RADIANT UPDATE - FULL RELEASE - BUILD #17400
Radiant Update introduces Radiant Mode with faster playthroughs, balance tweaks across modes, new monsters and town events, extensive quality-of-life changes, and numerous economy and progression adjustments for Darkest Dungeon.
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- Radiant Mode
- Stage Coach now supports up to Level 4 recruits with increased chances of upgraded recruits appearing.→Upgrades to allow new recruits up to Level 4; increased appearance rate
- Stage Coach:Upgraded recruit upgrade costs reduced to improve access to stronger recruits.→Reduced
- Heroes level up more quickly under Radiant Mode.→Accelerated
- Hero upgrade and treatment:Upgrade and treatment costs scale less with hero level, reducing long-term progression costs.→Reduced by level
- Returned provisions:Returning provisions give slightly more money back, aiding early-game economy.→Slightly more
- Stage Coach improvementsExperience Recruit requirements simplified to enable easier access to upgraded hires early.→Lvl 1 now requires only Lvl 1 Blacksmith and Guild
- Economy and loot
- Gold drops and gem values increased to improve mid/late-game economy; gems now stack to five.→Increased; 1500 → 1750 (gem values adjusted accordingly) gold
- Gem rewards adjusted to align with overall economy changes, providing stronger late-game progression.→Rebalanced; stack to 5; higher values with mission difficulty
- Quests, towns, and events
- Town events trigger more frequently to compensate for shorter playtime in Radiant Mode.→Increased trigger rate
- Cove Gather mission now rewards the Lost and Found Town Event upon successful completion.→Triggers Lost and Found Town Event on success
- Trinket loss on wipe is mitigated by a recovery method, with restrictions after retreat.→Trinkets not lost on wipe; new recovery method
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- Radiant ModeNever Again:Radiant Mode allows returning to the Darkest Dungeon with a heightened stress risk and a tendency toward affliction rather than virtue.→Now allowed to return to Darkest Dungeon
- Stage Coach improvements
- Stage Coach gains an additional upgrade tier allowing Level 4 recruits to appear, expanding mid-game recruitment options.→Added a tier for lvl 4 characters
- Stagecoach can now generate recruits using a Deck-based system, biasing toward healer roles and allowing an optional toggle.→Deck-based system; applicable to all modes
- Monsters and encountersFour new Champion-level monsters added to generate fresh challenges in higher-difficulty dungeons.→Bone Bearer, Hateful Virago, Swine Skiver, Squiffy Ghast
- Quality-of-life and general balance
- Wide-ranging balance and QoL updates across economy, quirks, and camp skill systems to smooth Radiant play.→Multiple adjustments across economics, town events, quirks, and camp skills
- Vvulf's behavior and categorization clarified; combat balance adjusted accordingly.→Boss tagging fixed; fight balance tweaked
- Enhanced accessibility and visual options for modern displays with more save slots and UI improvements.→Added 4k support, subtitle location option, more save slots, UI tweaks
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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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