Place 5 Blight per player on the Blight Pool, then add 1 additional Blight.

You should have the following amount of Blight in the Blight Pool based no the number of players in the game:

1 player - 6 Blight;

2 players - 11 Blight;

3 players - 16 Blight;

Return remaining Blight back to the game box to avoid making mistakes during the game.