Ordainment

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Ordained enemies are marked with the symbol of the Iron Crown.

In the Confessions mode of Darkest Dungeon II, Ordainment is a mechanic that progressively increases enemy difficulty during the course an expedition. As the party approaches The Mountain, more and more enemies will become ordained, granting them various offensive and defensive buffs.

Mechanics

Ordainment chance increasing between each Region and Confession. In later Regions and Confessions, the majority of enemies will be Ordained. Ordainment buffs vary by Confession and generally reflect characteristics of the Confession boss—for example, enemies ordained by the Seething Sigh will apply Burn with their attacks, whilst enemies ordained by the Ravenous Reach will convert weaker tokens like Block and Dodge to stronger tokens like Block+ and Dodge+

Act bosses and Lair bosses will never be Ordained, with one notable exception. However, mini-bosses like Death, the Shambler, and the Exemplar may be, making the encounter much more difficult than usual.

The Bastard's Beacon

Main article: Flame#The Bastard's Beacon

The Bastard's Beacon is an Infernal Flame that Ordains all enemies except Confession bosses—this includes enemies, like Lair bosses, that are not normally Ordained. And while Confession bosses will not be Ordained (technically speaking) they will instead be given a set of buffs even more powerful than the usual Ordainment buffs. Needless to say, this greatly increases the overall difficulty of the expedition.

Ordainment by Confession

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.