Warrens



The Warrens are the third dungeon that can be explored. An incredibly ancient system of aqueducts and tunnels built for unknown purpose, it is now a corpse-choked cesspit that houses the ravenous, disease-ridden beast-men known as the Swine, and all those deranged or monstrous enough to ally with them.

The combat music that plays within the Warrens are Battle in the Warrens and Return to the Warrens.

Warrens Strategy
Because the Swinefolk are all hybrid Human/Beast monsters, the Bounty Hunter and Hound Master are helpful here, as well as trinkets that deal extra damage to Human and Beast foes.

Provisions

 * Bandage more useful due to prevalence of Bleed traps and attacks.
 * Food is easy to come by in warrens, allowing to buy less.
 * Holy Water for Eldritch Altars and Pile of Bones.
 * Medicinal herbs extremely useful with curio interactions.

Party Composition
Bleed attacks are more useful here than in any other location, Blight less so due to high resistances. Stress-resistant heroes shine as the Warrens have the highest number of dedicated stress-inducing enemies. The Hound Master is especially useful here with his extra damage to Beast enemies, multiple abilities that cause bleed, and Target Whistle which can reduce the Protection Points of tougher enemies (such as the Swinetaur), while also marking the target. Hellion is good, her attacks cause bleed and reach back rows, allowing to kill Swine Wretches before they have chance to give you a disease.Plague Doctor is not recommended due to high blight resist.

The most commonly encountered enemy type is Beast, with many of the enemies having a secondary Human typing.

It's also worth noting that due to unique map layouts, scouting is more useful here than in other locations (3x4 quadrilaterals can be almost fully scouted on first room entrance).

Strategy
Among the four regions, Warrens is on the easier side, as it doesn't have many especially dangerous enemies. Kill smaller threats, like Swine Wretch and Carrion Eater first, before they have a chance to give you a Disease. Swine Slasher and Drummer are next on the list. Swine Chopper is the most dangerous common enemy; he can target any rank, hard to kill and inflicts Bleed, but has rather low Stun resistance. When dealing with the Swinetaur, clearing all other enemies, which forces him to stay in the first rank, where he can't use his strongest abilities, might be a good idea.

Things to watch out for

 * Swinetaur in the back ranks
 * Diseases
 * Curios