Arcanist

Master the Elements with the Arcanist Class Mod for Darkest Dungeon

Venture into the darkest corners of the estate with the Arcanist, a potent new class mod for Darkest Dungeon. This arcane spellcaster, burdened by a mysterious past, offers a unique strategic layer to your expeditions. The Arcanist excels not as a frontline damage dealer, but as a master of battlefield control and potent, setup-based offense, relying heavily on critical hits and the chilling power of Frost Nova to unleash their true potential.

Unleash Elemental Fury

The Arcanist commands a diverse array of elemental spells, each influenced by the ambient torchlight, adding a dynamic layer to combat encounters.

• Frostfire Bolt: A versatile attack usable from any rank, capable of striking any enemy. Its power shifts with the torchlight; high light boosts its fiery damage, while low light imbues it with armor-piercing frost.
• Dragon’s Breath: This fiery cone attack can hit the first two enemies, benefiting from higher torchlight for increased damage and stun chance. It also possesses a disruptive shuffling effect, regardless of light levels.
• Frost Nova: A devastating area-of-effect spell that immobilizes foes, reveals hidden enemies, and increases their vulnerability to critical strikes. Shattering frozen enemies amplifies the Arcanist’s damage.

Strategic Utility and Support

Beyond raw damage, the Arcanist provides crucial utility to aid your struggling party.

• Decurse: This vital ability purges negative status effects from allies, with each rank unlocking the ability to cleanse additional afflictions like stuns, marks, bleeds, and blights.
• Invisibility: Briefly vanish from the battlefield, gaining a damage buff upon reappearance.
• Time Warp: Grant your entire party a significant speed boost for a short duration, allowing for crucial turn order manipulation.
• Arcane Knowledge: Switch between Arcane and Elementalist stances, each granting a unique buff: increased critical hit chance for the Elementalist, and enhanced dodge for the Arcane stance.
• Blink: A free action allowing the Arcanist to reposition themselves twice per turn, escaping dangerous proximity.

Campfire and Trinket Innovations

When resting at camp, the Arcanist offers unique skills to prepare for the trials ahead, such as conjuring provisions, boosting critical hit chance, or granting allies vital accuracy and stealth-sight. Furthermore, a host of new trinkets, including the unique Spellbook from the Sunward Isles mod, offer powerful effects that further augment the Arcanist’s elemental prowess, often with intriguing trade-offs.