Occultist (Darkest Dungeon II)

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"To know the abyss, one must embrace it."

- -The Academic

The Occultist is one of 12 Heroes in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * BACK RANK
 * RANGED DMG
 * HEALER
 * OFFENSIVE SUPPORT

Combat Skills
🔸The Occultist will always start each run equipped with Sacrificial Stab,  Abyssal Artillery,  Weakening Curse,  Wyrd Reconstruction, and  Daemon's Pull. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection, after which they are permanently available for subsequent playthroughs.

Unchecked Power Unique token that can only be gained by Occultist, Empowers and gives access to Powerful Skills.
 * dd2 token uncheckedpower.pngTurn Start : 33% chance of 1per Token. (cannot be resisted)























Unique Trinkets
🔸Each Hero has their own 3 unique Trinkets, exclusive only to them.

Hero Paths
🔸All Heroes Start The Game with No Hero Path. Each Hero has access to 3 unique Paths available only to them once they Invest into The Living City.

Strategy
🔸In the early game when the Occultist does not yet have access to his entire skillset, his main roles in battles are applying Negative Tokens on enemies to reduce their combat efficiency or healing allies on critical condition. As players progress through Shrines of Reflection, the Occultist will gradually gain more offensive skills that allow him to become an effective damage dealer. These skills involve a mechanic unique to the Occultist - applying Unchecked Power and consuming said Tokens to unleash powerful damage and effects. While Unchecked Power offers valuable benefits, it can bring subtle risks to the Occultist.

🔸Offense: In order to dish out a large amount of damage, the Occultist must take advantage of his unique Unchecked Power Tokens.


 * At the beginning of the game, Dd2 ability sacrificialstab.png Sacrificial Stab will be a offensive move of the Occultist and also a main way to acquire these Tokens. Because of its unusually high base CRIT chance (up to 20%), Dd2 ability sacrificialstab.png Sacrificial Stab can be quite effective when combined with CRIT bonuses from various sources such as trinkets (Heartseeker), and a low Flame level. As the skill requires dd2 token combo.png Combo to apply dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power, the Occultist should combine it with his Dd2 ability weakeningcurse.png Weakening Curse and Dd2 ability daemonspull.png Daemon's Pull or go with Heroes capable of applying dd2 token combo.png Combo (Portraits-jester.pngr,Portraits-manatarms.png-at-Arms, etc.). It is important to time the use of Dd2 ability sacrificialstab.png Sacrificial Stab, as the skill will apply another dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power if it manages to kill a target.


 * In the beginning turns of a battle, upgraded Dd2 ability bindingshadows.png Binding Shadows can replace Dd2 ability sacrificialstab.png Sacrificial Stab. Besides requiring a dd2 token combo.png Combo Token like Dd2 ability sacrificialstab.png Sacrificial Stab, it has a high chance to provide dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power when used, without the requirement of a kill. However, the downside from Dd2 ability bindingshadows.png Binding Shadows is that the Occultist will have to move forward, up until Rank 1 where he can not use Dd2 ability theburningstars.png The Burning Stars.


 * Chaotic Offering.png Chaotic Offering can be a double-edged sword]]Dd2 ability chaoticoffering.png Chaotic Offering is seemingly the fastest way to gain dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power, giving the Occultist 2 Tokens after just one use, and even more Tokens for subsequent turns. However, using Dd2 ability chaoticoffering.png Chaotic Offering can be quite risky - it takes away at least 10% of Occultist's Icon HP dd2.png. On top of that, the Occultist may receive even more Burn dd2.png Burn damage or random Negative Tokens, including Stun dd2.png Stun . The Occultist can boost his Debuff dd2.png Debuff Resistance by equipping his personal trinket Cleansing Censer or any other similar trinkets to have a greater chance of avoiding harmful Tokens.


 * As the Occultist unlocks his skills, he will gain access to substantially more devastating skills such as Dd2 ability malediction.png Malediction, Dd2 ability anamnesis.png Anamnesis, and Dd2 ability theburningstars.png The Burning Stars. After gaining at least 2 Tokens of dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power, said skills can be used to wreak havoc among enemies. Dd2 ability malediction.png Malediction can cause its targets to receive a random DOT effect for each time they are damaged, giving physical attacks additional DOT damage along with extra chance to kill targets with Deathsdoor dd2.png Death Blow Resistance. Try to combine Dd2 ability malediction.png Malediction (especially when it is upgraded) with any skills that can inflict DOT, especiallyPortraits-plaguedoctor.pnge Doctor's Dd2 ability causeofdeath.png Cause of Death, which forces all DOT amounts on an enemy to trigger at once, potentially causing massive damage.


 * Dd2 ability anamnesis.png Anamnesis can be combined with thePortraits-runaway.pngay's Dd2 ability firestarter.png Firestarter to apply both Bleed dd2.png Bleed and Burn dd2.png Burn on all enemies at the same time. These skills can also be an excellent setup for Dd2 ability causeofdeath.png Cause of Death, due to a huge amount of DOT they can inflict.


 * Occultist burning star.jpg The Burning Stars is best used on durable large-sized enemies or bosses|alt=]]Dd2 ability theburningstars.png The Burning Stars is the most dangerous skill in the Occultist's arsenal. It can bypass Dd2 token block.png Block to deal a huge amount of damage to a single target and apply dd2 token combo.png Combo on it for stronger follow-up attacks if it manages to survive.


 * Dd2 ability abyssalartillery.png Abyssal Artillery also yields powerful effects with dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power, capable of inflicting Stun dd2.png Stun on 2 back-Rank enemies at the same time. Dd2 ability daemonspull.png Daemon's Pull can stun in a similar way, while also dragging a back-Rank target to the front and clear corpses, exposing it to front-liners with limited reach, especiallyPortraits-leper.png.

🔸Survivability: The Occultist himself is fairly fragile due to his low HP and complete lack of defensive skills, save for his rather unreliable Wyrd Reconstruction.


 * He can be a common target of enemies, who tend to attack Heroes with the lowest Icon HP dd2.png. As such, it is advised to have the Occultist protected by Heroes who have higher durability, self-sustainability or Dd2 token taunt.png Taunt effect to divert enemies' focus from him (Portraits-manatarms.png-at-Arms,Portraits-leper.png, Portraits-hellion.pngon, etc.).


 * His usage of dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power Tokens, which has a chance to Burn dd2.png Burn him, adds to his fragility. If not utilized carefully, said Token can apply more and more Burn dd2.png Burn damage on him over time. This can be especially dangerous when the Occultist is near or on Deathsdoor dd2.png Death's Door . Note that dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power ignores Occultist's Burn dd2.png Burn Resistance, so increasing it via buffs or trinkets will not protect him from Burn dd2.png Burn outside of enemy attacks.

🔸Support: The Occultist can take a supporting role in any Rank by using Weakening Curse and  Vulnerability Hex to decrease enemies' damage and increase their susceptibility to damage, respectively. While the healing role can be assigned the Occultist, his Wyrd Reconstruction skill is highly risky to use.


 * Dd2 ability weakeningcurse.png Weakening Curse can apply dd2 token combo.png Combo on targets, which can enhance other Heroes' skill such asPortraits-manatarms.png-at-Arms's Dd2 ability rampart.png Rampart (Stun dd2.png Stun ) orPortraits-jester.pngr'sDd2 ability finale.png Finale (double damage).


 * Dd2 ability vulnerabilityhex.png Vulnerability Hex works well against typical Dd2 token dodge.png Dodge users, such as Evangelist, Cherub, etc.


 * Occultist healing Leper.png Wyrd Reconstruction typically revolves aroung luck]]Dd2 ability wyrdreconstruction.png Wyrd Reconstruction is one of the very few skills that can be used to heal allies. However, it can be far less reliable than thePortraits-plaguedoctor.pnge Doctor's Dd2 ability battlefieldmedicine.png Battlefield Medicine and dd2 ability indiscriminatescience.png Indiscriminate Science, which offer much more stable healing. Because of its large gap in healing values, Dd2 ability wyrdreconstruction.png Wyrd Reconstruction may heal for a lot or nothing at all, making it extremely unpredictable and unreliable. Even worse, it may apply a Bleed dd2.png Bleed, potentially killing the Occultist and other Heroes if they are on Deathsdoor dd2.png Death's Door . Nevertheless, this skill can still be considered a powerful healing skill, as long as players are willing to push their luck. The Occultist can use 2 dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power Tokens for a guaranteed critical heal from Dd2 ability wyrdreconstruction.png Wyrd Reconstruction, thus somewhat mitigating the skill's drawback. Certain Heroes that benefit from taking damage (Portraits-leper.png and Portraits-hellion.pngon) can take advantage of the Bleed dd2.png Bleed effect.Portraits-leper.png, who has very low Bleed dd2.png Bleed Resistance, can take damage from the Bleed dd2.png Bleed to boost his damage after he uses Dd2 ability ruin.png Ruin while Portraits-hellion.pngon deals more damage the lower her Icon HP dd2.png gets.

Shrine of Reflection
🔸The Occultist permanently gains access to 6 skills over 5 Chapters through accessing memories in the Shrine of Reflection.

Barks
Combat =

Landing a CRIT

 * Best hope I slay you before it wakes!
 * Another fool for the fire!
 * Uneducated savage!
 * So uncivilized!
 * FM'LATGH, GRAH'N.
 * MNAHN'T GOF'NN.
 * Y'LW'NAFH N'GHFT.
 * Behold! The unquenchable fire of the stars!
 * You think you know power?!

Stalling

 * In toying with our enemies, we tempt fate.
 * Waver not! Set upon these fiends!

Bleed

 * So my blood is still red...
 * I fear I smell enticing!

Blight

 * Someone must have an antidote!
 * I grow unsteady...!

Burn

 * AaaaAAZSHAH Y'LLA ZHRO!
 * Black fire, burning me from within...!

Horror

 * I paid dearly for this newfound sight...
 * Hide me belowground! I can't bear the sky!

Stress

 * I could surrender - let the beast claim me.
 * Each morning I wake a little less human...
 * No...! I must fight it! For the others!

Torch Decrease

 * Dark as a night without moons... (Torch Reaches 0)
 * The stars spell misfortune... (Torch Reaches 20)
 * Enough light to work by - just. (Torch Reaches 40)

Entering Death's Door

 * This was not the deal we struck!

Ally On Death's Door

 * Weather this as I know you can.
 * Do not die burdened with regret.

Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * The human soul - remarkably resilient.
 * I serve powers greater than death, friend.

Ally Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * With a little cunning, we can take them.
 * Pain is fleeting! Push through it!

Hit by CRIT

 * Careful - you'll rouse something you can't afford to.

Ally Hit by CRIT

 * A fierce blow, yet here you are.

Resolute

 * I alone am master of my will!
 * Yield nothing to your fear!

Pushed by Enemy

 * All! Stand back!

Meltdown (Phased out)

 * IT CALLS. I AM UNABLE TO RESIST.
 * Black-beast, claim what is left of me...!

Fog Appears (Shroud)

 * TBA

Fog Fades (Shroud)

 * TBA

Repair

 * This work is beneath me, yet I toil on...
 * Hold them at bay - I must work!

Don't Leave Me (0 Wheel Ambush)
Positive Act Outs=
 * Abandon me here and know my fury.
 * You will notice my absence.
 * Leave me in this hellscape? Undeserved.

Stress Healing Partner - General

 * We shall safeguard one another.
 * A path will open when you least expect it.

Buffing Partner - General

 * A glimpse of my true strength - for you.

Healing Partner - General

 * Allow me to mend that.

Combo Attack - General

 * Can you feel it? A charge in the air...

Retaliation - General

 * They'll soon learn you have powerful friends.

Protection - General

 * Something in me hungers for a fight...

Attacking Ally - General

 * You're more useful as bait.

Praise for Support Skill - General

 * You augment our strength.

Praise for Attack - General

 * Well struck, my friend.

Stress Heal in Coach - General

 * Stay close. We are almost through.

Stress Self in Coach - General

 * One can only push a mind so far...

Stress Healing Partner - Hopeful

 * Rise above your terror!
 * When the darkness seems too much, look for me.

Buffing Partner - Hopeful

 * We will overcome our demons

Praise for Support Skill - Hopeful

 * Working in concert, we shall prevail.

Praise for Attack - Hopeful

 * Soon they shall tremble before you!

Stress Heal in Coach - Hopeful

 * We have much to learn from one another.

Stress Healing Partner - Amorous

 * The abyss shall touch you not.

Healing Partner - Amorous

 * I shall read to you while you recover.

Protection - Amorous

 * Fate has better things in store for us.

Praise for Support Skill - Amorous

 * In all my travels, you're a singular presence.

Praise for Attack - Amorous

 * A dark star thrills overhead.

Stress Heal in Coach - Amorous

 * The void calls - we shall defy it.

Stress Healing Partner - Respectful

 * The stars were generous to guide you here, friend.

Retaliation After Partner is Attacked - Respectful

 * A valued ally repaid in kind.

Combo Attack with Partner - Respectful

 * THEY ARE INSECTS BEFORE US!

Praise for Support Skill - Respectful

 * I have much to learn from you.

Praise for Attack - Respectful

 * My, you surprise even me.

Stress Heal in Coach - Respectful
Negative Act Outs=
 * Power, heart, hope - let mine carry you.

Dealing Stress On Ally - General

 * ... insufferable lout.

Insult for Support Skill - General

 * If I didn't know better I'd say you mistrust me.

Insult for Attack - General

 * Your will is weak as your arm.

Attacking Ally - Hateful

 * RrrrRGH. Hnagotha ILYAA'A!

Stress Damage on Ally in Coach - Hateful

 * I'd spit on you, but you aren't worth the water.

Stress Damage on Ally - Hateful

 * R'luhz ngy'haaAAH! 

Insult for Support Skill - Hateful

 * Trouble me no longer, filth.

Insult for Attack - Hateful

 * Importunate even in your failures.

Stress Damage on Ally - Envious

 * Water-fat and unreliable, you are.

Stress Damage on Ally in Coach - Envious

 * Your mind and body are wholly your own. Savour that.

Insult for Support Skill - Envious

 * I have a long memory.

Insult for Attack - Envious

 * *clenches teeth*

Stress Damage on Ally - Suspicious

 * You have a most malevolent aura.

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Suspicious

 * Everywhere, malfeasance lurks! 

Insult for Support Skill - Suspicious

 * My intuition stirs - a warning.

Insult for Attack - Suspicious

 * I am no stranger to deception. Hmm.

Stress Damage on Ally - Resentful

 * I doubt your allegiance, friend.

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Resentful

 * Bumbling amateur. You'll be our ruin.

Insult for Support Skill - Resentful

 * What foolish urge compels you...?

Insult for Attack - Resentful
Affinity=
 * So much the worse we are for your "help."

Adding Buff

 * The stars are, at times, benevolent.

Guarding Ally

 * If you'd permit my assistance...
 * Fate has other things in store for you. (Ally's on Death's Doors)
 * Let the unseen ward us... (Ally's Injured)

Adding Token

 * My power is yours.

Follow Up Attack

 * Snuff them out!

Follow Up on Enemy with Combo

 * They'll be feeling that one.

Follow Up on Critted Enemy

 * I admire your cunning.

Follow Up on Debuffed Enemy

 * Now we know what weakens them...

Healing Ally

 * Allow me.
 * It is not your time. (Ally's on Death's Doors)
 * This may hurt. (Ally's Injured)

Revenge Attack on Enemy

 * Were you using me as bait? Hah.
 * Deepest thanks. (If Enemy Critted)

Moving Positions - Positive

 * This position may prove an advantage.

Removing DoTs

 * Be still! This is my specialty!
 * Thought we'd lost you. (Ally's on Death's Doors)
 * Don't let that run rampant. (Ally's Injured)

Stress Healing

 * Your dismay echoes my own - but onward!
 * Move beyond fear. I know you can. (Ally's High Stress)

Jealous of Buff

 * You may live to regret that.

Jealous of Guarded Ally

 * A fell omen, that. (While Injured)
 * You would make a sacrifice of me? I see. (While on Death's Doors)

Jealous of Token

 * You fear my strength.

Jealous of Food (Unused)

 * I have hunger beyond your ken.

Jealous of Healing

 * I am slow to anger, but...
 * A traitor in our midst, perhaps. (While Injured)
 * Toying with our fates, I see. (While on Death's Doors)

Moving Positions - Negative

 * You presume much.

Jealous of DoT Removal

 * Test fate at your own risk.
 * I have a long memory... (While Injured)
 * Unwise. (While on Death's Doors)

Positive Road Banter - Tense

 * You tell such intriguing stories
 * Pass the snuff box, would you?

Positive Road Banter - Irritated

 * You're an old soul.
 * Been some time since I had a friend.

Positive Road Banter - Roiling

 * Let us tend the torch together.
 * What's that? I was being "morose"?

Negative Road Banter - Tense
=Negative Road Banter - Irritated==
 * Respect my silence, please.
 * Be wary of prying, friend.
 * I am a patient man, but I have my limits
 * *long-suffering sigh*

Negative Road Banter - Roiling
Inn Items=
 * Pester some other poor soul.
 * Test me and suffer the consequences.

Armor Repair Kit

 * I don't wear much, but I ought to tend it.

Blasphemous Idol

 * I will try to extract favours from this imp.

Book of Bawdy Tales

 * All tomes are worthy of study.

BOOK: My time in the Desert

 * Perhaps I am in the mood for nostalgia...

Book of Creative Insults

 * Means to unbalance the enemy's mind.

Poetry

 * Poems and spells both - mirrors turned inwards.

Boxing Gloves

 * I'm quicker than the lines on my face suggest.

Calming Incense

 * Tension melts away. The prowling mind stills.

Candles and Chocolate

 * Let us intertwine auras.

Clarifying Poultice

 * I must manifest my psyche unto the flesh.

Clotting Poultice

 * Blood stains more than the ground.

Dartboard

 * I prefer dice, but we're a ways from the dens of home.

Ceremonial Drum

 * A song can transport you to another time...

Slime Mold

 * Similar to the Xiccarphian fungoids I once hunted...
 * (If full) - My hunger is sated.

Stale Bread

 * Spurn no meal if offered in hospitality.
 * (If full) - I have had my fair share.

Apple and Cheese

 * Sensorially adequate.
 * (If full) - I am content at present.

Steak and Spuds

 * A cantrip to soften the gristle, then.
 * (If full) - One of the better meals I've had in these blighted lands.

Flapjacks

 * Humble but filling.
 * (If full) - Now I shall sleep off some bruises.

Holy Beads

 * I know your saints by much older names...

Impermeable Poultice

 * We wouldn't make it to a convalescence ward.

Leeches

 * A dated technique, but sometimes effective.

Meditative Totem

 * Ah - the clarity of a quiet, focused mind.

Mop and Bucket

 * Cleanliness repels many a sordid beings.

Nightshade Concoction

 * This anchors my spirit more firmly.

Pipeweed

 * Dimensions bloom with each puff.

Playing Cards

 * Much of the self is revealed in how one plays cards.

Restorative Herbs

 * Material solutions for the corporeal shell.

Roast Pig

 * I'd hope they didn't source this from the Sluice.
 * (If full) - I need no further nourishment, pleasant as that smells.

Songbook of Amorous Ballads

 * Would be more of a trio, technically speaking.

Songbook of Touching Dirges

 * *soft, discordant humming*

Songbook of Rousing Tunes

 * My blood stirs! Let us have at them!

Soothing Poultice

 * Cool as shade on the brow.

Speed Bag

 * Allow me to remove some layers first.

Invigorating Stew

 * Have you ever seen a salt flat? ... Oh, no reason.
 * (If full) - Leave me to my contemplations.

Stimulating Poultice

 * My mind never slumbers. Now my body won't either.

Stitching Kit

 * I must be more careful next time...

The Wine

 * Come, come, I prefer not to imbibe alone.

Tinned Delicacies

 * A sailor's bounty. Perhaps a ship ran aground nearby.
 * (If full) - One of the better meals I've had in these blighted lands.

Knotted Tug Rope

 * I was dreadful at this in my youth...

Wax Inoculant

 * I take no risks with my vital humours.

Whetstone

 * A dull blade sings doom.

Whiskey Barrel

 * To good friends and good fortune.

Whiskey Bottle

 * I rarely drink to excess - share the bounty?

Whiskey Flask

 * Not without flavor.

Whittling Tools

 * The mind is most at ease when the hands are not.

Wild Tea

 * How odd - my mind both loosens and sharpens...!

Morbid Joke

 * You certainly have a way with words.

Improvised Strategy

 * Persuasive.

Experimental Remedy

 * I dearly hope my sense of smell recovers.

Oddly-Tuned Lute

 * What an oddly pleasing resonance...

Precious Collection

 * I too hold on to some remnants of a former life...

Guided Meditation

 * Let us travel both time and space.
 * Who knows what we might discover?
 * Walk with me. Let me take you to the outer spheres...

Pain Box
Hero Shrines=
 * If it brings you focus, friend.

Shrine 1

 * It was... lonely, in the void.

Shrine 2

 * Something in those silent halls sang out to only me.

Shrine 3

 * Why mourn things that only held me back? (Success)
 * True seekers shed such limitations. (Failure)

Shrine 4

 * All knowledge comes at a price. (Success)
 * They were fools to trust me. (Failure)

Shrine 5

 * Well... my mind is certainly no longer lonely.

Shrine 6
Locations=
 * The stars roil and seethe. I never truly sleep.

Oasis

 * Now, somewhere dry to hang my robes... (Torch +5, Clear 5 Stress Self)
 * I sense we are needed in haste - I'll fill a flask. (Torch +5, +3 Mineral-Rich Spring Water)
 * Only fools waste water. (Torch +5, Clear 5 Stress Self, +3 Mineral-Rich Spring Water)
 * Is it wise to waste our dwindling torchlight here? (Exit)

Creature Den

 * No creature in this place is truly mundane... (Fight)
 * Lower minds are easier to deceive. Allow me... (Combat Advantage)
 * 'My spine prickles. Let us away. (Retreat)

Resistance Encounter

 * I must wet my knife to draw upon my power. (Fight)
 * No stranger am I to the horrors of man or beast. (Combat Advantage)
 * This place exudes a powerful malignance... (Retreat)
 * Their power is too great! Flee! (Panic Retreat)

Resistance Encounter Success

 * Blood will always flow. On this day, it wasn't ours.

Resistance Encounter Retreat

 * I must... meditate. The beast strains at his cage!

Assistance Encounter

 * Good deeds quiet the whispers.
 * Let us spread calm instead of fear.
 * Hard work soothes the unquiet mind. (+Food)
 * We should aid any who forestall the abyss. (+Combat Items)
 * They could have books or other sundries. (+Inn Items)
 * A foolish turn, rejecting this offer. (+1 Armor)
 * We must pace ourselves and the coach. (+1 Wheels)
 * They may have travelled where my scrying cannot. (Scout)
 * The night is lonely and long - come, join us at the fire. 
 * They might take comfort in our morbid trophies.
 * From modest action can come great consequence.
 * We need not only help with our knives.
 * We could even cook for them - what say you?
 * Our gold makes more difference out here than in our coffers. (Donate)
 * Ointments, powder, better use to us than relics. (Donate)
 * There was a time I'd have clung to my finery... (Donate)
 * Wise is the man who spends his last coin on another. (Donate)
 * This scarf was lent to me when I fell on hard times. (Donate)
 * If you do not feed me, it will. (Steal Food)
 * This is not a gamble you will win. Hands up. (Steal Relics)
 * I sense misfortune coming if we linger here. (Exit)
 * I have not lost my humanity. They need us. (If Compassionate Quirk)
 * They always beg our help - and for what? (If Curmudgeon Quirk)
 * I have slain a man for a waterskin once before. (If Greedy Quirk - Steal Food)
 * Material sins dissolve upon death. (If Greedy Quirk - Steal Relics)
 * Work interferes with my inner calm. (If Lazy Quirk)
 * You know that poet's works? Let us recite one... (If Racounteur Quirk)
 * I am not without pity, but we have little to spare. (If Selfish Quirk)
 * THE LARGEST ONE. I REQUIRE ITS EYES. (If Thanatomania Quirk)
 * A fell mood grips me. I require a target. (If Vicious Quirk - Steal Relics)
 * I require a handful of molars. Theirs will do. (If Vicious Quirk - -Torch)

Exiting Assistance Encounter

 * Every encounter a karmic shift.
 * Under different stars, we could have been them.

Region Gate

 * It is worse than my dreams foretold.
 * Oblivion encroaches, circling in...!

Crossing Bridge

 * We are beyond the wards now... vulnerable.
 * We have trained for this - but are we ready?

Exiting Hospital

 * We leave better than we arrived.
 * Tending to the wounded as the world burns - noble, if futile.

Exiting Hoarder

 * His mind is as jumbled as his merchandise.
 * I shudder to think of how he accrued his wares.

Creature Den Success

 * Minor horrors in the scheme of things.

Creature Den Retreat

 * An unnatural gait to those creatures...

Exiting Oasis

 * Clean fingernails and rested mind - a rarity.
 * An oasis on the road is a rare blessing.

Exiting Watchtower

 * Oblivion opens her throat to us...
 * What is clear now is that everything depends on our success.

Exiting Academic's Study

 * Fascinating. Could we not go back for a second look?
 * Such an eclectic collection!

Cultist Encounter Success

 * Another abomination falls!

Cultist Encounter Retreat

 * I-I could never have imagined...

Mountain Cultist Encounter

 * The black-beast and I are aligned - they die here.
 * Their power wanes when they stray from the Abyss.
 * Banish them once more to the outer spheres!

Tangle Lair Success

 * Perhaps I will sleep unbothered tonight...

Tangle Lair Retreat

 * What haunts await us next we close our eyes...?

Foetor Lair Success

 * Life may return to these fields in time.

Foetor Lair Retreat

 * We are all but flesh in the jaws of something greater.

Sprawl Lair Success

 * So many precious volumes lost... yet we remain.

Sprawl Lair Retreat

 * The minds of "great" men - all rotten! All depraved!

Shroud Lair Success

 * Back to your trench, foul leviathan!

Shroud Lair Retreat

 * Strange tides, a stench that clogs the nose...

Exiting Oblivion's Ingress

 * TBA

Exiting Academic's Cache
Quirks/Diseases= TBA Specific Boss Barks=
 * We must tend our stores wisely.
 * A most fortunate find.

Libralian

 * He would transmute knowledge into chaos! (Page Burner)

Harvest Child

 * PATHETIC CREATURES. OUR HUNGER SHALL NOT BE DENIED. (Move Due to Debuff)
 * MORE. WE REQUIRE MORE. (Eaten Either Meat)

Focused Fault

 * It sees the beast within me! (Seen Tokens)
 * Am I man or creature? Perhaps you can ascertain. (Stress From Seen Tokens)
 * I am untethered, to be feared even by friends... (Stress From Seen Tokens)

Body of Work - Face Your Failure
Road Type Reaction=
 * Quiet your fear, your grief - it is time. (Being hovered over)
 * I alone am master of this body! (Being hovered over)
 * You know nothing of sacrifice! Away, shade! (Being Chosen)
 * Come to drag me to the void, have you? (Being Chosen)
 * I cannot relinquish this power - but I can wield it with restraint. (Defeated Failure)
 * You cannot frighten me. I know you. (Defeated Failure)

Safe Path

 * Free for a moment's scrying.
 * In these quiet moments, find gratitude.
 * Wisely scouted.
 * Let us hope our good fortune holds.

Rough Path

 * I can't concentrate!
 * Rickety, damnable old wagon...
 * Disrupt me not!
 * Suns above!

Hazardous Path

 * Opposition is to be expected.
 * Premeditated? Perhaps.
 * The world is all debris...
 * Clean-up will take decades...

Combat Path

 * Let none deter us.
 * Deep is my hunger, at times...
 * We shall rid the road of vermin.
 * Black stars rise...

Oblivion Tear
Travelling Stress=
 * My...mind...I can't...
 * The void is restless!
 * I ALONE CAN SHOW YOU THE DEEP FEAR.
 * I knew I could not hold it back forever...!

Travelling Stress Heal

 * Perhaps there is hope for us yet...
 * We are not so dissimilar...
 * I accept you. We all do.
 * Chin up, shoulders back. We can do this.
 * The road is tough but we're going to make it.
 * Let us share tales of merrier times.
 * Come what may, we are united!
 * Hang in there. 
 * Can I get you anything?
 * It's a long road, but we've got each other.
 * Want to share? I've got extra...
 * You're even tougher than you look.
 * I'm glad you're here, for what it's worth.
 * You're going to live. I won't hear otherwise.
 * At least we aren't facing this alone.
 * Maybe all hope is not lost...
 * There are times I almost feel hopeful.
 * I had a pleasant dream, for once...
 * Whatever comes, we are united.
 * Perhaps we'll find glory after all...
 * This world is worth saving.
 * We are making a difference out there.
 * Hope is seductive, isn't it?
 * We're making good time.
 * If this is my fate, I'm content.
 * All is not lost.
 * We will best these fiends!

Travelling Stress Heal

 * 'Buffoon!
 * 'We're not going to make it, are we?
 * 'Everywhere, the world comes undone...
 * 'Stuck in a coach with the likes of you - feh.
 * 'I'm hungry and tired!
 * 'This cursed coach is a bouncing racket!
 * 'Let me out of this blasted coach!
 * 'Here we are, four corpses in a rolling coffin...
 * 'I can't bear to look out the window...
 * 'It's like a nightmare out there.
 * 'Like rats in a trap...
 * 'What if it's all for nothing...?
 * 'Can I really trust you to have my back...?
 * 'Can't sleep. Awful food. Worse company.
 * 'A waking nightmare...
 * 'We never seem to make any progress...
 * 'Just leave me by the roadside.
 * 'This was all a mistake...!
 * 'We're driving in circles...
 * 'Are we lost?
 * 'This is not the life I dreamt for myself...
 * 'Everywhere we pass - ruin, destruction...
 * 'Fools, fools we are...
 * 'We were damned before we set off.
 * 'Why us? Why me?
 * 'I'm not crying...! Look away!
 * 'I grow so weary of this fight.
 * 'Would it be so bad to give in...?

Trivia

 * The Occultist is one of the eleven Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.
 * The Occultist is one of the very few Heroes that can apply all 3 DOT effects (Bleed dd2.png Bleed, Blight dd2.png Blight , and Burn dd2.png Burn ) by themselves.
 * In early versions of Darkest Dungeon II, Dd2 ability wyrdreconstruction.png Wyrd Reconstruction of the Occultist could expend Dd2 token crit.png Crit Tokens for critical heals. However, if a critical heal happens in this way, the Bleed dd2.png Bleed effect of the skill would be critical as well, and thus increase Bleed dd2.png Bleed duration by 2 turns. To avoid this drawback, Dd2 ability wyrdreconstruction.png Wyrd Reconstruction would no longer be affected by Dd2 token crit.png Crit Tokens in later patchs. Instead, the skill now provides guaranteed critical heals through dd2 token uncheckedpower.png Unchecked Power Tokens without influencing Bleed dd2.png Bleed.
 * Similar to the first Darkest Dungeon, the Occultist's default name is "Alhazred", a reference to the author of the fictional book, Necronomicon, mentioned in "Call of Cthulhu" written by H.P. Lovecraft. The author is stated to be "the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred".