Lightborn is a Unique Perk belonging to The Hillbilly.
Prestige The Hillbilly to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Lightborn for all other Characters.
Description
Unlike other beasts of The Fog, you have adapted to light.
- The Auras of Survivors attempting to blind you by any means are revealed to you for 6/8/10 seconds.
- Grants immunity from being blinded from Flashlights, Firecrackers, Flash Grenades, and Blast Mine.
History
Change Log
Patch 1.7.0
- QoL: 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 by Flashlights or Firecrackers.
- Buff: added a secondary effect that reveals the Aura of Survivors attempting to blind the Killer.
Patch 5.0.0
- Change: added Flashbangs and Blast Mines to the immunity effect.
Trivia
- Lightborn had its original brightness modifier removed due to the Developers wanting more control over the lighting conditions on the Maps.
- While Lightborn will prevent the Killer from being blinded upon activating Blast Mine, it does not prevent the subsequent stun.
- Lightborn did not protect The Wraith and The Nurse from the Lightburn mechanic.
- Lightburn was removed from the game with the release of Patch 6.7.0.