Dead by Daylight has shipped seven Rift Passes since the system replaced the original Archive Rift in May 2025, roughly one new pass every twelve weeks. Each one comes with 70 tiers of cosmetics and a themed collection. This is every Dead by Daylight Rift Pass on record: start dates, end dates, durations, and themes.
Quick answer: Dead by Daylight has had 7 Rift Passes so far, six completed, plus Rift Pass 7: Academia, which opened October 6, 2026. The current Dead by Daylight Rift Pass timer carries the live estimate and confirmation status; this article keeps the completed-pass record stable.
How Dead by Daylight Rift Passes Work
A Rift Pass is Dead by Daylight’s battle-pass system. It’s a time-limited cosmetic track that opens for roughly 10–16 weeks, splits into a free tier and a paid tier, and is built around 70 Rift Pass Tiers you unlock by completing Rift Pass Quests in match. The premium tier costs 1,000 Auric Cells (roughly $9.99) and gates the higher-value Outfits, Charms, and Banners.
The current system is a successor to the original “Archive” Rift that ran from October 2019 through early 2025. Behaviour Interactive replaced it with the new Rift Pass framework in Patch 8.7.0, releasing Rift Pass 1, Overgrowth on May 6, 2025 as the first pass in the new format. The naming reset to “Rift Pass 1”, but the underlying battle-pass concept dates back to the launch of The Archives years earlier.
Each Rift Pass is also tied to a Collection, usually a themed crossover or an original lineup. Rift Pass 5: Ruin paired the gothic Darkest Dungeon Collection with Ascended Outfits for Meg Thomas and The Nurse; Rift Pass 6: Sunflesh was headlined by the Sunflesh Collection plus two Community Collection additions, and Rift Pass 7: Academia brings the Academia Collection.
When the current Rift Pass ends, and what resets or carries over when it does, is covered on the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass Rift Pass end date page, next to the live timer.
All Dead by Daylight Rift Pass Seasons: Complete Table
Every Dead by Daylight Rift Pass since the format launched, newest first. Durations are computed from the official open and close dates published by Behaviour Interactive.
| Pass | Theme | Start Date | End Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rift Pass 7 | Academia Current | Oct 6, 2026 | Open | - |
| Rift Pass 6 | Sunflesh | Jul 21, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | 77 |
| Rift Pass 5 | Ruin | Apr 28, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | 84 |
| Rift Pass 4 | Flashback | Jan 27, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 | 91 |
| Rift Pass 3 | Reverence | Oct 7, 2025 | Jan 27, 2026 | 112 |
| Rift Pass 2 | Entombment | Jul 29, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | 70 |
| Rift Pass 1 | Overgrowth | May 6, 2025 | Jul 29, 2025 | 84 |
Rift Pass 7: Academia
Academia opened on October 6, 2026, the moment Sunflesh closed. It is headlined by the new Academia Collection plus two additions to the Community Collection, and Behaviour announced and previewed it on the October of Horror Broadcast on October 1, 2026. Its close date is not confirmed yet; the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass timer carries the live estimate and confirmation status.
Rift Pass 6: Sunflesh
Sunflesh ran from July 21, 2026 to October 6, 2026, 77 days, or 11 weeks. It opened the moment Ruin closed and was headlined by the Sunflesh Collection plus two additions to the Community Collection, launching alongside the game’s Summer Screams event. Behaviour announced the pass in the Year 11 roadmap at the 10th Anniversary Livestream on June 14, 2026.
Rift Pass 5: Ruin
Ruin ran from April 28, 2026 to July 21, 2026, 84 days, exactly 12 weeks. It was headlined by the Darkest Dungeon Collection, a crossover with Red Hook Studios that dropped Outfits inspired by characters from the turn-based gothic RPG. The pass also added Ascended Outfits for Meg Thomas and The Nurse, plus new Outfits for David King, The Blight, Zarina Kassir, and Vittorio Toscano. Ruin shipped alongside two additional Community Collection entries selected with player input.
Any of the 70 tiers left unfinished when the clock hit zero were locked permanently; there was no carry-over into Rift Pass 6.
Rift Pass 4: Flashback
Flashback ran from January 27, 2026 to April 28, 2026, 91 days, or 13 weeks, the second-longest Rift Pass yet. It served as the platform’s setup pass for the major April 28, 2026 content drop that also kicked off the Attack on Titan and Alien collaborations alongside Darkest Dungeon. Flashback was a return to a more traditional 13-week cadence after the unusually long Rift Pass 3.
Rift Pass 3: Reverence
Reverence opened on October 7, 2025 and didn’t close until January 27, 2026, a full 112 days, or 16 weeks. That makes it the longest Rift Pass in the format’s history. Behaviour extended Reverence’s window to accommodate a postponed release schedule for the next pass, giving players an extra four weeks to grind through the 70 tiers.
Rift Pass 2: Entombment
Entombment ran a tight 10 weeks, from July 29, 2025 to October 7, 2025, making it the shortest Rift Pass on record at 70 days. It launched immediately as Overgrowth closed, with no overlap window. The compressed timeline made tier completion noticeably harder for free-tier players.
Rift Pass 1: Overgrowth
The first Rift Pass under the rebooted format opened on May 6, 2025 and ran 12 weeks until July 29, 2025. Overgrowth was the test case for the new system, including the “Deep Rift” and “Extended Rift” sections that sit beyond Tier 70 and offer prestige-tier cosmetics for players who complete the main pass early.
Records & Stats Across Dead by Daylight Rift Passes
Longest and shortest Rift Passes
- Longest: Rift Pass 3, Reverence, 112 days (16 weeks), extended to bridge a postponed content gap.
- Shortest: Rift Pass 2, Entombment, 70 days (10 weeks).
- Most common length: 84 days (12 weeks), Rift Pass 1 and Rift Pass 5 both landed exactly there.
Average Rift Pass duration
Across the six completed Rift Passes (1–6), the average length is 86.3 days, about 12.3 weeks. If you exclude the 16-week Reverence as an outlier, the average for the other five completed passes drops to 81.2 days, or about 11.6 weeks, which matches Behaviour’s stated 10–12 week target window.
Total time in service
From the Rift Pass 1 launch on May 6, 2025 through the open Rift Pass 7: Academia, Dead by Daylight has run continuous Rift Pass coverage across seven passes with no gap between them; every pass has opened the same day the previous one closed.
The cadence pattern
The data shows a clear default cadence with one outlier. Rift Pass 1 and Rift Pass 5 both ran exactly 12 weeks. Rift Pass 2 ran short at 10 weeks. Rift Pass 3 stretched to 16 weeks. Rift Pass 4 settled at 13 weeks, and Rift Pass 6 ran 11. The pattern points to a 12-week target with ±2 weeks of variance depending on the wider content roadmap, which is what makes Academia’s close date estimable before Behaviour confirms it, tracked on the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass timer.
After Rift Pass 7: Academia
Every pass since Rift Pass 1 has opened the same moment the previous one closed, with no overlap window. When Academia closes and what follows it is tracked on the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass timer.
How to Finish the Rift Pass Before Time Runs Out
The Rift Pass is structured around Rift Pass Quests that unlock in weekly batches. Each Quest rewards Rift Fragments; ten fragments equal one full Rift Tier. Tier rewards include Bloodpoints and Iridescent Shards on the free track, with Outfits, Charms, and Banners gated behind the premium track. Both tracks share the same Tier progression, buying the pass simply unlocks the locked rewards alongside the free ones.
Three things tend to derail completion: skipping a weekly Quest reset and losing the bonus Quest stack, attempting to finish only via match XP without the Quest multipliers, and forgetting that the Deep Rift and Extended Rift unlock only after you finish Tier 70. Plan for roughly 30–40 hours of in-match play across the 10–16 week window depending on how heavily you lean on Quest completion.
For the open pass, track the exact deadline on the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass countdown page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Dead by Daylight Rift Passes have there been?
Seven. Overgrowth, Entombment, Reverence, Flashback, Ruin, and Sunflesh are complete, and Rift Pass 7: Academia opened on October 6, 2026. Track its deadline on the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass timer.
How long does a Dead by Daylight Rift Pass last?
Most Rift Passes run 10–13 weeks (70–91 days), with a default target near 12 weeks. The exception was Rift Pass 3: Reverence, which ran 16 weeks (112 days) to bridge a delayed content cycle.
What was the longest Dead by Daylight Rift Pass?
Rift Pass 3: Reverence, 112 days, or 16 weeks, from October 7, 2025 to January 27, 2026. The shortest was Rift Pass 2: Entombment at 70 days.
How much does the Dead by Daylight Rift Pass cost?
The premium Rift Pass costs 1,000 Auric Cells, the equivalent of roughly $9.99. A free track is available to all players by default and grants Bloodpoints and Iridescent Shards across the same 70-tier ladder.
Data sourced from Behaviour Interactive’s official announcements and Dead by Daylight Rift Pass disclosures, cross-referenced with our season records. Last updated October 7, 2026.