Pets and You | Darkest Dungeon 2 Guide

[@AviansEnthusiast]

I'm of the camp that we should be allowed to pick whatever pet we get to take for the whole expedition. Most players will have no issue abandoning their expedition over and over just to get the pet they want, since they appear at the first inn, so might as well bite the bullet and let us pick the one we want and build our team around it.

[@ShuffleFM]

I'd like this as well tbh

[@dalsha6748]

This feels a lot like old paths. Back then people had no issue with restarting again and again to find the path they wanted, and it just wasn’t all that fun when you wanted to try out a specific team but had to pray to RNGesus until it worked. Paths got changed so we could pick, don’t see why the same shouldn’t happen for pets.

[@camtheman7654]

Say you get a dancing team and you don’t get croc? Or you take monarch leper and you want little shambler. But it doesn’t appear, instead, you get the nice increase in road collection but feel the run is not a special. Only problem I see is that every time you see flapjack maker in the first inn, you will almost always take the hare. Each flapjack stack gives a max HP for everyone which can be insane.

[@LucyTheBox]

Yeah, especially since some of the pets require a specific team to shine.

[@LoloLovesLife]

I went into the config files and un-unlocked the last 4 pets. This kinda fixed it for me. The last 4 pets are non-synergetic, and I really liked considering my options in the first inn with what pets I'm offered and what stagecoach items I'm offered. When I had all of the pets unlocked it just never lined up anymore so I decided I wanted to disable the last 4. Alot more fun like this imo. The Tick and the Shambler are good and is bit of a bummer but Croc and Eater are bad.

[@Fightersword]

Hatchling Crocodilian: Hey, we'll benefit your heavy dance team setups by screwing up your speed order for a few extra points of damage. yay?

[@magni5648]

The Shambler's Spawn has another hidden drawback: If you get into an actual Shambler fight with it equipped, the Shambler will go full Mama Bear and gain a huge buff.

[@abraxis59]

Good to know!

[@Valiastice]

Wait seriously? Does that mean you get more rewards from killing it though?

[@magni5648]

@@Valiastice Nope, you don't get anything more than what you'd get from a normal Shambler fight.

[@hoangphuctran2646]

I don’t think so. I had an encounter with superior Shambler without the Spawn. Maybe you got Spawn equipped then meet ones, just like me.

[@pawelwilczek3010]

you can encounter shambler in a road fight wwith this pet equipped

[@LayerZeroDesign]

I just did a rabbit run and I got super lucky and got stew pot, griddle, and ice chest at first inn, and barrels at the second inn. By the end of the 2nd region I had an entire inventory of food. My MAA had like 90hp, my HM PD and Jester had like 70hp, and my whole team was like 11-15 speed lol. The only downside was inventory management because I literally had 0 spaces.

[@3DThird]

Blood tick/the blood is simply OP. I always complete my runs when I go with this pet, the trick is to fight as many battles including road battles to get as many as possible. Usually with this tactic I manage to get 6 to 10. If you can couple it with the trophy that increases combat items limit by two(from the sea boss) you can have a single hero carry 4 bottles of the blood, another hero can carry stress healing item and you're good to go. Always have a heavy hitter in your team (leper, occ, helion or even bh)

[@m7mdske408]

The "and you" videos are back🎉🎉

[@GroBoiD7777]

Played only starting pets, but agreed with your opinion. Some interesting builds and one sad worm.

[@blackomega34]

I REALLY like the Larval Carrion Eater because it lets you heal up before the big fight in both creature dens and boss lairs, reducing the risk associated with the excellent rewards therein. Also, if you're generating crit tokens by other means, you can basically use it to oneshot a corpse to heal AND still have a crit token next turn.

[@EnergyNiki]

Larval Carrion Eater seems to me like a ''Oops I brought a heavy frontline damage team with no reach'' kinda pet. I dont hate it since it tries to mitigate a mistake that a new player might make in team building and brings absolutely no downsides alongside but it definitely loses value once you settle into the more reliable teams. The fact that its a somewhat big candle investement to get also prevents it from being a pet that foster bad habits. Definitely not the best pet but I still like the design. Making it only give block with removal skills would be cool to make it more usable without it being too good.

[@TechPriestFred]

The cute pet falls.... into my arms!

[@Victoriomantic]

Worst thing about pupper is the sad little whimper when you hit a rough or hazardous patch :(

[@MrLocoSuave]

I would like an updated list of this one cause i think the carrion eater is amazing now and in this vid is just garbo

[@awesomepork101]

Where Reynauld pet

[@Migolcow]

I mean, you try to put a positive spin on all of them but some of these are just flat out not competitive when you always have 3 options. A dance team will still get more out of the wolf cub over the course than a slow damage buff, the pliskin won't beat debuff resistance, etc.

[@ShuffleFM]

I'm trying not to discourage people out of trying stuff.

[@lazerax9]

You can still win with any of them, some variety won't hurt anyone. (Though maybe avoid the crocodilian unless it gets buffed)

[@Koolkirby_]

It's viable if it's cute. Trust

[@SilverIlly3]

Do you need to unlock stagecoach items and food items first to make most of these pets usable? For example at the start of the game you have only 1 type of food unlocked and some stagecoach items unlocked. So that means I need to unlock other things first before getting most of the pets right?

[@ShuffleFM]

Yes, but the wolf cub and snake do fine without the gear.

[@cieszystan6034]

Pets may be cute, but they're still not as cute as musketeer, my beloved

[@LucyTheBox]

The crocodilian seems like a fun one, I love dance teams, but I can definitely see the 2% not being enough to scale within a reasonable amount of time.

[@NikolaPj]

Isn't it 3%? I tried it today and it was fun, in prolonged fights it does a nice job.

[@LucyTheBox]

@@NikolaPj Yes, it's 3%. Not sure if it was recently changed or if I just got the number wrong

[@NikolaPj]

@@LucyTheBox it's a cool thing other characters get boost too when you use for example Grave robber's Pirouette.

[@terrylee8804]

Hey shuffle, since DD2 is coming to steam in 2 days, would you make an beginner's guide for all the returning and new players to the series :D

[@ShuffleFM]

Spent a few days on it! It'll be here tomorrow hopefully.

[@mohammadibrahim-fw6ui]

Hey shuffle will you be doing a new play through on release day?

[@-Commit-arson-]

I love how everyone’s OK with just having an interdimensional horror in the carriage Definitely sure they pet it from time time to time

[@jessesurprenant1981]

But how is there not a cat?

[@jessesurprenant1981]

Shuff’s Cat as a pet 💙

[@notloopers1110]

wait a dance team isn't supposed to be the first team i made? i just went plauge doc - grave robber - highwayman - flag and that worked amazing

[@alexgourdplant]

Love your content bro, and too hype for release day! Question: what does the “FM” mean in your name? Like a radio station on FM?

[@Ukayeah]

Wolf cub is just supremeeeeee

[@Fabrizio_79]

Does crimson tick work off an enemy dies by dot?

[@ShuffleFM]

I don't believe so

[@heroesoftomorrow3488]

Does the Pliskin not trigger on heroes with full health? That's one of the deciding factors whether it is good or not

[@ShuffleFM]

Never paid attention to it. I'd hope it doesn't

[@heroesoftomorrow3488]

@@ShuffleFM *Sempai noticed me* I am asking because it's rare for all Heroes to be really low on health: you usually lose one because they got focused down in a fight and were brought to death's door: I cannot think of anything more frustrating of them surviving by the skin of their teeth a fight, leaving a location and then the tank at full health recovers that 5%

[@null0247]

Honestly now that Duelist is released, I wonder how much power she will get off of crocodilian since she is kinda like shieldbreaker in that she moves a lot

[@ShuffleFM]

She has high base speed too so the penalty won't hurt her too badly.

[@null0247]

@@ShuffleFM Actually, now that I think about it, all the animals are available to pick from the first inn and there's not that arbitrary random 3 anymore, so if its to a teams benefit to pick croc, its just there. Kinda sucks that healing items are not percentage based anymore but that just means they're good for more squishy heroes now

[@zsep8688]

Not gonn lie, i think the only fact havent been screwed by loathing is because my Damian rolled with 100% oblivion tear scouting.

[@ryansvideos100]

Does a map scouting wagon item counter shambler spawn downside?

[@0rcd0c]

Yes

[@hyperionsidartha5891]

POG!

[@halfadeaty]

If I take a hero with a memory to a run but I cash-out before its end, does the hero lose his memory

[@ShuffleFM]

Yes

[@heronvitor6886]

did you talked about the dog? sory i must have missed it and i cant find this part

[@ShuffleFM]

Wolf cub? First thing I cover :)

[@EvanSnowWolf]

I hate the fact I have done over 20 expeditions farming the first region, and never found The Blood. Had no idea what it was, what it looked like, etc. Why does it bother me? Characters that get the goal to use that item 4 times. Thanks for nothing, game!

[@lazerax9]

Quality thumbnail

[@dynamic4266]

Aren't you abit concerned when 1.0 comes out that it'll change something and make this guide obsolete? I'm not critiquing you or anything, I'm just wondering your thought process

[@ShuffleFM]

The infographic didn't have "pet balance" on it so I felt pretty safe for this one. This video only took about 30 minutes so it's not the end of the world if I have to redo it :)

[@dynamic4266]

@@ShuffleFM I see, gotcha. I was wondering why you'd do it even if the infographic didn't have anything about it on there since Redhook isn't always crystal clear about stuff but if it only took that long then I see where you're coming from. Thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it!

[@ComradeMaryFromMars]

Insta click shuffle videos 😂

[@feep3534]

❤

[@shadowsift]

I havent found a pet yet😢

[@ShuffleFM]

Unlock them in the altar :)

[@ViNncentSmith]

omg u can have a doggy tag along with you😻 best game of the year right here❤