How to Get & Use Dark Determination in Bizzare Lineage

Dark Determination is a sub-mode/transformation you can get via the Determination questline which I’ll showcase step-by-step. It’s a mode that starts out weak but becomes quite strong once you upgrade it. Here’s how to get Dark Determination in Bizzare Lineage.

Bizzare Lineage Dark Determination Guide

To get Dark Determination in Bizzare Lineage you need to go to the Determination NPC behind Bus Stop 14 and in front of the Avdol Raid to start the questline (Screenshot above). Talk to the NPC to accept the quest and then there’s 7 parts you need to complete in any order. Here are the tips for all 7:

1. Selflessness: You have to beat the Kira Raid at Bus Stop 1 while having the Bloodlust Perk – To get Bloodlust you’ll need to Prestige which you do by reaching max level and paying 10,000 cash to Arch Mage in the Hospital near Bus Stop 10 (This gives you Prestige Shards), then simply buy the Bloodlust Perk in the Prestige Shop.
2. Reticence: Win a 1v1 via the PVP Board while being above 90% HP at the end (I recommend just asking someone to kill trade for a quest or do it with a friend on a private server).
3. Piety: Win a Gang War (Check out our Gang guide).
4. Faith: Beat The Self with 5% or less – You can find The Self in your Inner World which you access via Yoga Mats in the Gym at Bus Stop 2 (Just enter the Gym and interact with a Yoga Mat and then fight the easy mini-boss and defeat it while low on HP at 5% or less).
5. Hate: Defeat 5 of your Gang Members – While in a Gang/Clan this is best done by having a Gang/Clan with friends that you can ask to defeat (I made a Clan with friends just for this quest).
6. Purity: Win 3 PVP Board 1v1s in a row – This is a bit tricky since the 1v1 wins via the PVP Board have to be in a row so either ask the other player to kill trade or grind until you get lucky and win three in a row fair and square.
7. Repose: Defeat 10 players above Level 40+ – This can be done either via Board 1V1s or more easily in the open world (Especially if you have a friend that you can grip for free).

You can check your progress at the Determination NPC via the “What am I missing” dialogue option. Once you’ve finished everything, go to the Arch Mage at the Hospital near Bus Stop 10 and Prestige to get Dark Determination. Your name will turn blue and you will get the Dark Determination sub-mode in your keyboard in an available slot 1-9.

Related: You also need to Prestige for the C-Moon and Made in Heaven so you can now do these questlines too.

How to Use Dark Determination in Bizzare Lineage

Once you Prestige after finishing the quest for Dark Determination you will get a message saying Edict unlocked and Dark Determination will be added to your keyboard slot 1-9. To activate it simply press the corresponding button and you will trigger the transformation which lasts for about 15 seconds. The base version gives you a damage buff of 5% and then it debuffs you when it ends. That said, you can upgrade it at the Arch Mage NPC/Prestige Shop at the Hospital near Bus Stop 10 using Prestige Shards in the Edicts tab:

• Base Version: 5% damage buff.
• Upgrade 1: 5% defense buff.
• Upgrade 2: Heals you for a flat amount over a few seconds.
• Upgrade 3: Gives you health back when you attack enemies with lower health % than you.
• Upgrade 4: Duration increases to 20 seconds and you are no longer debuffed when it ends.

That’s it for my guide on how to get and use Dark Determination in Bizzare Lineage. It’s a powerful defensive mode once you upgrade it thanks to the lifesteal upgrade. Check out the best Fighting Styles and Sub Abilities to use it with.

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Slay the Spire 2 isn’t your typical deckbuilder, where you don’t have to take care of your health.

While there are five different characters to pick from, none of them is immortal. They will all take damage, and they will perish if you’re not careful. Taking damage is inevitable; no matter what you do, you’ll always end up receiving damage.

What matters is whether you’re healing your character at the correct moments.

How to heal in Slay the Spire 2

Healing is a premium activity in Slay the Spire 2. You can’t heal whenever you want, and restoring HP comes at a price. You’ll occasionally come across Rest Spots that appear as a campfire on your path. These spots can be found only sporadically, so you’ll need to plan carefully. Their locations on every run is compeltely random.

When you’re at the spot, you’ll have two different options: Rest or Smith. If you choose the latter, you can improve a card by applying different upgrades. If you choose the former, you’ll be able to recover a percentage of your character’s lost health.

You can also find different Relics and consumables on your run, and some of them might allow you to restore HP. Potions are one-time use, and you can have a maximum of three at a time. This method isn’t a guaranteed solution since all runs are random. It could happen that you might be unable to find an applicable Relic or consumable.

Slay the Spire 2 has five characters, and one of them has a healing ability. The Ironclad’s default relic, the Burning Blood, allows you to recover 6 HP at the end of combat. This is an extremely useful relic to have, which ranks him well on our characters’ tier list.

Outside of these methods, there’s no other way to recover HP and restore the health of your character in Slay the Spire 2. The same methods also apply if you’re playing co-op with your friends.

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