Kingdoms: Curse of the Court
"Hatched from the stagnant, brackish waters of the coast, a supernatural contagion is swarming inland!”
Curse of the Court is the third free module for Kingdoms, the standalone grand campaign strategy mode for Darkest Dungeon II. Curse of the Court adds a complete new enemy faction and associated questline to complete.
The Crimson Courtiers have returned! Insatiable Bloodsuckers have swarmed your Kingdom, carrying with them the dreaded Crimson Curse. Contain the spread, find the cure, and eradicate these vampirically-corrupted nobles before it’s too late.
Today’s update also includes new Achievements to earn, new music by Stuart Chatwood, and 3 new Kingdoms maps, featuring unique layouts each with their own set of challenges. These new maps are playable on any of the three different Kingdoms modules.
HEROES
FLAGELLANT
Wanderer
Punish+ now increases Blight duration by +1 if the target has Combo
Acid Rain+ now increases Blight dealt by +1 if the target has Combo
Exanimate
Acid Rain and Acid Rain+ no longer have +30% Blight RES Piercing vs. Combo
Acid Rain and Acid Rain+ now increase Blight duration by +1 if the target has Combo
Punish and Punish+ no longer have +30% Blight RES Piercing vs. Combo
Punish and Punish+ now increase Blight duration by +1 if the target has Combo
Dev Note: We've re-tooled most skills that give RES Pierce vs. Combo to do a little more but Exanimate is already capable of dishing out heavy amounts of Blight. We decided to lean into that and replaced the RES Pierce with increased duration. Exanimate has a ton of punch but lacks innate ways to pierce RES, setting it a bit further apart from the other Flagellant Paths.
FIXES
Fixed broken Academic View descriptions in several Shrines of Reflection
Fixed Timeworn Volumes choice appearing before possible options have been unlocked at the Altar of Hope
Fixed certain Kingdom boss tokens not appearing in the token glossary correctly
Fixed hero specific tokens appearing in the token glossary when they should be hidden
Fixed region specific tokens appearing in the token glossary outside their respective regions
Fixed an issue with the Occultist Ritualist Path’s Weakening Curse+ debuff tool tip not correctly stating what it does
Fixed an issue with the Pass skill in the Runaway’s first Shrine of Reflection combat presenting itself as a healing version of Pass
Fixed an issue with the Dreaming General’s Strangle DOT occasionally not showing its remaining duration
Fixed tooltip for vitrine panel in crossroads to now dynamically match custom keybind
Crash fix which occurred when hovering the Smite skill in paths panel
Fixed misaligned question mark on the Unknown Node at the Kingdoms boss regions
Fixed items tooltip overlapping selected item in Kingdoms Inn and region detailed window
Updated the control scheme so you can now drag Kingdoms map while side panel is open
Fixed Inn panel on Kingdoms map screen activating the "Set Route" button purely based on distance without checking that the connection is valid.
Fixed Conditions and Quirks gained from Kingdom Inns to now show which Inn is the cause rather than a random Inn
Fixed an issue where Inn delivery travelogue entry text would disappear after quit & load
Fixed an obscure case involving the Murder Weapon trinket and a very low-health enemy: the skill damage and the instant-kill effect both killed the enemy, which confused the presentation side and left the enemy in a weird visual state. Now if there's an instant-kill effect, we skip the kill from the skill damage, leaving you with a corpse that behaves normally.
Fixed the idle animation reset after Hero Story Abomination transformation
Fixed driving banter from not firing correctly
Fixed game logic to prevent militia from firing positive barks as the heroes are attacking them
Updated user flow when changing/viewing hero paths at the crossroads to now have confirmation when path is switched
Fixed an issue where deliverable items displayed with white placeholder in Travelogue
Fixed road indicator positioning for ultrawide screen resolutions
Various ultrawide resolution fixes for Inn navigation, Kingdoms difficulty selection, Kingdom Maps selection
Fixed an issue where Heal preview isn't displayed if skill is quickly selected at turn start
Updated Driving minimap to darken unchosen paths
Corrected an awkward overlap on the Inn Upgrade panels in German
Fixed an issue where some Heal Pop-ups in battle are larger than they should
Fixed an issue where Replaced Heroes portraits at the party selection disappears when being swapped with another hero
Added horizontal scroll to heroes in hero select screen (this is for new mod heroes to be accessible)
Rearranged application of skill results so that skills that steal tokens and also happen to kill the enemy will have tokens to steal.
Fixed path description getting cut off in hero select in other languages
Fixed a Kingdoms map panel flicker when clicking quickly between regions
Fixed an issue where location loathing mouseover tooltips stop appearing after map is closed once
Added the notice and hotkey to Boss emblem at The Crossroads to access the Infernal Flame screen
Combined Mastery Points awards in Travelogue
Fixed hero, path, and biome tokens not showing up in the glossary while "Show all tokens in glossary" is active
Fixed hero specific tokens appearing in the token glossary when they should be hidden
Fixed region specific tokens appearing in the token glossary outside their respective regions
Disabled orange vfx glow when selecting Bounty Hunter at the crossroads
Gamepad: Updated flow to clearly display which difficulty is selected when navigating on the difficulty bar
Gamepad: Fixed Bundle of Herbs effect out of alignment with Hero Sheet Conditions tab
Gamepad: Adjusted button prompt locations in Academics View for skills in ultrawide
Gamepad: Adjusted cycling prompt location on the Kingdoms map
Gamepad: Fixed issue where highlighting arrow on the Path Comparison panel wouldn't go on Confirmation button
Gamepad: Changed behavior when attempting to compare Paths to require input to select which path to compare