The Sprawl
“ | Behold the great cities of man - ruined and aflame. | „ |
~ The Academic |
The Sprawl is a Region in Darkest Dungeon II.
Once a vast city built from stone, the area now known as the Sprawl was a great bastion of treasured knowledge and literature. But when the cult arrived, the inhabitants turned to the blasphemous worship of fire, offering everything—books, buildings, even their own bodies—to the flames.
Fanatics
The primary enemies encountered in the Sprawl are Fanatics.
Enemy | Region | Types | Tiers | |||||||||
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Flayer | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 12 | 2 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 10% | |
Shaman | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 12 | 4 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 20% | |
Sacrificial | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 13 | 2 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 10% | |
Shaman (Ignited) | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 15 | 7 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 75% | 20% | 10% | 30% | |
Flayer (Ignited) | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 16 | 5 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 75% | 20% | 20% | 20% | |
Immolatist | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 16 | 7 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 75% | 20% | 20% | 20% | |
Whipper | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 16 | 1 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 10% | |
Whipper (Ignited) | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 20 | 4 | 0 | 20% | 20% | 75% | 20% | 20% | 20% | |
Pit Fighter | The Sprawl | Fanatic | 41 | 2 | 2 | 10% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 20% | |
Her Ladyship | The Sprawl | Fanatic | Champion | 23 | 8 | 2 | 20% | 20% | 75% | 30% | 20% | 30% |
Masterful Kinred | The Sprawl | Fanatic | Champion | 27 | 6 | 2 | 40% | 40% | 75% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
Scorched Books | The Sprawl | None | Minion | 15 | 0 | 0 | Immune | Immune | 10% | Immune | 10% | Immune |
Damaged Books | The Sprawl | None | Minion | 30 | 0 | 0 | Immune | Immune | 10% | Immune | 10% | Immune |
Books | The Sprawl | None | Minion | 45 | 0 | 0 | Immune | Immune | 10% | Immune | 10% | Immune |
Librarian | The Sprawl | Fanatic | Boss | 116 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 30% | Immune | 40% | Immune | 30% |
Librarian (Ignited) | The Sprawl | Fanatic | Boss | 140 | 6 | 2 | 20% | 20% | Immune | 40% | Immune | 10% |
The Librarian
Ignite!
In addition to their regular form, many Fanatics have a second 'ignited' form with a different set of moves and behaviors, along with buffs (and rarely, debuffs) to various stats.
Enemies may be ignited by an Immolatist or Her Ladyship; they may also ignite themselves from the second round onward by using the skill Ignite!.
Strategy
- Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fanatics are highly resistant to Burn and deal a lot of Burn damage.
- Fanatics have relatively low health compared to other factions. Instead, they tend to apply tokens like blind and dodge to disrupt heroes' attacks.
- Immolatists and Her Ladyship deal high Burn damage, stress damage, can Ignite other Fanatics, and can consume corpses to heal other Fanatics. She is therefore your highest priority.
- Whippers and the Masterful Kinred, when Ignited, can use Infernal Taskmaster, a devastating party-wide AoE that does HP damage, stress damage and Burn. Killing this enemy in round 1 is important so he doesn't ignite.
- Don't let Sacrificials reach Rank 1!
- Pit Fighters will start with relatively weak attacks, but upon casting Accelerant will gain speed and damage at the beginning of every round.
- Shamans make their allies harder to hit by blinding heroes or granting dodge to their allies.
- Flayers can generate constant Riposte and Dodge tokens, making them very dangerous, but have relatively low base HP.
Related Quirks
Negative Quirks | Positive Quirks | ||
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Fanatic Fearing |
Terrified of Sprawl reavers. Combat Start |
Fanatic Hater | Fanatic: +15% DMG
Gain On Hit: Fanatic: -20% DMG Taken |
Fanatic Slayer | Fanatic: +5% CRIT |
Sprawl Trinkets
Image | Trinket | Description |
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Laden Lantern
Distant
Flammable
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Parrying Patriarch
Distant
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Tinderbox
Distant
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Hastening History
Distant
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Sacred Scribblings
Distant
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Enlightening Element
Indelible
Flammable
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Snappy Swig
Indelible
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Librarian Trinkets
Image | Trinket | Description |
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Charred Litany
Indelible
Flammable
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Smoldering Hymnal
Indelible
Flammable
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On Kill: Extra Action (20%)
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Narrator Quotes
- When selecting The Sprawl as the next region at the Inn:
- "Our great cities burn. All our beauty and knowledge, ash on the wind."
- "Another nameless city, another inferno of mutilation and madness."
- When entering The Sprawl:
- "Behold the great cities of man - ruined and aflame."
- When midway through The Sprawl:
- "Rubble and flame... as far as the eye can see."
- "Unhinged by the impending apocalypse, the fanatics burn book and building alike."
- "Centuries of human learning and achievement, ruined by riotous contempt."
- "The fanatics feed themselves to the fire, their flesh melting like candle wax..."
- Arriving at Fanatic road battle:
- "The hooded watchers howl to their horrid kin!"
- Arriving at Burning Pile:
- "Lament the knowledge taken by the fires of these fanatics."
- "Emboldened anarchists, desperate to exercise their nihilism."
- Arriving at Library:
- "The Library burns - and with it, the remains of philosophy, reason, and insight."
- Fighting Librarian:
- "The conflagration must be stopped! The Librarian Must. Be. Destroyed."
- "He teeters madly upon his ladder, reveling in the fiery destruction of human accomplishment!"
Trivia
- All Fanatics seem to be blind, either due to their hoods or blindfolds, or simply because their eye sockets have been obscured by melted flesh. It is possible that their devotion to fire has blessed them with some form of unholy sight.
- The Fanatics are the first enemies created in the game, and the first visible in the second trailer.[1]
- The Incendiary Cocktail Combat Item bears a symbol which resembles the symbols on the Fanatics' hoods, specifically those found on the Flayers' hoods.
- The Fanatics share many similarities with the Fanatic.
- There exists an unused banner in the Butcher's Circus files themed after the Fanatics.
Gallery
References
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Tutorial | The Valley |
Routes | The Foetor The Tangle The Sprawl The Shroud The Sluice |
Destination | The Mountain |