Defeating Darkhart

[jammatmil]

General Darkhart resides in the abandoned town on the outskirts of Padres del Fuego. He is a required task in one or more quests and is difficult to defeat. It is usually best to go with a higher level friend and team up on him but he can be defeated solo. He is also one of the best enemies to level up your grenades on.

Now that the basic grenades are unlimited you can stay there for a while, although there is a gunsmith close by, you may only have to visit him to sell all the stuff you're going to get from Darkhart.

If you manage to get him all to yourself, here's how to beat him:

Don't stand too close to him. Stay back just far enough to throw, directly in front at the wall will suffice for now. After the first throw, he will come at you with his dagger. Don't run! Usually he will stand still throwing daggers. At this point, move slightly closer to him until he produces his cutlass - then he's all yours. For some reason he remains in the same place and will not charge at you. If however you get too close (close enough for him to taunt you) then you're in trouble (this is where it is a good idea to have a high level friend along). If he doesn't move, you can continue to lob grenades at him until he's done. Don't use long volley - he receives more damage for explosions at his feet than in his face.

Be careful of the minions running about. Take along a blunderbuss to take them out between rallies with Darkhart. If you explode a grenade while one of the minions are walking by then you have to deal with them too (this is also where a high level friend comes in handy).

As you acquire skill points, max out your throw and explosive skill to inflict the most damage - however, the higher you go the less reputation points you will receive.

Have fun.

[seafox]

Darkheart is very popular guy again...I like in front of the fence...but when I was lower level I went up on porch...lately I get more chests dropped when I use weaker weapons...

[Catherine Ironcutter]

Nice guide! I've never attempted this before, it being somewhat harder to get back there at level 14. I watched someone defeat Darkheart before though. They stood in the doorway of the gunsmith, so that if Darkheart started getting them too far down, they could just hit Shift and go inside. Darkheart hadn't disengaged, and he was still injured.

[Cannonfury]

defeating darkhart alone...so easy, a caveman can do it

[Speedway Master]

Originally Posted by Cannonfury

defeating darkhart alone...so easy, a caveman can do it

Yes, especially cavemen that goes around sueing people.

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Originally Posted by Speedway Master

Yes, especially cavemen that goes around sueing people.

lol.

[Midhav]

Nice compilation jammat

but really, how many more guides? Soon, we'll be having a guild on how to defeat Evan the Grave Digger.. a really LONG one

[camden19]

Really? Help defeating him? im only a 38 and hes easy to kill myself

[My2Cents]

Sounds cool. But I doubt that a level 13 would be able to kill him. I died while on a Flagship before ;P.

[ruisen2000]

Take a strong blunderbuss, have max silver and aim, then start owning darkhart

[pmwaker]

this helped me lvl up my grenade. im a lvl 42 witha low lvl grenade so it really helps

[Rozzwinder]

Darkhart is a good loot boss, however he has stopped dropping the good loot ( for me ) and its also good to lvl staff/grenade on darkhart ( recommended for notoriety lvl 42+ )