


Additionally, we’re removing the party stoppages associated with Curse progression – you can expect this latter change later this week. This change will go live later this week.Ĭhatty cursed and afflicted heroes: Last week, bark times, interaction pauses, and several other timing delays were shortened in an effort to sand down the rough edges. Random drops from mobs will become less frequent, but this quest solution provides a) a reliable way to collect a supply of blood, and b) access to the courtyard content without an invitation. (The quests are designed to take more than 1 attempt to get through.)īlood management and drop frequency: Related to the topic above, while we’ve tuned blood drop rates few times, we’re planning on adding a ‘Gather the Blood’ courtyard quest, which requires no Invitation, and will become a reliable, primary source of blood. Further invitations remain lootable from Gatekeeper mobs at High infestation levels, and are generally required to complete the quest.

To help move things along, last week, we added 1 invitation to the quest rewards of each previous Courtyard boss quest in order to provide players with a chance to sample the next epic dungeon whenever they want. However, our goal was not to lock all that bloodsucking goodness away from our players. It’s not a milk run quest, for sure…Ĭontent gated by RNG-determined drops: We like the slow building of the infestation, culminating in an invitation drop/opportunity to challenge a Courtyard boss. This should help a bit with that, letting you know that diving right in is up to you. We wanted to get the new content in front of players as soon as possible, but unfortunately this resulted in some people feeling tricked into taking underpowered heroes into a rough dungeon. Have a look: Courtyard quest 1 (Burn the Hives) being misleadingly long/difficult for level 0’s: There is now an embark warning letting you know this quest is not suitable for fresh recruits, and is longer than a usual/ no-firewood short quest. Upon reaching this arbitrary yet impressive milestone, the developers have outlined their plans for the nearby future. Red Hook Studios' first expansion for Darkest Dungeon, The Crimson Court, is off to a great start: just several weeks after its release, the expansion boasts 175,000 copies sold.
