Holiday Cheer Update brings gameplay options, QoL/interface improvements, and numerous balance tweaks across afflictions, accuracy, and monster adjustments.
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- Darkest Dungeon Config & New Game Options
- New master Darkest Dungeon Config toggle controls multiple gameplay options; individual options require this to be OFF to change.→OFF
- Darkest Dungeon Mode is the default configuration as designed.→default
- If you previously had Corpses turned OFF, you must toggle Darkest Dungeon Config OFF and then turn Corpses OFF again.→OFF
- Removed the option to disable Heart Attacks; they were redesigned and no longer kill instantly.→Removed
- New Game Option to Disable Combat Delay Penalties.→Added
- New Game Option to Reduce strength of enemy crits.→Reduced
- New Game Option: Make Combat Retreats always succeed (except when blocked by Affliction).→Always succeed except when blocked by Affliction
- Afflictions - heal/act behaviorGeneric:If you try to heal, move, or buff an afflicted hero and they resist, the originating hero does not lose their turn; you can perform another action.→No longer consumes originating hero's turn when resisted
- Hero AccuracyIncreased accuracy across many hero skills, especially status skills, shifting burden to resist rolls.→Increased across many hero skills
- HighwaymanTracking Shot:Tracking Shot now applies its buff even if the shot misses.→Buff procs even on a miss
- Monsters
- Veteran and champion monsters receive HP increases to offset higher hero accuracy.→Increased at veteran and champion
- Resistances across several effects reviewed and mostly reduced to reflect new balance.→Adjusted/reduced resistances (bleed, blight, stun, move, debuff)
- Monsters receive speed tweaks to emphasize roles.→Tweaked
- Dodge tweaks across monsters to align with increased hero accuracy.→Tweaked
- Fungal Bloat
- Fungal Bloat's damage and marked target damage reduced to curb over-damaging output.→Reduced
- Critical hit chance lowered to reduce spike damage.→Reduced
- SanitariumSanitarium increases the chance of curing all diseases at once during disease treatment.→Increased
- AbominationAbomination stance fixes and reset behavior in battles that have no loot.→Fixed/resets to idle
- Abomination swap restrictionPrevents certain hero swapping in quest selection under applicable conditions.→Restricted swapping with others in quest select when no other restrictions apply
- Stress & affliction timingStress is clamped when pending affliction to prevent heart attacks before affliction is applied.→Clamp to avoid heart attack before affliction applied
- Item usage during non-idle screensRemoved ability to use items while the screen is not idle to prevent accidental actions.→Disabled when screen is not idle
- Skill buffs during transformationFixes issue where instant skill buffs carried over incorrectly during transformation when affected by affliction.→Fixed carryover when transforming due to affliction and selected skill
- Tooltip and UI polishNumerous interface improvements and tooltip reliability enhancements.→Added various tooltip improvements
- New Game Option: Disable Combat Delay PenaltiesPlayers can disable combat delay penalties entirely.→Disabled
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- Darkest Dungeon Config & New Game Options7
- Afflictions - heal/act behavior1
- Hero Accuracy1
- Highwayman1
- Monsters4
- Fungal Bloat2
- Sanitarium1
- Abomination1
- Abomination swap restriction1
- Stress & affliction timing1
- Item usage during non-idle screens1
- Skill buffs during transformation1
- Tooltip and UI polish1
- New Game Option: Disable Combat Delay Penalties1
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Patch history
- →Darkest Dungeon Update - Build 26186Jul 29, 2025 · 12mo
No gameplay balance changes detected; patch focuses on bug fixes and modding/ Localization tweaks.
- →Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_Hot BuildJun 25, 2025 · 14mo
Patch focuses on fixes and localization adjustments, with no gameplay balance changes.
- →Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_hot Build 25807Mar 4, 2025 · 17mo
Small build update focusing on FMOD rollback and two gameplay/nuisance fixes in Butcher Circus and UI.
- →Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_hot Build 25807Feb 19, 2025 · 18mo
No gameplay balance changes detected; patch focuses on stability, 64-bit client release, and miscellaneous fixes.
- →Darkest Dungeon - Steam coming_in_hot Build #25869Dec 12, 2024 · 20mo
Darkest Dungeon Steam hotfix branch update focusing on unifying binaries; includes known Ubuntu SNAP issue with Steam and two fixes.
- →Darkest Dungeon - Steam Build #25632Aug 31, 2020 · 72mo
This patch for Darkest Dungeon addresses multiple stability fixes and quality-of-life issues in The Butcher's Circus mode, including crash fixes, bot behavior improvements, and string fixes.
- →Steam Build # 25563 - Butcher’s Circus HotfixJun 18, 2020 · 75mo
Hotfix addressing stability, desyncs in Butcher’s Circus, and several crash-related issues, with ongoing investigation into post-DLC stuttering.
- →Steam Build # 25559 - Butcher’s Circus HotfixJun 10, 2020 · 75mo
A hotfix patch for Butcher’s Circus and modding improvements, plus a Steam beta branch for network stability and several Known Issues notes.
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