Tokens

Various tokens:

Blind,

Taunt,

Block,

Combo,

Weak, and

Benediction.

Many combat status effects in Darkest Dungeon II are represented by tokens, which are visible below the health bar of any combatant.

Mechanics

Tokens can be added or removed in a variety of ways, from skills and combat items to quirks and region-wide effects.
Tokens have varying stack limits, typically stacking up to three times.
Most tokens have a limited duration of effect. The vast majority of tokens, when not consumed, expire after three turns, including the unit's current turn.
Certain skills may ignore tokens. For example, the Runaway's Hearthlight will hit enemies regardless of whether they are in Stealth. The upgraded version of Hearthlight will additionally ignore Blind on the Runaway herself.
Skills may also remove tokens. A skill that removes a token will also remove its variants—for example, an attack that removes Dodge will also remove Dodge+ from the target.
Certain skills may steal tokens from the target and transfer them to the skill user.
Some tokens may be negated by other tokens—if one is applied while the other is present on the target, both will be removed. This means these the two tokens may never be present on a unit at the same time.
Certain tokens are marked as Positive or Negative. Effects that apply to Positive or Negative tokens apply only to those in the corresponding lists below. The Winded token, for example, is a token which negatively affects the Hellion, but is not removed by the Plague Doctor's Indiscriminate Science. The easiest way to determine whether a token is affected is by looking at its colour—Positive tokens are yellow, Negative tokens are blue, and tokens of other colours do not belong in either category.
- In most cases, Negative tokens may be resisted by Debuff resistance.
- Stun and Daze may be resisted by Stun resistance.

List of Tokens

Positive

Crit

Next applicable attack or heal is guaranteed to be a Critical Hit.
- Using combat items also consumes Crit tokens.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 2

Riposte

Counter-attacks the next damaging attack received.
- The counter-attack is defined as a special Riposte Attack in the unit's skill table, with its own damage, critical chance, and other effects. See individual unit pages (Highwayman, for example) for more information.
- If a unit without a pre-defined Riposte Attack tries to copy, steal, or otherwise gain a Riposte token (e.g. using the Caked Palette trinket), nothing will happen.
- At most one Riposte will trigger per attack. If multiple units with are targeted by the same attack, only the frontmost will trigger.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Dodge

50% chance to dodge next attack.
If Dodge+ is also present, Dodge+ tokens will be consumed first.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Dodge+

75% chance to dodge next attack.
If Dodge is also present, Dodge+ tokens will be consumed first.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Block

Receive -50% DMG from next damaging attack.
If Block+ is also present, Block+ tokens will be consumed first.
Negates Vulnerable.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Block+

Receive -75% DMG from next damaging attack.
If Block is also present, Block+ tokens will be consumed first.
Negates Vulnerable.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Guarded

Next attack directed at unit is redirected instead towards guarding unit.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Strength

Next attack deals +50% DMG.
Negates Weak.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 2

Speed

Acts faster next round.
- Increases the unit's Speed attribute by 100 at the start of the next round, when turn orders are calculated. This increase is temporary—only active at round start—and in particular, does not interact with turn start conditions, like the Snappy Swig trinket.
Negates Daze.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 1

Negative

Daze

Next action will be delayed to the end of the round.
Converts to Stun when stacked.
Daze and Stun cannot exist on a unit at the same time; Stun will always take priority.
Negates Speed.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 1

Stun

Lose next action.
- Upon recovering, gains +40% RES for 1 turn.
Daze and Stun cannot exist on a unit at the same time; Stun will always take priority.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 1

Blind

50% chance to miss next attack.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 2

Weak

Next attack deals -50% DMG.
Negates Strength.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 2

Vulnerable

Receive +50% DMG from next damaging attack
Negates Block and x+.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 2

Taunt

Enemies are forced to attack this unit if able.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 3

Immobilize

Cannot move or be moved.
Immobilize and Permanent Immobilize cannot exist on a unit at the same time; Permanent Immobilize will always take priority.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 3

Harvest Hunger

Turn start: Forward 1
- Ignores Move resistance, but not Immobilize or Permanent Immobilize.
If in rank 1 after moving, forced to use Feed the Hunger.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 1
The hunger overwhelms all reason

Chosen Target

Receive +30% DMG from Bullseye Barrett's attacks.
Duration: Until end of combat
Limit: 1

Other

Stealth

Cannot be directly targeted by most enemy skills.
- Can still be targeted by area-of-effect attacks.
- Can still be targeted if no other targets are available.
Duration: 1 turn
Limit: 2

Combo

Consumed by various skills to trigger additional effects.
Duration: 3 turns
Limit: 1

Permanent Immobilize

Cannot move or be moved.
Functions similarly to Immobilize, but cannot be removed and does not expire.
Effects that apply to units with Immobilize, like the damage bonus from Staggering Striker, do not apply to units that have Permanent Immobilize.
Immobilize and Permanent Immobilize cannot exist on a unit at the same time; Permanent Immobilize will always take priority.
Only used by certain bosses or granted by The General's Dream.
Duration:
- Heroes: 5 rounds
- Enemies: Until end of combat
Limit: 1

Hero-Specific

Flagellant

Hellion

Winded

Occultist

Unchecked Power

Runaway

Vestal

Duelist

Aggressive Stance

Defensive Stance

Enemy-Specific

Death Armor

Cadavers

Fisherfolk

Plague Eaters

Cultists

Worship

Boss-Specific

Call of the Deep

Leviathan's baleful gaze rests upon you

Tap Root

It is reacting to attacks

Tangled Growth I

Ominous vines encroach from above

Tangled Growth II

Vines hamper movement -2 SPD

Tangled Growth III

Vines constrict both body and mind

Stirring Soil

Something moves beneath the ground

Denial of Arms

Cannot use Melee Skills
Abilities can't be used under any circumstances
Last until end of the round.
Limit: 1

Denial of Reach

Cannot use Ranged Skills or Items
Abilities can't be used under any circumstances
Last until end of the round.
Limit: 1

Denial of Fortitude

Cannot use Healing Skills or Items
Abilities can't be used under any circumstances
Last until end of the round.
Limit: 1

Denial of Reason

Cannot use Stress Heal Skills or Items
Abilities can't be used under any circumstances
Last until end of the round.
Limit: 1

Breath

Each Lung gains this token at the start of the round.
Increases DMG and dealt by Sundering Exhalation. Removed if sufficient damage is taken.
Each lung has is own token. The Front Lung requires 12 damage to destroy it while the back Lung requires 9 damage.
Duration: Turn End.
Limit: 1 per Lung.

Seen

Applied by the Cloistered Eyes, Bifurcated Eye and Cluster of Eyes.
Enemies will focus this hero. Remove with , when the enemy misses, or land the killing blow on a Cloistered Eye.
Deals 1 stress per round to the hero.
Allows the use of Limerence (All heroes with the Focus token will be targeted by this ability)
Duration: Until end of Combat.
Limit: 4

Contempt

You're next.
Limit: 1

Gastric Juice

Turn End: 3
Applied by Gastric Juices, removed by Catabolize
Limit: 1

Windup

Preparing to deliver a powerful, unavoidable blow.
The boss will target one hero with Contempt to be the target of Haymaker after 1 Round.
The token gets removed after losing 25%
Limit: 1

Notes

Damage modifiers ( and , e.g.) stack additively on the attacker, and damage-received modifiers ( and , e.g.) stack additively on the defender. The two cumulative modifiers are then multiplied with one another to calculate the damage amount.
- Chance to hit works similarly: and both stack multiplicatively with .
and critical hits function differently, by boosting a skill's base damage to 150% of the maximum value in its normal attack range. See Critical Hit (Darkest Dungeon II) for more details.

Trivia

Tokens are a new mechanic in Darkest Dungeon II. Many of the status effects, buffs, and debuffs from the first game have been translated into the token system.
The Corpulent token originally had a different appearance:

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