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Bleacher
Bleachers are pale, shirtless Swarmers with about 50% more health and a harder hit. They are a newer mutation you meet later, and the same tactics as Swarmers work if you bring a few extra rounds.
- Threat
- Medium
- Type
- Infected
Appears in
Found in
Good to know
- They carry about 40% more body mass than a Swarmer.
- On Normal a Bleacher takes about 15 Boot Knife stabs, against 10 for a Swarmer.
- Their attacks hurt noticeably more than a Swarmer's.
- They never wear a shirt, only torn jeans or brown cargo shorts.
- They first show up in O'Brian's mission I Need Your Help.
- Deacon notes in his journal that Bleachers have only been around a few months.
- Lost Lake pays 10 trust and 20 credits per Bleacher ear.
- Escape Artist lets you kill one right after you break its grab.
How it behaves
A Bleacher fights like a Swarmer. It swipes with both hands or opens its arms to grab you. The difference is durability and damage. Mistakes cost more health than they would against a Swarmer.
How to beat it
One Bleacher still falls to the Boot Knife if you keep slashing. With guns, expect to spend a few more bullets than on a Swarmer. Bull Rush into a small group, then stomp each one while it is stunned.
Where you meet it
Bleachers appear after the Finding NERO storyline introduces them in I Need Your Help. You see them most in the southern regions, such as Crater Lake.
Rewards
Their ears pay as well as Runner ears, far more than Swarmer ears. Loot every Bleacher you kill.
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