If you want to feel truly powerful in Dying Light: The Beast, one of the best ways to do that is to grind out XP and level up quickly. Doing so will unlock skill points, which can be used to make you more effective in combat, traversal easier, and generally make you even more of a one-man army. The problem is, grinding out XP can be pretty slow-going, especially if you like to explore the map and not just beeline through the main questline. Fortunately, I’ve found a cheese that makes it incredibly easy to grind out XP and level up fast, so you can storm your way through Dying Light: The Beast.
There are a few different ways you can earn more XP than the standard amount you will get for defeating enemies during the day. Obviously, completing main quests will net large chunks of XP, but if you’re below the recommended level for the next one you’ve got to take on, that’s not an option. Outside of completing the main quests, the best way to grind XP and level up fast involves making use of the nighttime and your Beast Mode.
To most effectively use this method, you’ll want to have the Beast Controlled skill unlocked in your Beast skill tree. This allows you to control when your Beast Mode is activated. However, if you don’t have this, you can still follow the method below, but it’ll take you longer, and it’s more difficult to get all the timings right.
First, make your way to the Town Hall and sleep in the bed until nighttime. Now, exit out the front door and charge your Beast Meter by dodging normal zombies’ attacks. Once you’ve filled your meter, trigger a Chase by looking for a Volatile. These are the zombies with the red glowing eyes and they are pretty common. All you need to do is make sure that one sees you and that the ‘Chase Started’ message appears on your screen.
At this point, run back towards the Town Hall (if you’re not already there) and activate your Beast Mode. Kill the Volatiles, and whenever you need a break to heal up or when Beast Mode ends, retreat under the UV lights at the front gate of the Town Hall. This will stop the zombies from attacking you and can even weaken them, making it easy to take them down if you’re able to activate your Beast Mode again.
For every Volatile that you kill, you’ll earn 500+ XP. This is a huge amount of XP to farm, especially if you’re able to wipe out a few Volatiles in a single chase with your Beast Mode.
As mentioned above, it is possible to do this before unlocking the Controlled Beast skill, but it does require some good timing on your part. All you need to do is charge up enough of your Beast Mode bar, and then trigger a chase and hit a Volatile a few times under the safety of the UV lights to force yourself into Beast Mode. Then it’s a case of killing the Volatiles and any other zombies that join the chase with ease. While the smaller zombies won’t net you as much XP as a Volatile, killing them at night will still earn you more than doing so in the day would.
Regardless of whether you use the Controlled Beast method above or not, the main piece of advice is to avoid dying as much as possible. Each time you die, you’ll lose XP, and for me, that ranged from around 100-500XP. This can quickly rack up and really slow down your leveling progress if you continue to die once or twice during each main or side quest, or as you’re exploring the world. If you’re not feeling confident about surviving an encounter, try and escape. Find somewhere safe to heal up and get your way back to a Safe Point as quickly as possible.
There aren’t that many levels for players to grind out in Dying Light: The Beast, as the max level cap is 15. While there aren’t many levels, the grind to get that XP from just completing quests can be quite slow-going, but with the method outlined above, you’ll be able to get it done way before you reach the end of the story.
September 19, 2025
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