"Behold the infinite malignity of the stars!" The Shambler is available on Makeship NOW! Place your order here: https://www.makeship.com/products/shambler-plushie This plushie is available for a limited time as part of the Makeship Menace event. A total of 1000 Shambler plushies have been pre-stocked for the Makeship Menace event. This means the first 1000 orders will ship out immediately and arrive in time for Halloween.

Making peace with adversity is the very essence of existence. Our Leper Plush is available for pre-order on Makeship now: https://www.makeship.com/products/leper-plush This exclusive Darkest Dungeon merch is only available for a limited time!
The Leper was voted #1! Earlier this year, we asked the Darkest Dungeon community which hero they would like to see made into a Makeship plushie next, and the Leper won out over the Grave Robber and Jester. We were so happy to design this community favourite with the Makeship team. You have exactly 21 days to place your order. If the Makeship campaign is fully funded by August 27, this plushie is guaranteed to go into production. You can read more about how Makeship works here! Curious to know if this plush will ship to you? Makeship has all their shipping destinations here: https://www.makeship.com/shipping-destinations

Introducing Kingdoms - a FREE stand alone campaign game mode coming to Darkest Dungeon II later this year. Watch the Kingdoms announcement trailer below! [previewyoutube=RkTnnAJjJrA;full][/previewyoutube] This new game mode challenges players in a desperate race against the clock to find and defeat a monstrous threat before it overwhelms and destroys the Kingdom. Journey across the land to gather resources and battle evil incursions, all while defending a network of safe haven Inns. Acquired resources are used to upgrade heroes and also the Inns themselves, which can be improved via extensive upgrade trees. Players will embark on unique quest lines and fight back against three new monster factions: The Coven, Beastmen and Crimson Courtiers. Kingdoms can be played independently of the games original Confessions campaign. We announced Kingdoms earlier today as part of the Triple-i Initiative. To help celebrate the announcement, Darkest Dungeon II is currently 33% off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ You can also pick up The Binding Blade DLC for 10% off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2598510/Darkest_Dungeon_II_The_Binding_Blade/ Want to keep up with all Kingdoms news? Be sure to join our official Discord and our mailing list. Well be releasing more information on this free update in the coming months.

Were excited to announce that Darkest Dungeon II is participating in The Triple-i Initiative. The Triple-i Initiative is a brand new digital showcase focused entirely on triple-i games. Join us here on Steam April 10th at 10am Pacific for 45 minutes of reveals, announcements & trailers. We have a big announcement planned, so be sure to tune in!

Indiscriminate science stains the surgeon's hands. Weve partnered with Makeship to create a Plague Doctor plushie! Click here to place your order today! This exclusive Darkest Dungeon merch is only available for a limited time. Thiscampaign will run for 21 days, and if it is fully funded by March 12, the Plague Doctor plushie is guaranteed to go into production. You can read more about how Makeship campaigns work here. Curious to know if this plushie will ship to you? Makeship has a list of all their shipping destinations ontheir website:https://www.makeship.com/shipping-destinations

The Binding Blade, Darkest Dungeon IIs first DLC, is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2598510/Darkest_Dungeon_II_The_Binding_Blade/ This DLC contains 2 new heroes with playable backstories and a special unlock quest, a wandering mini-boss + more. Take a look at our heroes in action in the Binding Blade launch trailer below. [previewyoutube=v85KjQf5EIU;full][/previewyoutube] The Duelist is a disciplined and deadly combatant capable of tactically switching between Defensive and Aggressive stances. She is able to move between ranks with ease, attacking from both the front and back ranks, dispatching her enemies with brutal efficiency. The Crusader has returned! This battle hardened knight is fueled by a radiant Holy fire and will Smite his foes where they stand. To celebrate the launch of the DLC, Darkest Dungeon II is 25% off from now until the end of the Winter Sale. Weve also added The Binding Blade to the Oblivion Edition Bundle. This bundle contains Darkest Dungeon II, The Binding Blade DLC and the official game soundtrack! Pick up The Binding Blade today!

The Binding Blade, Darkest Dungeon IIs first DLC, is releasing December 2023! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2598510/Darkest_Dungeon_II_The_Binding_Blade/ This DLC features 2 new playable heroes - The Duelist and The Crusader! The Duelist is a disciplined and deadly combatant capable of tactically switching between Defensive and Aggressive stances. She is able to move between ranks with ease, attacking from both the front and back ranks, dispatching her enemies with brutal efficiency. The Crusader has returned! This battle hardened knight is fueled by a radiant Holy fire and will Smite his foes where they stand. The Binding Blade will see you mastering the ruthless Duelist, battling through barricades, and seeking clues that will lead you to...the last of the Crusaders. Both new heroes are complete with unique trinkets, signature items, and fully voiced backstories including playable flashback encounters. This content pack will also introduce a fearsome new threat - The Warlord - a roaming mini-boss who can be found on your journey to the Mountain. Be sure to WISHLIST this DLC today!

Pick up the Iron Crown bundle at 33% off - our biggest discount yet: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/31810/Darkest_Dungeon_The_Iron_Crown/ If you already own Darkest Dungeon, youll be able to get a discount on Darkest Dungeon II through this bundle only. This offer ends September 19th at 10am PT. In other news, Darkest Dungeon II had it's first free themed update since launch - Chirurgeon's Table - just one month ago. In addition to a new location, two new minibosses, 6 new champion enemies, and completely overhauled torch and Infernal Flames, we are happy to announce that this update also contained both gamepad and Steam Deck support! These features have been frequently requested since launch, and we were happy to get them into our players hands. Our team is excited for everyone to experience the first of many updates we have planned for Darkest Dungeon II, but we have grand plans for the road ahead. We are steadily working towards hero origin skins, mod support, and other quality of life improvements. Additionally, we are also focusing on new features that will help improve some of the areas that receive the most lukewarm or negative feedback. Specifically we want to continue to improve the sense of agency and dynamism (reduce some areas of RNG) plus add more variety and replayability. We look forward to sharing details with you as these features approach completion. We love this game, and will continue to keep making it better and better. Thanks for your support.

The time has come to face your failures. Darkest Dungeon II is available now on Steam! A limited time bundle called The Iron Crown is available which includes both Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II for 25% off. With Steams complete my bundle functionality, existing owners of the first game will be able to purchase the sequel at the discounted price. Note: Steam Cloud Save is not yet implemented for the 1.0 release. We plan to add it in the very near future. Apologies for the inconvenience. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/

Darkest Dungeon II releases here on Steam in just under 1 week! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ Many of you got a glimpse of the game during Steam Next Fest. We want to send a massive thank you to those who played our demo in February and sent us feedback. Based on your comments, we made a number of improvements to our driving system, the Valley and first time user experience - along with a huge swath of new content and features. We wanted to take this opportunity to discuss what you can expect on May 8th, and beyond. At launch the game will feature 12 playable characters with a complete narrative featuring 5 acts. Each act is a challenging expedition in which you assemble a party of four heroes and then navigate a series of deadly regions in a quest to reach the Mountain, which houses an imposing end boss themed to that particular Confession. The final two acts and our blight-fueled 12th playable character, The Flagellant, will be new to our 1.0 release. You can also expect to see corpse art, hero palettes, weapon kits, radiant and infernal flames, achievements and a plethora of other features on May 8th. Were not done yet, either. The original Darkest Dungeon was well supported post-launch with the addition of town events, radiant mode, and multiple new enemies. Our approach is the same with Darkest Dungeon II. The 1.0 Steam launch represents a new phase of development for the game. Looking forward, we have a number of free updates planned that range from content to quality-of-life. Weve already committed to new monsters (the Collector and the Gaunt Chirurgeon - more on that enemy here), playable hero origin skins, and of course, ongoing balance and tuning based on your feedback. Modding support is also something the team is very passionate about. As many of you know, modding has been an incredible part of the Darkest Dungeon community and it's something that we are eager to bring to Darkest Dungeon II. Weve got a lot of great ideas to facilitate your ability to get creative! Like we did on the original Darkest Dungeon, we are planning to devote time to developing modding tools after our 1.0 release. Finally, we are excited to announce that our community of existing DDI owners will be able to purchase Darkest Dungeon II at a discounted rate for a limited time! Full pricing and bundle information will be available on May 8th. We are thrilled to be back on Steam, and look forward to hearing your thoughts. For those of you who were with us for Darkest Dungeon Is journey, you know we always read the forums and value your input. We hope to have your support on May 8th. The Red Hook Team

Darkest Dungeon II will be releasing into 1.0 on May 8th, 2023. Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within... Be sure to WISHLIST the game now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/

We are deploying a small update to better integrate and support Steam Deck features.

A sister of battle. Pious and unrelenting.

The cost of preparedness - measured now in gold, later in blood.

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

He will be laughing still... at the end.

We fall so that we may learn to pick ourselves up once again.

Madness - sublimity of the intelligence, or so it has been said.

This sprawling estate, a Mecca of madness and morbidity. Your work begins...

Where there is no peril in the task, there can be no glory in its accomplishment.

Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles - paid for in blood.

Be wary - triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall...

Steel yourself and remember: there can be no bravery without madness

Death waits for the slightest lapse in concentration.

The wounds of war can be healed, but never hidden.

Tortured and reclusive... this man is more dangerous than he seems...

She searches where others will not go... and sees what others will not see.

Let me share with you the terrible wonders I have come to know...

Wealth beyond measure, awarded to the brave and the foolhardy alike.

Gathered close in tenuous firelight, and uneasy companionship.

Shoot, bandage and pillage: the dancing steps of war.

Can the defiled be consecrated? Can the fallen find rest?

Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles - paid for in blood.

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

A spark without kindling is a goal without hope.

Many fall in the face of chaos; but not this one, not today.

Adversity can foster hope, and resilience.

Madness - sublimity of the intelligence, or so it has been said.

One can sometimes find clarity in madness, but only rarely...

A spark without kindling is a goal without hope.

Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

Ignorance of your enemy and of yourself will invariably lead to defeat.

The sin is not in being outmatched, but in failing to recognize it.

Many fall in the face of chaos; but not this one, not today.

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

Terrors may indeed stalk these shadows, but yonder a glint of gold.

To fight the abyss, one must know it...

Madness - sublimity of the intelligence, or so it has been said.

Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade.

Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles - paid for in blood.

Will you answer the letter?

Hello everyone! Were excited to share with you an exclusive launch discount on new roguelike RPG adventure, Crown Trick, which launched on October 16th! Owners of Darkest Dungeon on Steam can get 20% off the game for up to two weeks from launch. Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJ26LYzlik Embrace elemental powers and take down enemies that move only when you move! Embark on a perilous journey through the procedurally-generated dungeons of the Nightmare Realm as protagonist, Elle. Accompanied by your magical crown youll take on a variety of enemies in unique turn-based combat where foes and traps only move when Elle does. Strategic thinking is key to overcoming and escaping the dangerous labyrinthine dungeon of Crown Trick! For more info, visit the Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000010/Crown_Trick/?curator_clanid=31899806

One can sometimes find clarity in madness, but only rarely...

Let me share with you the terrible wonders I have come to know...

Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade.

Great adversity has a beauty - it is the fire that tempers.

Where there is no peril in the task, there can be no glory in its accomplishment.

Madness - sublimity of the intelligence, or so it has been said.

These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!

The Butcher's Circus

• Fixed - Crash when character sheet is open and player removes hero from party
• Fixed - Sometimes Circus heroes will act automatically
• Fixed - Circus bot move skill can be selected without the bot actually moving
• Fixed - Circus abomination bot doesn't have beast skills equipped
• Fixed - When incorrect brain id is loaded/received, the game crashes
• Fixed - When incorrect brain is used, sometimes friendly skills are not used (only selected and skipped like abom transform)
• Various minor string fixes.

The wounds of war can be healed, but never hidden.

Mac and Linux support is finally here for The Butcher's Circus! We are also adding various other improvements Good luck to all in Season 2! The Butchers Circus

• Mac and Linux support has been added!
• Various small polish items on the Circus screens.
• Offline Mode - You can now practice against a local bot file that can be edited. While offline and fighting those practice bots you will not be able to earn prestige. You can still earn prestige from facing Bots in the matchmaking queue if you fail to find a human opponent.
• Added Steam rich presence when in the Circus
• Added text on the rewards screen, when player has max prestige, to indicate prestige cannot be increased.
• Direct Challenge Improvements!
  • Weve updated the Direct Challenge screen to support challenging someone who is not on your friends list. It involves a few steps, but is straightforward.
  
  [olist]
• On this screen you will see your ID listed at the bottom. Copy that ID and send it to the person you are looking to challenge.
• They paste the ID into the top field. Once this is done a Lobby ID will appear. They copy that Lobby ID and send it back to you.
• You paste that Lobby ID in and then you both can join the match. [/olist]
• Fixed a game crashes due banner caching
• Fixed an issue that was causing users to see Connection Error and would prevent them from entering matchmaking.
• Fixed a crash with the character sheet being open on-death in multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug where the Ancestor's Memoirs statue always displayed its initial broken-down sprite

A brilliant confluence of skill and purpose!

Secrets and wonders can be found in the most tenebrous corners of this place.

This update contains 2 of the new features we've been working on as we prep for the Season 2 start and the MacOS and Linux builds. The work on those other are almost done, but we wanted to release these nice quality of life improvements for all in advance of the larger release hopefully within the next week or so. We are in the final stages of testing those other platforms and testing our season change scripts to ensure they work with the multiplayer improvements. Darkest Dungeon

• Added Option for Xbox One Controller Glyphs
• Fixed - [ACTOUTS] Game crashes when virtuous hero acts out against a corpse
• Fixed - Game crashes when any actor uses "k_buff_random_party_member" act out but only corpses remain
• Fixed - [CAMPAIGN] Large size enemies have their move ability broken

• Added Controller Support for the Circus!
• Added the Party Builder - You can now save up to 5 party and trinket configurations.
• Added the Desync Banner for all users.
• Fixed - [DESYNC] Heroes of one team enter match in different order for both players

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

"Let me share with you the terrible wonders I have come to know..."

Good fortune and hard work may yet arrest this plague.

Greetings Circus-goers!

• Each season in the Circus will last 6 weeks. During this time, players will have the time to climb the ranks to the Darkest League. At the end of the season, participating players will unlock pieces of an exclusive banner for that season. There will be one piece per league, and a player who achieves a higher league will earn all pieces from lower leagues.
• After the season, each players rank will decay based on the highest achieved rank in the preceding season. For instance, a player who reached Darkest League Tier I may now be in Veteran League Tier I (the exact decay may change from season to season depending on how many players reach each tier).
• The season rollover will also give us an opportunity to introduce potential balancing changes in the event that the metagame needs a shakeup.

• New Banner In addition to the Season banners discussed above, we also created a new banner as a gift to everyone for bearing with us through all the desyncs we hit during the release window of the DLC.
• Party Builder A common quality of life feature requested since release was the ability to save party presets to make it easier to mix up your strategies and experiment with different builds. Coming in the next patch you can now save up to 5 predefined parties. These saved parties will retain their skill and equipped trinkets and can be customly named.
• Controller Support For all of those that use the gamepad to play the base game, you can now enjoy the Circus without having to swap back to the mouse and keyboard!

More arrive, foolishly seeking fortune and glory in this domain of the damned.

The wounds of war can be healed, but never hidden.

Darkest Dungeon Fixed the stuttering issue affecting users. The game should now run much like it did pre-TBC. Known Issues Mac and Linux builds are still not available. Please use the pretbclinuxmac Steam Beta branch until we are ready to release those builds.

Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles, paid for in blood.

We have also identified more issues with regards to the stuttering issues some of our users are encountering since the DLC release. We hope to have more fixes for those in the near future. Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed - Bigger enemies(their size is bigger than 1), can not move forward
• Fixed - The game sometimes crashes due to missing item class
• Fixed - [MODS] Mod is making it possible to have 3 trinkets in TBC; ends match instantly

• Various fixes to improve the stability of the multiplayer and reduce desyncs.

• Mac and Linux builds are still not available. Please use the pretbclinuxmac Steam Beta branch until we are ready to release those builds.
• We are still investigating and working on the stuttering issues that has appeared since the DLC release

Reeling, gasping, taken over the edge into madness!

As part of this update we also created a new public beta branch on Steam that has a new build containing an improved version of our network connection code that we would like users to test before we roll it out to the community at large. The branch is called tbc_test and the improvements should significantly reduce desync and disconnect issues, while also improving the speed and responsiveness of gameplay in all multiplayer games. We encourage you, if you have time, to switch over to that branch and playtest with others to help us find any issues before we roll it out to the community. We have automatic crash/debug logs being sent to us so if you play and hit issues we will capture them immediately. The Butchers Circus

• Added - [PARTY SELECTION] In party setup, if the Hero Info Popup (right click) is open, left clicking on a hero should close the info popup and open the dropdown
• Fixed - [PARTY SELECTION] UI Exploit can allow access to locked DLC heroes in multiplayer
• Fixed - When Quick menu is visibled(in party setup) and player presses ESC, only realm inventory is closed
• Added - [COMBAT] Show enemy virtue/affliction indicator on enemy info panel portrait

• Added - [MODS] Allow the dots_can_deathblow rule to work in singleplayer for modders
• Added - [MODS] Enable new features in single player for modders by removing "networked_hero" gate
• Added - deaths_door_test_survived_resistance_chance now works for SP
• Added - "melee_attack_skill" now works for SP
• Added - "ranged_attack_skill" now works for SP
• Added - "attack_crit" now works for SP
• Added - "riposte_skill" now works for SP
• Added - "buff_duration_type" now works for SP
• Added - "ignore_deathsdoor" now works for SP
• Added - actorStatus "virtued" and "afflicted" now works for SP
• Fixed - [MODS] Item that transforms hero causes a crash if used before any battle
• Fixed - [MODS] Arena trinkets can have undefined rarity in mods, resulting in strange behavior

• Mac and Linux builds are still not available. Please use the pretbclinuxmac Steam Beta branch until we are ready to release those builds.
• We are still investigating and working on the stuttering issues that has appeared since the DLC release.

"The space between worlds is no place for mortal men."

Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed - Softlock when controlled hero(by siren) kills siren during act out
• Fixed - [PROVISIONS] Selling provisions using left click often sells two at a time, instead of one

• Fixed - Guard break poptext icon is not visibled without enabling Circus DLC

• More adjustments to help improve the disconnects and desync issues.

Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed a softlock issue in the Siren fight if a mind-controlled hero does from a heart attack.
• Crash fix for when a mind-controlled hero kills an enemy with an actout in the Siren fight.

• Guard Break in single player no longer has overlapping pop text displays

• Fixed an issue with an incorrect check occuring when comparing enemy party to info on the server
• Implemented some fixes for several desyncs/disconnect issues. (This should improve stability, but we are still working on more solutions beyond what is contained here)
• Heroes should have their correct corpses on results screen in the Circus

• Mac and Linux users should use the pretbclinuxmac Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.
• We are aware of the single player stuttering issues, and will look to resolve these as soon as possible.

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed - Faster drag detection was restored back for single player(dragging should be less laggy)
• CRASH FIX: Attack Friendly Actouts of Siren controlled heroes will no longer cause a game crash.

• Improved Results screen logic to help prevent the player from being stuck in an animation.
• Fixed an issue with Prestige results should no longer become inaccurate after the second match or later since booting the game.
• Fixed an issue with the results screen sometimes showing max prestige even without opening all rewards.
• Fix for the MaxPrestige achievement, it should no longer falsely trigger.
• Fixed - On results screen, opponent corpses use the visual variant of your heroes, not theirs which resulted in visual errors for some.

• Mac and Linux users should use the pretbclinuxmac Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.

We are still working to get improvements to the connection stability for players. This hotfix hopefully addresses some of those issues but also contained 2 common softlock and crash issues we wanted to resolve for those being affected. We will have more updates in the next day or so for other issues as we work through them. Thank you to everyone playing and reporting their issues. Darkest Dungeon

• Potential fix for random crashes during circus logic(circus, matchmaking, fights...)
• Fixed multiple dazed heroes are causing softlock in match due AI not selecting any of them
• Fixed game crashes on provision screen
• Fixed an issue with requesting info from server

Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! We are hard at work behind the scenes to improve stability and help track down and squash bugs. Thanks again for all your help in reporting issues. Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed softlock when using Guard Break skills while The Butcher's Circus is not installed

• Fixed visual hero mods resulting in multiplayer heroes appearing as white boxes
• Fixed an issue that caused single player hero mods to inadvertently cause desyncs in multiplayer.
• Adjusted the Narration VO variants when opponent is starting their turn. The buffoons will be slightly less.... flummoxed.

• Fixed .battle_complete_combat_skill_id skillname no longer triggering .type "move" skills
• Fixed .kill target effect to work as before
• Fixed an issue that caused move type skills to not apply buffs.
• Fixed an issue that caused death effects to apply on both allies and enemies

• Mac and Linux users should use the pretbclinuxmac Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.
• Desync logs arent being created by non-debug builds currently.
• The fix to the Guard Break softlock is now causing some visual fx issues which do not impact gameplay.

Enter the Arena and play Darkest Dungeon in an all new way: PvP battles!

Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! In preperation for the release for the DLC tomorrow we are pushing a base game build to our coming_in_hot public beta branch for players to help us test for any issues with the base game. Below are the patch notes for what has change in the base game since our last patch.

Darkest Dungeon

• NEW TOWN EVENT
  • Added two new town events that relieve stress for the entire hamlet roster if at least one circus match is played before beginning the next week.
• Fixed positioning changes caused by AoE knockback and pull abilities
• Added stress heal received while camping buff to Meditator quirk
• Stress modifier vs [Enemy Type] buffs are now active while that enemy type is present in the combat. (Such as Fear/Hatred/Phobia quirks)
• Lowered Bloodmoon Radiant Light Dodge bonus to match Stygian (2.5%) instead of Radiant (7.5%)
• Plow Horse Color of Madness enemy wont cause stall-related crashes when modded into non-wave combats
• Fixed enemy reinforcements crash in Darkest Dungeon location
• Fixed Abomination being able to ignore allies move-block actouts
• Added option to opt out of data collection
• Supports both new and old localization formats

• NEW DUNGEON RULES
  • Added "dots_can_deathblow". When false, bleed and blight no longer causes heroes to roll a deaths door check.
  • Added deaths_door_test_survived_resistance_chance to dungeon rules. A heros deathblow resistance is reduced by this amount each time they survive a deaths door check, cumulatively.
• NEW TRINKET EFFECT TRIGGERS
  • Added "melee_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
  • Added "ranged_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
  • Added "riposte_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
  • Added "attack_crit" effect trigger for trinkets
• NEW BUFF RULES
  • Buffs can now be conditional on actorStatus "virtued" and "afflicted"
  • Buffs can now be conditional on rule_type "activated_first " and "activated_last "
  • Buffs can now decrement at the end of rounds rather than the end of an actors turn by using .buff_duration_type "after_turn" and "after_round"
• NEW SKILL RULES
  • Combat skills with .ignore_deathsdoor true will deathblow instantly if they deal lethal damage, regardless of deathblow resist. The target will be killed even if it was not already on deaths door.
• NEW STATS
  • Added deathblow_chance which increases the chance of deathblow and is applied against deathblow resistance.
  • Added heartattack_stress_heal_percent which modifies the amount that stress is lowered after suffering a heart attack.
  • Added buff_duration_percent which increases the duration of buffs applied by the hero
  • Added ignore_guard which causes skills to bypass guard.

"One can sometimes find clarity in madness, but only rarely..."

Be wary - triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall...

"A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair."

Compassion is a rarity in the fevered pitch of battle.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

A moment of clarity in the eye of the storm

Everything that happens before Death is what counts.

These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!"

Here are this weeks mods:

As the light gains purchase, spirits are lifted and purpose is made clear."

Here are this weeks mods:

A time to perform beyond one's limits!"

Here are this weeks mods:

We weren't joking - The Butcher's Circus DLC is coming in May! Play intense PVP arena battles against your friends and enemies alike. Pick your party & loadout, and let the games begin! For full details SEE THE STORE PAGE & WISHLIST HERE

A moment of clarity in the eye of the storm..."

Here are this weeks mods:

"A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair."

Here are this weeks mods:

Thank you to the modders for their incredible creations! And thank you everyone for your continued support!

"The abyss returns even the boldest gaze."

"Fan the flames! Mold the metal! We are raising an army!"

"Women and men; soldiers and outlaws; fools and corpses. All will find their way to us now that the road is clear."

A spark without kindling is a goal without hope.

Steam Build #24839

• Change to assert message for running out of solutions.
• Fix to estate summary bug with district buttons and controller.
• Fix to districts blocking character sheet input with controller.
• Fix for Fanatic's background offset bug
• Fix to heroes not having combat_end buffs cleared on retreat.
• Fix for shards collected amount not showing up on raid results screen
• Fix roster scrolling w/ controller at high fps
• Fix to monster AOE Friendly skills not working with one 2 slot monsters and 2 1 slot monsters.
• Add command line argument to disable monster preloading. If you have white box issues please try this, but please note it will cause the game to stutter at battle start
  • -disable_monster_pre_loading
• Additional heart attack variables cleared. Fixes stress relief activities for heroes that died of a heart attack when lost in time and space.

• Doubled the default allocated resources.

Steam Build #24787 Darkest Dungeon

• Fix to an activity log crash with Chinese font.
• Fixed a typo in in Ghoul_B brain, deafening whine is now skull toss
• Changed Bone Bearers Unholy Rally skill to prevent over-summoning.
• Fix to Hag soft lock and various errors
• Fixed a bug where act out comments would prevent heart attacks and afflictions on the pyre or in the cauldron.
• Fix to battle saving stall and consecutive crit / dodge battle variables.
• Using just one pop up font for Korean. Fixes missing pop up characters in Koreanb.
• Fix to ignore stealth tag on aoe monster skills.
• Reordered skill side effects with unselecting skill so that selection remains during side effects (fixes restraining padlock trinkets stress damage reduction on party)
• Fix to invalidate stall skill flag not being used with some enemy-targeting low damage skills (i.e. Man-at-arms Bellow)
• Updated corpses to not prevent stall acceleration.
• District controller support added. Open districts with Square button.
• Controller: Show inventory frame on empty items in the raid inventory.
• DLC related: Added Shieldbreaker, Flagellant and Musketeer upgrade overrides for different modes.
• Added ignore_stealth to Shrieker skills to avoid stealthed hero exploit. (Sorry, not sorry)
• Fix to hero ai (siren, random command act out ) not taking stealth into account with aoe.
• Additional ignore_stealth improvements to Vvulf & Ancestor
• Mod support: Added Was Hit trinket effects
• Mod support: Fix to mod compatibility with duplicate trinket rarities.

• Fix to prisoner room crashes and errors.
• Fix to Countess egg error in graveyard
• Hook up tooltip to infestation banner with controller.
• Fix to icon tooltip for infestation banner.
• Typo fix to graveyard entry for death by drinking blood

• Fixed a bug where skills wouldnt refresh between 2 wave raids
• Fix to death effects not showing up when waves get cleared.
• Fixed bug where threshold rewards were no longer properly awarded
• Endless Harvest now gives out xp and rewarded quirks have been updated
• Endless Rewards are given out even if haven't "completed" the quest
• Added quirks rewards at end of Endless when reaching at least first threshold
• Fix to skip curio / proceed wave overlay positions.
• Fix to Color of Madness kill count achievements being off by one.
• Enabled Hot area for Party Position to proceed. (Walking to the edge of the room will allow you to proceed like normal dungeons when using controllers )

Steam Build #24353 This update contains some significant changes to Endless Harvest brought about by feedback and observation. It’s important to us that Endless Harvest is an exciting, tense experience. Some of the balance and structure in the first deployment make it possible to advance through what we consider an excessive amount of kills (1000+!) which results in a drawn out experience lacking some of the tension and excitement that we feel is vital. These changes have been made to try to keep the experience “punchy”, while still retaining that incentive and challenge of bettering your kill counts...without requiring a dozen or more hours for a single deep run. We hope that you find them to be good changes for the long term health of the mode, just as we do!

Introducing Color of Madness Endgame Conditions!

• Once you have progressed beyond 200 Kills, the shimmering space-time of the corrupted Farmstead takes on an endgame condition, called a “Reflection.” These are mutators that increase the difficulty of the quest in different ways from that point onward.
• Unbearable Reflection:
  • Heroes: +33% Stress Dmg Received
  • Heroes: -33% Stress Heal
  • Monsters: +4 SPD
• Reflection of Decay:
  • Heroes: -50% Healing
  • Monsters: +15% PROT
  • Monsters: +25% Stun Resist
  • Monsters: +25% Debuff Resist
• Sanguine Reflection:
  • Heroes: -8% Deathblow Resist
  • Monsters: +7.5% Crit
  • Monsters: +3 SPD
• Reflection Obscura:
  • Heroes: -20% Stress Damage Received (a boon!)
  • Heroes: -20% Healing
  • Monsters: +10% PROT
  • Monsters: +25% Damage

Battle Limit Skill Refreshments in Endless Harvest:

Changelist

• Japanese Localization added for Darkest Dungeon, The Crimson Court, and The Shieldbreaker. (The Color of Madness is coming).
• SOME SAY THAT CRITSMAS WENT TOO FAR. (Critsmas was when we increased crit %s AND added the OnCrit Buffs for each hero.) They are basically right. We have tweaked a number of crit values (skills, trinkets) down a bit to account for those OnCrit Buffs that were a late addition. Crits are still net+ from pre-Color of Madness release.
• Total Scouting chance can now be seen as a tooltip on the Quest Provision screen.
• Shambler loot increased
• Champion Bone Courtiers should drop their special Chalice more often now
• Moved Laudanum glossary entry to base game (from CC)
• Fix to crash when killing siren with controlled hero with reflect damage.
• Swinetaur brain improvements: hooked PIG SPEAR back up (it went missing!) and improved logic of Trot Retreat
• Added buff/debuff+ icons to quest length duration buffs/debuffs.
• Fix to double riposte overriding corpse crit clear.
• Fix to centered icons swapping sides.
• Carrion eater ACC++ on their main attacks
• Fix to alpha curio bug in battle.
• Leper crit tuning
• reworded Help strings referencing Retreat Flag to say "Retreat Icon (which looks like an "X")"
• Fix for quest generation that was creating too many quests in individual dungeons
• Town buffs and debuffs now use the new Buff+ and Debuff+ icons.
• Add ability to modify combat speed in the rules file.
• Fix to removing mortality debuff camping skills and the has had heart attack flag cleared.
• Riposte now won't trigger attack additional effects.
• Game now saves every time you sell a trinket.
• Fix to dead hero save load exploit.
• Fix to heart attack save load exploit.
• Mini-map will no longer auto center when scouting if you have the map_follow_party option set to off.
• Adjusted Torch Tooltip zones to account for when there is a light meter or not.
• Fixing loading issue where some spine_fx were missing (blood_splatter specifically)
• Fixing loading issue where some spine_fx were missing (blood_splatter specifically)
• Fix to swinatuar brains and trot retreat fixes.
• Fix to journal crash if you uninstall dlc.
• Added monster size check to unholly rally when corpses are disabled.
• Reduced active area of realm inventory by removing empty background.
• Arb/Musk fix to stagecoach chances for cases where user doesn't have Musketeer installed
• Fix to Virtue Hero avoidance in several monster attacks (brains)
• Added ability to specify clickable area of button
• Fix to shambler ambush bug
• Retroactively giving the In Such Haste achievement
• Fixed a bug that affected specific encounter bgs (ie. Fanatic and Shieldbreaker Nightmares)
• Fix to mashes being cleared from traps that spawn battles.
• Fixing pop up props associated with heros to be drawn with the hero instead of after the fact.
• Fixes spawn monster effect rendering in front of summoner during summon.
• Fixed retreat raid button from popping up during teleport
• Updated localization

• Adjusted Infestation - Players have consistently reported some dissatisfaction around the number of Bloodsucker spawns in dungeons during periods of High Infestation. In order to better preserve each dungeon’s identity, High Infestation has had the following adjustments:
  • Overall amount of hallway Bloodsucker encounters reduced, so as to not overwhelm a dungeon’s native population.
  • Egg Sac curios appear at High Infestation, allowing players an opportunity to opt-in to a Bloodsucker fight and farm Blood and Invitations.
• Fixed a typo on CC Bleed Res Debuff 5 (ie. Champion monsters will now correctly apply bleed resistance debuffs to some of their attacks.)
• Fix to countess not showing skill names on transforms

• We have been concerned to see feedback that some players believe the Shieldbreaker flashback battles are never-ending and therefore the SB isn’t given as much value as she deserves. We’ve implemented a few things to help communicate that there are only 7 flashbacks and they only need passed once. (Not once per recruited SB.)
• Added a tutorial for flashbacks.
• Flashbacks now have a 50% chance of happening on a given quest.
• The Shieldbreaker will now bark to warn the player of an impending nightmare before resting.
• Once the 7 flashbacks have been completed, all Shieldbreakers get a free restful sleep buff each time they camp!
• Fix to controller exploit with flashbacks and ambush.
• Fix to being able to retreat from a flashback.
• Fix to immediately switching to room after not ambush camp and be visible sitting.

• Reflections (see above)
• Change to Battle Limited skill refreshment while in Endless Harvest (see above)
• Wave spawned monsters now are placed more intelligently. (Front rank monsters will more reliably be placed in front; back rank monsters will more reliably be placed in back.)
• Revised length of post-Spire wavepools for new Endless Harvest rules. (Each wave group is shorter now.)
• Fix sorting of shard recruits.
• Remove raid buffs when dying and going to time and space.
• Remove plot quest required quirk heroes (shard recruits) from being calculated in hero level requirement for town events (vulf).
• Added refreshing of skills in curio rooms
• Abomination has an exception for his transformation
• Shard dust refreshes skills when used
• Remove roster limit quirk heroes ( shard recruits ) from being included in goals.
• Adding colour_grades to monster art files. In particular Galaxy and Spire.
• Geologic Study hall should no longer increase stacking of Tapestries and Antiquarian treasures
• Fix to torch settings persisting after death in time and space.
• Added Kill Count to Wave UI
• Lowered Thing roaming icon on quest select screen to reduce overlap on 4th position quest icons above it
• FIXED bug where once you've finished endless, game would reroll quests everytime you start it
• Remove map references from help menu in wave raid.
• Remove quest modifier buffs when you die and go to time and space.
• Thing debuffs don't apply if the attack misses
• Thing persists after retreat (you can't retreat to then roll a new encounter)
• Fixed "preferred" typo in game code.
• Fix to skill Refresh pop text.
• Adjusted Shamblers encountered in the Farmstead to be equivalent to fighting at 0 light.
• Updated miller success/defeat strings
• Added controller support for nomad wagon and stagecoach for shard activities.
• Fixed bug w/ crystal overlays
• Sleeper's caretaker goal should now function correctly
• Increased Crystal Aberrations stun resist 400 from 200 (This is to prevent it from surviving until wave reinforcement, resulting in bugs)
• Fixed and issue around reloading a save during a turn where multiple Crystal Aberrations self-destructed resulting in one of the crystal surviving and causing an assert with wave reinforcements.

• You can disable new Virtue loss at high stress and return to legacy system through an entry in Rules.json ("virtue_can_lose_from_stress" : false)
• Added tag based quirk evolution duration buff.
• Added a cure disease effect
• Add variable to disable buff description.
• Ability to have additional mashes based on quirk tags
• Fix to mod support bug where hp dot duration percent mods where not being applied.
• Added ability for multi target effects to have individual rolls on targets

• Corrected some Korean Localization bugs
• Added missing strings for all languages

With this build we added the new Korean Localization provided by BADA Games. This new localization has replaced the old Korean and is selectable by choosing Korean (한국어) in the language select. Korean B or 한국어 (B) is the old localization which is still being re-worked by the original translator firm. Thank you for your patience while we corrected the localization, and we hope you enjoy the new version. Darkest Dungeon

• The Collector: Man At Arms head now has a damage + stun attack. Vestal head now has a damage + stress attack. Also they should augment the offensive Dismas head better. This should make Collector less exploitable for stalling.
• Updated monster brains: Post-virtue stress matters again, modified brain desires so stress target preferences can still target virtuous heroes. Improved handling of stun attacks vs already stunned targets.
• Added an activity log entry for when The Shrieker adds new trinkets to his collection of baubles.
• Fix to monster spawn fx not going away in code.
• Fix to fix restore party order when clicking the skip curio button.
• Shadow Fade no longer battle limited. Buffs adjusted accordingly (reduce duration on 1, reduce crit on other)
• Drowned captain move resist boosted to 200+
• Fix to default multiply of damage add buffs.
• Increase string sizes of tooltips for trinkets and effects.
• Removed blood splatter from seasoning attack
• Updated swinetaur brain
• Non-removable debuffs (debuffs resistant to Herbs) now have a unique icon.
• Small Flesh Eaters HP+, now accelerate stall since they are weak mobs
• Big Flesh Eater toughened up: more HP, more PROT, and attack does more dmg, brain tweak to attack more after marking
• Focus Ring small nerf
• Fix to Vulf bombs not going away.
• Update to brains to fix when counting guarded monsters and has corpses.
• Updated vestal judgement and judgement_target fx
• Centered tray icons.
• Fix to town progression goals.
• Fix to trinket dragging crash.
• Show battle limit and health requirements for skills in the guild
• Added battle limit and health percentage validation check for tooltip length of combat skills.
• Condensed Leper defend tooltips.
• Fix to skill based buffs that are about friendly skills that do not heal aka “musical” quirk.
• Fix to saves being loaded with improper interactions variable set.
• Fix to target hp buff rules not taking the targets max hp into account for calculating percent.
• Fix to death trinket effects when camping and during heart attack.
• Turned off monster spawn FX for some monsters and bosses.
• Fix to crit buff icon not updating.
• Fix to quirks interfering with debuff plus icon.
• Fix to dots causing plus debuff icon.
• Fix to debuff icon not updating.
• Singleton quirks cannot be locked. (Prevents useless spend of cash)
• Fixed some missing strings (English for now)
• Fixed bug where hero/monster selector temporarily appeared after friendly timescript
• New short animations for non emphasis curio interactions

• Obsidian blade trinket now actually obsidian.
• Guarantee her trinkets if you lose them.

• Optimized the loading for wave dungeons and audio streaming; this should resolve many of the “infinite loading” issues owners with low spec machines.
• The Sleeper has been added as miniboss, can now reappear once you get past the initial phase of The Endless Harvest plot quest.
• The Crocodillian has been added to The Farmstead as a potential boss. (You do not need to own Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court DLC for him to appear. OUR PLEASURE :)
• The Collector has been added to The Farmstead as a potential boss.
• Fixed combat duration bug with coat at arms.
• added crit to horse trample
• farm spacetime animation for sleeper boss fight
• Provision boxes sometimes are empty (endless harvest supply balancing)
• new wavepools in recurring section for testing in COMING IN HOT
• Now only loading incoming dungeons
• next step could be to only load boss if it's only a boss mash or mashes if it's a mash encounter
• Fix to miller wife restore curio loop.
• Remove high score tooltip.
• wave bgs for monsters weren't being updated
• Fix to wave transition barks.
• Fix to duplicate trinket bug with endless.
• Shard Mercs now take their 10% cut regardless if they survive the run or not.
• shard merc clarification: doesn't take up roster spot (ENGLISH only)
• Fix to various narration issues around curio rooms.
• Fix to torch settings not being applied in space.
• Fix to various background and boss/miniboss selection and loading.
• Fix to reflect damage causing corpses on crit ripostes.
• spendorous light: Virtue check bonus reduced some

• Added stun skill desire.
• All skills with stun are now stun_skill

주민 여러분 안녕하십니까! "coming_in_hot" 베타 버젼 (build #24121)을 스팀에 업로드 했습니다. BADA Games 에서 제작한 새 한국어 번역문이 이 빌드에 포함되어있습니다. 이 번역을 사용하시려면 게임 옵션 (Game Options)에서 Other 를 선택하시고 언어 (Language)중에서 Korean (한국어)를 선택하세요. Korea B (한국어 B)는 예전 번역문입니다. 예전 번역을 맡았던 회사에서도 추가 작업한 새 번역을 기다리고있습니다. 공개베타 ("coming_in_hot" public beta)를 꼭 시행해보시고 저희에게 여러분의 의견을 전해주세요. 감사합니다. - Red Hook Studios Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! We have uploaded a new build to "coming_in_hot" (build #24121). This build contains the new Korean localization by BADA Games. To select it please open the Game Options, Select Other, and in Language select Korean (한국어). Please note that Korean B or 한국어 (B) is the old translation as we wait for the company to delivery their improved version. Please switch to "coming_in_hot" public beta branch to gain access and give us your feedback on the new localization. - Red Hook Studios

팬 번역을 제작했던 BADA Games에서 새로 제작한 공식 한국어 번역문을 받았습니다. 새 번역을 여러분에게 배포하기 전에 아직 할 작업이 남았습니다: BADA쪽에서 설문을 통하여 지정한 새 한글 폰트를 게임내에 적용 해야되는데요, 이 폰트가 여러분께서 읽기 더 편하고 마음에 들었으면 좋겠습니다. 작업이 완료되면 새 번역을 라이브 버젼으로 패치하기전에 여러분이 시행해볼수있도록 다시 연락드리겠습니다. 우리 레드훅과 BADA 모두 여러분의 피드백을 기대하겠습니다. 또한 이 전 한국어번역을 맡았던 회사도 계속 그 번역문의 개선을 위해 열심히 노력중입니다. BADA 버젼과 함께 여러분의 평과와 심의를 위해 보여드리겠습니다. - Red Hook Studios Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! We have been delivered the second Korean translation, done by BADA Games, who created the original fan translation. We are currently working on getting it implemented. Part of that work is a new font that was voted on from a poll BADA circulated to players. We hope this new font will be more legible and more to your liking. Once we have this translation hooked up we will post again on how to access it before it gets pushed live. Both BADA and us would like to hear your feedback on the quality of the new translation. We still have the original translation being revised as well, and we plan to provide that as an alternate once it's ready. - Red Hook Studios

Ongoing support and tuning! We're looking into the endless loading, and crash bugs/blockers remain a priority. You can expect another update this week as we continue to iron out the kinks! - Fix of a blurred countdown overlay - Various fixes and polish to animations for Color of Madness content - Districts panel tutorial event. - Added new Endless Quest reward art - Fix to progression goals in first two com quests. - Enemies killed achievement now uses the direct wave logic kill count during evaluation - fixes problem where aberrations are logged as kills. - Generate heroes if time doesn't progress to the amount of in time and space heroes - Fix rarity error on base game. - The Thing now also drops gold - Limit the amount of backup stage coach recruits to 4. - Fix to error in base game for missing shard texture in activity log. - Fix to music background index. - Remove unused wave logic bug. - Autogenerate quests when you have different amount of plotquests then the last time you played. - Added validation for kill self effects. - Palegic Guardian’s Cestus now launches from all ranks - Updated missing FMOD libs. - Herbs no longer clear debuff left from Finale (Jester) - Buffs no longer tick after bonus initiative turns. - Fixed trot retreat fmod error - Farm location tooltip on quest select. - Fixed a bug where upon reloading Death’s Door debuffs would come back if cleared before quitting. - Hag can now appear in Endless Harvest - Front Rank 2-slot AOE tuning: Hew, Rake, Zealous Acc - Nomad Wagon immediately unlocked when reaching hamlet. - Added and updated various tutorials and town events - Spire fight tune up and brain adjustments

• Added the remaining missing localization for all languages

다키스트 던전 유저들에게 : 오늘 한국의 현지화 개선에 대한 계획에 관해 업데이트되었습니다. 여러분 중 많은 분들과 마찬가지로, 우리는 번역이 내부적으로 우리가 설정 한 고품질 목표에 부합하지 않는다는 사실을 듣고 극도로 좌절하고 실망했습니다. 우리는 또한 한국 플레이어들이 원래 의도했던 것보다 훨씬 오래 번역을 기다리고 있음을 인정합니다. 이 권리를 달성하는것은 우리에게 우선 순위입니다. 우리의 계획은 다음과 같습니다. 우리는 사용 된 현지화 회사에 연락했으며 추가적인 자원과 감독을했습니다. 기존 현지화는 관리 할 수있는 한 빨리 개선 될 것이며, 업데이트 된 버전이 출시되면 귀하의 의견을 환영 할 것입니다. 아직 현지화 업체로부터 예상 대기 시간 를받을 수는 없지만 이러한 상황이 급박하다는 점에 깊은 인상을 받았습니다. 우리는 두 번째 현지화 회사와 계약을 맺고 게임의 개별화 된 완벽한 현지화를 진행하기 위해 녹색 조명을 제공했습니다. 이 두 번째 팀의 구성원은 원래의 팬 번역을 ​​만드는 데 관여했으며 커뮤니티는 그 번역이 상당히 훌륭했다고 생각합니다. 그들은 우리에게 약 2 주 정도의 견적을주었습니다. 게임 내 한국어 현지화를 모두 구현할 계획이며 궁극적으로 어느 번역이 게임에 적합한 지 선택할 수 있도록 사용자 의견을 환영합니다. 레드 훅 (Red Hook)에서는 개발 노력을 고도로 연마하려고 노력합니다. 우리는 이러한 철학에 맞춰 한국의 현지화를 계속하기 위해 노력할 것입니다. 동시에 두 가지 번역 작업을 통해 가능한 한 빨리 훌륭한 한국어 경험을 얻을 수있는 최고의 기회를 드리겠습니다. Dear Darkest Dungeon players: Today we have an update for you regarding our plans to tackle the Korean localization improvements. Like many of you, we were extremely frustrated and disappointed to hear that the translation was not up to the high quality bar that we set for ourselves internally. We also acknowledge that we kept Korean players waiting for the translation much longer than we originally intended. Making this right is a priority for us. Here’s our plan: [olist]

• More Activity Log fixes
• Fix to save crash in endless wave
• Nomad Wagon and Stagecoach crashes

Steam build 23886 Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed a crash and issues around using the Default Party Order button
• Attempting a fix for the issue with Campaign Activity Log’s resetting or losing weeks.
• FIxed an Error around Missing Mashes

Dear Darkest Dungeon players: Alongside today's large core game update and DLC launch, we also released Korean language translation. This was long overdue and we were very excited to do it. We are getting immediate feedback that the translation quality is not good, and we can understand how this is disappointing. It's disappointing for us to hear, too! We paid for professional translation, so we were not expecting this problem. We are committed to improving the quality of the Korean translation, and are beginning our investigation into how to do that. (Apologies, none of us in the team are Korean speakers.) We hope that our Korean fans will understand that we hear your feedback and we are taking steps to improve the translation. In the meantime, if you have specific comments about which areas are problematic, please email us at feedback at redhookgames dot com. That would help us fix it. Our sincere apologies, --Red Hook Studios

We've released a major balance update to the game. See full patch notes here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1XP9y6aRXvYEKQ1znK82dX-ZutaElJxbi3IvJSt7-4/ The Color of Madness DLC is now out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/735730/Darkest_Dungeon_The_Color_Of_Madness/ And a quick reminder you can also get The Musketeer for free! https://store.steampowered.com/app/445700/Darkest_Dungeon_The_Musketeer/ Join us on Discord to enjoy the release and check in on the Color of Charity streamer invitational!

]Darkest Dungeon: Core Game Balance Patch Steam, GOG, Humble release on June 19th. Other platforms to follow when Color of Madness DLC releases on them. Designer Notes: Darkest Dungeon started out as an Early Access game with frequent updates, but has since gone on to have a number of free updates throughout its life as a “Finished Game.” We are pleased to announce that we are deploying a large balance update to the core game on Tuesday June 19th, to coincide with release of the new Color of Madness DLC. Over the last couple months, we’ve taken a comprehensive look through all classes in the game since it had been some time since we previously did so. Related to that, we also wanted to assess combat as a whole and see if there were any general balance adjustments we could make to improve the game. In making these changes, we consulted extensively with members of the Darkest Dungeon player community, and ultimately went through over three complete rounds of changes, complete with playtesting and fierce debates. Special thanks to Marvin Seo and Clair de Lune for their assistance with this update, in particular with class and trinket adjustments. They were the source of many ideas, and also provided endless enthusiasm for stress testing (har har) the changes themselves. Clair was also instrumental in compiling the final changelist, by referencing things against the live game. Thanks for saving me some work! It’s the nature of the beast that not all changes will be loved by all players. We know that, on occasion, something you love might be altered in a way you don’t like The working philosophy for this giant balance update was that we wanted to shore up *weak* classes/skills/trinkets more than we wanted to nerf strong ones. Yes, there are some nerfs, but I think you’ll find that those changes are much less frequent than buffs. Where possible, we tried to correct dominant strategies by providing alternatives that are similarly exciting. We are pleased to roll these changes out and hope that each of you find the majority of them to be exciting and welcome! --Red Hook Tyler (on behalf of the Darkest Dungeon team) THE MUSKETEER! First, a bonus! As many of you know, we created a Musketeer class (a mirror skin of Arbalest), and this class was a Kickstarter exclusive for two years. We’ve decided to now release the Musketeer for free to all owners of the game. It’s a “FreeLC”, meaning you just have to download the DLC and add it to the game. On Steam, you can get it here starting June 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/445700/Darkest_Dungeon_The_Musketeer/ Thank you for your support of Darkest Dungeon! Ok, now on to the changes: Actually the notes are so long that they don't fit here so please click this link to see the full (30+ page) patch notes.

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• Disabled Anonymous Data Collection
• Removed Enable Anonymous Data Collection option from the Game Menu

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• Fix to tutorial quit out to campaign crash.
• Fix to activity tooltip offset bugs.
• Fix to recovery tray tooltips.
• Fix to riposte tooltip.
• Fix to prop difficulty variants not working.
• Fix to cut off tooltips from tray icons.
• Fix to russian max characters crash.
• Removed ? and replaced with X for non quest items with a quest curio.

• Clear vampire on dead heroes from town events.

• Shieldbreaker translation .locs (Misc & SB tables) // NOTE: Still missing subtitles and some glossary items. Will be added as soon as we get them back.
• Fix to flashback crash.
• Fix to teleport bugs from flashback abomination fix.
• Fix to curios being wiped by flashbacks.
• Fix to restoring in flashback room battle goal bug.
• Fix to torchlight not appearing after finishing a restored flashback.
• Fix to abomination not switching out of beast mode in flashback fails.

The DLC is currently only available in English but we are working on the translations! The rest of our supported languages (Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, and Brazilian PR) will be available in a few days. We currently estimate Tuesday Oct 31 but will keep you updated! We apologize for the inconvenience and are working as fast as we can on this! The Shieldbreaker DLC - Now Available! Hailing from the distant windswept dunes of the east, the Shieldbreaker arrives in the Hamlet! Deadly as a viper, her iron will has been forged in the heat of the blazing desert sun. Though outwardly demure, her emancipation from the barren wastes came at a price so terrible, it haunts her dreams even now... The Shieldbreaker is a powerful ally in the fight to reclaim the Estate and banish the evil that squats in the Darkest Dungeon. A highly-tactical hero with solid damage dealing capability, she truly excels when countering monsters with high protection and those who guard their allies. Her movement, speed, and targeted abilities make her a valuable ally for dismantling intractable monster groups. Though relatively low health, the Shieldbreaker is yet highly survivable in short bursts thanks to her Aegis shield. Darkest Dungeon

• New Feature: Curio Tracker
  • As you interact with curios in the game, you will see icons on the items in your inventory that will help you remember which ones yielded positive or negative results! This feature will allow you to build up your own knowledge base of curio hints through experience!
  • You can turn this function off in the Gameplay Options. (Default is set to ON)
• New Combat Mechanic: Stealth. Stealthed monsters cannot be targeted by direct attacks unless that attack has the Bypass Stealth quality. Stealth generally lasts for the first 2 rounds of combat. Stealthed monsters can be hit with indirect attacks such as AOE.
  • These Monsters have been given Stealth beginning at Veteran level:
    • Brigand Fusilier
    • Brigand Hunter
    • Crone
    • Pelagic Shaman
    • Bone Soldier
    • Swine Slasher
  • These Skills have been given Bypass Stealth and De-Stealth. In other words, the attacks can hit stealthed monsters AND pull those monsters out of stealth.
    • SHIELDBREAKER (see DLC)
    • Highwayman: Tracking Shot
    • Arbalest/Musketeer: Rallying Flare
      • This skill now targets one enemy to remove stealth, while still granting its original party buffs.
    • Antiquarian: Flash Powder
    • Occultist: Vulnerability Hex
    • Leper: Intimidate
• Added a Mute when Game Window is not focused option
• Fix to crashing when backing out of difficulty option when creating a new game.
• Controller Support Fixes
  • Improved menu controller support to save location of option category you were last on.
  • Fix to selecting dlc / mods on lower profiles with controller.
  • Fix confirm dlc button use with controller on lower profiles.
• Fix to Siren controlling a hero when dying by dot bug.
• Fix to Final Boss not transforming brain bug.
• Rebalanced Brigand Pounder PROT and HP mix because of The Shieldbreaker, while retaining overall difficulty vs all other existing heroes.
• Fix to saving of hero turns at the start of non first round.
• Fix to blocking camping eating when you have no food consumption.
• Fix double heal during hunger event.
• Fix torch tooltip title string.
• Fix to slot reorder bug in quest select.
• Fix to rare corrupted save bug
• Fixed invalid dungeon crash when loading quests.
• Only living monsters can capture heroes, applies to riposte kills on hag, fanatic against capture skills. (i.e. Riposte killing the Fanatic as he attempts to capture caused the hero to be added to the pyre without the fight ending/lifelinking the pyre correctly)
• Fix to permissive never again virtue chance debuff never being applied in the darkest dungeon.
• Fixed tooltip bug where LOW DMG was being shown without %

• Deaths from traps in the Courtyard now properly show up in the graveyard.

We pushed a build to our public beta branch "coming_in_hot" these changes are in advance of The Shieldbreakers release tomorrow! Darkest Dungeon

• New: Curio Tracker
  • Now as you interact with curios in the game you will see icons on the items in your inventory that will help you remember what yielded positive or negative results!
  • You can turn this function off in the Gameplay Options. (Default is set to ON)
• New: Stealth Mechanic
  • These Monsters have been given the ability to use Stealth
    • Brigand Fusilier
    • Brigand Hunter
    • Crone
    • Pelagic Shaman
    • Bone Soldier
    • Swine Slasher
  • These Skills have been given Stealth Seek and Stealth Break
    • Highwayman: Tracking Shot
    • Arbalest/Musketeer: Rallying Flare
      • This skill now targets one enemy to remove stealth, while still granting it’s original party buffs.
    • Antiquarian: Flash Powder
    • Occultist: Vulnerability Hex
    • Leper: Intimidate
• Added a Mute when Game Window is not focused option
• Fix to crashing when backing out of difficulty option when creating a new game.
• Controller Support Fixes
  • Improved menu controller support to save location of option category you were last on.
  • Fix to selecting dlc / mods on lower profiles with controller.
  • Fix confirm dlc button use with controller on lower profiles.
• Fix to Siren controlling a hero when dying by dot bug.
• Fix to Final Boss not transforming brain bug.
• Rebalanced Brigand Pounder in preparation of The Shieldbreaker while retaining overall difficulty vs all other existing heroes.
• Fix to saving of hero turns at the start of non first round.
• Fix to blocking camping eating when you have no food consumption.
• Fix double heal during hunger event.
• Fix torch tooltip title string.
• Fix to slot reorder bug in quest select.
• Fix to rare corrupted save bug
• Fixed invalid dungeon crash when loading quests.
• Only living monsters can capture heroes, applies to riposte kills on hag, fanatic against capture skills. (ie.Riposte killing the Fanatic as he attempts to capture caused the hero to be added to the pyre without the fight ending/lifelinking the pyre correctly)
• Fix to permissive never again virtue chance debuff never being applied in the darkest dungeon.
• Fixed tooltip bug where LOW DMG was being shown without %

• Deaths from traps in the Courtyard now properly show up in the graveyard.

Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!
We have another exciting physical release we wanted to share with you! We've partnered up with Ghost Ramp to do a small limited pressing of Darkest Dungeons Original Soundtrack, composed by Stuart Chatwood, on vinyl! This is a double vinyl set which includes all the music from the base game and our first DLC: The Crimson Court You can see the full track list on our Soundtrack Steam store page. http://store.steampowered.com/app/345800/Darkest_Dungeon_Soundtrack/ It features two 150 gram pressed vinyl (one red and one black) with a gatefold jacket and custom embossing.You can pre-order yours right now for $40 USD over on Ghost Ramps website. They expect to ship these in Q1 2018. We've been excited about working on this physical release and hope this along with our recent release of the Darkest Dungeon Diorama, we can continue to make more exciting products for our fans to purchase based on the Darkest Dungeon world!

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Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!
The Darkest Dungeon Diorama that was promised as a backer reward is now for sale for anyone to purchase on Fangamer while supplies last. The Diorama was manufactured by Panda Game Manufacturing, costs $25 USD and has over 40 figures and 4 background vignettes. This edition contains Vvulf and his Raiders, which will be exclusive to this printing only! This set contains the following character classes: Crusader (Zealous Accusation pose), Plague Doctor, Highwayman (Point Blank Shot pose), Vestal, Grave Robber, Hellion, Occultist, Leper. For our first run we selected the iconic Ruins as the dungeon location featured in the backgrounds and for the monster tokens selected. From Bone Rabble all the way to fiendish Bone Bearer, all the skeleton monsters are represented with at least 1 token. The Necromancer and Shambler are also contained in this set. We also included a handful of curios to help spice up your scenes, including a looted adventurer's pack (damn you Reynauld!). Want more information on Fangamer's shipping policies as well as question about international shipping? Find those here on Fangamerr's Website. We are excited to have these finally out for sale as they've been a real treat to work on. We hope they do well and if they do we will consider doing a second run focusing on the other dungeon regions and the other heroes and poses. If any of you have already received your copy from your Kickstarter pledge or purchased a copy from Fangamer we'd love for you to share your set up with us on twitter/facebook!

Fixed stun surprise softlock

• Fix to curio staying in the background bug.
• Rolled back Russian Translations.

We're excited to announce that today we've added full Chinese translation (simplified) into the game. This has been something we've been working on for a couple of months. Red Hook is excited to continue to bring DD to new audiences. We hope you enjoy it! This translation includes many contributions from the Chinese community, and we are grateful for your support and efforts to improve the game! We've also added some community improvements to Russian and French translations as well. Over the course of Darkest Dungeon's lifetime, members of the community have stepped in to help us improve the quality of the game's translation and it's something we continue to be grateful for! However, there is always work to be done as we have continued to add content to the game and there are other languages yet to be supported. In this effort we've been working to make it easier for community members to contribute to the game's translation. With the help from Unknown Worlds (makers of Subnautica) we have a website tool that makes it easier for you to help contribute and improve the games translation, as well as begin supporting new languages. Anyone can go to this website and make an account and begin submitting improved translations to then be approved by moderators of each respective language. If you want us to add a new language for the community to start contributing to let us know and we will open up a new language to begin being translated. As an example it was through the help of the community and this web tool that 90% of Simplified Chinese was translated. We would love to support other often requested languages like Korean/Turkish and we are asking for your help as every time we've turned to the community the quality and translation is unparalleled as our players understand the tone and themes of the game better than anyone else. As always, we'll be keeping an eye on any feedback and bugs.

• Fixed the riposte crash - NOTE If a enemy/hero dies from a riposte, the triggering attack will no longer apply any effects (STUN, BLIGHT, BLEED, DEBUFF) but will still apply damage if it was an successful hit.
• Added Simplified Chinese localization
• Updated French and Russian strings

Fix to curio results soft lock bug.

Darkest Dungeon

• Fix to crash when you are in an activity that is no longer valid and leave a dungeon.
• Fix to missing actor fx crash.
• Fix to hunger and trinket loot death bug
• Fix to losing turns when quitting out of battle
• Fix to drag torch infinite use exploit
• Remove actor dots on retreat.
• Fix to inability to use an item during the loot window of a curio bug.
• Fix to corvids curiosity quirk description in sanitarium.
• Fix to visuals on shuffle skills
• Fix the alerts not showing up.
• Fix to Vvulf soft lock.
• When using controller put all the quests on one line if there is more then the number of quests per row.
• Fix to being able to use gold and heirlooms on curios.
• Update buffs after resetting hp after a raid.
• Save and restore consecutive stun counts.
• Fixed to monster stun resist incrimination when you retreat from battle.
• Restore stun visuals when restoring a save with a stunned monster in it.
• Fix to stunning already stunned monsters incrementing the stun counter.
• Fix to first turn of battle being lost by quitting.
• Fix to crash when buff is no longer valid.
• Fix to battle turn order saving bug.
• Fix to saving of hero turns at the start of non first round.
• Fix to blocking camping eating when you have no food consumption.
• Fix double heal during hunger event.
• Fix torch tooltip title string.
• Fixed invalid dungeon crash when loading quests.
• Only living monsters can capture heroes, applies to riposte kills on hag, fanatic against capture skills.
• Fix to final boss transforming brain bug.

The Crimson Court

• Fix to baron crash when summoning / switching when full.
• Fix to courtesan shuffle party effect so it happens after the timescript and only once.
• Fix to curtain being obvious bug in baron fight.
• Countess fixes
• Viscount balance pass
• Fixed memory leak in spine skeleton.

We have just hotfixed to patch in all missing translations for currently supported languages. This captures all the new text added in last Thursday's patch as well as a few other strings that were missing translations. Note: We are currently evaluating what it will take to add simplified Chinese and Korean to the game and plan to have more news available soon.

Build #20340

Here is an update about Crimson Court and some related topics, including progress towards supporting Chinese and Korean languages in the game. Crimson Court: 175,000 Copies and Counting Thank you for supporting Darkest Dungeon!

Last night, overzealous gremlins took a large foam bat to Jingles the Jester, leaving him dazed, reeling, and about to break. Today, after great popular demand, Jingles is able to once again bring down the house with a rousing Finale (though still not as earth shatteringly-quickly as he could during his popular setlist from two+ days ago). Finale: --Base damage bonus: 50% --Crit chance restored (though still lower than previous incarnations) Notes from the Jester's roadies: 1) As stated in yesterday's patch notes, we still intend Finale to be a powerful skill--but one that will take some effort and tactics to set up. We will continue monitoring and tuning as necessary. Our design philosophy for every hero is that there should be circumstances where that hero is extremely valuable. One of the most interesting comments we've seen about the Finale nerf (and wholeheartedly agree with) is that if a single skill nerf seems to ruin the overall utility of a hero, then that can be less of an indicator of that skill being flawed and maybe more of an indicator that the rest of his moveset is lacking. 2) The tuning of one skill should not be interpreted as indifference towards any other tuning adjustments that could or should be made. Sometimes it's more convenient and relevant to touch parts of the game that are tangential to other tasks going on. Right now, generally our focus is on fixing up remaining Crimson Court bugs but Finale was something we felt needed a more interesting setup.

Darkest Dungeon

• Increased max available Quests by 1: more choices!
• First pass on tuning curio interaction delays, bark times, and other stuff to help speed up delays.
• Shrieker steal event will now only happen after week 40 and will only happen once per campaign.
• Jester’s Finale Skill Redesign (and Related)
  • Finale was too effective at one-shotting mobs without any real downside or lasting cost. Skill has been redesigned to preserve the intent as a powerful big mob finisher, which takes time and setup to achieve maximum power.
  • Finale
    • Battle limit of 1
    • Finale cannot crit
    • Finale accuracy increased greatly
    • Dramatically reduced base damage.
    • Finale leaves a 12 round DEF debuff, to represent exhaustion.
    • Other jester moves (“Dirk Stab”, “Inspiring Tune”, “Battle Ballad”) give a 7 round +20% stackable damage buff to Finale.
  • Solo
    • Accuracy increased
    • Battle Limit 2
    • Gives a 7 round +50% stackable damage buff to Finale.
  • NOTE: we want Finale to still feel awesome and vital, but it was wrecking the balance. We’ll be monitoring feedback on this redesign and will tune more if necessary to ensure it’s a valuable skill...but not toooooo valuable.
• Puppet Theatre cost increased and damage bonus decreased
• Reducing new Buff/Debuff Narration VO to be much more rare.
• Fixed Monster attacks that could give incompatible quirks and crash the game.
• Fixed Quirks being able to evolve while you are treating them.
• Sped up several Cove Monsters Animations slightly (Now more they look more menacing!)
• Fixed Equipping Trinkets out of the loot window.
• Updated Man-at-Arms, Highwayman, and Vestals combat idle animations
• Compressed some Tool-tip Strings (MaA Retribution)
• Fixed from self heal skills not being able to trigger narration.
• Standardized crit chances of heals.
• Tooltip Formatting and UI fixes
• Various string fixes

The Crimson Court

• Fixed Achievements:
  • World End - now awarded for completing Bloodmoon.
  • An Unexpected Party
  • What Strange Bedfellows
  • Bloodcult
  • The Flesh is willing - Will now proc if you get your first Flagellant via Town Event and not Stagecoach
• The Blood now stacks at 6
• Bosses now award an Invite for the the subsequent boss (if you have already generated a boss quest this effect won’t appear until you start the next one.)
• Removed Initial Heal amount on Restoration Pop Text (Should no longer show a 0)
• Fixed Bloodmoon death limit
• Fixed Crimson Court Set Trinket rarity(Should now also trigger the correct Shrieker fight when stolen)
• Statue:
  • Shield is now stun immune
  • Increased HP/Prot slightly
  • Small increase to laser damage
• Fixed the Courtyard appearing locked on the Quest Select screen..
• Shortened infestation 2 and 3 top end variability
• Fixed to curios breaking when in Boss rooms. (Chest in Countess room should now correctly give players the Green Key)
• Viscount and Crocodilian can no longer critically heal (See, we do nice things sometimes)
• Fix to hero initiatives being lost when Viscount feeds.
• Fixed quirks/affliction curio interaction with the key chests. (Reynauld can no longer steal your CC quest keys, lol)
• Added Subtitles for Crimson Court cinematics. (Only English for now, Localization on the way)

Workshop

• Added “remove on battle complete” parameter to buffs.
• Updated vestal combat idle; cleaned up combat idle cutouts (Will break skin mods)
• Updated Highwayman combat idle; cleaned up combat idle cutouts (Will break skin mods)
• Fixed for when a prisoner's hero class isn't found, to generate a new hero.
• Ability to disable heal crits.
• Added ability to generate random loot from quest curios. [/list
  
  

Hey everyone! Now a week out of The Crimson Court and a flurry of patches, we just wanted to give everyone an update on how this week is going to be with builds. We are hoping to slow down build releases as we have resolved most of all the critical issues. We will be taking our time this week to collect fixes for all the current support issue and outstanding tickets(Cutscene Subtitles, etc) we have on our list. We aren't done yet with final balance and tuning, as we are going to be reviewing our metrics and player feedback from the past week and now. So expect some changes later this week. Thank you to everyone who has helped report bugs, shared their thoughts on the boards, and supported us by participating in yet another release! Darkest Dungeon

• Fixed bug involving the Trinket menu fading.
• Fixed Raid end Quirk replacements from not appearing
• Fixed Quirks not obeying defined rules for incompatibility. (Don’t worry you can still be a Gambler and a Known Cheat)
• Fixed combat skill switching after targeting, can target incorrectly.
• Fixed missing strings (Hopefully that’s all of them)

• Added embark warning for first Courtyard quest.
• Fixed Quirks unlocking/replacing on Cursed characters
• Fixed Curse “Resist” pop-up appearing for characters who are already Cursed.

• Fixed bug preventing the changing of mod load priority
• Fixed localization using variations indiscriminately when there is no base file string

Darkest Dungeon

• Mac and PC performance improvements: Please let us know if you were having problems and this solves it for you!
• Virtuous resistance buffs increased: may heroic heroes continue to carry the day!
• Madman: Accusation now causes horror instead of simple stress
• Updated Occultist and Crusader combat idle
• Fix to controller crash in embark screen when unequipping all your trinkets.
• Fix to quirk replacement.

The Crimson Court

• Fanatic:
  • Righteous Condemnation base damage reduced
  • Holy Stake base damage reduced, marked target dmg reduced
  • Brand Tainted crit chance removed
  • Beat Down base damage reduced, crit chance increased
  • Fury of the Righteous base damage reduced, stress AOE reduced
  • Fanatic Pyre: corrected insane damage error at Champion level (OUR BAD)
• Blueprints are now retroactively awarded for Veteran and Champion boss kills when converting older save files and unlocking the Districts.
• Districts only accessible on the main Hamlet screen. (No longer can be opened on Embark/Provisions)
• Fixed bug where people get kicked out of raids when turning on DLC.
• Activity contagion has proper backdrop in activity log
• Fixed strings

Significantly increased blood drop rates (in some cases doubling)

The Crimson Court DLC: Added missing translations. (About 10% of the Crimson Court text was still in English only.) With very few exceptions, all text in the DLC should now be translated to the current 9 languages. (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Br-Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Czech.) Note: We are reviewing other languages to translate to.

Darkest Dungeon

• Correct Shamblers and Collectors to be proper difficulty for Veteran and Champion quests
• For now, heroes will not retreat from battle when afflicted (we may improve this functionality later)

The Crimson Court

• More Castellans (who drop Invites) will appear for Baron Quest at High Infestation.
• Core region blood drops slightly increased (note: yesterday we increased overall blood drops from Bloodsucker mashes)
• Croc: decreased HP some and removed Cure Self on Submerge for Apprentice and Veteran level
• Infestation schedules shortened, especially the first one

Darkest Dungeon

• Various String Fixes
• New Ancestor Narration lines properly hooked up, as well as reducing the frequency of the new Heal Narration lines.

The Crimson Court

• Sanguine Vintners now properly adds 2 blood to your hamlet inventory each week.
• Added animations to the banners around the hamlet.
• Slightly increased BLOODSUCKER and specifically CASTELLAN appearance rates on High Infestation (Should result in more Invitations)
• Increase to Blood drop rates (note: we intend for blood to be somewhat rare, but not "frustratingly rare". We will continue to monitor it!)
• The Baron Quest Icon now colored to correct indicate its Dungeon Tier (L3/Veteran)
• CRASH FIX for our Spanish players who are using Districts (lo siento…)
• Reduced the MAX WEEKS of LOW INFESTATION by 1 (You should hit Medium infest sooner)
• Added Use Limits to Torches in the Courtyard and Blood on Cursed Characters. (Can no longer spam torches/blood for buffs in combat)
• Fixed some of the +DMG skill modifiers for specific monster types.
• Chevaliers will no longer pass turns when standing behind three corpses. (silly bugs!)
• Crocodilian now Cures Bleed/Blight when submerging
• Various String Fixes

Workshop

• Fixed Uploader

Darkest Dungeon ®: The Crimson Court, all new content for Darkest Dungeon ® is Now Available on Steam!

Darkest Dungeon ®: The Crimson Court is the first expansion for the award-winning grim and gothic RPG by Red Hook Studios. The Crimson Court enhances any Darkest Dungeon campaign with the addition of a new storyline and dungeon, new hero class, new monsters, new bosses, the Fanatic wandering miniboss, set trinkets for every hero, and new buildings to upgrade your Hamlet! It is designed to be played alongside your existing campaign or as a new one...it's your choice!

A couple key fixes from observing the first sessions! We’re keeping a close eye on the DLC performance, and correcting everything we can find.

• Flagellant now won't appear in stagecoach until proper event
• Fixed Spanish language crash caused by viewing Flagellant character panel
• Fixed bug causing too much blood to drop from Courtyard mobs
• Update Bloodmoon compatibility.
• Fix to Bloodmoon Death/Week limits not displaying
• Viscount: added Cure Self right before Absorb when eating meals
• Fanatic now correctly always surprises party
• Update to narration to load narration with json to make sure loading screen narration exists.
• Misc string fixes

Greetings! Along with the Crimson Court DLC launch, we have made a variety of improvements and updates to the core game, which will be available to all users. Ok, straight up we know you want detailed patch notes. We love making them. But with everything going on around the DLC launch, we couldn’t bring ourselves to go back through every commit log from the past 5 months for the base game. We might’ve forgotten some stuff. Call us lazy, call us exhausted. We’re sorry, and we love you.

• Character class balancing and adjustments! Highlights include Crusader’s Bulwark of Faith, Highwayman’s Tracking Shot and Open Vein, Bounty Hunter’s Hook and Slice (Now, Caltrops!), Leper’s Intimidate, and maybe the biggest of all: Occultist’s Wyrd Reconstruction (now usable in any rank!).
• Comprehensive trinket re-balancing: you’ll notice not only stat changes, but rarity/tiering changes as well for some trinkets. Thanks to Maester Silvio for his contributions!
• Added Horror (Stress DOT) to a few monsters sprinkled around the dungeons...
• Added Laudanum -a powerful tonic to combat Horror, available at a Provisioner near you.
• Revised improper quest rewards for Cove boss quests to give higher rewards.
• Inexplicably, you can now enter the dungeon with less than a full party. We advise against it!
• New Affliction act-outs! Experience the mayhem and tomfoolery of characters attacking each other and sometimes rarely even forcing a retreat! (Don’t hate us too much.)
• High torchlight levels now properly grant dodge bonus to heroes.
• Combat skill tooltip optimization
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Hey we just pushed a small hotfix to resolve an issue modders were having with the uploader.

• Fixed Deck Based Stagecoach Option
• [MODDING] Added logging to the screen/log file when running the uploader

“That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin.” ― Gene Wolfe Gird yourselves for a bloody campaign against the mist-shrouded menaces that lurk behind the Courtyard gate. Darkest Dungeon’s first expansion, The Crimson Court, is scheduled for release on PC/Mac/Linux (Steam, GoG, Humble, Twitch) on June 19th 2017, and will cost $9.99 USD. We do not have a hard date for PSN owners, but we are targeting the following month. Inevitable issues result from releasing to a wide audience, and we want to make sure our console build benefits from the hotfixes we’ll be pushing to Steam as issues are discovered. (It’s a longer process to release hotfixes on PSN.) At Red Hook, we’re working around the clock on the exciting new content and features that will be coming to Hamlet next month. Drawing hands are sore, spreadsheets are bursting with data, and eyes are blurry, but our own excitement is pushing us ever forward! We’ve been pretty tight-lipped on details but we’ll be revealing more information in the coming weeks including screenshots, boss teases, and a comprehensive look at the new class. In case you’ve missed some of the earlier announcements on what to expect, let’s recap:

• A new hero class. “Awash in blood and delusion, they bear the burden of a thousand lifetimes.”
• A new wandering boss: The Fanatic
• A new dungeon region: The Courtyard
• A full faction of new deadly foes
• 4 new, unique Courtyard Bosses with some of the most complex and devious mechanics yet.
• Massive, sprawling maps with locked doors, prisoner rooms, and progress saves
• Districts: New prestige buildings that offer permanent, estate-wide bonuses Lore-driven trinket sets for all heroes - with set bonuses!

Crimson Court

• Fixed a bug with the how the map processing handles quest curios within the uploader.

Today marks the release of Steam Workshop support for Darkest Dungeon! We’ve always wanted to support mods for Darkest Dungeon, and going back to the Kickstarter, we listed it as a stretch goal. Though at the time we didn’t reach that level of funding, due to our success through Early Access, we decided to fully incorporate STEAM Workshop after release. Today marks the beginning of that support, and we cannot be more excited to see what our players come up with! To celebrate this event we are on sale this weekend on Steam! Have you been waiting for Workshop Support? Well now you can grab the game for cheap and check out what the modding community has already cooked up in the Workshop Library! There are already a handful of cool and interesting class mods, as well as small and large system overhauls for the game such as Pitch Black Dungeon by MaesterSilvio, which is not unlike what The Long War is for X-Com 2. We will be hosting a Community Stream this Friday to showcase some of the mods listed on Workshop as well as answer questions from the community about the game and modding. Tune in to Twitch.tv tomorrow at 2pm PST! Are you interested in making mods for Darkest Dungeon? Check out the Darkest Dungeon Workshop Group on STEAM and the modding guide here! Back while we were testing out the Workshop integration we created a group for modders to send us feedback as well as discuss and share their expertise. We plan on using this group as the home for future workshop feature requests as well as discussing things with our modding community. Finally, while mods are exciting please understand that we must put a disclaimer up as well: Red Hook Studios cannot be responsible for any damage to save games caused by subscribing to mods. We recommend backing up your saves first. Here are instructions how to do so. We also encourage mod creators to test your mods thoroughly before making them available to the public. The Darkest Dungeon world is about to get a little bit bigger! We can’t wait to see more of your creations. Delve deep, Red Hook Studios

• Priority for colour files now ranks MODs files over the base game files.

• Added trinket outline fx to quest select.
• Moved tutorial option to other instead of gameplay so its saved app wide.
• Fixed various typos
• Updated Town Fair town event text to accurately state that all treatment facilities are free.
• Fixed a duplicate Party Name
• Fixed Invisible Obstacle bug
• Fix center on map when tabbing when Auto-Center option set to OFF
• Hooked up new starting room backgrounds for plot quests.
• Added Close Button when choosing mode on new save file.
• Fix to deck based stagecoach bug resulting in premature shuffling.
• Shrieker Nest loot adjustment
• Plot quest reward trinkets, (Trophy/Darkest Dungeon Talisman) are no longer valid for trinket retention because you can never lose them.
• Added missing activity log strings
• Fixed two small bugs relating to the Crow Town Events

• Added New Batch of 200+ Community Party Names. (NO LOC for these yet, they will all be in English for now)
• Added more locations for new Trinket fx
• Disabled provision warnings when preparing for the Shrieker
• Tweaked Shrieker AI
• Uncapped Trap Disarms (100% or more should _always_ succeed now)
• Shift-Click can now also sell stacks while Provisioning
• Fixed Quirk Descriptions
• Added missing strings
• Added remaining Localization for strings added in the Radiant Update.
• Fixed a bug that allowed Man-At-Arms to guard 2 targets simultaneously.
• Potential Fix for Invisible Obstacle bug
• Fixed to a town event cooldown bug
• Added new art for each dungeon regions starting room.
• New Option:
  • Game Menu > Options > Other > Auto-Center Dungeon Map: (Default: ON) Dungeon map will auto-center on party when idle.

• Fixed Bounty Hunter survivalist text bug.
• Fixed Quirk tags
• Fixed UI issue with Survivalist Camping Skill layout
• Shrieker’s Nest now correctly drops loot when destroyed before Shrieker is killed or flees.
• Fixed missing loading screen tips for crow_trinket plot quest.
• Fixed activity log strings
• Fix to profile options loading when you have multiple profiles.
• Enabling highdpi settings on mac.
• Squiffy Ghast:
  • Increased Stun Resist (80% to 115%)
  • Uses Maddening Shanty in POS 2-3-4.
  • Swapped Maddening Shanty and Off-Kilter Jig sfx
  • Added ghostly breath.

• Fixed more missing strings and typos
• Fixed Activity log not displaying money lost from activity correctly
• Fixed missing sound for Eldritch Altar
• Fixed to FX when disarming traps
• Potential Fix for Resolution issues on OSX

• Tweaked Crow Trinkets
• Added First wave of Localization
• Hunger Events should now be working correctly across all modes.
• Updated Marquee text
• Swintaur: updated fx
• Added missing strings
• Fix for Characters who weren’t correctly going missing on treatment use.

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Overview: This update was built around two major pillars:

• Radiant Mode: Radiant Mode is a version of the game that is intended to take less time overall to complete than normal (“Darkest”) mode. The mode is still challenging--monsters have the same stats and nothing about permadeath has changed. But some gameplay rules have been flexed or altered in ways that reduce some of the more time consuming mid and late game elements.
• Improvements and Additions (to all modes): we’ve reviewed tons of feedback over the last few months and have added a bunch new features, content, revisions, and fixes.

RADIANT MODE:

• Never Again changed: heroes are now allowed to return to the Darkest Dungeon. However, they will undergo significant stress upon doing so, and are more likely to become afflicted instead of virtuous when in the Darkest Dungeon.
• More Power Leveling flexibility: Heroes of up to Level 4 may enter Novice dungeons. Any hero may enter a Veteran or Champion dungeon.
• Stage Coach can now be upgraded to allow the appearance of new recruits starting at up to Level 4. Increased chance of upgraded recruits appearing.
• Reduced cost of Upgraded Recruits upgrades.
• Accelerated hero XP progression
• Hero upgrade and treatment cost scaling by level reduced
• Returned provisions now give slightly more money back
• Tweaks to Stagecoach:
  • Added another upgrade tier to Experienced Recruits (Lvl 4 Characters will now appear)
  • Changed Experienced Recruit requirements. (Lvl 1 now only requires Lvl 1 Blacksmith and Guild)
  • New Stage Coach population option to use a Deck based system. (This can be used on all modes). New Stagecoach generation method that gives a more even long-term distribution and also favors healers more, since they are the backbone of most parties. This can be toggled off in the Options menu if you wish to still ride the bittersweet wave of total RNG.
• Higher Light conditions confer slightly more to party DEF bonuses.
• Accelerated Region Progression
• Town Events trigger more frequently to compensate for shorter playtime

STYGIAN MODE:

• Renamed NG+ to Stygian
• Stygian can now be selected when starting a new campaign, instead of requiring completion of Darkest mode first.
• More stress, higher darkness penalties, more light loss per step, higher trap diff, enemy HP bump from 15% (prev) to 20%, slightly higher monster crits...overall slightly more deadly
• Time limit reduced to 86 weeks and hero death limit dropped to 12
• You can now continue playing after the time limit on your Stygian mode game after successfully completing the game

ALL MODES:

• Added 4 new monsters (Bone Bearer, Hateful Virago, Swine Skiver, and Squiffy Ghast) that appear in Champion level Dungeons - BLAME DANA
• Caw! Caw! Added New Trinket Recovery Quest
  • When a party wipe occurs, trinkets are no longer lost! There is a way to recover them. Exactly what that way is, we leave for you to discover...
  • Trinkets are no longer recoverable from fallen characters after retreating.
• Two new Town Events
• Added New Variations to Dungeon Map Generation!
• Fix for users reporting increased cpu usage
• ECONOMY Adjustments to Radiant and Darkest modes:
  • Economy was too gold starved across the board, including mid and late game.
  • Slightly reduced cost of Hero Treatment.
  • Reduced hero weapon and armour upgrade costs.
  • Reduced cost of upgrading hero skills final two levels
  • Increased gold drops and gold stacking from 1,500 to 1,750
  • (ALL MODES) Rebalanced gem drops and changed gem values. Net result is much higher values of gems dropping as difficulty of missions progress.
  • Gems now all stack to 5 instead of 4
  • Adjusted Antiquarian values to be in line with Economy changes to ensure she's still profitable.
• Tavern and Abbey complete side-effects rebalance and some new side effects added. Goal is to make neither Tavern or Abbey preferable over another, and also add more interest.
• Fixed Provision Discount Town Event description so all languages should show up correctly.
• Quests that will trigger a Town Event: links are now clearly shown
• The Cove Gather mission now triggers “Lost and Found” Town Event instead of “Supply Run” Town Event upon successful completion.
• Hold SHIFT when purchasing Provisions to purchase a full stack.
• Adjustments to chances of getting quirks at quest end. Slightly increased chances in both cases for interest.
• New quirk: “skilled gambler”. Bad Gambler and Skilled Gambler functionality improved.
• Stagecoach Upgraded Recruits: adjusted number of pos and neg quirks they start with to ensure they are still valuable. Reduced cost of the Upgraded Recruits upgrades.
• Secret Rooms are no longer guaranteed in every dungeon.
• Quest Trinket rewards: better logic for supplying trinket rewards in cases where the designated trinkets aren’t available.
• Heirloom Chest now more profitable after using key
• Added new treasure: "Jute Tapestry" (functions as a very rare gem worth 5,000 gold)
• Added “Party” selection type to camp skills to help make the skills more clear.
• Tweaked Roster sort so that Characters in Party are arranged in their party formation.
• Added Skill Equip warning when trying to embark without all skills equipped
• Added Food Embark warning when trying to embark without much food
• Skills will now auto-equip when purchased and have room. (This will be most noticed with purchasing your 4th camping skill.)
• After several angry phone calls from Vvulf, he is now properly tagged as a boss.
• (Radiant and Darkest modes) Vvulf quest and Vvulf himself not quite as tough, and also won’t appear before week 40 minimum.
• Veteran and Champion Skeletal Defenders now have the tools to live up to their namesake.
• Tweaked Trinket Embark Warning to be % based. You are now warned on L3 and L5 dungeons when you have less than half equipped.
• Adjusted cooldowns on town events up a bit, to reduce repetition
• DARKEST and STYGIAN modes: Final battle tuned up some to give a bit more challenge. May require more.
• Adjusted Nomad Wagon stock rarity (Rare trinkets are now more rare)
• Added Town Event Description in the reward section for related Quests.
• Fix for handling multiple monitors
• Added 4k window resolutions to options.
• Added Subtitle Location Option: Top or Bottom
• Added border FX for Ancestral Trinkets and Boss Trophies
• Added FX to Dungeon Region experience bars on increase
• Added in new art for all missing Curio states. WELCOME ABOARD, TRUDI!
• Added Date/Time to save slots
• Added more save slots
• Various UI tweaks
• Exposed significantly more settings for future modding.
• ...and more!
  
  

First wave of fixes We also pushed a LINUX build to "coming_in_hot"

• Added New Variations to Dungeon Map Generation.
• Fixed Missing sounds for Gargoyle and Vvulf Brigand Hunter/Raider
• Fixed Crash that occurred on when loading into various Champion dungeons.
• Fixed Crash when loading into Shrieker’s Perch
• Resolved a bunch of missing strings
• Fixed issue where Characters weren’t correctly being made unavailable while staying in treatment an extra week
• Entry Level Achievement: If you have already completed the game on a harder difficulty, this achievement will retroactive award when you start a Radiant Campaign
• Fix to In Such Great Haste being erroneously awarded when starting a new
• Radiant Campaign when you have completed the game on a harder difficulty. (For those of you that got it, enjoy!)
• Reduced Trap spawn rates when backtracking
• Veteran and Champion Skeletal Defenders now have the tools to live up to their namesake.
• Bone Bearer has summoned the courage to fight when he is the last one standing.
• Tweaks to the Shrieker

Build #17314 - RADIANT UPDATE Overview: This update was built around two major pillars:

• Radiant Mode: Radiant Mode is a version of the game that is intended to take less time overall to complete than normal (“Darkest”) mode. The mode is still challenging--monsters have the same stats and nothing about permadeath has changed. But some gameplay rules have been flexed or altered in ways that reduce some of the more time consuming mid and late game elements.
• Improvements and Additions (to all modes): we’ve reviewed tons of feedback over the last few months and have added a bunch new features, content, revisions, and fixes.

RADIANT MODE:

• Never Again changed: heroes are now allowed to return to the Darkest Dungeon. However, they will undergo significant stress upon doing so, and are more likely to become afflicted instead of virtuous when in the Darkest Dungeon.
• More Power Leveling flexibility: Heroes of up to Level 4 may enter Novice dungeons. Any hero may enter a Veteran or Champion dungeon.
• Stage Coach can now be upgraded to allow the appearance of new recruits starting at up to Level 4. Increased chance of upgraded recruits appearing.
• Reduced cost of Upgraded Recruits upgrades.
• Accelerated hero XP progression
• Hero upgrade and treatment cost scaling by level reduced
• Random Hunger Checks do not occur in Radiant Mode
  • Food Provision cost increased and stack sized decreased to compensate
• Returned provisions now give slightly more money back
• Tweaks to Stagecoach:
  • Added another upgrade tier to Experienced Recruits (Lvl 4 Characters will now appear)
  • Changed Experienced Recruit requirements. (Lvl 1 now only requires Lvl 1 Blacksmith and Guild)
  • New Stage Coach population option to use a Deck based system. (This can be used on all modes). New Stagecoach generation method that gives a more even long-term distribution and also favors healers more, since they are the backbone of most parties. This can be toggled off in the Options menu if you wish to still ride the bittersweet wave of total RNG.
• Higher Light conditions confer slightly more to party DEF bonuses.
• Accelerated Region Progression
• Town Events trigger more frequently to compensate for shorter playtime

STYGIAN MODE:

• Renamed NG+ to Stygian
• Stygian can now be selected when starting a new campaign, instead of requiring completion of Darkest mode first.
• More stress, higher darkness penalties, more light loss per step, higher trap diff, enemy HP bump from 15% (prev) to 20%, slightly higher monster crits...overall slightly more deadly
• Time limit reduced to 86 weeks and hero death limit dropped to 12
• You can now continue playing after the time limit on your Stygian mode game after successfully completing the game

ALL MODES:

• Added 4 new monsters (Bone Bearer, Hateful Virago, Swine Skiver, and Squiffy Ghast) that appear in Champion level Dungeons - BLAME DANA
• Caw! Caw! Added New Trinket Recovery Quest
  • When a party wipe occurs, trinkets are no longer lost! There is a way to recover them. Exactly what that way is, we leave for you to discover...
  • Trinkets are no longer recoverable from fallen characters after retreating.
• Two new Town Events
• Fix for users reporting increased cpu usage
• ECONOMY Adjustments to Radiant and Darkest modes:
  • Economy was too gold starved across the board, including mid and late game.
  • Slightly reduced cost of Hero Treatment.
  • Reduced hero weapon and armour upgrade costs.
  • Reduced cost of upgrading hero skills final two levels
  • Increased gold drops and gold stacking from 1,500 to 1,750
  • (ALL MODES) Rebalanced gem drops and changed gem values. Net result is much higher values of gems dropping as difficulty of missions progress.
  • Gems now all stack to 5 instead of 4
  • Adjusted Antiquarian values to be in line with Economy changes to ensure she's still profitable.
• Tavern and Abbey complete side-effects rebalance and some new side effects added. Goal is to make neither Tavern or Abbey preferable over another, and also add more interest.
• Fixed Provision Discount Town Event description so all languages should show up correctly.
• Quests that will trigger a Town Event: links are now clearly shown
• The Cove Gather mission now triggers “Lost and Found” Town Event instead of “Supply Run” Town Event upon successful completion.
• Hold SHIFT when purchasing Provisions to purchase a full stack.
• Adjustments to chances of getting quirks at quest end. Slightly increased chances in both cases for interest.
• New quirk: “skilled gambler”. Bad Gambler and Skilled Gambler functionality improved.
• Stagecoach Upgraded Recruits: adjusted number of pos and neg quirks they start with to ensure they are still valuable. Reduced cost of the Upgraded Recruits upgrades.
• Secret Rooms are no longer guaranteed in every dungeon.
• Quest Trinket rewards: better logic for supplying trinket rewards in cases where the designated trinkets aren’t available.
• Heirloom Chest now more profitable after using key
• Added new treasure: "Jute Tapestry" (functions as a very rare gem worth 5,000 gold)
• Added “Party” selection type to camp skills to help make the skills more clear.
• Tweaked Roster sort so that Characters in Party are arranged in their party formation.
• Added Skill Equip warning when trying to embark without all skills equipped
• Added Food Embark warning when trying to embark without much food
• Skills will now auto-equip when purchased and have room. (This will be most noticed with purchasing your 4th camping skill.)
• After several angry phone calls from Vvulf, he is now properly tagged as a boss.
• (Radiant and Darkest modes) Vvulf quest and Vvulf himself not quite as tough, and also won’t appear before week 40 minimum.
• Tweaked Trinket Embark Warning to be % based. You are now warned on L3 and L5 dungeons when you have less than half equipped.
• Adjusted cooldowns on town events up a bit, to reduce repetition
• DARKEST and STYGIAN modes: Final battle tuned up some to give a bit more challenge. May require more.
• Adjusted Nomad Wagon stock rarity (Rare trinkets are now more rare)
• Added Town Event Description in the reward section for related Quests.
• Fix for handling multiple monitors
• Added 4k window resolutions to options.
• Added Subtitle Location Option: Top or Bottom
• Added border FX for Ancestral Trinkets and Boss Trophies
• Added FX to Dungeon Region experience bars on increase
• Added in new art for all missing Curio states. WELCOME ABOARD, TRUDI!
• Added Date/Time to save slots
• Added more save slots
• Various UI tweaks
• Exposed significantly more settings for future modding.
• ...and more!
  
  

• Small UI fix for the options menu
• New Analytics hooks

• Added option to disable party first sort in roster list.
• Fix for crashes related to Razer headset drivers. (This _should_ also help those affected by nahimic crashes).
• Fix closing hot key sub menus help/glossary.
• Updated journal fonts.
• Fix to riposte tooltip.
• Fix to inventory tooltips that overlap.
• Fix to map hitboxes.
• Fix to the background image in DD Quest 3.
• Various visual tweaks

We are deploying a new build to our public beta branch "coming_in_hot". The main purpose of this update was to merge back all the development done during the porting process to PS4. This should bring the PC/MAC/Linux up to date with the PS4/PSV builds. As per our usual method, this build will be on our beta branch for a few days to allow players to help us catch any issues we might have missed. If you run into any problems please report them on our forum and we will work on getting a fix out. Your save file will transfer over (though backing up is always a good idea). The full notes are listed below:

• Added basic Controller support. Currently only uses PS4 glyphs. Will add Xbox glyphs in the future. Added new control options category to options menu, which includes:
  • Enable Controller (Default: On)
  • Vibration (Default: On)
  • Hold Required in Dungeons (Default: OFF) While in dungeons holding L button is required before you can swap hero positions, change hero selections, or view character sheets. Turn this on if you frequently start swapping a hero’s position when you don’t intend too.
  • Interact with L Stick Up (Default: ON) While in dungeons, pressing up on L Stick can be used to enter doors, open curios, and similar actions. (This duplicates Cross Button functionality.)
• Vvulf now won't invade until at least week 35. Note: we are considering some possible further changes to this.
• Highwayman riposte nerfed some
• Abomination transformation will now properly give a blight buff, which increases duration with skill level
• Abomination transform back will now properly give debuff, which increases duration with skill level (harder comedown)
• Activity log and graveyard should know handle unknown character classes gracefully.
• Added 3 new trinkets to PC build (from PS4): fortifying_garlic, ethereal_crucifix, tempting_goblet
• Journal pages (written by KS backers) will now appear more frequently!
• DD Talisman now reduces damage from Revelation skill by 100% instead of adding 100% protection. The latter wasn't working because of the internal PROT cap.
• Added new syntax for Ability tool-tips with self buffs (buffs that last x/rounds), and removed syntax for instant-buff abilities (i.e. +%DMG to Mark)
• Added new Loot Window Text for recovering fallen hero trinkets after retreating from battle. (No longer says: VICTORY!)
• Fix to % Move modifiers not working properly.
• Fix to map boss tooltip and scouting and checkmark.
• Fix to graveyard not showing dead heroes.
• Fix to bug involving wearing to -100% food consumption trinkets on one character affecting all party members.
• Fix to incompatible quirk problem.
• Fix for crash related to dragging heroes to the party from town event window.
• Fix to Blurry drag objects and other images that are of odd widths drawn on centre.
• Fix to remove buffs that persisted after death when resurrecting heroes.
• Fix to Level 6 heroes getting benefit from Town Event resolve levels.
• Fix to Hag’s Cauldron activity log text.
• Fix to tutorial cursor changing.
• Fix to the mysterious mini-map tiles disappearing or traps being shown as scouted when they aren't.
• Fix to map not being forced during scouting curio result.
• Removed ability to target / select move when classes are immobilized.
• Render announcements over character barks.
• Added pulse animation on controller highlight for skills in character sheet.
• Realm inventory UI cleanup
• Various tool-tip fixes.
• Various UI changes/updates.
• Various new icons for pop-up windows (loot/hunger/curio/quest complete).
• [MODDING] Exposed ability for plot quests to be repeatable. ( “.is_repeatable” in quest.json)

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This update is just moving all the changes that were part of the small public beta to the live game. If you participated in the "coming_in_hot" testing feel free to opt out of the beta as all changes are now live for all players. Thanks for your feedback!

• Fixed Folder Hierarchy for Soundtrack (Steam Player should now work correctly)
• Removed saved upgrade discounts and rather query them if they are unlocked. This is to fix the trinket exploit from repeated failure of town invasion plot quest.
• Vvulf no longer has a series of identical twin brothers who keep coming back for revenge of their slain brother. (Vvulf will stay dead once you successfully slay him)
• Vvulf appearance chance reduced slightly
• Town invasion plot quest has normal retreat instead of always raid retreat.
• UI Tweaks
• Colorized Tooltips! (This will take some time for the Translated Languages to start using it)
• Tweaked values for VO triggers
• Various string fixes
• Various fixes to new color coded strings
• Fixed idle resolve level heroes not being saved on raid start.
• Linux fixes
  • Fixed a bunch of uninitialized data
  • Fixed some threads burning CPU
  • Some other misc. fixes
  • Fixed some compiler errors.

We pushed an update to our "coming_in_hot" public beta branch of the game. These changes will exist there for a few days as players try them out and make sure there are no major new bugs before moving it to the main branch for everyone to enjoy. If you have some time please switch over to the "coming_in_hot" branch in the game options on the BETAS tab. Your save file will transfer over (though backing up is always a good idea).

• Fixed Folder Hierarchy for Soundtrack (Steam Player should now work correctly)
• Removed saved upgrade discounts and rather query them if they are unlocked. This is to fix the trinket exploit from repeated failure of town invasion plot quest.
• Vvulf no longer has a series of identical twin brothers who keep coming back for revenge of their slain brother. (Vvulf will stay dead once you successfully slay him)
• Vvulf appearance chance reduced slightly
• Town invasion plot quest has normal retreat instead of always raid retreat.
• UI Tweaks
• Colorized Tooltips! (This will take some time for the Translated Languages to start using it)
• Tweaked values for VO triggers
• Various string fixes
• Fixed idle resolve level heroes not being saved on raid start.
  • Linux fixes
  • Fixed a bunch of uninitialized data
  • Fixed some threads burning CPU
  • Some other misc. fixes
  • Fixed some compiler errors.

• Fixed Crash caused by localization issues. (For real this time. Sorry!)

• Fix for crash caused by localization issues in last patch.

• Added Localization for Polish and Brazilian-Portuguese.
• Fixed Missing strings.
• Fix to infinite building upgrades from ‘Labor Force’ town event.
• Fixed Arbalest double leveling from Town Event.
• Fixed Jester not leveling from Town Event.
• Brigand Barrel will now despawn when Vvulf is slain.
• Fixed Town ambiance audio.
• Fixed Abominations not having skills when being resurrected. Abominations now come back with LVL1 Skills, all other classes still come back with no skills.
• Arbalest's Blindfire will now correctly ignore the new brigand corpses.
• Fixed to Town Event Buffs not being saved properly.
• Added Blacksmith upgrade purchased requirements for town events. This affects Free Weapon/Armor Town Event.
• Fixed crashes when loading saves.
• Various crash fixes.

Build #14584

• Added Localization for Russian, German, Spanish, Czech, and French. (Polish and Brazilian-Portuguese is on the way)
• Tweak Audio Levels of new Narrator lines.
• Removed Destroyed Town Upgrades on Brigand Incursion Failure (Hero Death is enough, ignoring the mission still causes some upgrades to be destroyed)
• Adjusted Bandit Incursion Event chance to make it slightly more rare.
• Fix to crash when selecting the town invasion quest icon after having completed some DD quests.

• Fixed Missing Town Event Subtitles
• Week of Death added to Graveyard
• Fixed Missing VO lines for certain Town Events
• Fixed to DD ‘Glitch’ offset for Ruins Dungeon on Embark Screen
• Fix to upgrades destroyed crash from town invasion

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In today’s update, we’re thrilled to be adding over 40 different Town Events to the Hamlet. Upon returning from a quest, you may find things are not as you left them! This update is also of special significance, as it completes the last of the Kickstarter game feature stretch goals. Huzzah! (Now we will move on to producing the Kickstarter physical goods.) Changelist:

• TOWN EVENTS - bonus recruits, extra supplies, facility closures, and more! Each event is presented with unique key art and commentary by the Narrator (Wayne June), and many are supported with additional in-game art. Be warned, The Hamlet is not as safe as it once was… (Note: you can adjust the frequence of Town Events in the OPTIONS menu, although they are mandatory for NG+)
• Hamlet Polish: Various lighting FX and smoke added to the Hamlet.
• Added a Default Party Order Button, find it on your Map in a dungeon!
• Loot All - now keybound to SPACEBAR
• Credits - Accessible from the options menu, we are proud to list thousands of backers who helped bring this project to life! Oh, and us too.
• ESC and ENTER now dismisses Single Prompt Confirmation Windows (i.e. full inventory warning prompt)
• Added confirm for when you don’t have any combat skills selected.
• Jester “Finale” skill now hits with more punch!
• Fixed riposte bugs with stats not applying from riposte skill.
• Click to skip quirk-driven curio interaction bark.
• Fix to estate not being saved when heroes are dismissed. (This will fix trinkets getting lost in town.)
• Trap disarm tooltip in tray now takes difficulty into account to accurately display chance.
• Fixed up tooltips for Russian localization
• Fix heirloom exchange bugs.
  • Fixed max not being accessible for transfer amounts.
  • Fixed not being able to close it when it’s open and you purchase in such a way that you end up with 0 heirlooms.
• Adjusted 'Field Dressing' camping skill to fix bug
• Fix to estate saving in provision screen resulting in lost money.
• Fix to retreat outside of plot quest.
• Fix to captured dead heroes (Crew, Cauldron, Siren) not dying after quest.
• Activity log now will log stress heal with buff
• Fixed Shambler corpses not being large
• Fix to missing crit lines for Musketeer
• Unequip trinket for hero who dies in retreat and add the trinket to raid finish inventory.
• Fixed up incompatible quirks awarded at the end of a raid.
• Bookshelves and Book stacks can now drop Journal Pages
• The Town Crier can now be found enjoying the various stress relief facilities in the Hamlet once the town grows a bit
• Added Temporary English text for all the new text for other Languages. (Localization is being worked and should be done soon).
• Fixed Bug Quirk Gained from Facility Usage not Replacing Quirk correctly
• Various UI fixes

This build is the same as the previous build exempt now all three platforms are in parity.

LINUX!

MAC APP STORE RELEASE (OSX)

TOWN EVENTS

• ‘Town Events’ are designed to add variety to the Hamlet over the course of a campaign. Upon returning from an expedition, there is a chance for a thematic event to trigger in town – this functions akin to a deck of event cards.

PLAYSTATION UPDATE

STEAM WORKSHOP / MODDING

REMAINING KICKSTARTER REWARDS

WRAP UP

• Fixed Move Tooltip cutting off text
• Added FLAC files of the soundtrack... for real this time.

New Fixes in #14017

• Fix to enemy move animations

• Fixed an issue around retreating from drowned crew while captured. It will now kill the hero with a warning in a confirm before attempting the retreat.
• Fix to a crash related to dying outside of combat with the loot window open and quitting the game.
• Disable heirloom exchange when you don’t have any heirlooms.
• Fixes for various strings
• Added in Localization for all new strings added in the Antiquarian Patch.

• Fixed an issue around retreating from drowned crew while captured. It will now kill the hero with a warning in a confirm before attempting the retreat.
• Fix to a crash related to dying outside of combat with the loot window open and quitting the game.
• Disable heirloom exchange when you don’t have any heirlooms.
• Fixes for various strings
• Added in Localization for all new strings added in the Antiquarian Patch.

• 64bit version added to improve system compatibility
  • Steam should launch either a 32bit or 64bit executable to match your OS
• Improved sound setup to hopefully support more audio setups
• A few crash fixes
• High DPI monitor improvement

This will be on our public beta branch for a few days before moving over to the live game. This should fix some crashes/errors players were having. Localization of the Antiquarian will be in the next build, with much thanks to our community volunteers who are helping.

• Friendly skills can now have moves.
• Antiquarian - Added Move Back 1 to Get Down!
• Replace missing required class trinket assert with error message.
• Save camping skill use count after using skills to fix mid camp reboot exploit.
• Fix to duplicate darkest dungeon trinket bug.
• Soundtrack DLC - Added FLAC versions

Update to our Linux Public Beta build, for more details on how to participate go here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/262060/announcements/detail/843670831149750514

• White mouse issue
• Musketeer bugs (It was accidentally included with the data, I removed it)
  • If you played a decent amount you will likely need to start fresh since I removed musketeer related data
• Attempt at fixing empty dungeons

We have uploaded our Linux build to Steam and we want to invite our linux players to take part in the public beta! While everyone can now see Linux as a supported platform on our store page, we aren’t doing our full release just yet. Just like before we want to let the players hit the build and help us make sure it is tip-top for public release. If you want to participate in the beta or simply want to play they native linux client this is how you gain access:

• To opt into the Linux Public Beta Branch:
  • Right Click on Darkest Dungeon in your Steam Library
  • Select Properties
  • Select BETAs tab
  • Enter Password “1iheartlinux1”
  • Hit Check Code, should see a Success message
  • Select Linux_Beta from the Drop Down Box
  • Close the Properties Window
• Install the Game if it isn’t installed already.
• If it is already installed restart Steam if the game isn't currently redownloading (restarting should trigger an update to the game)

This build was pushed right before GDC last week. Posting notes now since we forgot to get them posted when the build went live. We are still working on the crash issues that have come up in the past couple weeks. Thank you for patience! Build #13887

• Hitting take all after the Antiquarian finds loot during Camping no longer selects the character underneath it.
• Fixed some subtitles that were had extra lines in it (Wayne says…)
• Antiquarian
  • PROT bonus from Guard me changed from 25/28/32/36/40 to 20/22/25/27/30
  • ACC debuff on Flashpowder changed from 5/8/10/12/15 to 5/10/12/15/18
• Fix to crash related to the Siren fight.