The second chapter of the Grave Robber’s story in Darkest Dungeon 2 is called Night Cap, and it pits players against a drunken husband. To get through this chapter, fans must succeed in poisoning the husband before the hero’s stress bar fills up, which may initially seem to be quite difficult. Fortunately, there is an easy way to go about completing Darkest Dungeon 2’s Night Cap chapter, and this guide has full details on exactly what must be done.

Darkest Dungeon 2: Grave Robber Chapter 2 Guide

Upon starting the Night Cap chapter, the enemy will perform a Threatening Tantrum, dealing a single stress damage to Darkest Dungeon 2’s Grave Robber and applying buffs to himself and the drink cart. One of these buffs is called Threatening, and players will need to deal with it several times during the encounter if they hope to survive. Here are details on exactly how fans can remove Threatening from the husband and avoid taking additional stress damage:

  • Select the Grave Robber’s Stay Out of Reach skill and hover the mouse cursor over her. If this action causes a gold border to appear around the Threatening token, then players should proceed to use Stay out of Reach. If that border does not appear, then Darkest Dungeon fans should select the Grave Robber’s Placate Him skill and use that on the husband instead.

With the process for removing the Threatening buff established, there are two scenarios that players should be prepared for. The first one sees the husband with no Threatening token and the drink cart with a Guarded token. In this scenario, players should use the Take A Breath skill to heal some stress. The second one sees the husband with no Threatening token and the drink cart with no Guarded token. In this scenario, players should use the Poison His Drink skill to start dealing damage.

To make sure that all is perfectly clear, here is a simplified version of exactly how roguelite fans should approach the encounter in Night Cap:

  • Husband Has Threatening: Use Stay Out of Reach or Placate Him following the method that is outlined above. Husband Does Not Have Threatening, Drink Cart is Guarded: Use Take a Breath Husband Does Not Have Threatening, Drink Cart is Not Guarded: Use Poison His Drink

Fans that follow this advice should have no trouble surviving until the husband is ultimately dispatched by the poison. When that occurs, players will complete this Darkest Dungeon 2 story chapter and earn their reward: the Repartee skill. This ability buffs the Grave Robber with both Dodge and Taunt when used, but it can only be activated if she has Stealth in its unupgraded form.

Darkest Dungeon 2 is available now in Early Access on PC.