Talbot Grimes

The Blight

Name	Talbot Grimes
Game Alias(es)	The Alchemist
Gender	Male
Nationality/Ethnicity	Scottish
Realm	None
Power	Blighted Corruption
Power Attack Type	Special Attack (Rush)
Weapon	Bonebuster
Movement speed	115 % \| 4.6 m/s
Alternate Movement speed	230 % \| 9.2 m/s (Rush)
Terror Radius	32 metres
Height	Average
DLC	Descend Beyond
Voice Actor	Voice Actor Unknown
Breathing
Menu Music
Terror Radius Music

Talbot Grimes or "The Blight" is one of 23 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.

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.

	Dragon's Grip	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
	Hex: Blood Favour	A Hex that gains the favour of The Entity when blood is spilt. Hitting a Survivor with your Basic Attack prompts The Entity to hold all Pallets within a radius of 16 metres from your location in place for the next 15 seconds, preventing Survivors from pulling them down. Hex: Blood Favour has a cool-down of 60/50/40 seconds. 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
	Hex: Undying	A Hex which maintains the vile powers that flow throughout the Trial. The Auras of Survivors within 2/3/4 meters 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. The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Load-out

Weapon: Bonebuster

An elegant accessory, specially weighted to deliver a deceptively brutal blow.

Power: Blighted Corruption

Pustula serum courses through his veins, corrupting his mind and body, yet granting him unnatural physical abilities.

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.

Slamming into Pallets or Breakable Walls with a Lethal Rush will destroy them.

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.

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
	Placebo Tablet	A pill that's utterly ineffective... or is it? Grants 100 % Bonus Bloodpoints for Rush Score Events in the Deviousness Category. Moderately decreases Rush Movement speed.
	Foxglove	A poisonous plant that sparked Talbot's interest in chemistry. It rekindles deeply buried memories. Slightly reduces Rush Fatigue time.
	Compound Seven	This early sample failed to achieve desired results, but demonstrated surprising effects regardless. Automatically face the nearest Survivor within 16 metres after a Slam.
	Chipped Monocle	A monocle Talbot rarely used despite his eyesight weakening in later years. Displays the target location of a Slam.
	Shredded Notes	The remnants of Talbot's notes, they still contain some valuable information within. Moderately reduces Token Regeneration time. Decreases available Rush Tokens by 1.
	Pustula Dust	Dried Pustula Petals ground into a fine dust. Moderately increases Slam duration.
	Plague Bile	A sample of The Plague's bile, distilled and treated with a mixture of chemicals. Slightly increases Rush Turn rate.
	Canker Thorn	A sizeable thorn snipped from a Visceral Canker. It secretes a mild toxin. Moderately reduces Rush Fatigue time.
	Blighted Rat	A rat that briefly returned to life when injected with Putrid Serum , becoming aggressive and uncontrollable. Moderately increases Rush Movement speed for each consecutive Rush.
	Umbra Salts	Regular sea salt that has momentarily passed through the Spirit World, altering its properties in the process. Moderately increases Rush Turn rate.
	Rose Tonic	A mixture made with dried roses from the exceedingly rare New Moon Bouquet . Considerably increases Slam duration.
	Compound Twenty-One	A serum that's fatal to humans. It evokes beneficial qualities in those who are... something more. When initiating a Slam, reveal the Aura of Survivors within 8 metres of the collision location for 3.5 seconds.
	Blighted Crow	A dead crow that has been grotesquely mutated by Putrid Serum . Considerably increases Rush Movement speed for each consecutive Rush.
	Adrenaline Vial	A hormone removed from an unwilling subjects' adrenal gland. Though it provides a jolt of energy, it can fatigue its user. Tremendously reduces Token Regeneration time. Considerably increases maximum Rush Look angle. Increases available Rush Tokens by 2. Tremendously decreases Rush Turn rate. "Please, don't do this..."
	Vigo's Journal	The journal of a man who claimed to have returned from The Void. The knowledge within has practical applications. Gain the Undetectable Status Effect while Rushing. "In a wasteland of forgotten dreams and endless routine, the man with a way out is God." — Talbot Grimes
	Summoning Stone	Talbot used this stone to carve what he believed was his research into the Opium Den's walls. Hitting a Survivor with a Lethal Rush will call upon The Entity to block Pallets within a radius of 12 metres of your location for 6 seconds. "Death is only the beginning."
	Soul Chemical	A chemical squeezed from the pineal gland of a recently deceased Survivor. During a Rush, the moment The Blight comes within 16 metres of a Survivor who is repairing or healing, trigger a tremendously difficult Skill Check for that 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
	Alchemist's Ring	A ring given to chemists graduating from the London School of Medicine. It's a reminder of unrestrained ambition. Hitting a Survivor with a Lethal Rush will instantly recharge all Rush Tokens. "The student is accused of grave-robbing with the intent of unsanctioned scientific testing." — Faculty Reprimand of Talbot Grimes, 1838
	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. Upon using all Rush Tokens, your last Lethal Rush will put Survivors into the Dying State . "Progress requires drastic change." — Talbot Grimes
	Compound Thirty-Three	Talbot's penultimate attempt at a serum. Though it did not facilitate his escape, it did have powerful side effects. Any Survivor within 16 metres of a Slam will suffer from the Hindered Status Effect for 3 seconds. Slamming Pallets or Breakable Walls will destroy them and stun The Blight for 1.5 seconds. "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
	Adept Blight	Achieve a Merciless Victory with The Blight using only his Unique Perks: Dragon's Grip , Hex: Blood Favour & Hex: Undying .
	Speed Kills	With The Blight , hit 30 Survivors with a Lethal Rush.

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:

Default

Name	Rarity	Description
The Blight	Common	An alchemist whose ambition took him to the precipice of madness and beyond.
Mystery Robes	Common	The vestments from an ancient mystery school, now a relic from a time past.
Bonebuster	Common	An elegant accessory, specially weighted to deliver a deceptively brutal blow.

Prestige

Name	Rarity	Description	Additional Notes
Bloody Blight	Rare	An alchemist whose ambition brought about bloody undertakings.	3rd Prestige Reward
Dripping Mystery Robes	Rare	The vestments from an ancient mystery school, now stained in blood that will never be cleansed.	2nd Prestige Reward
Bloodybuster	Rare	An elegant accessory, its lethality proven by the gobs of blood upon it.	1st Prestige Reward

Special

Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Event
	Frosty Eyes		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

In-Game Store

Outfits

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Name	Rarity	Description	Contents	Collection	Price
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Name	Rarity	Description	Outfit	Collection	Price
Hooded Maw (Green)	Common	The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become.	Rampant Ambition	Blight Apparations	50	900
Hooded Maw (Red)	Common	The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become.	Rampant Madness	Blight Apparations	50	900
Hooded Maw (Black)	Common	The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become.	Rampant Hunger	Blight Apparations	50	900
Hooded Maw (Yellow)	Common	The hood can hardly conceal the grotesque sight that the alchemist has become.	Rampant Gluttony	Blight Apparations	50	900
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
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
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
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
Eroding End	Rare	The face that was once there had been reduced to skin clinging onto jagged, broken bone.	Westminster Aristocrat	Dapper Deformations	300
Terror Top	Very Rare	The remains of a top hat placed upon the remains of a man.	Sophisticated Slaughter	Gentleman Horror	400
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

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Name	Rarity	Description	Outfit	Collection	Price
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Name	Rarity	Description	Outfit	Collection	Price
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gentleman's Cudgel	Very Rare	A cane chiseled of shimmering volcanic glass and fitted with an ivory collar.	Sophisticated Slaughter	Gentleman Horror	400
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 1 DLC:

CHAPTER XVII: Descend Beyond

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.

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.

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
- He himself is a mutation induced by the Putrid Serum harvested from the Pustulas during The Entity's yearly blight.
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.
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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Gameplay

THE SURVIVORS
BASE GAME	CHAPTERS I-III (1-3) + PARAGRAPH I (1)	CHAPTERS IV-VII (4-7)	CHAPTERS VIII-XI (8-11)	PARAGRAPH III (3) + CHAPTERS XIII+XIV (13+14)
Dwight Fairfield	Nea Karlsson	Feng Min	Kate Denson	Ash Williams
Meg Thomas	Laurie Strode	David King	Adam Francis	Nancy Wheeler
Claudette Morel	Ace Visconti	Quentin Smith	Jeff Johansen	Steve Harrington
Jake Park	Bill Overbeck	David Tapp	Jane Romero	Yui Kimura
CHAPTERS XV-XVIII (15-18)	CHAPTER XIX (19)
Zarina Kassir	Yun-Jin Lee
Cheryl Mason
Felix Richter
Élodie Rakoto
THE KILLERS
BASE GAME	CHAPTERS I-III (1-3)	CHAPTERS IV+V (4+5) + PARAGRAPH II (2)	CHAPTERS VI-VIII (6-8)	CHAPTERS IX-XI (9-11)
The Trapper - Evan MacMillan	The Nurse - Sally Smithson	The Doctor - Herman Carter	The Nightmare - Freddy Krueger	The Spirit - Rin Yamaoka
The Wraith - Philip Ojomo	The Shape - Michael Myers	The Huntress - Anna	The Pig - Amanda Young	The Legion - Frank, Julie, Susie, Joey
The Hillbilly - Max Thompson Jr.	The Hag - Lisa Sherwood	The Cannibal - Bubba Sawyer	The Clown - Jeffrey Hawk	The Plague - Adiris
CHAPTERS XII-XIV (12-14)	CHAPTERS XV-XVII (15-17)	CHAPTERS XVIII+XIX (18+19)
The Ghost Face - Danny Johnson	The Deathslinger - Caleb Quinn	The Twins - Victor & Charlotte Deshayes
The Demogorgon - Demogorgon	The Executioner - Pyramid Head	The Trickster - Ji-Woon Hak
The Oni - Kazan Yamaoka	The Blight - Talbot Grimes
LORE CHARACTERS
Benedict Baker	The Entity	The Observer	Vigo	and many more...
UNUSED CHARACTERS
The Smasher	The Teacher

Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Outfit	Collection	Tome	Tier
	Shattered Mandible (Navy Blue)		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
	Remnants of Humanity		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
	Scabrous Cane (Ebony)		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
	Tragic Monstrosity		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