Attention Crew! This log is a continuation of a series of logs that reviews the development of new modding tools for Darkest Dungeon. We highly recommend that you check out Part 2 before reading this log. This log is an overdue transparency report, covering the status of the mod tools and the development of the 1.0 release. Mod Tools Progress (or Lack Thereof) This isn't easy to admit, but ther…
Attention Crew! There's a lot to talk about, so jumping straight to the point, this log is mostly going to be talking about a handful of features that'll be in our expanded modding tools, which we mentioned in our last log . This is going to be a bit more technical than usual, and we'll be focusing on explaining new functionality that the tools provide over reviewing everything that these new f…
We're looking for closed testers to help provide feedback on the Black Reliquary Dungeon and new mod tool implementations! Testers must have a Discord account, own Black Reliquary on Steam, be highly active and open about feedback, and able to communicate in English. Application Form:
Attention Crew! We hope you've been doing well! It's quite a while since our last Captain's Log, and this one in particular is overdue. This log will be talking a bit about 1.0 progress and, more specifically, our endeavors in creating new mod tools. We won't really be discussing new content too much in this log. We've mentioned this before , but we strongly believe that the Black Reliquary Dun…
The Captain is Back! We've released a new edition of Captain's Q & A! Just like other times, we posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter , and the Captain answered a selection of them. ================== Thank you for all of the support! -Team Reliquary
We've restocked our prints and added two new ones! The Levantine Faction and Upkeep prints are now for sale! For those waiting for the restock, thank you very much for your patience. We ended up selling out of most designs faster than anticipated. You can check out our store here. We're still only shipping to locations in North America. Thank you all very much for the support!
Very limited hotfix that fixes some minor issues Changes · Removed a couple Wildlander mashes that shuffled themselves out of position · Fixed issue where Levantine Janissary wouldn't resummon adds · Adjusted Wildlander Hecatomb's death sfx since it was a little over the top
A couple of larger bugs have cropped up, this hotfix looks to fix them. Changes · Fixed issue where Silent Pantheon's interacted animation was missing a slight glow · Fixed bug where Dredge's Eldritchfire Capacitor's Debuff applied to all attacks · Removed a couple Treasury mashes that had Oblivion Buzzers spawn in Pos 3 · Removed a couple Exposed Interior mashes that were a bit too weak to shu…
More bugs were found :/ Fixes · Fixed issue where SB's riposte applied both bleed and blight · Fixed issue where some skill_instant effects (so like aoe crit multipliers, bonus dmg vs specific monster types, etc.) were sometimes applied to hero ripostes. · Fixed issue where lvl 5 Serpent's Sway was just broken · Fixed an issue where recruiting Shieldbreakers sometimes played Flagellant recruitm…
This will probably be our last set of hotfixes for this update. We may pursue another small balance patch in another couples weeks, but it's more likely that we'll be focusing entirely on the 1.0 Release content. Fixes · Added the Ship Event pulley to Flameseeker loading screens · Fixed issue where Deadbolt's Condemnation would apply a deathblow resist debuff against heroes on death's door · Fi…
We're still hard at work on the final update but in the meantime, our wonderful artists have put together a set of marvelous prints to be made available for purchase! These beautiful portraits can be ordered here. We're only shipping to locations in North America for the time being. :( Shipping outside of NA would raise the shipping costs significantly, so we are only considering that option if…
Fixes · Fixed issue where Ginseng healed its user before the Amber Craftsmen Side Deck had been built · Fixed issues where Ivory Handguard didn't give its DMG buff if in the second position, didn't remove the Random Targeting Chance on Blindfire, and could sometimes push its targets (this last one needs some verification, but I'm pretty sure it's fixed) · Fixed issue where some Crew trinkets we…
Fixes · Fixed issue with Cactonid Arcanoid's Spit Splash applied extra dmg to heroes that riposte it · Fixed issues with some quirk/symptom/disease tooltips · Fixed issue where Enchantress didn't Re-Summon her snakes · Fixed issue where Ivory Handguard was a guaranteed drop from using a Shovel on the Sun-Bleached Skull · Fixed some minor tooltip issues on Reshaping Orb and Transforming Sphere M…
Hello Crew! The Upkeep Mini-Update is now officially out! We've mostly covered this our previous Captain's Logs , so we'll keep it brief. This update includes: · Enemy Resist Scaling Changes · 8 New enemies (3 of which we're talking about below!) · A LOT of trinket/hero/monster rebalancing · A handful of new trinkets and quirks · More Bugfixes For more detailed info, you can find our patch note…
Attention Crew! This Captain's Log will be covering the Upkeep Mini-Update, which is near completion! For those of you that may have forgotten, the Upkeep Mini-Update is a supplementary update that we've been preparing while simultaneously working on the 1.0 Release. We've outlined the overall scope and goals in a previous Captain's Log , and we encourage you to check that out first before revi…
Attention Crew! Happy New Year! We hope you've had a good start to 2024. We ended up taking the holiday season a bit easy, but we're back in the saddle now and have been grinding out content. In this Captain's Log, we'll be going over an intermediary update that we'd like to ship within the next several months, difficulty transparency, and a bit about our 1.0 progress. Upkeep Mini-update As we…
We're looking for closed testers to help provide feedback on the Black Reliquary Dungeon! Testers must have a Discord account, Steam account, be highly active and open about feedback, and able to communicate in English. This will likely be our last recruitment of closed testers. Application Form:
Happy Holidays! The Captain has decided to answer some more community questions, this time with some holiday flair. Just like last time, we posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter , and the Captain answered a selection of them. ================== We hope you have a happy holidays! -Team Reliquary
Attention Crew! We hope you've been doing well! It's been a few months since our last Captain's Log, so we wanted to give an update here before the Holiday season. This post, in particular, will be going over some larger balance changes, some new Wildlander enemies we'll be adding, and one of the Champ-exclusive enemies. A lot of this stuff is in active development, so not everything here may s…
The Captain has answered questions asked to him by the community! We posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter , and the Captain himself answered a selection of them. Please let us know if you'd like to see more content like this.
Hello Crew! We hope you're doing well! This update just has some final adjustments and bugfixes that we wanted to get out before shifting our focus towards the 1.0 release entirely. We may still ship a few hotfix-scale updates from time to time, especially if we find fixes for any major bugs. Fixes · Fixed some typos in skill descriptions · Fixed issue with "The Slayer" vendor paying out the in…
Hello Crew! We hope you're doing well! This is a pretty small update that includes a small bit of new content that wasn't able to be included in the initial release of the Ship Events update. Noticeable adjustments this update include: · Squashing a couple more bugs · New Thrall Skill icons · Rework of Judicator's Contraband Fixes · Fixed issue where Grave Robber's Shovel Bash couldn't hit pos…
Hello Crew! There aren't a whole lot of adjustments and fixes in this update, as we're winding down on balance adjustments and bugfixes from the Ship Events update. We'll likely have 1-2 more smaller scale updates such as this before directing our focus entirely to the 1.0 release. Noticeable adjustments this update include: · Squashing a couple more bugs · A slew of trinket adjustments (mostly…
Attention Crew! We hope you've been enjoying the Ship Event update! Thanks to our wonderful community for helping us locate any bugs that weren't caught during internal testing, we've been hard at work to get them resolved as we tie up any loose ends from the update. This Captain's Log entry contains a brief developer retrospective on the update and how it was handled, and it outlines all of th…
Hello Crew! We hope you've been enjoying the Ship Events Update! It's been pretty fun to all the different reactions to the new events. This update today makes some balance and gameplay adjustments based on the feedback we've received and observations made by the development team. Noticeable adjustments this update include: -Fixing Hero Surprise being impossible due to a bug -Nerfing the base D…
Fixes · Fixed issue where Shieldbreaker's Narration was outdated · Fixed issue where Yngolian's "Eclipse" (Torch) Trinket line actually increasing Hero Surprise chance at 0 torch · Fixed issue where Yngolian's Summons could get desynced on non-Apprentice difficulties, resulting in him sometimes summoning two Y-cells behind himself · Fixed issue where certain heroes' bonus DMG vs Expiated/Amberb…
Fixes · Fixed issue where Free Combat Skills and Free Armor/Weps had their narration lines flipped · Fixed issue with Narration on Flayed Kill · Adjusted offset for Lost Tek costs for "Augmented Mercenaries" · Fixed issue with Hexer's "Exquisite Meal" trinket · Fixed issue where Darkest-Level Y-Cells sometimes still used their internal names Visual Changes · Added in new artwork for the Thrall…
Fixes · Fixed some Typos · Fixed issue where Narration for Arb/Cru recruit lines were · Fixed issue where some Roaming Flayed moves didn't have sound · Fixed issue where Flagellant's Level 1 weapon did 0 DMG · Fixed issue where resource_manager.setup was causing some crashes
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