
While the Ancestor was trying his hand at blood rituals, he used the ancient Warrens as a dumping grounds for his failures and underwhelming results. Now, rumbling halls of the Ruins are overrun by Undead and a group of Cultists have also stake a claim on the Ruins as they listen to the gibbering ravings and terrible predictions of their Blind Prophet. There they desecrated the graves of the soldiers and nobles that once served there, and brought them back as a mindless skeletal horde to serve as their undead army. Bandits, Cultists, giant bugs, the undead, and other nightmarish abominations lurking in the shadows, can all be found stalling your progress.Īfter the Ancestor's short-sighted revival of the powerful Necromancer and his Apprentices he had just killed, they moved into the Ruins that once housed your family’s lineage. Whatever the case may be, I'm very glad to hear that Darkest Dungeon will be getting even more content for us to play around with.These foes don't stick to one dungeon, instead preferring to wander around the Estate, and as such, can be encountered in all four main dungeons. What this also means is that we currently don't know whether The Shieldbreaker is going to come as a part of a larger DLC pack, as a standalone purchase, or even as a free update.

Besides the rather cryptic quote that came with the announcement, "Sever the weakened limb the protected foe", I'm afraid nothing else has been revealed about The Shieldbreaker just yet. Only a little while has passed since The Crimson Court, and it would appear that the Darkest Dungeon developers are already planning to add new content.Īs you might guess from the title, the newly announced content is an additional class by the name of The Shieldbreaker. The mini-expansion brought with it a new hero class, an entirely new dungeon named The Courtyard, a whole bunch of disgusting new enemies and bosses, as well as a variety of improvements to the Hamlet. : Darkest Dungeon 2 is heading into Early Access on October 26, 2021īack in June Darkest Dungeon received its very first and very significant piece of DLC - The Crimson Court.
