Resistance Encounter

The minimap icon for a Resistance Encounter.

Resistance Encounters are combat Nodes appearing in each Region of Darkest Dungeon II. At a Resistance Encounter, the party will have a choice to enter combat with the main faction of the Region, e.g. Fisherfolk in The Shroud or Fanatics in The Sprawl.

Node interactions

Many different factors can influence the choices characters can make at this node, referred to as story choices, the effects will be listed below:

Universal Conditional Node Interactions

Following Node interactions are common across all combat nodes (Resistance encounters, Creature Dens, Oblivion Ingresses, etc)

Condition(s)	Interaction(s)
>= 70	Fight, Enemy: Gain Fight, Enemy: Gain Fight, Heroes: Gain Avoid
=< 40	Heroes: Gain , Enemies: Gain Heroes: Gain
=< 30/Hero =< 25%/Hero >= 7	Avoid, -10
Heroes =< 3	Heroes: Gain +6% RES, +25% Dmg (Combat)

Universal Quirk Interactions

Following Quirk Interactions are common across all combat nodes (Resistance encounters, Creature Dens, Oblivion Ingresses, etc)

Quirk	Interaction
Breacher/Vicious	Fight, Hero: Add
Unyielding/On Guard	Fight, Hero: Add
Death Seeker/Martyr	Fight, Hero: Add
Daredevil	Fight, Hero: Add ,,
Bloodthirsty	Fight, Hero: Add ,
Shadow Born + =< 30	Hero: Gain , Enemies: Gain
Tactical Thinker	Fight, Enemies: Add 50%
Precision Striker	Fight, Enemies: Add 50%
Quickdraw	Fight, Hero: Add
Blundering	Fight, Hero: Add
Boisterous/Off Guard	Fight, Hero: Add
Winded	Fight, Hero: Add
Cowardice/Doomsayer	Avoid, -15 + Hero: +2
Sneaky/Evasive/Slippery/Lazy/Pacifist	Avoid

Unique Node Interactions

The following Node Interactions are exclusive to Resistance Encounters

Condition(s)	Interaction
[Faction] Slayer + Are in Respective Region	Fight, Hero: Add
Hatred of [Faction} + Are in Respective Region	Fight, Hero: Add
[Region] Tactician + Are in Respective Region	Fight, Enemies: Add (50%)
Fear of [Faction] + Are in Respective Region	Avoid, -15, Hero: +2