Confessions

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I hereby acknowledge and accept the fullness and severity of my mistakes.

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The Confession selection screen.

Confessions is the base game mode of Darkest Dungeon II, consisting of five Confessions, also referred to as Acts. Gameplay consists of taking expeditions through various regions, starting from the Valley and arriving at the Mountain. The player chooses which Confession to play at the beginning of each expedition. Initially only the first Confession is available, and successfully completing one Confession will unlock the next one. The choice of Confession affects various gameplay mechanics, including:

• The final boss
• The number and choice of Regions in the run
• Ordainment chance and effects
• Flame effects
• Altar buffs
• Bounty Hunter appearance chance

Game difficulty generally increases with each act, with enemies in later acts receiving more buffs and having access to more powerful skills.

Whenever a Confession is completed for the first time, the player is forced to choose the following Confession when starting a new expedition.

Ordainment by Confession

Main article: Ordainment

One of the largest differences between Confessions is the effects Ordainment has on enemies. All ordained enemies will receive buffs to HP and damage, along with various offensive and defensive buffs depending on the current Confession.

Denial	Resentment	Obsession	Ambition	Cowardice
Region 1: 0% Region 2: 25% Mountain: 33%	Region 1: 0% Region 2: 33% Region 3: 75%	Region 1: 0% Region 2: 40% Region 3: 80%	Region 1: 0% Region 2: 50% Region 3: 90%	Region 1: 0% Region 2: 50% Region 3: 90%
Effects
Region 1: +10% Max Region 2: +20% Max , +20% DMG	Region 1: +10% Max Region 2: +20% Max , +20% DMG Region 3: +30% Max , +30% DMG	Region 1 +20% Max , +20% DMG Region 2 +30% Max , +30% DMG Region 3:+40% Max , +40% DMG
-	+1 Duration Dealt
One of the following: +20% RES +20% RES +20% RES	Round End: Apply on Hit: 3 when is 100%	On Critical Hit: Copy all positive tokens	Round End: Convert to Convert to Convert to Convert to	On Critical Hit: Invert 1 Positive Token Apply to Attacker when Crit: 1

Notes

• The Valley, The Sluice, and The Catacombs do not count as proper regions for the purposes of calculating Ordainment chance. Rather, they seem to use the numbers corresponding to the prior region.

List of Confessions

Denial

As an introduction to the game, the first Confession has a number of unique mechanics:

• The run only traverses two Regions, The Sprawl and The Tangle, in either order.
• The Foetor, The Shroud, The Sluice, and The Catacombs are all unavailable.
• No Boss Trophy is required to enter The Mountain.

Final Boss

The Shackles of Denial

Resentment

From the second Confession onwards:

• The run must traverse three Regions between The Valley and The Mountain.
• All regions may appear.
• A Boss Trophy is required to enter The Mountain.

Final Boss

Seething Sigh

Obsession

From the third Confession onwards:

• More difficult configurations of enemies can spawn.
• The Antiquarian can be encountered from region 2 and onwards.
• The Exemplar will appear at the Oblivion's Rampart at the end of the final region before The Mountain.
• An additional fight is present at the Mountain before facing the final boss.
• Cultists will receive various buffs.

Final Boss

Focused Fault

Ambition

Final Boss

Ravenous Reach

Cowardice

Final Boss

Body of Work