Darkest Dungeon®

Released: Jan 19, 2016
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 03 Sep 2026, 22:52 GMT

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08 Sep 2026Developer post
Week 14 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 14 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a new pet for Darkest Dungeon II, and a new hero for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should sho
03 Sep 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire's Edge - coming_in_hot 27942
We've just pushed a new update to our coming_in_hot branch. You can see all the changes below: Stygian/Bloodmoon Difficulty: Enabling Duelist/Runaway now grants +1 roster size each General Trinkets: Dark Catalyst : REMOVED: Quest Uses: 6 Dev Note: Experimental change Flickering L
We've just pushed a new update to our coming_in_hot branch. You can see all the changes below:
Stygian/Bloodmoon Difficulty:
Enabling Duelist/Runaway now grants +1 roster size each
General Trinkets:
Dark Catalyst:
REMOVED: Quest Uses: 6
Dev Note: Experimental change
Flickering Lamplight:
HP Heal increased to 6 from 4
Districts:
Académie Duello:
+15% Riposte DMG replaced with +10 Riposte ACC
Craftworks:
Bust Cost lowered to 75 from 100
Archaeological Base Camp:
Bust Cost lowered to 90 from 160
Crest loot random amount changed to 12 / 18 / 24 from 8 / 16 / 24
Duelist:
General:
HP increased to 21 / 25 / 29 / 33 / 37 from 20 / 24 / 28 / 32 / 36
Dev Note: This change is to let a Lvl.0 Duelist heal 2 HP from food instead of 1.
Riposte:
ACC increased by 5 (100 base instead of 95 base)
Touché:
DODGE until next Dodge buff increased to +40 / +42 / +45 / +47 / +50 from +25 / +27 / +30 / +32 / +35
Feint:
+5% CRIT at all levels (LVL1 CRIT is now +8% instead of +3%)
Disengage:
SPD Buff increased to +6 / +6 / +7 / +7 / +8 from +4 / +4 / +5 / +5 / +6
ADDED: Buff Self: +30 / +32 / +35 / +37 / +40 DODGE if in Position 4 (3 effective rds)
Flèche:
DMG mod increased to +25% from +20%
Meditation (Camp Skill):
ACC while Riposte active increased to +15 from +10
DODGE while Riposte active increased to +15 from +10
Ruthless Instruction (Camp Skill):
50% chance Stress amount lowered to +5 from +10
Runaway:
General:
HP lowered to 22 / 26 / 30 / 34 / 38 from 23 / 28 / 33 / 38 / 43
Searing Strike:
-1% CRIT at all levels (LVL1 CRIT is now +2% instead of +3%)
Firefly:
-3% CRIT at all levels (LVL1 CRIT is now +3% instead of +6%)
Burn Decay debuff now lasts 1 rd instead of 2 rds
Ransack:
-1% CRIT at all levels (LVL1 CRIT is now +2% instead of +3%)
Hearthlight:
CRIT vs Burning buff increased to +10% / +11% / +12% / +13% / +14% from +8% / +9% / +10% / +11% / +12%
Run and Hide:
REMOVED: +50% Burn Skill Amount while Stealthed
Controlled Burn:
On Hit Burn increased to 6 from 4
Trigger Burn decreased to 2/2/3/3/4 from 3/3/4/4/5
Pile of Ash (Trinket):
Pile of Ash can no longer appear as a random drop or as a trinket in the Nomad Wagon
Pile of Ash sell price lowered to 1g from 750g
Trigger Limit lowered to 6 from 8
Rescuer’s Rucksack (Trinket):
Restoration Heal amount increased to 5 from 3
Carved Toy (Trinket):
+15 ACC while Stealthed replaced with +15 ACC Ranged
Knitted Blanket (Trinket):
PROT buff increased to +33% from +25%
+25% Healing Received replaced with +33% Healing Received while Stealthed
Burn when hit lowered to 1 from 2
Inert Sunstone (Trinket):
Removed +6 Resolve XP gain effect
Heated Sunstone (Trinket):
Removed +4 Resolve XP gain effect
Transform is now a 50% chance
Scorching Sunstone (Trinket):
Removed +2 Resolve XP gain effect
Transform is now a 20% chance
Searing Sunstone (Trinket):
Self Burn increased to 2 from 1
Self Burn chance increased to 100% from 75%
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27 Aug 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire’s Edge - Retail 27890 HOTFIX
We've just pushed a new hotfix. That update contains the following: FIXES 🔸 Fixed No Text For Hotkeys When Save Is Started With Controller 🔸 Fires Edge DLC Upsell Banner Is Not Visible In Main Menu For Mac And Linux 🔸Fixed Butchers Circus Error Message on non-Steam builds 🔸Fi
25 Aug 2026Developer post
Week 13 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 13 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features new Trinkets for Darkest Dungeon II, and a new hero for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should
25 Aug 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire’s Edge - Retail 27868 HOTFIX
We are deploying the build we pushed yesterday to coming_in_hot today to our retail release branch so that all users will get the Mod Audio fix. Here are the full list of fixes this build contains: 🔸 Fixed Mod Audio Bank issue resulting in all mod audio not working (no need to u
24 Aug 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire’s Edge - COMING_IN_HOT 27860 HOTFIX
We've just deployed a new WINDOWS build to our STEAM public beta branch coming_in_hot 🔸 This build fixes the broken mod audio issue we introduced in the build on Friday. We wanted to put it up on the beta branch for users to test and help us verify it resolves the issues. Please
21 Aug 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire’s Edge - 27850 HOTFIX
NOTES 🔸Fixed a Drowned Crew softlock with Flickering Lamplight trinket 🔸Fixed Duelist missing trinket strings without Color of Madness DLC 🔸Fixed Butcher's Circus prize box crash 🔸Restored auto-center map & controller enable options 🔸Fixed a handful of common Mod crash l
18 Aug 2026Developer post
Darkest Dungeon - The Fire’s Edge - DLC Release
The Fire’s Edge, the first new Darkest Dungeon DLC since 2020, is now live! This DLC includes two heroes, The Runaway and The Duelist, who made their debut in Darkest Dungeon II, a new combat mechanic, unique trinkets, plus 3 more Districts. The team has always been interested in
11 Aug 2026Developer post
Week 12 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 12 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a new path for the Crusader in Darkest Dungeon II, and more Trinkets for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you
Welcome to Week 12 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a new path for the Crusader in Darkest Dungeon II, and more Trinkets for Darkest Dungeon.
If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase, please fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rTpUoFNPv9xmDDax8
You can submit up to 3 mods for each game. If you are unable to access Google, then please email your suggestions to us at [email protected] with the subject line: Mod Showcase Submission
DARKEST DUNGEON
Trinkets Plus (4.0) - Vintage
Trinkets+ is a complete and comprehensive rework of Darkest Dungeon trinkets. The full list of changes that this mod introduces are:
Buffs/Nerfs/Reworks of over 90% of vanilla/DLC trinkets, aimed at encouraging trinket diversity and allowing new playstyles.
An enforced limit of 1 on most* trinkets. Once you obtain a focus ring, you cannot obtain another unless you sell it. This will not cause issues if you had multiple copies of a trinket before installing the mod.
Apprentice bosses now drop Rare trinkets instead of Very Rare, making Very Rare trinkets a legitimately valuable resource that cannot be obtained early in the game.
Very Common trinkets are now properly listed as Very Common.
Several new universal trinkets have been added.
*Among the universal trinkets added are a special class of "treasure" type trinkets. These trinkets have an increased limit so you can obtain duplicates of them (the limit is listed in game) and sell for much more gold than usual. These are made such that even if you have every single trinket in the game (which are limit 1 so you cannot get them again), you still get a trinket reward from quests in the form of extra cash.
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10 Aug 2026Developer post
Vault Comics to publish Darkest Dungeon graphic novels
Red Hook Studios has joined forces with Vault Comics to release an all new series of graphic novels set in the Darkest Dungeon universe. Our heroes embark into the unknown once again! The graphic novels will tell an original canonical story, delving deeper into the mysteries at t
27 Jul 2026Developer post
Week 11- Mod Showcase
Week 11 - Mod Showcase This week’s showcase features a new barks for Kingdoms militia in Darkest Dungeon II, and an overhaul of a character mod for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we s
22 Jul 2026GamingOnLinux
The original Darkest Dungeon is set for a new DLC over 10 years after release
Not many developers will go back to their classics, but Red Hook Studios are giving the original Darkest Dungeon a brand new DLC soon. Read the full article here:
21 Jul 2026Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Darkest Dungeon is getting its first new bit of DLC in six years, borrowing a couple of classes from its sequel
I'm sure there's plenty enough of you that moved on from the first Darkest Dungeon onto the second one when that launched in 2023, but guess what! You'll have an opportunity to revisit the original turn-based dungeon crawler next month, as developer Red Hook Studios have announce
21 Jul 2026Developer post
The Fire's Edge, new Darkest Dungeon DLC, releases August 18th
The Fire’s Edge, the first new DLC for Darkest Dungeon since 2020, is releasing to PC, Mac and console on August 18th . WISHLIST NOW: View game page Two more wayward souls wander the Old Road. The Duelist and Runaway, heroes who originally made their debut in Darkest Dungeon II,
13 Jul 2026Developer post
Week 10 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 10 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a playable Bounty Hunter for Darkest Dungeon II, and Crusader skins for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you
29 Jun 2026Developer post
Week 9 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 9 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a popular progression overhaul for Darkest Dungeon II, and a new hero class for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated m
15 Jun 2026Developer post
Week 8 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 8 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a new Grave Robber path for Darkest Dungeon II, and a Crimson Court themed hero for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrat
01 Jun 2026Developer post
Week 7 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 7 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features new pets for Darkest Dungeon II, and a hero for Darkest Dungeon. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase,
18 May 2026Developer post
Week 6 - Mod Showcase
Welcome to Week 6 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a hero class for Darkest Dungeon, and new enemy barks for Darkest Dungeon II. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we sho
08 May 2026Developer post
Two Darkest Dungeon Themed Dice Sets Available Now!
Our Darkest Dungeon 10th anniversary celebration continues with the release of 2 dice sets from Misty Mountain Gaming! These sets are inspired by the flawed heroes, and unspeakable horrors that lurk beneath the Estate. Get the Obsidian and Desperation Dice sets here: The Obsidian