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Darkest Dungeon®
Darkest Dungeon®
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Red Hook Studios · Red Hook Studios·-85%$3.74
Jul 6, 2017 · 111mo ago

Darkest Dungeon / The Crimson Court Build #20340

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Crimson Court update adds new quest, item interactions, and balance/quality tweaks; numerous bugfixes and polish across the game.

Other changes20

  • Gather the Blood questNew 'Gather the Blood' quest on the Courtyard that does not require an invitation; players can loot bottles of The Blood from crates and practice against Courtyard enemies.New
  • Blood drops / blood economyBlood drops have been reduced due to the new blood farming quest; monitoring continues.Reduced
  • Crimson Curse mechanics
    • Crimson Curse proc rates from monsters reduced somewhat.Reduced
    • Curse Contagion chances increased in buildings to emphasize quarantine.Increased
  • Estate Trinkets: Rat CarcassIt's now possible to have two Rat Carcass trinkets in your Estate at once.Two Rat Carcass allowed
  • Fanatic loot: The CureThe fanatic now drops 'The Cure', a consumable that can remove the Crimson Curse from an affected hero; loot table also boosted with more crests.Includes 'The Cure' consumable
  • Crimson Court bossesCourtyard bosses no longer grant the Crimson Curse since they will wipe it anyway if defeated.Not granted
  • Gameplay flow: Curse state transitionsFirst pass at reducing party stoppages when transitioning Curse states to smooth gameplay.Reduced
  • Crusade: Curse act-outs and identityRefined Curse act-outs and stat changes to create more identity at each stage.Adjusted
  • Plague Doctor idle animationsUpdated idle animations for Plague Doctor.Updated
  • World events and misc tweaks
    • Shrieker Steal Trinkets event now properly set to post-week 42.Post-week 42
    • Shrieker event restored to previous desired settings.Restored to previous settings
    • Fixed controller so campaign is selected by default.Default campaign selected
    • Fixed missing sound effects on warning confirmations.Added
    • Fixed tray display overlay problem.Fixed
    • If hero receives 0 damage, still marks health as damaged for Death's Door logic; now shows 0 in game but avoids false death checks.Death's Door check skipped
    • Localization update adding plus signs to positive damage and crit modifiers.Added '+' to positive dmg/crit mods
    • Make sure subtitles play when narration system isn't initialized.Ensured playback when narration system not initialized
    • Removes flavor text description in sanitarium/activity log if an explicit buff description is active.Remove flavor text when explicit buff description is active
  • General noteText strings for Crimson Court translations are in progress; new translations to be posted in a few days.

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