Hero Info and Affiliation

Uncover Hidden Depths: The Hero Info and Affiliation Mod for Darkest Dungeon

Delve deeper into the motivations and backgrounds of your heroes with the “Hero Info and Affiliation” mod for Darkest Dungeon. This comprehensive overhaul adds crucial details and recontextualizes the spiritual leanings of your roster, offering a richer narrative experience and new strategic considerations.

Expanded Hero Knowledge

Ever wondered about your Crusader’s true name, their hometown, or the exact mechanics behind their fearsome ripostes? The “Hero Info” tab unlocks a treasure trove of hidden data for all vanilla heroes. This new panel provides insights into a hero’s:

• Canon Name and originating District
• Movement and critical hit effects
• Riposte mechanics and available modes
• Passive effects and starting supplies
• Stack bonuses and loot advantages
• Activity and affiliation restrictions
• Party composition limitations
• Susceptibility to Nightmares
• Additional skill details
• Unique afflictions and virtue chances

This wealth of information allows for a more informed approach to managing your roster, understanding their strengths, and mitigating their weaknesses.

A Shifting Spiritual Landscape

The “Affiliation” system reimagines the role of faith and conviction within your party. Key heroes are now distinctly aligned, influencing interactions and camping abilities.

• The Crusader, Flagellant, Leper, and Vestal embrace the “Religious” affiliation.
• The Antiquarian, Hellion, Occultist, and Shieldbreaker are now aligned with “Pagan” beliefs.
• All remaining vanilla heroes fall under the “Faithless” affiliation.

These affiliations have tangible gameplay effects, particularly on the Vestal’s camping skills. Her “Chant” and “Pray” abilities now offer tailored buffs based on the target’s affiliation, while certain stress-inducing or relieving skills from the Vestal, Abomination, and Hellion are rebalanced to affect all heroes uniformly, as affiliation-based stress mechanics have been adjusted.

Necessary Adjustments for a Deeper Game

To accommodate these new systems, a few gameplay adjustments have been implemented. Positive quirks are now locked by default, encouraging deliberate choices in the Sanitarium. Furthermore, heroes now begin with four fully trained camping skills, a benefit balanced by increased training costs, making your initial investments in survival more impactful. For heroes already recruited when the mod is installed, their affiliations will update after their next quest, and their Hero Info will become accessible through the Survivalist at no cost.