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This article is about the hero in Darkest Dungeon. For her appearance in the sequel, see Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon II).

Plague Doctor
Stats [Compare]
Armor	1	2	3	4	5
MAX HP	22	26	30	34	38
DODGE	0	5	10	15	20
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5
SPD	7	7	8	8	9
CRIT	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%
DMG	4-7	5-8	6-10	6-11	7-13
Base Resistances
Stun		20%	Move		20%
Blight		60%	Bleed		20%
Disease		50%	Debuff		50%
Death Blow		67%	Trap		20%
Other information
Movement		1 forwards, 1 backwards.
Crit Buff Bonus		+20% Blight Skill Chance
Religious		No
Provisions		Antivenom

“	What better laboratory than the blood-soaked battlefield?	„
	~ The Ancestor

The Plague Doctor is one of the playable Characters in Darkest Dungeon.

Combat Skills

“	A doctor, researcher and alchemist who prefers to hang back, eating away at her foes with stacking damage-over-time abilities like toxic clouds & plague-filled grenades. She is equally effective in a support role, blinding and confusing foes while enhancing a party's survival with damage-increasing tonics, and remedies for bleed and blight effects.	„
	~ Guild

Note: New Plague Doctors will always come with the Plague Grenade skill.

(All buffs and debuffs last for 3 rounds unless otherwise specified.)

Noxious Blast#
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-80%	95	5%	Blight (100% base) 5 pts/rd for 3 rds -5 ACC (100% base, 3 rds)
Further levels Level 2 -80% 100 6% Blight (110% base) 5 pts/rd for 3 rds -5 ACC (110% base, 3 rds) Level 3 -80% 105 7% Blight (120% base) 6 pts/rd for 3 rds -6 ACC (120% base, 3 rds) Level 4 -80% 110 8% Blight (130% base) 6 pts/rd for 3 rds -6 ACC (130% base, 3 rds) Level 5 -80% 115 9% Blight (140% base) 7 pts/rd for 3 rds -7 ACC (140% base, 3 rds) Sound

Plague Grenade#
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-90%	95	0%	Blight (100% base) 4 pts/rd for 3 rds
Further levels Level 2 -90% 100 1% Blight (110% base) 4 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 3 -90% 105 2% Blight (120% base) 5 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 4 -90% 110 3% Blight (130% base) 5 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 5 -90% 115 4% Blight (140% base) 6 pts/rd for 3 rds Sound

Blinding Gas#
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-100%	95		Stun (100% base)
Further levels Level 2 -100% 100 Stun (110% base) Level 3 -100% 105 Stun (120% base) Level 4 -100% 110 Stun (130% base) Level 5 -100% 115 Stun (140% base) Sound
Limit:	3 Uses per Battle

Incision#
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Melee			+0%	85	5%	Bleed (100% base) 2 pts/rd for 3 rds
Further levels Level 2 +0% 90 6% Bleed (110% base) 2 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 3 +0% 95 7% Bleed (120% base) 3 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 4 +0% 100 8% Bleed (130% base) 3 pts/rd for 3 rds Level 5 +0% 105 9% Bleed (140% base) 4 pts/rd for 3 rds Sound

Battlefield Medicine#
	Rank	Target	Heal	Effect	Self
			1-1	Cure Blight/Bleed	Cure Blight/Bleed
Further levels Level 2 1-2 Cure Blight/Bleed Cure Blight/Bleed Level 3 2-2 Cure Blight/Bleed Cure Blight/Bleed Level 4 2-3 Cure Blight/Bleed Cure Blight/Bleed Level 5 3-3 Cure Blight/Bleed Cure Blight/Bleed Sound

Emboldening Vapours#
	Rank	Target	Effect	Self
			+20% DMG +3 SPD (1 Battle)
Further levels Level 2 +21% DMG +3 SPD (1 Battle) Level 3 +22% DMG +4 SPD (1 Battle) Level 4 +23% DMG +4 SPD (1 Battle) Level 5 +25% DMG +5 SPD (1 Battle) Sound
Limit:	2 Uses per Battle

Disorienting Blast#
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-100%	95		Shuffle Single (100% base) Stun (100% base) Clear all Corpses
Further levels Level 2 -100% 100 Shuffle Single (110% base) Stun (110% base) Clear all Corpses Level 3 -100% 105 Shuffle Single (120% base) Stun (120% base) Clear all Corpses Level 4 -100% 110 Shuffle Single (130% base) Stun (130% base) Clear all Corpses Level 5 -100% 115 Shuffle Single (140% base) Stun (140% base) Clear all Corpses Sound

Camping Skills

“	The Plague Doctor makes use of experimental remedies and risky healing practices to cure her companions' ailments, and restore their vigor. Eager to prove the effectiveness of her latest untested concoction, she will inject herself - blindly faithful in its beneficial results.	„
	~ Survivalist

Camping skills are special skills heroes can use while they are camping. They take a certain number of "respite" points to use, and can only be used once per camp (unless the skill says otherwise). Most heroes have three shared camping skills and all heroes have 4 unique camping skills (with the Flagellant being the exception, having only unique camping skills). Only 4 of these can be equipped at one time. Any Buffs or lasting effects given from a camping skill lasts for 4 battles.

The Plague Doctor practices and experiments during camp, and her tonics yield health benefits for the party and herself. She can cure disease, buff and heal.

Unique SkillsShared Skills

Experimental Vapours
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	4	One Companion	Heal 50% HP +33% Healing Received (4 Battles)
	Bark	"Inhale this. It *should* make you feel much better."
Leeches
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	3	One Companion	Heal 15% HP Remove Blight Remove Disease
	Bark	"The leeches shall purify your blood."
The Cure
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	1	Self	Remove Disease +20% Disease Resist (4 Battles)
	Bark	"This injection shall fortify against any internal assault on my flesh."
Self-Medicate
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	3	Self	-10 Stress Heal 20% HP Remove Blight/Bleeding +10 ACC (4 Battles)
	Bark	"This needle is for me. Finally."

Encourage
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	2	One Companion	-15 Stress
	Bark	"Here...quaff this tonic. It restores the humors." "Apply this unguent. It strengthens the will." "Smoke this leaf. It will restore your confidence."
Wound Care
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	2	One Companion	Heal 15% HP Removes Bleeding Removes Blight
	Bark	"Let me drain the fluids. They could be useful." "Change that dressing twice daily and you may yet live." "An impressive wound! Let me make a quick sketch."
Pep Talk
	Time Cost	Target	Description
	2	One Companion	-15% Stress (4 Battles)
	Bark	"We can cure this place's ills. We are its medicine." "Like a vaccine, we shall inoculate this land against evil!" "Fear wears off in time, much like a mild poison."

Equipment

“	The Plague Doctor wears only light cloth - intent on remaining as far from melee combat as possible. From a distance she lobs toxic sachets that can blind, disorient, and eat away at her foes.	„
	~ Blacksmith

Unlike other games, equipment upgrades in Darkest Dungeon are linear, all bought at the Blacksmith.

Grenades
Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Level 4			Level 5
	Crude Sachets			Crafted Sachets			Diseased Sachets			Toxic Grenades			The Bubonic Herald
	DMG base:	4-7		DMG base:	5-8		DMG base:	6-10		DMG base:	6-11		DMG base:	7-13
	CRT base:	2.0%		CRT base:	3.0%		CRT base:	4.0%		CRT base:	5.0%		CRT base:	6.0%
	SPD base:	7		SPD base:	7		SPD base:	8		SPD base:	8		SPD base:	9
Doctor's Robes
Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Level 4			Level 5
	Attendant's Robes			Intern's Robes			Doctor's Robes			Surgeon's Robes			The Malignant Mantle
	DODGE base:	0		DODGE base:	5		DODGE base:	10		DODGE base:	15		DODGE base:	20
	HP base:	22		HP base:	26		HP base:	30		HP base:	34		HP base:	38

Each Hero has Trinkets unique to them that only they can equip. The Plague Doctor has eight; 3 common, 2 Crimson Court and 1 uncommon, rare and very rare. In the base game, her trinkets are herbs, vials, and a censer. The Crimson Court DLC adds a subject notes and dissection tools.

Trinket Image	Trinket Name	Rarity	Class Restriction	Origin Dungeon	Effect	Additional Notes
	Diseased Herb	Common	Plague Doctor		+40% Disease Resist
	Rotgut Censer	Common	Plague Doctor		+8 ACC -5% MAX HP
	Witch's Vial	Common	Plague Doctor		+15% Stun Skill Chance
	Poisoned Herb	Uncommon	Plague Doctor		+40% Blight Skill Chance -15% MAX HP
	Bloody Herb	Rare	Plague Doctor		+10 ACC Melee Skills +30% Bleed Skill Chance +20% DMG Melee Skills
	Blasphemous Vial	Very Rare	Plague Doctor		+10 ACC Ranged Skills +20% Stun Skill Chance +20% Blight Skill Chance +25% Stress

The Crimson Court DLC added special Trinket Sets, two for each hero. They confer powerful bonuses to the hero equipped with them, and having both equipped at once yields an additional bonus, which is shown greyed out at the bottom. The origin dungeon for all Trinket Sets is the Courtyard and they all have the rarity Crimson Court. The Shieldbreaker Trinket Set, however, is only obtainable through her final 6th and 7th nightmare encounters and won't be dropped or given as a reward in the Courtyard. Trinkets you already have will stop dropping, so there's value in not selling the ones you don't like until you get the ones you want.

Trinket Image	Trinket Name	Class Restriction	Effect	Set Effect	Quote	Additional Notes
	Subject #40 Notes	Plague Doctor	+25% MAX HP +35% Disease Resist	+15% Blight Skill Chance +15% Stun Skill Chance	"Those fools at the University..."
	Dissection Kit		+35% Bleed Skill Chance +25% DMG

The Color of Madness DLC added trinkets with a new rarity, Crystalline. Each hero has their own unique crystalline trinket which can be bought from Jeweler inside the Nomad Wagon with Crystal Shards found within the Farmstead.

Trinket Image	Trinket Name	Rarity	Class Restriction	Shard Cost	Effect	Additional Notes
	Ashen Distillation	Crystalline	Plague Doctor	45 Shards	+20 DODGE +25% Blight Skill Chance +20% Healing Received if Medicinal Herbs in inventory

District Bonus

The Crimson Court DLC adds Districts to the Hamlet, some of which confer passive buffs to heroes.

The table below lists all of the currently available buildings that can be constructed within Hamlet's Districts, the cost of doing so, and the benefits of each individual project.

The gold cost of most Districts in Radiant mode is significantly reduced. The price in Radiant mode is shown in parentheses.

Districts
Name	Image	Effect	Cost
Athenaeum		Antiquarian, Occultist, and Plague Doctor receive: +15% Blight Skill Chance +15% Debuff Skill Chance Interacting with Knowledge Curios heals 15 Stress. (Stack of Books, Bookshelf, Pile of Scrolls, Alchemy Table, Occult Scrawlings, Eerie Coral, Bas-Relief, Bloodflowers, Pile of Strange Bones, Throbbing Coccoons, Throbbing Hive) Note: this Stress heal only works for the three classes mentioned, and will not replace negative Stress effects from Knowledge Curios, such as the "The Hero Reads a Most Unsettling Passage..." event from A Stack Of Books.	2500 (1000)
			110
			1

Trivia

• The Plague Doctor's predetermined name is Paracelsus, taken from the Swiss physician of the same name who is credited as the founder of toxicology.
• While most characters have seven trinkets, The Crusader, Highwayman, Plague Doctor, and Vestal all have the most at eight.
• The plague doctors of popular culture (those of the time of the bubonic plague) were not officials and many were completely unqualified. Those who took up the iconic garb were mostly young, inexperienced outcasts from the world of medicine at the time. These individuals were known to create and sell radical, bizarre, and quackish remedies based on personal theories.
• "Auribus Teneo Lupum", mentioned in a Hopeless camping quote, is Latin for "Holding a Wolf by the Ears". It describes a situation in which there is no right answer or no good outcome.