Darkest Dungeon - The Crimson Court - Build #20222

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A broad balance and QoL patch across Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court adds quest slots, tunes Jester Finale, tweaks curio interactions, shrieks, Bloodmoon stacking, and various UI/ tooltip updates, alongside workshop idle animations and loot generation tweaks.

▲Buffs8

Jester Finale
- Finale:Finale accuracy increased to improve reliability as a big finisher.→greatly increased
- Dirk Stab / Inspiring Tune / Battle Ballad:Other Jester moves grant a 7-round +20% stackable damage buff to Finale.→+20% stackable damage buff to Finale
- Solo Finale:Solo finale gains higher accuracy.→increased
- Solo Finale:Solo mode provides a stronger 50% stackable damage buff to Finale.→+50% stackable damage buff to Finale
Bloodmoon / Blood clusterThe Blood now stacks up to 6.→6
Statue: Shield / Laser
- Statue:Statue gains stun immunity for its shield effect.→stun immune
- Statue:StatueHP and protection slightly increased.→slightly increased
- Statue:Small increase to laser damage from statue.→slightly increased

▼Nerfs5

Jester Finale
- Finale:Finale's base damage reduced to prevent one-shotting without downsides.High→Dramatically reduced
- Finale:Finale's damage output reduced to balance its power with setup time requirement.→Reduced
Puppet Theatre
- Puppet Theatre:Puppet Theatre cost increased.→increased
- Puppet Theatre:Puppet Theatre's damage bonus decreased as part of rebalancing.→decreased
Shrieker / BloodmoonShrieker steal event now triggers only after week 40 and only once per campaign.→only after week 40 and once per campaign

✚Bug fixes4

Curio interactionsFixed quirks evolving while being treated; fixed quirks/affliction curio interaction with key chests.
Crimson Court UI / IconsFixed Courtyard appearing locked on the Quest Select screen.→Courtyard locked indicator fixed
General fixes
- Fixed monster attacks that could give incompatible quirks and crash the game.
- Fixed quirks being able to evolve while you are treating them.

◆Other changes14

Quests / Quest system
- The maximum number of available quests has been increased by 1, offering more choices for players.→Increased by 1
- Adjusted quest flow and content related to Crimson Court and Bloodmoon activities (see patch notes for specific adjustments).
Jester Finale
- Finale:Battle limit of 1 introduced to limit spam and preserve balance.→1
- Finale:Finale cannot crit to prevent runaway damage.→Cannot crit
- Finale:Finale applies a 12-round DEF debuff to reflect exhaustion after use.→12 round DEF debuff
- Solo Finale:Solo mode can use Finale twice before enforcing limit.→2
Curio interactionsTuning curio interaction delays and bark times to speed up delays during interactions.
Crimson Court set trinketCrimson Court set trinket rarity adjusted; should trigger correct Shrieker fight when stolen.→adjusted
Crimson Court UI / IconsSubtitles added for Crimson Court cinematics to improve accessibility.→Added subtitles for Crimson Court cinematics (English only; localization forthcoming)
Workshop
- Buffs:Added 'remove on battle complete' parameter to buffs for better battle cleanup.→added to buffs
- Updated combat idle animations; note: skin mods may break.→combat idle cleaned up
- Ability to disable heal critical hits introduced.→disable/enable option
- Ability to generate random loot from quest curios added.→random loot generation from quest curios
General fixesTooltip formatting and UI improvements; string consolidations.