The Tangle

“	War rewards only resignation.	„
	~ The Academic

The Tangle is a region in Darkest Dungeon II.

The Tangle is a primeval forest filled with ruined trenches, barricades, and military encampments. The soldiers of the Lost Battalion, once sent here to hold the line against the cult, found themselves gradually transfixed by thick vines and creeping roots around them. By the time the cult arrived the fortifications, already long overgrown, were completely unmanned.

Cadavers

The primary enemies encountered in the Tangle are the Cadavers.

Enemy	Region	Types	Tiers
Arbalist	The Tangle	Cadaver		15	1	0	30%	30%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Foot Soldier	The Tangle	Cadaver		17	1	1	30%	30%	10%	50%	10%	10%
Drummer	The Tangle	Cadaver		19	5	0	30%	30%	10%	30%	10%	20%
Bishop	The Tangle	Cadaver		22	2	0	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%	30%
Knight	The Tangle	Cadaver		36	0	3	40%	20%	10%	40%	40%	30%
Bullseye Barrett	The Tangle	Cadaver	Champion	20	1	1	40%	40%	10%	10%	20%	10%
Fallen Templar	The Tangle	Cadaver	Champion	41	2	3	50%	30%	10%	40%	40%	30%
Tap Root	The Tangle	None	Boss, Minion	Invulnerable	10	0	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Dreaming General	The Tangle	Cadaver	Boss	185	3	2	50%	30%	20%	Immune	Immune	40%

Undying Formation

The Drummers of the Lost Battalion still coordinate their undead comrades' actions by giving Order tokens and providing powerful team-wide buffs.

Order

• Enables various powerful area-of-effect attacks.
• Consumed upon use.
• Duration: 1 turn
• Limit: 1

Strategy

• Cadavers enemies tend to have high HP health and rely on Block for defense.
• Bleed is the only type of Damage over Time inflicted by Cadavers. Likewise they are resistant to Bleed, somewhat resistant to Blight, and weak to Burn.
• Drummers boost their allies by granting them Order tokens as well as making them practically immune to Move. Killing the Drummer is a high priority.
• With enough Benediction Bishops can resurrect dead allies and deal heavy stress together with removing positive tokens from your team, making them high-priority targets.
• Foot Soldiers can generate Block+ tokens and deal a considerable amount of damage. DoTs are the most effective way to kill them.
• Arbalists are strong damage and stress dealers, but become much less effective in the front ranks.
• Unlike other enemies in this game, Knights become stronger when reaching Death's Door.

Related Quirks

	Negative Quirks		Positive Quirks
Cadaver Fearing	Pair me not with the husk of the departed or I shall crumble myself. Combat Start Cadaver : 1  (50%)	Cadaver Hater	Cadaver : +15% DMG Gain On Hit: -1 (25%) Cadaver : -20% DMG Taken
		Cadaver Slayer	Cadaver : +5% CRIT Cadaver : Execution 2

Tangle Trinkets

Image	Trinket	Effect
	Armory Key Distant	If Armor item is equipped: +20% max If Weapon item is equipped: +20% DMG.
	Blistering Bugle Distant	Turn Start: (50%) Turn Start: If First in Turn Order: (33%)
	Calibrating Censer Indelible	Gain on Miss: Gain When Hit: If <= 2: (66%)
	Insulating Insignia Distant	Random Ally on Turn Start: (33%) Gain on Miss: If First in turn order:
	Clenching Claws Indelible Serrated	Apply to Attacker When Hit: (20%) or (20%) or (10%) Round Start: If <= 2: (66%)
	Stone Mount Distant	Turn End: Convert to Gain on Miss: If First in turn order: +1
	Unwavering Standard Distant	Each hero on Combat Start: (66%) Gain on Miss: If First in turn order:

Dreaming General Trinkets

Image	Trinket	Description
	Reverberating Redoubt Indelible Armor	Apply to Attacker When Hit: 2 DMG Gain When Hit If <= 2: Extra Action (20%)
	Footman's Grog Indelible	Each Hero on Turn Start: Convert to Each Hero on Turn Start: Convert to

Narrator Quotes

• When selecting the Tangle as the next region at an Inn:
  • "Trenches and tents - the front lines of a war that was never fought."
  • "Mud and rain. Resignation and death. This land is truely barren."
• When entering The Tangle:
  • "War rewards only resignation."
• When midway through The Tangle:
  • "Resigned to the end of things, they waited for death. And still they wait."
  • "Emptied of mind and spirit by some existential shock, the poor devils roam aimlessly amidst the trees."
  • "These seasoned soldiers were deployed to a winding front meant to prevent the cult's descent from the Mountain."
  • "When the cult came, no orders were shouted, no swords were drawn. There was only stupefying horror, and the catatonic lethargy that follows it."
• Arriving at Lost Battalion road battle:
  • "They stand guard even now, deathless and dreaming."
• Arriving at The Forgotten Outpost:
  • "Slow, vacant, and resigned, the lost battalion shambles on."
  • "They had honour once. Now they have nothing at all."
• Arriving at The General's Keep:
  • "Within every Keep, a General and his loyal, lumbering guard."
• Fighting Dreaming General:
  • "He has retreated, undying, into a dream - and there he must stay."
  • "Locked in a nightmare slumber, he is tortured by failures both real, and imagined."