What changed in Darkest Dungeon® in 2020

The Chaplain is a flexible fighter who excels at both support and offense, featuring 11 class trinkets.

The Ringmaster leads The Butcher's Circus with unique skills, 9 new trinkets, and custom animations.

A new character mod featuring The Hierophant, an inquisitor seeking justice against the Fanatic.

A complete dungeon add-on mod featuring new monsters, gems, quirks, items, provisions, quest maps, secrets, and more.

A new character mod that combines elements of the Vestal and Occultist, capable of healing allies and harming enemies.

A mod that adds a UI change showing what friendly targets can be targeted with a friendly skill.

A new Lv 6 Bossfight in the Ruins, requiring players to sacrifice a hero to retreat.

New enemy added to Darkest Dungeon, part of the Here Be Monsters mod series.

A mod adding 81 new trinkets of varying rarities, designed to fit the style of the base game.

Introducing a new class mod inspired by the Powder Keg Hunters of Bloodborne, featuring high speed and devastating attacks.

Introduces the Gallows Tree, a corrupted tree enemy found in the Weald.

Adds a new support-based hero, the Mender, specializing in healing and debuff removal.

A new enemy that appears as heroes die, requiring a full party to confront, with varying levels of difficulty.

An all new class mod featuring a nimble but fragile damage dealer with powerful flame abilities and original assets.

A new character mod featuring The Red Prince, a frontline addition with powerful bleed and blight skills.

A new enemy mod introducing the Sea Slater, a Veteran-level enemy for the Cove.

Introducing a new character, the Man O' War, who brings technology from another dimension to aid in battle.

Introducing a new character, the Oceanborn, a transforming class specializing in healing and defense.

Fixed a game crash issue caused by banner caching.

Various small polish items on the Circus screens.

Updated the Direct Challenge screen to support challenging someone not on your friends list.

Added text on the rewards screen to indicate prestige cannot be increased when max prestige is reached.

Fixed a bug where the Ancestor's Memoirs statue always displayed its initial broken-down sprite.

Fixed a crash that occurred with the character sheet being open on-death in multiplayer.

Fixed an issue that caused users to see ‘Connection Error’ preventing them from entering matchmaking.

You can now practice against a local bot file that can be edited. While offline, you will not earn prestige.

Added Steam rich presence when in the Circus.

Mac and Linux support has been added!

Large size enemies have their move ability broken

Game crashes when virtuous hero acts out against a corpse

You can now save up to 5 party and trinket configurations.

Heroes of one team enter match in different order for both players

Game crashes when any actor uses 'k_buff_random_party_member' act out but only corpses remain

An all new class mod featuring a silent undead knight that functions as a tank and healer.

A man clad in an imposing suit of armor joins the game, offering firepower and support.

Introduces a roaming miniboss encounter and a plot quest with various trinkets as rewards.

Adds about 50 new quirks for heroes, enhancing quirk mechanics without major changes.

A new skin for the Vestal character, inspired by the Plague Doctor.

Introduction of a new enemy, the Pelagic Hybrid, a mix of fishman and human bandit, along with a new trinket.

Each season will last 6 weeks, allowing players to climb ranks and unlock exclusive banners.

Gamepad users can now play The Butcher's Circus without switching to mouse and keyboard.

Players can access the DLC offline and face improved bots for a better challenge.

A new banner will be given to players for participating in the upcoming season.

Ongoing efforts to enhance connection stability for the DLC.

Players can now save up to 5 predefined party presets with skills and trinkets.

Mac and Linux builds are close to release, pending final testing.

A versatile melee/ranged damage dealer with ties to a new enemy faction, The Purity Order.

A mid-ranged damage dealer with fire-based abilities, including molotov cocktails and incinerate skill.

A skin for the vestal themed around the Prophet.

Adds 4 brand new custom backgrounds to the Warrens, increasing the variety of dungeon runs.

Users are advised to use the pretbclinuxmac Steam Beta branch until the builds are ready.

The game should now run much like it did pre-TBC.

Bigger enemies (size greater than 1) can now move forward properly.

Various fixes implemented to enhance the stability of multiplayer gameplay.

Resolved an issue where the game sometimes crashes because of a missing item class.

Mod was allowing players to have 3 trinkets in TBC, causing matches to end instantly.

Adds new eldritch themed skins to hamlet NPCs and expands upon the eldritch visuals in the game.

Introduces a mist obstacle and blood trap to all dungeons, along with new curios and changes to existing curio interactions.

The team is still investigating stuttering issues that have appeared since the DLC release.

Resolved an issue where arena trinkets could have undefined rarity in mods, causing strange behavior.

Added an indicator for enemy virtue/affliction on the enemy info panel portrait.

When the Quick menu is visible in party setup, pressing ESC will now only close the realm inventory.

Mac and Linux builds are still not available; users should use the pretbclinuxmac Steam Beta branch.

Multiple new features and rules have been enabled for modders in singleplayer.

Resolved an issue where a UI exploit allowed access to locked DLC heroes in multiplayer.

A new public beta branch called tbc_test has been created to test improved network connection code.

In party setup, left clicking on a hero while the Hero Info Popup is open will now close the popup and open the dropdown.

Resolved a crash issue caused by an item that transforms a hero if used before any battle.

Play as a support class/damage dealer Scarecrow from the Farmstead with unique abilities.

A new class that grows stronger in dungeons, armed with a harvester scythe and unique abilities.

Crash fix for when a mind-controlled hero kills an enemy with an actout in the Siren fight.

Fixed a softlock issue in the Siren fight if a mind-controlled hero dies from a heart attack.

Fixed an issue with an incorrect check occurring when comparing enemy party to info on the server.

Heroes should have their correct corpses on results screen in the Circus.

Implemented some fixes for several desyncs/disconnect issues to improve stability.

We are aware of the single player stuttering issues and will look to resolve these as soon as possible.

Guard Break in single player no longer has overlapping pop text displays.

Mac and Linux users should use the 'pretbclinuxmac' Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.

On results screen, opponent corpses now use the visual variant of your heroes, correcting visual errors.

Mac and Linux users should use the 'pretbclinuxmac' Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.

Results screen will no longer show max prestige without opening all rewards.

Faster drag detection was restored back for single player, reducing lag during dragging.

MaxPrestige achievement should no longer falsely trigger.

Attack Friendly Actouts of Siren controlled heroes will no longer cause a game crash.

Results screen logic improved to prevent players from being stuck in an animation.

Prestige results should no longer become inaccurate after the second match or later since booting the game.

Fixed game crashes that occurred on the provision screen.

Resolved an issue where multiple dazed heroes caused a softlock due to AI not selecting any of them.

Addressed crashes occurring during circus, matchmaking, and fights.

Resolved an issue with requesting information from the server.

Addressed an issue that caused 'move' type skills to not apply buffs.

Resolved an issue that caused death effects to apply on both allies and enemies.

Modified the Narration VO variants when an opponent starts their turn to reduce flummoxed reactions.

Addressed an issue that caused single player hero mods to inadvertently cause desyncs in multiplayer.

Corrected the functionality of the .kill target effect to work as it did previously.

Corrected an issue where visual hero mods resulted in multiplayer heroes appearing as white boxes.

Resolved the issue where .battle_complete_combat_skill_id skillname no longer triggered .type 'move' skills.

Resolved an issue where using Guard Break skills would cause a softlock when The Butcher's Circus is not installed.

Enter the Arena and play Darkest Dungeon in an all new way: PvP battles!

Two new town events that relieve stress for the entire hamlet roster if at least one circus match is played before beginning the next week.

Added option to opt out of data collection.

Added various new dungeon rules including 'dots_can_deathblow' and 'deaths_door_test_survived_resistance_chance'.

Some Localization Strings are still missing for some languages. These will be corrected when we push the DLC.

Plow Horse Color of Madness enemy won’t cause stall-related crashes when modded into non-wave combats.

Fixed enemy reinforcements crash in Darkest Dungeon location.

Fixed positioning changes caused by AoE knockback and pull abilities.

Fixed Abomination being able to ignore allies’ move-block actouts.

Added new effect triggers for trinkets including 'melee_attack_skill' and 'ranged_attack_skill'.

Supports both new and old localization formats.

Added stress heal received while camping buff to Meditator quirk.

Added new stats including 'deathblow_chance' and 'heartattack_stress_heal_percent'.

Combat skills with '.ignore_deathsdoor true' will deathblow instantly if they deal lethal damage.

Buffs can now be conditional on various actor statuses and can decrement at the end of rounds.

Lowered Bloodmoon Radiant Light Dodge bonus to match Stygian (2.5%) instead of Radiant (7.5%).

A new miniboss named Doomsday added, with new dungeon encounters and rewards.

A new hero mod that features a self-sufficient character with unique abilities to attack and heal.

An all new class mod with 5 skins, 7 unique abilities, 3 unique camping skills, and 10 class trinkets.

A new class mod that can heal health or stress, cure medical conditions, and has unique abilities.

Initiative changes to allow players to alternate turns without a traditional initiative roll, enhancing decision-making in combat.

The Butcher’s Circus DLC will be released on May 28th.

The player who loses the initial coin flip receives a team-wide buff for the first round.

A new character inspired by Senua from Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, featuring hallucinations and delusions.

Adds 31 new backgrounds to rooms throughout the normal dungeons.

An anti-cheat system will be in place for the PvP mode to ensure fair play.

Players can practice against bots in the Butcher's Circus, though offline bots will be added post-release.

A new party select screen allows players to quickly select and kit out their party for PvP without affecting their main roster.

An internet connection is required to access the Circus menu screens.

A new sub-hamlet screen allows players to challenge friends and enter matchmaking for PvP battles.

The Butcher's Circus features its own version of skills and class balances, separate from the main campaign.

Introducing a new FREE DLC that adds PvP battles against friends and foes.

Adds 17 new monsters, a new miniboss, and various new gameplay elements including trinkets and diseases.

A new character mod that acts as a group leader, empowering allies and capable of devastating attacks.

New DLC featuring intense PVP arena battles coming in May.

A new hero that specializes in draining life from enemies to heal allies, featuring unique skills and animations.

A Buff/Debuff focused Support Hero that can push and pull allies and enemies, providing unique team dynamics.

A new character mod featuring the Heiress, an offensive version of The Rightful Heir with unique abilities.

Introducing Clobber, a new character mod with unique skills, 12 new trinkets, a new district, and a custom town event.

Introduces a roaming miniboss that can appear in champion Cove quests after a specific town event.

Adds 28 unique trinkets to 25 different enemies, mimicking their stats/abilities/flavor.