The Foetor

"The rancid crop grows unchecked and abhorrent..."

- The Academic

The Foetor is one of the routes that can be traveled in Darkest Dungeon II. Once, it was an idyllic landscape of abundant farmland, filled with honest farmers. Now, it festers, a scene from the darkest depths of hell. Towering mountains of horrid flesh have burst from the earth, twisting through the sky. Though horrid in appearance, the meat gives off a tantalizing aroma that is near irresistible. Those who give in to temptation and sample the crop become the Plague Eaters.

Encounters

 * Harvest House (Lair)
 * Inn

Enemies
The main enemy faction in The Foetor is the Plague Eaters.


 * Butcher
 * Dinner Cart
 * Harvest Child (Lair Boss)
 * Fetid Meat
 * Putrid Meat
 * Lady
 * Livestock
 * Lord
 * Maid

Strategy

 * Enemies in this region are highly resistant to Blight.
 * Livestock receive buffs, depending on what other Plague Eaters are present on the battlefield. More notably, they gain +50% damage per Butcher (stacking) and increased resistances per Maid.
 * Livestock can use their most dangerous attack - Invasive Species - only from R1. It is therefore wise to nuke any Livestock that start at R1.
 * Many of the Plague Eaters have powerful corpse synergy, so make sure to have reliable corpse clearing or kill those Plague Eaters first.
 * When Lords chomp on a living Livestock, they only gain a HoT and no tokens. It is therefore advisable to focus Lords before Livestock in case you cannot remove corpses reliably.
 * As with all size-2 enemies, blinds are very potent vs Lords and Dinner Carts.

Narrator Quotes

 * When selecting The Foetor as the next route at an Inn:
 * "The farms and fields of our kingdom, overrun with putrescence and rot."
 * "The tainted crop continues to spread its tendrils of rot and pestilence."