The Plague Doctor and his Ounce of Prevention ability, once upgraded, can reduce a point of Stress. One early item that can help reduce Stress is Laudanum.

Just a key point: characters with the highest strength stat that’s 50% or higher have a chance to negatively react to combat events.

You need to actively reduce it if you want to make it through the game just fine. The most treasured resource you need to manage within your party is Stress. So don’t get too attached with your first run Darkest Dungeon 2 is built purposely as a roguelike with multiple replay value. For each failed run, your torch capacity (which adds more enemy advantage the lower it gets through your journey) and item options expand further and further. This is a guarantee, as Darkest Dungeon 2 is built to make you fail. This starter guide should at least get you going and at least fail less runs than usual. The game is currently in Early Access so some things may change later down the line.

For one, part 2 is now a traditional roguelike title with the usual progression: one run to survive, then restart it if your entire team dies. Darkest Dungeon 2 goes back to the unforgiving and brutal turn-based combat gameplay of the first game, but shakes it up a bit.

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