Surviving the cultist ambush will restore The Flame to its weakest state, giving the party one last chance to finish the journey. Once it is extinguished, the party is attacked by a group of deadly cultists. Certain actions and encounters, such as winning a battle, can cause The Flame to wax or wane, affecting the party's safety and sanity. The party's means of transport is The Stagecoach, and they are protected from the evil presence by The Flame, which must be kept lit. This journey takes the player and a party of four heroes across a kingdom fallen to ruin and chaos. The player is tasked by their mentor, The Academic, with traveling to The Mountain and defeating the source of evil there.

Obsession - Mania and misery - companions to the last.

Resentment - Left unsurfaced, grievances gain a terrible strength.

Denial - You have cowered in your crumbling denial long enough.

The player can select which Confession to play at the beginning of a playthrough, and also replay previous Confessions.ĭuring early access, Confessions will be made available one at a time as development of the game proceeds to the full launch. The chosen Confession determines which boss the player will confront once they reach The Mountain. The game's story is divided into five acts, or 'Confessions', with each one consisting of a single full playthrough. ~ 'Complete your Confession' choice prompt I hereby acknowledge and accept the fullness and severity of my mistakes. As madness consumes everyone, and apocalyptic cults and monsters spread chaos and decadence, the player and their party of heroes must journey to a distant, foreboding mountain with the last flame of Hope to avert disaster.ĭarkest Dungeon II features significant gameplay changes from its predecessor. of the Darkest Dungeon.įollowing the events of Darkest Dungeon, the corruption defeated at the Estate is found to be only a symptom of a far greater evil that is already on the verge of ending the world. Free yourself from this suffocating stillness, fix your gaze on the horizon, and face the fearsome truth. The world is a wasteland of failures past, and yet you must ride out into it, unafraid.

The earth spins on a strange and terrifying new axis, and everywhere. My protege - my friend - our calculations were correct: the ephemeral equation is unbalanced.

Darkest dungeon gameplay basics