Hero Paths

Each Hero has up to 4 potential paths to choose from. Paths act as specializations that imbue heroes with wildly different strengths and weaknesses, influencing how each hero is played.

Paths are unlocked for use at the Altar of Hope through each Hero's progression track in The Living City. Once unlocked, they can be manually assigned at The Crossroads when assembling a party.

Wanderer
At the start of the game all heroes will have the path Wanderer. This path doesn't have any modifier and is considered to be the default path. Playing Wanderer will give extra candles to the player.

Unique Hero Paths
Each Hero has 3 Paths unique to them. Listed below are all the unique Paths included in Darkest Dungeon II.

Defunct Hero Paths
Before the update which introduced the Altar of Hope, Hero Paths were randomly assigned to Heroes at The Crossroads instead of being manually chosen by the player. Among the four paths that were available to all Heroes, two more were previously available, which were Apprentice and Master.