Darkest Dungeon

Features
  • Color Variations: All heroes have 4 different color palettes available for you to choose from! You can find the button to switch color palettes on the bottom left corner of the hero panel. We will be adding the matching heroic/afflicted poses in soon.
  • Roster Sorting: Sort by stress, resolve level, hero class and town activity.
  • Party Combo Names 1.0: Certain party combos will be named! When assembling your group, watch for the popup and see if you've uncovered a named combo. We're starting with only a few, but more combo names will be added as we continue development.


Trinket Tuning / Fixes
  • Increased most Trinket ACC, DODGE, STUN, BLIGHT, BLEED, MOVE, DISEASE, and DEBUFF buffs to make them more meaningful
  • Slightly decreased most Trinket negative effects to strengthen overall Trinket value
  • Overall tuning pass on many specific Trinkets, often to increase value
  • All HP healing buffs should now be working correctly


General Bug Fixes
  • Fixed bug where you could change the selected hero during a curio interaction act out
  • Fixed max HP buffs causing damage bars to show up
  • Stage Coach random hero barks will now only play when no other hero is barking
  • Fixed bug with taking objects with single click on the loot box
  • Added ability to drag and drop items from the loot box
  • Added ability to use items in the loot box
  • Updated indicators so the hero using the skill will be the heal target when they can heal or buff themselves
  • Tutorial dungeon name is now saved as Old Road
  • No longer able to select heroes in town activities for parties

• Fix for OBS (Open Broadcast Software) capture issues
• Fix for end of mission crash
• Fix for inability to use items during combat

• Fixed crash at launch on some machines
• Can now click to skip opening cinematic
• Loading screen fix
• Fixed bug with options not loading
• Fixed bug with damage bar not being reset properly
• "Escape" background for raid results when successfully retreating from dungeon
• Improved save file handling
• Various stability improvements

• Removed easy to trigger debugging keys

• Fix for OpenGL compatibility test in build #7907
• Fix for "Could not create GL context" error

• Weapon icons visually upgrade as you increase weapon level (armor icons will be coming in a future patch)
• Click to dismiss a hero 'bark' - toggle in the Options screen
• Added logic to avoid edge case bark stacking delays
• Health bars animate to show damage more clearly
• Damage Over Time (DoT) is now properly applied without delay at the start of an enemy turn saving 1.8 secs of hang time per DoT'd enemy!
• Removed waits when applying effects that did not have results (for example, curing blight on a hero that isn't blighted)
• Selective RNG shaping and tuning to prevent unintended edge cases
• Fix for exploit to complete quest multiple times when quitting out of the raid results screen
• Added logic to reduce back to back hero act outs of the same type
• Fix to quest generation problem when plot quests are avoided and roster is all high level
• Random kill boss quests are no longer generated (This was leading to problems where a particular variant of boss (e.g. Swine Prince) was being named, but it was actually a higher difficulty boss (e.g. Swine God). Now, only plot quests will generate bosses.)
• Buffs now update when torch level changes
• Some Dodges now properly display as Misses
• Fixed battle icon rendering gold when being ambushed
• Various save file fixes
• Improved save recovery
• OpenGL 2.1 support *
• Windows XP support *

* - Please note that we are not changing the minimum system requirements at this time.

IMPORTANT: Save file location on PC has now been changed to the user's "My Documents" folder to support Windows XP (since it does not have a native Saved Games directory). Your old saves will still be in the previous Saved Games location as this is currently a "copy" and not a "move", but they will no longer be updated.

• Potential fix for Steam Overlay problem
• Fixed profile editing issues
• Fixed incorrect torch animation playing when loading into a dungeon
• Fixed problem with curio quest item interaction not playing the correct sound effect
• Fixed weird problem on Mac where you would always get a negative quirk and a positive quirk in the raid results
• Fixed bug where you could drag loot from the loot box to your inventory even though it was supposed to go to the hero
• Fixed curio quirk purge banner staying up indefinitely
• Fixed quest generation to guarantee quest for each dungeon that is unlocked
• Fixed scouting banner staying up when you switched to the inventory
• Fixed act out reactions so that they only happen by heroes and in reaction to heroes who are alive
• Fixed issue to ensure that any loot taken from a dead hero in a hallway doesn't interrupt the overlay events
• Fixed overlay event assert
• Fixed many spelling mistakes
• Unnamed Curse is now a negative result!
• Knife board was accidentally tagged as "drink"...not anymore

• Fixed issue with corrupt save file handling
• Fixed "Prop type not handled" assert
• Fixed camping sound effects not stopping when quitting to main menu from camping
• Fixed camping skill error with "Clean Guns" where some buffs were not applying
• Fixed missing strings for block buff masochistic
• Updated art for round indicator (no more purple!)
• Party surprise will now always move at least one hero in the party

Introducing the Turn Indicator!

We have talked extensively about communicating a bit more to players with regard to turn order and combat rounds. We decided that while exposing the complete turn order per round would provide a huge tactical benefit, doing so risks eroding much of the round to round suspense that we feel is important. Our solution is to indicate who has yet to act in the current combat round by displaying an icon beside characters' health bars. This allows players to more easily track actions in a given round, and clearly demonstrates that (with the exception of some bosses) all combatants only get a single turn per round.

Other changes in this update:
• Fixed issue when selling back items out of order while provisioning
• Can now use number pad Enter key when renaming heroes or entering estate name
• Fixed mouse / touchpad focus problems when interacting with buildings in town
• Fixed blurriness issue when running at lower resolutions
• Fixed Windows 8 automatic scaling issue
• Save file handling improvement to prevent loss of gold on entering dungeon crash
• Fixed target icons not animating when they are not active

• More improvements to save file handling
• Hero barks are now rendered in front of UI elements
• Fixed game breaking issue that allowed you to dismiss to lower than 4 heroes when a hero was on extended leave in stress recovery (bender, vision quest, etc.) - it no longer counts that missing hero as one of the remaining four

• Fixes to save file handling from previous build
• Fixed visual corruption on older pre-2011 Macs

• More save handling improvements
• Various optimizations
• Fixed preamble text scrolling issue
• Fixed confirmation for quest item dismissal
• Added wait when clearing obstacles to prevent moving in and out
• Fixed scaling issue when playing on resolutions higher than 1080p

• Performance optimizations on both platforms
• Various stability improvements on both platforms
• Empty cauldrons are now completely indestructible
• Corrected rabies level progression for Rabid Dogs
• Fixed many missing strings
• Fixed inventory error handling when save loading
• Fixed afflicted heroes moving over each other when surprised at the beginning of combat
• Extra row is now auto-added to realm inventory so it will never be full and so you can unequip trinkets
• Fixed tutorial popup showing up in main menu
• Fixed heirloom tooltip rendering issue in raid results
• Added additional quirk incompatibility logic to raid finish
• Fixed Death's Door debuffs applying on restore

• More trinket art! Fewer cupcake box placeholders! :)
• Ancestral Trinkets should now all have fx painted on them
• Fix for Sanitarium curing wrong quirk. (Might still error if you had a hero in the Sanitarium before getting this build, but should work properly after that.)
• L5 bosses have increased HP (They were missed when we scaled up L5 creatures earlier in the week.)
• Fixed Grave Robber ACC stacking buff from Thrown Dagger and Poison Dart
• Hero stat tooltips now show buff source categories in better detail
• Fixed crash caused by solo hero trying to buff non-existent team members as part of act out
• Fixed buff count crash when no buff count is provided
• Fixed instant skill buffs not working when skill is selected from previous round
• Fixed bug where dead hero can get Afflicted when getting killed by hunger

• Stun resistance buff now works as intended

We discovered a major bug where many skill tooltips were incorrectly rounding effect chances to the nearest whole integer. This made things like the Plague Doctor's 70% Cure for Battlefield Medicine incorrectly show up as 100%. It also made the Hellion's YAWP show up as 100% base Stun chance instead of the 125% overpowered stun that it is. (On a side note, the reason chances can be above 100% are that enemy resistance gets subtracted, so there is still value in having greater than 100% base chance.)

We have fixed this tooltip display bug, which will enable all skills to show the proper percentage. Note that the skill chances themselves *were always calculating correctly*--they were just displaying wrong!

So rest assured there has been no widespread nerfing or upgrading. Just a few tweaks as given below.

Look at the bright side--our heavy-handed rounding didn't cause a spacecraft to crash or anything! That being said, we have now put all "roundf()" statements under lock and key in the office, and anyone who wants to use one must fill out a 3-part request form and get at least two authorized signatures.

Other changes in this update:
• Heroes that go missing in town as part of an activity (e.g. drunken bender, vision quest) will remain on the roster, but greyed out and locked. This way you know they aren't gone forever.
• Plague Doctor base chances for CureSelf on Battlefield Medicine have been increased. They will *appear* to have decreased because of the tooltip bug above. But in reality they have gone up. MIND-BENDING ESCHER-ESQUE CRAZINESS.
• As much we love the Leper, we had to fix the trinket bug that was allowing him to do millions of points of damage. :( (Berserk Mask damage debuff corrected)
• Fixed missing debuffs on various trinkets that were mis-indexed on the spreadsheet.

• Fixed Sanitarium curing incorrect quirk (was still happening if you visited it more than once in town before going on a dungeon raid)

This is the first patch to have some focused gameplay changes, but it will not be the last! Remember that the game is in Early Access, and we'll be experimenting with mechanics and balance for the foreseeable future. Strap in and come along for the ride!

These changes are based upon consistent feedback and observed results from the game's first week and a half of play:
• Champion (L5) Monsters: increased difficulty across the board.
• Grave Robber needed a little somethin': increased Speed, added stacking Accuracy buffs for Thrown Dagger and Poison Dart
• Hellion is an absolute wrecking machine. This is intentional, but she still needed dialed down a tiny bit: Reduced starting HP, restricted Iron Swan to position 1 only, added Exhaust to Breakthru and slightly reduced crit, but increased dmg buff of Bleed Out
• Plague Doctor: Increased Blight and Disease Resistance, increased Blight damage of Noxious Blast and Plague Grenade, Added a small heal to Battlefield Medicine. Now she's the hero we deserve, not just the hero we need.
• Ghoul, Swinetaur, Unclean Giant: increased HP to make them even a little more menacing.
• Gargoyles: increased dodge, reduced dmg, increased crit. Focus up your Accuracy to hit these beasts!
• Bone Arbalist: reduced Bayonet Jab crit. Should be less threatening at the front.
• Heroes don't like it when you prolong combat unnecessarily
• Added 'Clear Head' moderate Stun Resistance buff to heroes and monsters after clearing an existing stun. Stacks for consecutive stuns.
• No heroes are truly immortal

Other fixes and changes:
• Fixed crash at end of dungeon raid caused by incompatible quirks
• Added threshold for health bar display based on actor scale
• Improved backup save file handling
• Fixed purge result announcement

PC build #7587
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• Minor performance optimizations
• Fixed save crash when loading into the start of battle from save
• Fixed display bug from hitting ESC during save scroll in front end flow
• Fixed bug where <4 heroes can embark into a dungeon
• String updates


Mac build #7587
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• Mac build now in sync with PC build!!

• Crusader upgrade costs fixed
• Crusader equipment costs fixed
• Fix to wrong save loading
• Updated save backups

• Camping skill adjustments (increased Plague Doctor's disease curing ability, corrected and adjusted some skills which were not proc'ing correctly)
• More incompatible quirk updates to reduce conflicting quirks
• Clamp damage as an attempt to blind fix the crazy high damage problem
• Fixed using firewood when in the bark phase of an ambush
• Fixed removing multiple quirks at Sanitarium

• More fixes for certain languages/special characters that was preventing the Saved Games directory from being located and causing the game not to launch
• Removed incompatible quirks
• Tuned down reaction act out wait times significantly for better combat flow
• Fix for Sanitarium not removing correct quirk
• Fix for Sanitarium not removing a quirk at all
• Improved stress relief tutorial text
• Rounded up monster HP in tooltip (so monsters don't show 0 HP)

● Fix for certain languages/special characters that was preventing the Saved Games directory from being located and causing the game not to launch

• Game now auto-creates Saved Games directory if it does not exist (potentially fixes BEX crash on launch)
• Fixed add/remove trinket bug
• Added some missing strings
• Tuned down lockjaw disease slightly

• Initialization crash logger "-log_debug_info" to help determine BEX and other launch crashes (See this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/612823460253966357/)
• Potential crash workaround "-disableaudio" command-line argument (See this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/1/612823460250609966/)
• Localization crash fix
• Stage coach crash fix
• Better save game file handling
• More stability fixes

• -disablevideo command-line option as potential workaround for PC Players (See this thread http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/1/612823460250609966/)
• Can no longer open Options dialog when confirmation dialog is up
• Save games disappearing fix
• You can now back out of obstacles
• Stress bars now round down to the nearest 10
• Hellion's Barbaric Yawp no longer buffs twice
• Various stability fixes
• Brigand Fusiliers are not quite as fiendishly deadly as before
• Brigand Bloodletters are still hulking and menacing, but die a tiny bit more quickly

• Added "-skip_opengl_check" command line option for people with incompatible video cards that don't support OpenGL 3.2.
• Added "-capture" command line option to fix problems with capturing in windowed mode
• Fixed lost trinket in realm when deleting
• Fixed crash from empty monster encounters in Weald
• Leper fix - spreadsheet calculation error. Slightly tuned down starting HP, but HP progresses faster. Slightly tuned down starting dmg, but dmg progresses faster.
• Fixed narration for Grave Robber
• Removed ability to inspect character sheet of dead heroes
• Fixed missing narration validation
• Fixed bug in Quirk logic
• Added "# of current heroes / max roster #" to top of roster list
• Fixed monster tooltips
• Added sign to buff descriptions
• Fixed camping ambush positions
• Fixed trinkets staying on dead heroes and being duplicated
• Fixed dismissal of hero from activity not saving
• Fixed disarming sfx

• Error dialog for incompatible video card drivers
• Fixed stage coach crash
• Stage coach heroes now shift up when one of them is hired
• Fixed self-heal mouse spamming exploit
• Added nomad wagon tutorial narration
• Fixed heroes losing HP on raid restore
• Potential fix for monster HP being 0
• Missing curio strings fixed

• Error dialog for incompatible video card drivers
• Fixed stage coach crash
• Stage coach heroes now shift up when one of them is hired
• Fixed self-heal mouse spamming exploit
• Added nomad wagon tutorial narration
• Fixed heroes losing HP on raid restore
• Potential fix for monster HP being 0
• Missing curio strings fixed
• Load save file fix, fewer asserts *
• Slimes don't spawn new slimes quite as much, but they can still F-you up. Go ahead, insult them and see what happens.
• Jester Inspiring Tune slightly reduced and adjusted the progression/upgrading
• DODG-->DODGE because extra letters are free today only
• Fix to Redemption Amulet
• HEROES ARE NO LONGER IMMORTAL as they level up. Time to watch them die again.

• Load save file fix, fewer asserts *
• Slimes don't spawn new slimes quite as much, but they can still F-you up. Go ahead, insult them and see what happens.
• Jester Inspiring Tune slightly reduced and adjusted the progression/upgrading
• DODG-->DODGE because extra letters are free today only
• Fix to Redemption Amulet
• HEROES ARE NO LONGER IMMORTAL as they level up. Time to watch them die again.

• General balancing & Stress tuning based on your feedback, and us watching twitch streams!
• Bark Stress tuning - severity, frequency reduced
• Camping Skill Affliction Balk - chance reduction
• Fix to Firewood Exploit - nothing's free in the Hamlet
• Rabies tuning
• Slime tuning - Cytokenesis is a bit less frequent, no less awesome.
• Missing String fixes - aka "blue text"Thanks for playing - keep the feedback coming! And if you stumble on a sweet strategy, please share so new players can benefit from your wisdom!Chris, Tyler, Keir, Brooks & Pierre