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Character: DredgeChapter: 24: Roots of Dread

Septic Touch

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Summary

Survivors who perform healing actions within the Killer's Terror Radius become affected by Blindness and Exhausted. The effects linger briefly after the healing is interrupted.

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In-game description

The Land of the Shadows subsumes all. Healing only delays the inevitable.

Effect

Whenever a Survivor performs a Healing action while inside the Terror Radius, they suffer from the following effects:

  • Inflicts the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects.
    • These effects linger for 20/25/30 seconds after the Healing action is interrupted by any means.
Quote

Do not admit to fear, or pain, or doubt. These are the seeds from which darkness grows.

— Otto Stamper

Septic Touch Mini Guide

Septic Touch mini guide: utility-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

What This Perk Is For

  • Whenever a Survivor performs a Healing action while inside the Terror Radius , they suffer from the following effects: Inflicts the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects .
  • Real-match effect: Whenever a Survivor performs a Healing action while inside the Terror Radius , they suffer from the following effects: Inflicts the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects .
  • Tier breakpoint values: 20 / 25 / 30
  • Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

How To Pilot It In Match

  • Early phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
  • Conversion phase: convert triggers into down/hook pressure.
  • If two activations are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
  • Role: Killer (142 perks in role pool)

Common Throw + Fix

  • Likely throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
  • Fix: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
  • Character: Dredge
  • Chapter: 24: Roots of Dread
  • Tag profile: Terror Radius, Heal, Blind, Exhausted
  • Bloodpoint categories: Deviousness

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