inner Focus

Removed the distance restriction on seeing the Scratch Marks of other Survivors (was 32 meters)

Iron Will

Reduced the grunts of pain volume reduction to 25/50/75% (was 50/75/100%)
Added: Does not function while Exhausted. Does not inflict Exhausted

Lightweight

Increased reduction of scratch mark duration to 3/4/5 seconds (was 1/2/3 seconds)
Added: Your scratch marks are spaced inconsistently

Lucky Break

Added: For each 1 second spent healing another Survivor, increase Lucky Break’s duration by 1 second. Lucky Break’s duration cannot increase beyond its starting value

No One Left Behind

Now triggers when the Exit Gates are powered (was triggered when an Exit Gate was opened)
Added: When unhooking a Survivor, they gain a 7%movement bonus for 10 seconds

Off the Record

Added: Once you are unhooked or escape from the hook, Off the Record activates for 60/70/80 seconds
Added: Gain the Endurance status effect
Added: Off The Record is disabled when the exit gates are powered

Overzealous

Increased repair speed buff to 6/7/8% (was 4/5/6%)
Added: This bonus is doubled if you cleanse an Hex totem

Pharmacy

Now guarantees an Emergency Med-Kit in every chest (was just the first chest opened), when injured

Saboteur

Scourge Hooks now have a yellow aura when a Survivor is being carried

Self-Care

Reduced the self heal speed to 25/30/35% (was 50%)
Removed Med-Kit efficiency bonus

Sole Survivor

Added: When you’re the last Survivor alive, gain 75% action speed when repairing generators and 50% action speed while opening an exit gate or the Hatch

Spine Chill

Reworked: Get notified when the Killer within a 36-meter range. If the Killer is within range and is looking at you with a clear line of sight, your speed while repairing, sabotaging, healing, unhooking, cleansing, blessing, opening exit gates and unlocking is increased by 2%/4%/6%. The effects of Spine Chill linger for 0.5 seconds after the Killer looks away or is out of range. Spine Chill’s icon indicates the strength of the Killer’s Terror Radius

Tenacity

Added: Grunts of pain while in the dying state have their volume reduced by 75%

We’re Gonna Live Forever

Reworked: When healing another Survivor in the dying state, your healing speed is increased by 100%. Additionally, performing any of the following actions activates this perk’s secondary function: Perform a Safe Hook Rescue, Take a hit to protect a Survivor, Rescue a Survivor by stunning the Killer with a pallet, Rescue a Survivor by blinding the Killer with a Flashlight. When this perk’s secondary function is active, healing another Survivor out of the dying state grants them Endurance for 6/8/10 seconds and deactivates the secondary function

Progression

The Progression and Prestige systems have been reworked

IMPORTANT: No existing perks, items, or cosmetics will be lost if they are already unlocked on a character, even if having them would contradict the rules of the new system.
Global Bloodpoint soft-cap has been raised to 2,000,000 (was 1,000,000)
Bloodpoint Categories maximum raised to 10,000 (was 8,000)
Prestiging no longer removes any items, add-ons, offerings, perks, or perk slots
Teachable Perks have been removed from the Bloodweb
Level 51 in the Bloodweb requires the character to Prestige, costing 20,000 Bloodpoints
Characters can now each be prestiged up to 100 times
Prestiging a character has the following rewards:
- Prestige 1: The character’s perks are immediately unlocked for use on all other Killers / Survivors at Tier 1
- Prestige 2: The character’s perks are immediately unlocked for use on all other Killers / Survivors at Tier 2
- Prestige 3: The character’s perks are immediately unlocked for use on all other Killers / Survivors at Tier 3
- Prestige 4-6: Bloodied cosmetic items (when available for the specific character)
- Prestige 7-9: Perk Charms for the character’s perks
Existing players will have their characters granted prestige levels in the new system based on the following:
- +2 additional levels per existing Prestige level
  - Example: A Prestige 1 character will receive +2 levels, resulting in being Prestige 3 in the new system
- If the character has 70 or more Perks unlocked (Counting each tier of a perk separately):
  - +1 level for 70-119 Perks
  - +2 levels for 120-169 Perks
  - +3 levels for 170-219 Perks
  - +4 levels for 220-269 Perks
  - +5 levels for 270-319 Perks
  - +6 levels for 320+ Perks
- Prestige 9 is the highest level a character can be when transferring to the new system, even if the above rules say they should be higher
Existing unlocked Teachable Perks will immediately grant access to Tier 1 of that Perk on all characters if no other mechanic has already granted access to the Perk
Added unique Prestige Crest artwork for each prestige level
Characters who are already at Prestige 3 on the old system will unlock a Bloody Prestige Portrait on the character selection screen
- Can be toggled on / off in the Options menu

Shrine of Secrets

Teachable Perks have been removed from the Shrine of Secrets
Purchasing a Perk on the Shrine of Secrets now immediately unlocks that Perk on all Killers / Survivors at the displayed Tier level
- Tier 1 – 2,000 Iridescent Shards
- Tier 2 – 4,000 Iridescent Shards
- Tier 3 – 6,000 Iridescent Shards
You must purchase Tier 1 before you can purchase Tier 2, and Tier 2 before Tier 3, unless you have already unlocked the Perk via the Prestige System
Having the perk already available via the Prestige System discounts the price:
- Tier 1 via Prestige – 2,000 Iridescent Shards for Tier 2, 4,000 Iridescent Shards for Tier 3
- Tier 2 via Prestige – 2,000 Iridescent Shards for Tier 3
The same Perk may be purchased multiple times on a single rotation of Shrine of Secrets
Purchasing a Perk that you already have at Tier 3 will convert the Iridescent Shards to 100,000
Bloodpoints
- This can only be done once Shrine of Secrets rotation per Perk (maximum of 4 times on a single rotation, assuming you have all 4 Perks already at Tier 3)

Matchmaking Incentives

Matchmaking Incentives have been added to the game
- Not available to players who have Cross-Play disabled
When the Survivor:Killer ratio in the active Matchmaking queue drifts too far from optimal (4:1), players will receive BP bonuses to enter the queue as the needed role
- Note: Players can also expect queues with a large Incentive bonus to have faster queue times!
Matchmaking Incentives will appear on the Main menu and in the Lobby next to the Ready button

UI

Made UI layout changes to accommodate the new Prestige Crest on multiple screens
Character Info button has been moved to the side tabs in the Lobby UI
Replaced Character Swap buttons/prompts with a Previous/Next button in the Lobby UI footer

Optimization

Optimized the Doctor’s performance

Dev Note: The Doctor currently has one of the largest impacts on performance for Killers. These performance optimizations should help improve that on all platforms.

Changes from PTB

Reduced Prestige node cost from 50,000 to 20,000
Increased Bloodpoint Category caps from 8,000 to 10,000
Increased Global Bloodpoint soft-cap from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000
Rules for converting Prestige levels from the old system to the new system have been made more rewarding, but with a maximum starting point of Prestige 9
Reworked the Prestige Portrait reward for players who had already reached Prestige 3 on a character
Reworked the Prestige Perk Charm visuals
Reworked the Prestige Crest visuals

Dev Note: We received a lot of feedback on the PTB about the grind not being reduced enough when only focusing on a few characters, especially in relation to the cost of the Prestige node on the bloodweb. In response, we have reduced the BP cost of the Prestige node as well as raising various BP caps to allow for more BP to be earned, stocked up, and spent. We’ve additionally adjusted the transition rules for the Prestige system in such a way that players who reached Prestige 3 in the old system will immediately be Prestige 9 and thus unlock all associated perks, cosmetics, and charms immediately for the character.

Endurance no longer stops a Survivor from going down if they have Deep Wound
Dead Hard’s Endurance duration reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds
Off The Record is now disabled when the Exit Gates are powered
Overcharge’s regression has been reduced from 100%-400% to 75%-200%
Botany Knowledge now has a Medkit efficiency penalty of -20%
Spine Chill now has additional Terror Radius visual feedback
Inner Focus no longer has a distance restriction on viewing scratch marks

Dev Note: On the PTB we saw many instances where Survivors were able to queue up several instances of Endurance one after the other, and being able to tank far too many additional hits. Changing Endurance to not trigger when a player has Deep Wounds will prevent this from being as effective, as Survivors will now need to mend the Deep Wound in order to benefit from Endurance a second time. Off The Record was also proving to be too strong during the end game, since there are no required Conspicuous Actions at that point, and will now disable once the gates have been powered.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that caused players to experience rubber banding during gameplay
Fixed an issue that caused the Dredge’s head to clip through the camera when teleporting to a locker
Fixed an issue that caused the Hillbilly to be able to use his momentum to reach inaccessible areas
Fixed an issue that caused the Artist’s Scanning Crows not to reveal Killer Instinct on Survivors in the dying state
Fixed an issue that caused Lucky Break perk to activate during the camera pan at the start of the match when having the No Mither perk equipped
Fixed an issue that caused the extra fatigue duration from chain blinks to be unaffected by the Nurse’s Catatonic Boy’s Treasure add-on
Fixed an issue that caused the Built To Last perk to continue recharging the item when interrupted going into a locker
Fixed an issue that caused the aura reading effect from the Knock Out perk to apply to Survivors that are downed by other means than the Killers basic attack
Fixed an issue that caused the skill check wiggle UI to briefly appear after succeeding a Decisive Strike skill check
Fixed an issue that caused the Decisive Strike perk to remain active indefinitely if the Killer is stunned when the skill check need is in the success zone
Fixed an issue that caused the Invigorated status effect from the Clown’s Afterpiece Antidote to last longer when exiting a gas cloud as it activates
Fixed an issue that caused the Legion’s Feral Frenzy combo not to reset when blinding them mid lunge attack
Fixed an issue that caused the Wraith’s “Shadow Dance” – White add-on to increase the locker opening speed while cloaked
Fixed an issue that could cause the healing progress bar to remain on screen after the healing action is completed when affected by the Hemorrhage status effect
Fixed an issue that caused only one Survivor to grunt when one or more Survivors stopping the healing action while affected by the Hemorrhage status effect when close by to each other
Fixed an issue that caused cleansing a totem while under the Broken status effect to still activate the Inner Healing perk when the broken status effect ends
Fixed an issue that caused the “Brand New Part” add-on to bypass the Survivors screaming when the Eruption and Scourge hook: Pain Resonance perks are triggered
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to recover indefinitely with Soul Guard once affected by the Hex: Plaything or Hex: Pentimento perks
Fixed an issue that caused the Haste status effect icon to be missing when affected by Hex: Devour Hope
Fixed an issue that caused the Hex: Undying perk to reveal Survivor auras when they are near a Boon Totem
Fixed an issue that caused the Deathbound perk not to give progress to the Punch Drunk achievement (trophy for Sony platforms)
Fixed an issue that caused the Pig’s Ambush Dash animation to freeze when hitting an asset
Fixed an issue that caused a missing animation when vaccinating another Survivor
Fixed an issue that caused a missing animation when Survivors open an exit gate while injured and contaminated by the Nemesis’ T-Virus
Fixed an issue that caused the Nightmare’s Dream Pallet placing animation to be missing
Fixed an issue that caused the Hag’s trigger range add-ons (Bog Water, Bloodied Water, Bloodied Mud) to have no functionality
Fixed an issue that caused the Cannibal’s Shop Lubricant add-on not to hide the auras of downed Survivors when using the chainsaw
Fixed an issue that caused the Nightmare’s Pill Bottle add-on not to make him invisible to awake Survivors after dropping and picking up a Survivor
Fixed an issue that caused the Madness Tier II effect of the Doctor’s “Calm” add-ons not to match the description
Fixed an issue that caused the Flashbang and Firecracker items to be unusable when running down stairs
Fixed an issue that caused the Streetwise perk to remain active in the area when the Survivor with it was Sacrificed, Killed or disconnected
Fixed an issue that caused the Adrenaline perk to give progress to the Generosity challenges
Fixed an issue that caused the Heroic Virtue challenge to gain progress when the Killer disconnects
Fixed an issue that caused the Kinship perk not to give clear feedback when the perk is activated
Fixed an issue that caused the Nemesis’ Prestige outfit to have a hole in the hand
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Killer to not be able to pick up a Survivor who’s downed on the basement stairs after using ”Dead Hard”
Fixed an issue that caused equipped charms to not appear for other survivors in a survivor lobby
Fixed an issue where the Hillbilly’s chainsaw revving sound effect does not continue for the entire duration of the charge animation
Fixed an issue that caused the Conscious Concoction charm UI icon to appear different from its actual model
Fixed an issue that caused survivor bots to toggle their flashlights rapidly
Fixed an issue that caused some users to be unable to remove EGS friends from their friends list.
Fixed an issue that could cause the daily rituals screen to soft-lock the application
Fixed an issue that could cause a loss of progress when launching the game on 6.1.0 for the first time
Fixed an issue that caused items, addons and offerings to not be lost after a trial
Fixed an issue that caused legacy character customizations to disappear after rebooting the game on 6.1.0
Fixed an issue that enabled a Killer to body block the access to the basement in the main building in Junkyard
Fixed an issue where the Killer is unable to go through a specific spot on Lerys Memorial Institute.
Fixed an issue where the Killer can’t pick up a downed Survivor on top of the logs in Garden of Joy
Fixed an issue where a pile of debris in Lery Memorial blocks the Blight when using Blighted Corruption power
Fixed an issue that caused an invisible collision preventing Killers to access the basement in Coal Tower
Fixed an issue that caused a generator that couldn’t be repaired on one side in Dead Dawg Saloon
Fixed an issue that caused a green glyph that can’t be interacted with in Midwich Elementary School
Fixed an issue where some rocks can be climbed on by stepping around it in Garden of Joy
Fxed an issue where survivors are able to reach on top of the shelf barrels in Gideon Meat Plant
Fixed an issue that caused the hatch to sometimes spawn inside the basement
Fixed an issue that caused the Jigsaw’s Annotated Plan add-on to remove 30 seconds from the reverse bear trap timer instead of 10 when the last generator is completed
Fixed an issue that may cause succeeding a Brand New Part skill check not to give generator repair progress
Fixed an issue that may cause survivors to be unable to exit some lockers when facing the Trickster.
Fixed an issue that caused some green glyphs not to be accessible
Fixed an issue that make Mikaela’s hair to not have the white outline aura from the Nightmare’s POV in the Dream State
Fixed an issue that caused the smoke cloud to appear as small repeated patterns in the Punishment of the Damned VFX
Fixed an issue that caused the VFX of Ghost Face’s Glacial Shroud to be seen through fog

Audio

Characters

Fixed an issue where the Hillbilly’s chainsaw revving SFX does not continue for the entire duration of the charge animation
Fixed an issue where the wrong audio cue would be called when selecting a Survivor from the Role Selection menu
Fixed an issue where the female survivors voice over would not follow the character’s mouth movement when being hooked
Fixed an issue where only one Survivor would grunt when two Survivors would stop healing closely at the same time while being affected by Hemorrhage
Fixed an issue where, in some rare instances, some Killer’s Bloodweb sound would be stuck in an infinite loop
Added Entries for Tome 12 of the Archives

Perks

Fixed an issue where the Tenacity perk would only reduce grunts of pain after Survivors would move from their initial falling point
Added a new audio indicator when losing a token when Distortion hides a player’s aura

General

Fixed an issue where multiple instances of the same audio cues would play in menus
Fixed an issue where when a Killer would hit a wooden table, the incorrect surface sound would be played
Fixed an issue where the small pole Generators would fail to throw confetti and would not play the correct SFX once completed in specific maps
Fixed an issue where when changing from the Play As Killer menu to the Store, the Killer’s sound effects would be missing
Fixed an issue where there was no audio cue when a Killers would be stunned while under the effect of the Orange Glyph
Audio optimisation pass on Midwich Elementary School to prevent audio cuts

Platform specific

Xbox One

Fixed an issue where the game would crash when muting the game on Xbox One

Nintendo Switch

Fixed an issue where after extended periods of play, the application would run out of memory after quitting the Tally Screen

Fixed from PTB

Fixed an issue that caused the post unhook endurance and speed bonus timers to start during the animation instead of at the end
Fixed an issue that caused the sparks emitted by a generator to be too intense when damaged
Fixed an issue that caused Hex: Ruin to deactivate at the beginning of the hook sacrifice animation instead of the end
Fixed an issue that may cause the application to crash when the Hex: No One Escapes Death perk is used
Fixed an issue that caused killers not to see the Haste status icon when the Hex: No One Escapes Death perk activates
Fixed an issue that caused the Exposed icon to disappear when Hex: No One Escapes Death is transferred to the Hex: Undying totem
Fixed an issue that caused killers not to be able to kill the survivors when having 5 tokens on the Hex: Devour Hope perk
Fixed an issue that caused the Hex: Devour Hope Exposed effect not to be revealed when injuring survivors using certain killer powers
Fixed an issue that caused the Lethal Pursuer perk not to reveal survivors’ auras for the correct duration at the start of the trial
Fixed an issue that caused the aura reveal duration from some of The Shape’s add-ons not to be increased by the Lethal Pursuer perk
Fixed an issue that caused survivors under the effects of the Prove Thyself perk not to see the perk icon or the yellow progress bar
Fixed an issue that caused the repair speed bonus not to be applied when a survivor is already working on a generator when it becomes revealed by the Déjà Vu perk
Fixed an issue that caused the repair speed bonus to continue to be applied when a survivor is working on a generator that stops being revealed by the Déjà Vu perk
Fixed an issue that caused survivors under the Broken status effect to be healed to full health when removing the Plague’s sickness at a fountain
Fixed an issue that caused some HUD elements to become hidden for the remainder of the trial after switching to Victor when playing as the Twins
Fixed an issue that caused several actions not to be blocked during the tutorial
Fixed an issue that caused Bill’s cigarette smoke to be misaligned

Known Issues

Warrior Goddess for Feng Min has been disabled to prevent a crash
The Rancor perk activates when the hatch is closed regardless of how many generators were left
The Nightmare is unable to place Dream Snares in the kitchen in Badham Preschool
Bloodweb cap has been increased to 2 million bloodpoint, even though the tooltip still read as 1 million
The matchmaking incentives warning is cutoff in Play as Killer and Survivor
The matchmaking incentives text is present in Play as Killer without having the BloodPoint Bonus
Tome 12 Archive Collection video does not play properly on Stadia
Terror Radius feedback on Spine Chill functions in reverse (ie Drains as the TR gets louder, instead of filling)