Everyone loves pets in their games and Darkest Dungeon 2 Players are no different. The Redemption Road update for Early Access Experimental on the Epic Game Store added pets, and they do more for you than just look cute. Let’s look at all the pets you can currently accommodate Darkest Dungeon 2how to get pets and what pet buffs are available.
How to get pets in Darkest Dungeon 2
There are 10 different pets that can be unlocked at the Altar of Hope with Candles of Hope. At the altar, navigate to the Intrepid Coast section and look for “Companionship” to unlock pets.
Once you’ve unlocked Companionship, pets can be purchased from the provisioner in the first inn for one relic each. Only three of the pets you have unlocked are available to the Provisioner. You don’t automatically get newly unlocked pets in your inventory like you would with unlocked trinkets.
Each pet has its own unique abilities and buffs that it bestows on the party. The first six unlockable pets grant buffs based on the items equipped on the stagecoach, while the last four pets grant direct combat effects.
You equip your pet through the Wainright screen in the Inn and can only equip one pet at a time and cannot change pets during an expedition. To name your pet, go to any character page. There you will see a Pet tab next to the Goals tab.
- Orphan Wolf Cub: 5 Candles of Hope to unlock
- 10% chance of a positive relationship
- 5% Stress Resistance per Luxury Gear equipped
- Pygmy Pliskin: 10 Candles of Hope to unlock
- +10% Healing from Skills per equipped Medical Gear
- Random hero after each location: Heal by 10%
- Unnatural Owl: 15 Candles of Hope to unlock
- +5% Debuff Chance per equipped Tinker Gear
- Increased chance of crafting items from Stagecoach items
- Resurrected Rabbit: 20 Candles of Hope to unlock
- +1 Speed per Food Gear item equipped
- +1 maximum health for every 4 food items in inventory
- Slimy Slime: 30 Candles of Hope to unlock
- +5% Debuff Resistance per equipped piece of street gear
- Increased swapping of loot items from road debris
- Shrieker Chick: 40 Candles of Hope to unlock
- +2% Crit per Scouting Gear equipped
- +2 amount of looted orbs
- Larvae Scavenger: 50 Candles of Hope to unlock
- Deathblow Gain: Corpse: Heal 30%, Block, Critical Hit
- Young Crocodile: 60 Candles of Hope to unlock
- While moving: +3% damage (1 battle). -1 speed (1 fight) (20%)
- Crimson Tick: 70 Candles of Hope to unlock
- Killing Strike gain: Chance to produce Blood (5%)
- Shambler’s Spawn: 85 Candles of Hope to unlock
- Tainted: Unlocks the potential of Cultist trinkets
- +200% location search for cultist encounters
- -100% location and route search
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Changes to the stagecoach equipment
As you can see from the pet buffs, some items have that corridor Buzzwords like “Luxury Gear” or “Tinker’s Gear”. These apply to Stagecoach items and the pet’s buff will take effect when the Stagecoach is equipped with these items. Here you can see which Stagecoach items belong to which tag.
- Luxury equipment: Collector’s Chandelier, Bench Loom, Wind Chime, Tea Set, Jewelry Organizer, Merchant Guild Seal, Safe, Spacious Safe
- Food Equipment: Food barrels, ice box, pot and still, casserole and griddle
- Tinker’s gear: Explosive Magazine, Blueprint Tubes, Investigation Gear, Tinker Bench, Trap Maker Kit
- Medical equipment: Medicine chest, bottle case, compress set, mortar and pestle, medical kit, alembic and retort, surgeon’s table and surgeon’s mixing set
- Street gear: Leaf springs, iron brazier, iron-rimmed wheels, steel coating, coach lamps, jacks
- Scouting gear: Crow’s Nest, Shrine Map, Hoarder Signal Decoder, Tracker Map, Telescope, Academic Map, and Surgeon Directory
With the combination of pets and item-specific buffs, consider making special Stagecoach builds to maximize pet effects. These can have a huge impact on your runs and your party’s survival rate. Stay tuned for more news, guides, and features as we get closer to the 1.0 release Darkest Dungeon 2.
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