| The Blight | |
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Name |
Talbot Grimes |
Game Alias(es) |
"The Alchemist" |
Gender |
Male |
Nationality/Ethnicity |
Scottish |
| None | |
| Blighted Corruption | |
Power Attack Type |
Special Attack (Rush) |
| Bonebuster | |
| 115 % | 4.6 m/s | |
Alternate Movement speed |
230 % | 9.2 m/s (Rush) |
| 32 metres | |
Height  |
Average |
DLC |
CHAPTER XVII: Descend Beyond |
Voice Actor |
Jean-Baptiste Garnier & Mathieu Favier |
Breathing |
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Menu Music |
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Terror Radius Music |
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Talbot Grimes or "The Blight" is one of 25 Killers 
currently featured in Dead by Daylight 
.
He was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER XVII: Descend Beyond, a Chapter DLC released on 8 September 2020.
Contents
Overview
The Blight is an unpredictable Killer, able to rush forward in a burst of speed and carom off obstacles to injure Survivors using his power, Blighted Corruption.
His personal Perks, Dragon's Grip 
, Hex: Blood Favour 
, and Hex: Undying 
allow him to impose powerful effects on Generators, Totems and Pallets.
Difficulty rating: Hard
(based on the amount of time and effort that is required to properly learn to play him and use his Power effectively)
Lore
- Additional Lore can be found in Tome I - Awakening: The Hunger and Tome V - Unleashed: Doors Unknown.
To understand the human condition, one must rise above it. This was the credo of Talbot Grimes, a Scottish chemist whose unrestrained ambition took him to towering heights. As a boy, he was a popular child—bright, charismatic, and unafraid to challenge authority—yet despite his social graces he was fiercely independent, spending much of his time exploring the sprawling fields near his town alone. What began as a child's curiosity nearly turned deadly after experimenting with a patch of poisonous foxglove. For days, he laid in bed dripping with sweat, purging any food that touched his stomach. When he recovered, it wasn't fear that gripped him, but fascination. There was something magical in how a single flower could so drastically affect him.
Into his adult years, his ambition developed as quickly as his questionable methods. He attended the London School of Medicine and excelled despite several reprimands. His willingness to push the limits secured him a position with the British East India Company, and within seven years he was made head chemist. In time, he completed one of his greatest achievements: a chemical that could increase a worker's productivity while reducing their need for rest. He was rewarded with a secret laboratory beneath a prison camp on Dyer Island.
There, off the coast of India, prisoners from the Opium War became his unwilling subjects, leading to a drug that allowed soldiers to withstand incredible amounts of pain. Though most side effects were minor, there were rumours that a small number of soldiers went mad. In feral states, they massacred villages, impaling the populace on bayonets, leaving them hanging from trees. There were no official reports on the subject, and Talbot refused to blame himself for what could only be exaggerated war stories.
Though his callous brilliance seemed unflappable, he was ignorant to the enemies his questionable work had amassed. The realisation struck him quite literally—with a steel pipe to the back of his head during a trip to Mangalore. He was bound and loaded into a wagon. When his blindfold was removed, a sickly man showed him a mass grave filled with hundreds of bodies. Unbeknownst to Talbot, his productivity-increasing drug had killed nearly an entire factory's worth of workers. He knew he couldn't defend himself against the anger and accusations of his abductor—all he could do was curl up as the blows from the steel pipe rained down. His body was thrown into the grave and left for dead. Shifting between consciousness and the darkest black, he crawled for an escape, fingers sinking into rotting flesh. Black flies feasted on his uncovered skin, the sensation of a hundred pin pricks stabbing into him. As he collapsed, he came face to face with a dead woman's dazzling hazel eyes. Too weak to pull away, he could do nothing but witness his life's work.
Then, from the edge of death, he was brought back. He found himself on a small bed as a kindly, wrinkled face looked over him. With each pained breath, he was nursed back to health in an ancient mystery school posing as a monastery. In verdant gardens behind tall, unassuming walls, monks studied forbidden texts, striving to expand the human mind in the search for other dimensions—believing one to be connected to the other.
Talbot's knowledge proved indispensable, his mind-altering chemicals integrating seamlessly with theories of neural expansion. He realised then that his salvation was no coincidence—he was plucked from the pit specifically to advance the school's knowledge. He agreed to help until his recovery was complete, being tasked with researching what the monks called the soul chemical, a compound derived from the pineal gland that could open the mind's eye. What began as a favour to his saviours, soon became an obsession. Poring over the school's archives of lost texts, he uncovered scientific formulas that confirmed previously unthinkable ideas. He dreamt of ushering humankind into a new period of enlightenment. Perhaps then, the nightmares of hundreds of dead factory workers—and of those two hazel eyes—would fade from his mind.
As he came closer to a breakthrough, the demeanour of the monks shifted. The gentle smiles they offered were paired with uneasy eyes that quickly darted away when spotted. The polite conversations he was once privy to turned to hushed murmurs. The last thing he would see of the school was the cracked ceiling above his bed, branching like a dendrite through plaster.
His next memories were a shattered mosaic of images and sensations. Smearing lights, horse hoofs on cobblestone, coarse burlap scratching at his cheeks, and sharp bites into his arm. He awoke ragged and unwashed, splayed on the straw mattress of an opium den. Mind in a dense fog, his first thought was of his notes, the only record of his groundbreaking revelations. He searched frantically, scrambling through the dingy basement, pleading aloud for help. The few other denizens looked up from their hammocks, offering nothing but drug-soaked eyes and apathetic gazes that soon fell into half-slumber. Before he noticed the robed figure appear behind him, a needle plunged into his arm and the world disappeared once more.
Awoken. Again. Each time, hazier than the last. He tongued at hollow gaps between his teeth. How long, he wondered. A faint memory returned. The soul chemical. His notes. The verge of a breakthrough. A faraway whisper entered his mind.
He fumbled with a stone, sharpening it with shaking hands. In the dim light of the den, amongst the catatonic occupants, he carved his research from memory into the walls. He wrote for hours until his fingers bled, moving to the floor, taking in everything the voice whispered despite his inability to comprehend it. When there was nowhere left to write, he gripped the stone and carved the message into his chest. Stained with blood, he witnessed a miracle appear before him—a magnificent field of lush, orange flowers. The whispered voice beckoned to him, urging him to enter the field and discover worlds and dimensions beyond human comprehension. For a moment, Talbot felt the sense of wonder he possessed as a child.
The denizens of the opium den awoke to silence, the dry scent of smoke still lingering in the air. Shambling out of their drug-hazed fog, they found the stone floor wet with blood, tiny rivulets coursing through the cracks. As eyes adjusted to the darkened room, the jagged lettering scrawled along its length began to appear. Written over and over without end, there was but one single line: Death is only the beginning.
The Blight's Perks
These are Perks which start off only appearing in The Blight's Bloodweb 
. After achieving Level 30, Teachable versions of these Perks can be found:
- Dragon's Grip - Level 30
- Hex: Blood Favour - Level 35
- Hex: Undying - Level 40
Once obtained, other Killers will be able to find The Blight's Perks in their respective Bloodwebs from that point onwards.
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Dragon's Grip | After kicking a Generator, for the next '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">30 seconds</span>''', the first Survivor interacting with it will scream, revealing their location for '''<span class="luaClr clr clr6" style="color: #ff8800;">4 seconds</span>''', and suffers from the '''''Exposed''''' '''Status Effect''' for '''<span class="luaClr clr clr8" style="color: #d41c1c;">60 seconds</span>'''.<br>''Dragon's Grip'' has a cool-down of '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">120</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr3" style="color: #199b1e;">100</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr4" style="color: #ac3ee3;">80</span> seconds'''.<br>''<span class="luaClr clr clr9" style="color: #e7cda2;">"Such potential in this compound... even the slightest trace causes unnatural effects." — Journal of Talbot Grimes</span>'' After kicking a Generator
 , for the next 30 seconds, the first Survivor interacting with it will scream, revealing their location for 4 seconds, and suffers from the Exposed  Status Effect for 60 seconds.Dragon's Grip has a cool-down of 120/100/80 seconds. "Such potential in this compound... even the slightest trace causes unnatural effects." — Journal of Talbot Grimes |
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Hex: Blood Favour | A Hex that gains the favour of The Entity when blood is spilt.<br>Damaging a Survivor with either your ''Basic Attack'' or ''Special Attack'' prompts The Entity to hold all Pallets within a radius of '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">24</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr3" style="color: #199b1e;">28</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr4" style="color: #ac3ee3;">32</span> metres''' from that Survivor's location in place for the next '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">15 seconds</span>''', preventing Survivors from pulling them down.<br>''The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.''<br>''<span class="luaClr clr clr9" style="color: #e7cda2;">"It would be no leap of the imagination to suggest that the Trials are a biological response of sorts." — Journal of Talbot Grimes</span>'' A Hex that gains the favour of The Entity
 when blood is spilt.Damaging a Survivor with either your Basic Attack or Special Attack prompts The Entity to hold all Pallets  within a radius of 24/28/32 metres from that Survivor's location in place for the next 15 seconds, preventing Survivors from pulling them down.The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem  is standing."It would be no leap of the imagination to suggest that the Trials are a biological response of sorts." — Journal of Talbot Grimes |
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Hex: Undying | A Hex which maintains the vile powers that flow throughout the Trial.<br>The Auras of Survivors within '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">2</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr3" style="color: #199b1e;">3</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr4" style="color: #ac3ee3;">4</span> metres''' of any Dull Totem are revealed to you.
* When another Perk's Hex Totem is cleansed, its Hex is transferred to the ''Hex: Undying'' Totem, including any accumulated Tokens, disabling ''Hex: Undying'' instead. <p>''The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.''A Hex which maintains the vile powers that flow throughout the Trial.
The Auras  of Survivors within 2/3/4 metres of any Dull Totem are revealed to you.
The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem |
Load-out
Weapon: Bonebuster
An elegant accessory, specially weighted to deliver a deceptively brutal blow.
Power: Blighted Corruption
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Pustula serum courses through his veins, corrupting his mind and body, yet granting him unnatural physical abilities. | 
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The Blight starts the Trial with 5 Tokens.
SPECIAL ABILITY: Rush
When Blighted Corruption is fully charged, press the Power button to initiate a Rush, allowing The Blight to dash forwards at great speed, consuming 1 Token in the process.
- During a Rush, The Blight is unable to initiate an Attack.
Slam:
A Slam is performed by rushing The Blight into obstacles or walls, which opens the Chain Rush Window.
SPECIAL ATTACK: Lethal Rush
During the Chain Rush Window, press the Power button again to initiate a Lethal Rush, consuming 1 Token in the process.
- During a Lethal Rush, The Blight can initiate an Attack by pressing the Attack button.
- Rushing into Pallets
or Breakable Walls while attacking will destroy them.
Fatigue:
After either the Chain Rush Window closes or the final Lethal Rush with all Tokens are consumed, The Blight enters Fatigue and begins recharging the Tokens.
Power Trivia
- Blighted Corruption has 5 Tokens by default.
- Blighted Corruption replenishes its Tokens at a rate of 2 seconds per Token by default.
- Activating Blighted Corruption takes 1 second.
- While rushing, The Blight moves at a speed of 9.2 m/s or 230 %.
- In order to get a Slam, The Blight must hit an object from an angle smaller than 45 ° to its hitbox.
- The Chain Rush Window following a Slam lasts for 1.25 seconds by default.
- Rush and subsequent Lethal Rushes last for a maximum of 3 seconds.
- A Rush attack may last for a maximum of 4 seconds.
- A single Rush allows for a maximum combined turn of 180 °.
- Rush and subsequent Lethal Rushes have a default turn rate of 0.9 °/s by default.
- A Rush attack will momentarily increase the turn rate to 1.6 °/s
- The Rush Fatigue state lasts for 2.5 seconds by default.
- The Fatigue for hitting a Survivor lasts for 3 seconds.
- Dodging a Lethal Rush requires Survivors to be within 1 metre of The Blight missing the attack in order to trigger the associated Score Event.
Add-ons for Blighted Corruption
- Add-ons support Mouse-over functionality (desktop version only): hovering over the modifier words with your cursor will reveal the values behind them.
On mobile browsers, the values are displayed in small text after the modifier words. Desktop users experiencing issues with the mouse-over may temporarily switch to mobile view at the bottom of an Article page.
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Placebo Tablet | A pill that's utterly ineffective... or is it?
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Foxglove | A poisonous plant that sparked Talbot's interest in chemistry. It rekindles deeply buried memories.
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Compound Seven | This early sample failed to achieve desired results, but demonstrated surprising effects regardless.
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Chipped Monocle | A monocle Talbot rarely used despite his eyesight weakening in later years.
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Shredded Notes | The remnants of Talbot's notes, they still contain some valuable information within.
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Pustula Dust | Dried Pustula Petals  ground into a fine dust.
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Plague Bile | A sample of The Plague's bile, distilled and treated with a mixture of chemicals.
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Canker Thorn | A sizeable thorn snipped from a Visceral Canker. It secretes a mild toxin.
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Blighted Rat | A rat that briefly returned to life when injected with Putrid Serum  , becoming aggressive and uncontrollable.
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Umbra Salts | Regular sea salt that has momentarily passed through the Spirit World, altering its properties in the process.
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Rose Tonic | A mixture made with dried roses from the exceedingly rare New Moon Bouquet  .
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Compound Twenty-One | A serum that's fatal to humans. It evokes beneficial qualities in those who are... something more.
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Blighted Crow | A dead crow that has been grotesquely mutated by Putrid Serum .
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Adrenaline Vial | A hormone removed from an unwilling subjects' adrenal gland. Though it provides a jolt of energy, it can fatigue its user.
"Please, don't do this..." |
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Vigo's Journal | The journal of a man who claimed to have returned from The Void. The knowledge within has practical applications.
"In a wasteland of forgotten dreams and endless routine, the man with a way out is God." — Talbot Grimes |
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Summoning Stone | Talbot used this stone to carve what he believed was his research into the Opium Den's walls.
"Death is only the beginning." |
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Soul Chemical | A chemical squeezed from the pineal gland of a recently deceased Survivor.
Soul Chemical can activate once per Survivor per Rush. Soul Chemical does not trigger for a Rush started within 16 metres of the Survivor. "...suspected to cause atypical alterations in neural rhythmic activity." — Unlabelled Mystery School Text |
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Alchemist's Ring | A ring given to chemists graduating from the London School of Medicine. It's a reminder of unrestrained ambition.
"The student is accused of grave-robbing with the intent of unsanctioned scientific testing." — Faculty Reprimand of Talbot Grimes, 1838 |
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Iridescent Blight Tag | A glass-like laboratory tag, moulded from The Fog itself. Either a gift from The Entity or a cruel jest to tag The Blight as he once did to others.
"Progress requires drastic change." — Talbot Grimes |
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Compound Thirty-Three | Talbot's penultimate attempt at a serum. Though it did not facilitate his escape, it did have powerful side effects.
"Time is scarce. Let this be the one..." — Talbot Grimes |
Achievements
- Main article: Achievements
There are currently 2 Achievements related to The Blight.
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Adept Blight | Achieve a Merciless Victory with The Blight  using only his Unique Perks: Dragon's Grip , Hex: Blood Favour & Hex: Undying .
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Speed Kills | With The Blight , hit 30 Survivors with a Lethal Rush.
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Customisation
Players may customise their Character by choosing one outfit style from each category. Blood-stained attire is obtained after The Blight reaches Level 50 and prestiges.
The Blight's attire includes:
Base Cosmetics
Default
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description |
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The Blight | 
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Common | An alchemist whose ambition took him to the precipice of madness and beyond. |
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Mystery Robes | 
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Common | The vestments from an ancient mystery school, now a relic from a time past. |
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Bonebuster | 
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Common | An elegant accessory, specially weighted to deliver a deceptively brutal blow. |
Prestige
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Additional Notes |
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Bloody Blight |
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Rare | An alchemist whose ambition brought about bloody undertakings. | 3rd Prestige Reward |
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Dripping Mystery Robes |
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Rare | The vestments from an ancient mystery school, now stained in blood that will never be cleansed. | 2nd Prestige Reward |
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Bloodybuster |
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Rare | An elegant accessory, its lethality proven by the gobs of blood upon it. | 1st Prestige Reward |
Alternatives
Special
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Event |
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Frosty Eyes |
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Uncommon | The cold eyes of a Killer who wants warm blood.
"Have a fantastic holiday season and a bloody good new year!" — The Dead by Daylight Team |
Advent Calendar 2020 |
Event
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Event | Exclusive to Event Participation |
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5th Anniversary Crown |
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Event | A crown crafted for a very special anniversary.
"Thank you for supporting & inspiring us along the years!" - The Dead by Daylight Team |
Fifth Year Anniversary | Yes |
Archives
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Outfit | Collection | Tome | Tier |
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Shattered Mandible (Navy Blue) |
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Uncommon | The dosage of serum was more than a human body could normally withstand. The gruesome mutations were a necessary biological response to facilitate his survival. | Tragic Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 7 | 9 |
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Remnants of Humanity |
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Uncommon | Was the humble robe he wore the last vestige of his humanity, or was there still something remaining inside of him? | Tragic Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 7 | 16 |
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Scabrous Cane (Ebony) |
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Uncommon | A cane with considerable weight, it's best used when lulling victims into a false sense of security. | Tragic Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 7 | 27 |
| Completed Outfits | ||||||||
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Collection | Tome | Tiers | |
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Tragic Monstrosity | 
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Uncommon | Some could argue that the alchemist hadn’t so much destroyed his former self, as he had enhanced it. | Tragic Fate | 7 | 9,16,27 | |
In-Game Store
Outfits
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Description | Contents | Collection | Price | |
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Rampant Ambition | Common | Only shades of who he once was remained, the void left filled with an unrestrained fervor for something more. | Hooded Maw (Green)
Yesterday's Robes (Green) Gemstone Cane (Red) |
Blight Abberations | 135  |
2700  |
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Rampant Madness | Common | Only shades of who he once was remained, the void left filled with an unrestrained fervor for something more. | Hooded Maw (Red)
Yesterday's Robes (Red) Gemstone Cane (Green) |
Blight Abberations | 135 |
2700 |
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Rampant Hunger | Common | Only shades of who he once was remained, the void left filled with an unrestrained fervor for something more. | Hooded Maw (Black)
Yesterday's Robes (Black) Gemstone Cane (Blue) |
Blight Abberations | 135 |
2700 |
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Rampant Gluttony | Common | Only shades of who he once was remained, the void left filled with an unrestrained fervor for something more. | Hooded Maw (Yellow)
Yesterday's Robes (Yellow) Gemstone Cane (Yellow) |
Blight Abberations | 135 |
2700 |
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Ravenous Monstrosity | Uncommon | Some could argue that the alchemist hadn’t so much destroyed his former self, as he had enhanced it. | Shattered Mandible (Black Leather)
Remnants of Humanity (Black Leather) Scabrous Cane (Gold) |
Tragic Fate | 270 |
5400 |
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Intellectual Monstrosity | Uncommon | Some could argue that the alchemist hadn’t so much destroyed his former self, as he had enhanced it. | Shattered Mandible (Brown Leather)
Remnants of Humanity (Brown Leather) Scabrous Cane (Oxidized Bronze) |
Tragic Fate | 270 |
5400 |
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Chemical Monstrosity | Uncommon | Some could argue that the alchemist hadn’t so much destroyed his former self, as he had enhanced it. | Shattered Mandible (Faded Leather)
Remnants of Humanity (Faded Leather) Scabrous Cane (Steel) |
Tragic Fate | 270 |
5400 |
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Park Lane Aristocrat | Rare | A finely made outfit that identifies the wearer as a person of wealth and taste. | Decaying End
Victorian Ruffle Ironbone Cane |
Dapper Deformations | 675 |
13500 |
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Westminster Aristocrat | Rare | A finely made outfit that identifies the wearer as a person of wealth and taste. | Eroding End
English Ruffle Copperbone Cane |
Dapper Deformations | 810 |
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Sophisticated Horror | Very Rare | A high-class ensemble that still holds the smell of London’s smoggy streets. | Terror Top
Mangled Tailcoat Gentleman's Cudgel |
Gentleman Horror | 1080 |
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Ferryman Of The Underworld
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Ultra Rare | Death was just the beginning of his journey. | One-piece Outfit | Greek Legends | 1485 |
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True Blight | Event | An extreme overdose of putrid serum culminated in a corruption like no other. Visceral cankers blossomed through his body, sprouting from his flesh and twisting out of nearly every orifice. | Parasitic Pustula
Engorged Canker Corrupted Staff |
Hallowed Curse | 1080 |
21600 |
Heads
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Description | Outfit | Collection | Price | |
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Hooded Maw (Green) | Common | The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become. | Rampant Ambition | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Hooded Maw (Red) | Common | The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become. | Rampant Madness | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Hooded Maw (Black) | Common | The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become. | Rampant Hunger | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Hooded Maw (Yellow) | Common | The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become. | Rampant Gluttony | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Shattered Mandible (Black Leather) | Uncommon | The dosage of serum was more than a human body could normally withstand. The gruesome mutations were a necessary biological response to facilitate his survival. | Ravenous Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Shattered Mandible (Brown Leather) | Uncommon | The dosage of serum was more than a human body could normally withstand. The gruesome mutations were a necessary biological response to facilitate his survival. | Intellectual Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Shattered Mandible (Faded Leather) | Uncommon | The dosage of serum was more than a human body could normally withstand. The gruesome mutations were a necessary biological response to facilitate his survival. | Chemical Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Decaying End | Rare | The face that was once there had been reduced to skin clinging onto jagged, broken bone. | Park Lane Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 250 |
4500 |
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Eroding End | Rare | The face that was once there had been reduced to skin clinging onto jagged, broken bone. | Westminster Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 300 |
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Terror Top | Very Rare | The remains of a top hat placed upon the remains of a man. | Sophisticated Slaughter | Gentleman Horror | 400 |
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Parasitic Pustula | Event | Forever gagging on the tendrils that wound their way up his throat, Talbot was no longer sure if his decisions were his own or those of the flourishing growth that nestled into his brain. | True Blight | Hallowed Curse | 400 |
7200 |
Body
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Description | Outfit | Collection | Price | |
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Yesterday's Robes (Green) | Common | The robes worn during better days, before his life’s work overcame his very soul. | Rampant Ambition | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Yesterday's Robes (Red) | Common | The robes worn during better days, before his life’s work overcame his very soul. | Rampant Madness | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Yesterday's Robes (Black) | Common | The robes worn during better days, before his life’s work overcame his very soul. | Rampant Hunger | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Yesterday's Robes (Yellow) | Common | The robes worn during better days, before his life’s work overcame his very soul. | Rampant Gluttony | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Remnants of Humanity (Black Leather) | Uncommon | Was the humble robe he wore the last vestige of his humanity, or was there still something remaining inside of him? | Ravenous Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Remnants of Humanity (Brown Leather) | Uncommon | Was the humble robe he wore the last vestige of his humanity, or was there still something remaining inside of him? | Intellectual Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Remnants of Humanity (Faded Leather) | Uncommon | Was the humble robe he wore the last vestige of his humanity, or was there still something remaining inside of him? | Chemical Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Victorian Ruffle | Rare | An extravagant silk ruffled shirt, accompanied by a dapper vest and finely tailored trousers. Worth more than what the working class would make in a year. | Park Lane Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 250 |
4500 |
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English Ruffle | Rare | An extravagant silk ruffled shirt, accompanied by a dapper vest and finely tailored trousers. Worth more than what the working class would make in a year. | Westminster Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 300 |
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Mangled Tailcoat | Very Rare | Once an elegant jacket and trouser combo, it has since been thrashed during one of its wearer’s frenzied states. | Sophisticated Slaughter | Gentleman Horror | 400 |
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Engorged Canker | Event | As his veins coursed a sickly orange color, a visceral canker wove through his spine and tore from his back. | True Blight | Hallowed Curse | 400 |
7200 |
Weapons
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Description | Outfit | Collection | Price | |
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Gemstone Cane (Red) | Common | Though stylishly adorned with a brightly colored gemstone, this cane is constructed more as a weapon than a walking aid. | Rampant Ambition | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Gemstone Cane (Green) | Common | Though stylishly adorned with a brightly colored gemstone, this cane is constructed more as a weapon than a walking aid. | Rampant Madness | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Gemstone Cane (Blue) | Common | Though stylishly adorned with a brightly colored gemstone, this cane is constructed more as a weapon than a walking aid. | Rampant Hunger | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Gemstone Cane (Yellow) | Common | Though stylishly adorned with a brightly colored gemstone, this cane is constructed more as a weapon than a walking aid. | Rampant Gluttony | Blight Apparations | 50 |
900 |
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Scabrous Cane (Gold) | Uncommon | A cane with considerable weight, it’s best used when lulling victims into a false sense of security. | Ravenous Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Scabrous Cane (Oxidized Bronze) | Uncommon | A cane with considerable weight, it’s best used when lulling victims into a false sense of security. | Intellectual Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Scabrous Cane (Steel) | Uncommon | A cane with considerable weight, it’s best used when lulling victims into a false sense of security. | Chemical Monstrosity | Tragic Fate | 100 |
1800 |
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Ironbone Cane | Rare | An unusual combination of fossilized bone and metal that creates a vein-like pattern throughout the cane. | Park Lane Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 250 |
4500 |
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Copperbone Cane | Rare | An unusual combination of fossilized bone and metal that creates a vein-like pattern throughout the cane. | Westminster Aristocrat | Dapper Deformations | 300 |
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Gentleman's Cudgel | Very Rare | A cane chiseled of shimmering volcanic glass and fitted with an ivory collar. | Sophisticated Slaughter | Gentleman Horror | 400 |
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Corrupted Staff | Event | Serum seeped into the wooden finish of the cane, rejuvenating its life and creating a hybrid pustula plant. | True Blight | Hallowed Curse | 400 |
7200 |
DLC
- Main Article: Downloadable Content
The Blight is currently part of 2 DLCs:
Change Log
Patch 4.2.2
- Buff: added the ability to destroy Pallets and Breakable Walls to The Blight's base-kit by using Lethal Rush.
Patch 4.7.1
- Nerf: added a cap to the maximum turn rate while Rushing.
- Quality of Life: increased the maximum turn rate and sensitivity for controllers while Rushing.
Patch 5.0.0
- Nerf: adjusted the maximum turn rate at large angles while Rushing.
Trivia
- The Blight has a special vault animation: he leans one hand on the window and jumps over it, an animation very similar to the Survivors' vault animation. However, his animation changes if the vault leads to a drop-down, in which case he puts both feet on the window, then leaps down.
- The Blight shares one of his voice-actors with The Oni , The Twins (Victor), and The Executioner .
Lore Trivia
- The Blight is heavily intertwined with various Lore from Dead by Daylight:
- He is the first Killer to have had Lore about him in the game prior to his release with the Memories of "The Alchemist" in Tome I - Awakening, a year prior to his release.
- He was also retconned to be the speaker in 2018's Hallowed Blight Journal entries, originally attributed to Benedict Baker.
- His Add-on descriptions feature references to various other Characters, Sub-Realms, and Unlockables.
- New Moon Bouquet Offering
- The Plague
- Pustula Petals Offering
- Putrid Serum
- The Spirit World Sub-Realm
- Vigo
- Visceral Cankers
- The Void Sub-Realm
- New Moon Bouquet
- He himself is a mutation induced by the Putrid Serum harvested from the Pustulas during The Entity's yearly blight.
- The Blight is heavily involved in the annual Halloween Events and the creation of Blighted Cosmetics.
- He is the first Killer to have had Lore about him in the game prior to his release with the Memories of "The Alchemist" in Tome I - Awakening, a year prior to his release.
- The Blight was the first Character to have storylines in more than one Tome.
- The Blight is the only Killer to date with confirmed, canonical interactions with other Killers.
- According to the Developers, The Blight is very close to The Entity and is one of the only Characters who was outside the Trials and could freely visit The Void and other restricted zones of The Entity's Realm. They also mentioned that he was able to harness and use part of the Entity's own power.
- The Developers mentioned that the inspiration behind Talbot Grimes and The Blight is Dr. Jekyll and his alternative personality Mr. Hyde, the central character of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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