Darkest Dungeon Radiant Public Beta

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• Radiant Mode
  • Radiant Mode is a streamlined variant aimed at shorter campaigns without reducing monster difficulty.→Radiant
  • Heroes returning to the Darkest Dungeon in Radiant Mode incur higher stress and are more prone to afflictions.→Significant stress and higher affliction risk when returning to Darkest Dungeon
  • Random hunger checks are disabled in Radiant Mode to reduce downtime.→do not occur in Radiant Mode
  • Provision costs are higher and the maximum stack size is smaller to balance Radiant provisioning.→cost increased and stack size decreased
• Stage Coach / Recruits
  • Stage Coach gains an additional upgrade tier enabling Level 4 recruits.→New upgrade tier to Experienced Recruits (Lvl 4)
  • Pool of friendly recruits altered to require lower early-game prerequisites.→Lvl 1 requires Lvl 1 Blacksmith and Guild
  • Stagecoach can use a Deck-based system to influence recruit appearances and healer emphasis.→New Deck-based population system
  • Gives a more even distribution of recruits and favors healers as party backbone.→New generation method for more even long-term distribution
  • Option to disable the Deck-based system for players who prefer traditional RNG.→Can be toggled off in Options to preserve RNG vibe
  • Costs for Upgraded Recruits are reduced to balance progression.→Reduced
• Town Events
  • Town events occur more often to keep pacing lively in Radiant Mode.→Trigger more frequently to compensate for shorter playtime
  • Town Event reward descriptions clarified to improve player understanding.→Clarified / improved descriptions in rewards
• Economy
  • Gold rewards increased to improve mid/late-game viability under Radiant rules.→increased from 1500 to 1750 gold
  • Gems drop more valuable as mission difficulty rises; stacking increased to 5 improves inventory efficiency.→rebalance; all gems stack to 5; values adjusted
  • Antiquarian pricing adjusted to remain profitable amid economy tweaks.→Adjusted to align with economy changes
  • Upgrade costs lowered to ease progression under Radiant Mode.→reduced costs for weapon and armor upgrades; reduced costs for final two skill upgrades
• Quirks / Trinkets
  • If a party wipes, trinkets can be recovered via a new recovery quest.→new recovery quest; trinkets not lost on party wipes
  • Post-retreat, trinkets cannot be recovered from fallen characters.→trinkets no longer recoverable from fallen characters after retreat
  • Upgraded recruits start with a revised set of quirks to balance early gameplay.→Adjusted number of pos/neg quirks they start with
  • Embark warnings for trinkets now use a percentage threshold for clarity.→percent-based warning; shown when low equipped items
• Raid/Combat Tuning
  • Final battle has been tuned to present a bit more challenge, potentially requiring more strategic planning.→tuned for more challenge in Final Battle (Darkest/Stygian)
  • Rarity of rare trinkets in Nomad Wagon stock increased to adjust long-term loot pacing.→rare trinkets are now rarer
• User Interface / Accessibility
  • Save slots now show date and time for easier management across sessions.→Date/Time added to save slots
  • Increased number of save slots to accommodate longer play in Radiant settings.→More save slots added
  • General UI improvements and easier access to modding-related settings.→Various UI tweaks and additional settings exposed for modding
• MonstersBone Bearer:Four new monsters introduced to Champion-level content, expanding enemy variety.→Added to Champion level Dungeons
• 4k / DisplayNew display settings improve visual clarity on high-end systems.→Added 4k window resolutions; Subtitle location option
• Save/PerformanceStability fix addressing multi-monitor setup issues.→Fix for handling multiple monitors
• Radiant Patch MiscCosmetic and tooltip enhancements accompany numerous background changes.→Numerous tweaks including new art for missing curio states and border FX for trinkets
• General
  • Beta access described for players to participate in Radiant testing.→Access via Betas tab and choose coming_in_hot
  • Reminder to back up saves when participating in beta testing.→Backup your saves