Lightborn

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Lightborn is a teachable Unique Hillbilly Perk . It can be unlocked for all other Characters from Level 35 onwards:

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	4,000	5,000	6,000	Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Grants immunity to Blindness caused by Flashlights or Firecrackers . Survivors attempting to blind you have their Aura revealed for 6/8/10 seconds. "These monsters... they adapt! They emerge with strange new abilities." — Vigo, Vigo's Journal

Icon	Teachable	Description
	5,000	Unlocking this Perk makes it available in the Bloodweb of all Killers Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Grants immunity to Blindness caused by Flashlights or Firecrackers. Survivors attempting to blind you have their Aura revealed for several seconds. "These monsters... they adapt! They emerge with strange new abilities." — Vigo, Vigo's Journal May be unlocked in the Shrine of Secrets or in The Hillbilly's Bloodweb at Level 35.

History

Version 1.0.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	0 % 20 % 15 %	5 % 40 % 30 %	10 % 60 % 45 %	Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Your vision is dimmed by 0/5/10 %, but you can endure strong lights. Resistance to blindness is increased by 20/40/60 %. Recovery from blindness is increased by 15/30/45 %.

Version 1.7.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	20 %	40 %	60 %	Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Resistance to blindness is increased by 20/40/60 %. Recovery from blindness is increased by 50 %.

Version 2.6.2

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	60 %	70 %	80 %	Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Resistance to blindness is increased by 60/70/80 %. Recovery from blindness is increased by 50 %.

Version 4.1.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	6 seconds	8 seconds	10 seconds	Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light. Grants immunity to Blindness caused by Flashlights or Firecrackers. Survivors attempting to blind you have their Aura revealed for 6/8/10 seconds.

Change Log

Patch 1.7.0

• Quality of Life: removed the dimmed vision debuff.
• Buff: increased the Flashlight Blind recovery rate to 50 % across all Tiers.

Patch 2.6.2

• Buff: increased the light resistance percentages to 60/70/80 %.

Patch 4.1.0

• Buff: the Killer is now immune to getting blinded.
• Mechanic Change: added a secondary effect that reveals the Aura of Survivors attempting to blind the Killer.

Trivia

• Lightborn had its original brightness modifier removed due to the Developers wanting more control over the lighting conditions on the Maps.
• Lightborn does not protect The Wraith and The Nurse from the Lightburn mechanic.