Why is my ping high in Dead by Daylight? Servers and test

Dead by Daylight at a glance

Publisher: Behaviour Interactive
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Servers: Hybrid: publisher servers and player hosted modes
Server choice: The game picks the server
Server list: 9 locations named, not a full list
Measured by our test: 9 of 9 areas
Status page: Not published
Checked: October 18, 2026

Dated or thin source

What Behaviour Interactive publishes about Dead by Daylight servers is dated or thin. Check the game's own menus before you rely on this page.

How to see your ping in Dead by Daylight

Behaviour Interactive does not document this.

How to change server in Dead by Daylight

Behaviour Interactive does not document this.

Where the Dead by Daylight servers are

Behaviour Interactive moved Dead by Daylight from player hosted matches toward dedicated servers starting in late 2019, connecting you to the nearest data center. The region list here is the set Behaviour Interactive planned for the first launch, in a September 2019 post written before launch (Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, Frankfurt, Ireland, São Paulo, North Virginia and Oregon). The same post said players far from all of these would keep the previous connection. Behaviour Interactive has not published a newer list, so treat it as a dated starting point.

Dead by Daylight server locations from Behaviour Interactive, with the test point we time for each
Location	City	Country	Our test point
Southeast Asia (Singapore) (our name, no label published)	Singapore	Singapore	Southeast Asia (Singapore): Singapore
Japan (Tokyo) (our name, no label published)	Tokyo	Japan	Japan (Tokyo): Tokyo
Korea (Seoul) (our name, no label published)	Seoul	South Korea	Korea (Seoul): Seoul
Oceania (Sydney) (our name, no label published)	Sydney	Australia	Oceania (Sydney): Sydney
Europe Central (our name, no label published)	Frankfurt	Germany	Europe Central: Frankfurt
Europe West (our name, no label published)	Not published	Ireland	Europe West: Ireland, London and Paris
Brazil (Sao Paulo) (our name, no label published)	São Paulo	Brazil	Brazil (Sao Paulo): Sao Paulo
North America East (our name, no label published)	Not published	United States	North America East: N. Virginia
North America West (our name, no label published)	Not published	United States	North America West: N. California and Oregon

Behaviour Interactive names these locations only, not a full list. A city it does not name prints as not published, and an area folded onto a test point never borrows that test point's city.

What Behaviour Interactive says about ping

Behaviour Interactive publishes no ping figure or advice for Dead by Daylight.

Our test reads its own bands next to that: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above. These are our lines, not Behaviour Interactive's.

What our test reads for Dead by Daylight

Behaviour Interactive names some locations only, so the test compares every region. The result is general unless you pick the region you play on.
Modes that a player hosts run on that player's device. The test speaks to the server modes only.

Fixes that fit your Dead by Daylight result

Ethernet or Wi-Fi, when the spread is high or requests go missing.
5 GHz or 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, when you play on Wi-Fi.
Background downloads, when the spread jumps while others use the line.
Router QoS, when the home line is full.
When the route is the problem, when the result reads far from the servers.
Console ping, when you play on a console.

Test your ping to Dead by Daylight regions

Dead by Daylight ping questions

Where are the Dead by Daylight servers?

Behaviour Interactive names 9 locations, not a full list: Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, Frankfurt, Europe West and 3 more. The table on this page shows each one with the test point we time for it.

Can you pick your server in Dead by Daylight?

No. Behaviour Interactive says the game picks the server for you.

What is a good ping in Dead by Daylight?

Behaviour Interactive publishes no figure for Dead by Daylight. Our own bands, which are not Behaviour Interactive's: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above.

Does the test measure the Dead by Daylight servers themselves?

No. It times public test points in 9 of Dead by Daylight's 9 areas, from your browser. That shows network distance in tens of milliseconds; the number Dead by Daylight shows you decides.

Sources

The Dead by Daylight facts on this page come from Behaviour Interactive's own pages, read on the dates shown.

Dead by Daylight's Move To Dedicated Servers: A Status Update (Dead by Daylight news, 13 Sep 2019), news post, read October 15, 2026
Which platforms are included in cross-play? (Dead by Daylight Support), support article, read October 15, 2026
Network Troubleshooting (Dead by Daylight Support), support article, read October 18, 2026