The brutally hard and extremely grim phenomenon that is Darkest Dungeon may have finally received its Crimson Court DLC to add another layer of dungeon delving fun, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
There are dozens, or maybe even hundreds, more hours to be had in this game through the absurd number of mods available. Due to the game's gestation in Early Access, sadly many of those mods are drastically out of date and no longer function due to a variety of updates and patches over time.
The once-necessary Curio Hints mod for instance isn't working properly anymore (that's alright though, just use our Darkest Dungeon curio guide instead). Losing the sexy time camping skills from the Darkest Desires mod, on the other hand, was a blow we simply may never recover from.
Luckily, new mods have arrived to fill that void -- and here we're rounding up the 11 best mods available at the moment that you need to be trying out for vanilla Darkest Dungeon, Radiant Mode, or the Crimson Court DLC.
Unleashing Of The Kraken
There have been plenty of mods over the last two years or so that add in new classes, but less prevalent have been whole new monsters and bosses. A series of mods from ActionJack aim to rectify that problem, taking up the noble goal of providing new creatures to messily devour your heroes (or drive them mad, of course).
The Kraken mod adds five new common aquatic-themed enemies to the Cove area, along with a brand new tentacled boss. As with most DD bosses, this one will take some strategy and forethought to avoid a total party wipe. Get ready to meet a Captain Jack Sparrow style end!
House Full Of Piggies
The Warrens version of the previously mentioned Kraken mod, this one gives you several new swine opponents to battle, and they absolutely will test your skills.
Your standard battle tactics will likely result in a hasty retreat, as the pig folk punish you for not thinking strategically and learning from your mistakes. I don't know what the human equivalent of bacon is, but the swine are sure about to find out.
More District Buildings
The District Buildings were an excellent addition to the game's base Hamlet, but sadly they are a little underutilized -- especially since you'll be building them so few and far apart due to the high costs and low number of available blueprints.
This mod adds in a whole mess of new buildings revolving around every single class, so you'll have far more constructions projects to try out in between dungeon delves.
Lone Crusade
Most Darkest Dungeon mods make the game easier.. but not this one! Forget delving into the abyss with a group of four heroes to assist one another. That's all but a distant memory with the Lone Crusade mod, which has you play through the entire game with no one but the Crusader Reynauld.
Obviously tweaks are made to the enemies and bosses, since there are places where one character can't possibly win normally. But don't think this mod is doing you any favors. The difficulty is ramped up even further than normal -- and if Reynauld dies, you get to start over from the beginning.
No Invitations Required
Oh my sweet tentacled god, this is mod so, so badly needed. Are you tired of grinding away against anything that vaguely looks like a mosquito (while your whole roster of heroes contracts the Curse and dies of blood craving) and somehow still not getting the invitation you need?
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To move onto the later quests of the Crimson Court DLC without the obnoxious invitation, just download this nifty little mod that cuts out the middle man (middle mosquito?).
For those who are opposed to the spirit of this particular mod and want to keep the difficulty and grinding cranked up to maximum levels, check out our full guide to finding the Crimson Court invitation.
Super Heroes
While the recently released Radiant Mode was a welcome addition to Darkest Dungeon by cutting down the dozens of hours of grind after you inevitably (and repeatedly) lose a high level group to a total party wipe, it didn't really offer an 'easy' mode.
The whole point of this game is the difficulty and setbacks, of that there's no doubt, but there does reach a point somewhere around 30-40 hours in where you've had enough of relentless failure and just want to see the next boss or finally storm that final dungeon.
That's where the Super Heroes mod comes in. See those killer pixelated shade they're wearing? That's because the future is so incredibly bright after modding your heroes to be relentless powerhouses who deal obscene damage. Health loss will no longer be a concern here (although sanity can still cause you to lose all four super powered versions of your heroes, so stay vigilant).
Marco's Inventory Balance Mod
There are a bunch of inventory stacking and tweaking mods out there to ease up on the relentlessly difficult back and forth of being prepared or being out of money. This particular entry is a new Steam Worskhop version of one of the best mods from the game's earlier editions.
Where this one really shines is that it doesn't totally go off the rails, giving you limitless stacks of torches to carry or a free bag of holding that lets you return from a mission with all the gold you can imagine.
Instead, it scales the stack limits better so you can carry enough valuable objects back from a mission to actually be worthwhile at higher levels. It makes the grind a little less relentless, and helps you actually build up enough of a war chest to upgrade your facilities.
Dungeon Background Variations
I'm consistently impressed with how the modding community always steps in to resolve core issues with any given computer game. Darkest Dungeon's aesthetics are absolutely a huge draw.. but the unending grind required to reach the end of the game means you will see the same hallway panels over and over and over and over.
For a varied experience that's more pleasing to the eye, this mod changes up some of the backgrounds with different colors and curio placements, adding them in randomly with the normal backgrounds.
Faster Walking
When you've seen the exact same Warren, Cove, Ruins, and Weald backgrounds a couple of thousand times, the monotony can really start to set in and weaken the game experience.
If you want to get to the next room more quickly to complete any given quest, this mod boosts the walking speed so the hallways will fly by. Just don't forget to keep an eye out for those traps!
Darkest Dungeon Hero Mods
Epic Loading Screens
I honestly don't know how it took so long for a mod like this to show up. While Darkest Dungeon just oozes a particularly dark and gritty style, the loading screens are a little lackluster.
No more though! This mod adds in epic combat scenes featuring the most common enemies from whatever area you are exploring, offering a little excitement while you wait for the Ancestor to stop yapping away.
Sunlight Warrior Man At Arms Skin
The game already takes its difficulty from Dark Souls, so why not pull some of the art as well? Praise the sun with this new set of skins for the Man-At-Arms class in all its various animations! Despite bringing in a little brightness, this mod actually makes the game a bit darker (or I guess more soulsier?).
What did you think of our mod picks here, and what new Darkest Dungeon mods would you recommend we try out? Let us know with a comment below!
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Published Aug. 14th 2017
Darkest Dungeon is one of the best roguelikes in recent years, so it's not surprising that its modding community is full of so many creative people. I've been keeping an eye on it for a while, and I've decided to compile what I believe are some of the best out there right now.
Gameplay mods
If Darkest Dungeon had its own version of XCOM's Long War, then it would definitely be Maester Silvio's Pitch Black Dungeon. It changes almost everything about the game, from the heroes and inventory, to the enemies and UI. The very first quest you set out on is a scripted tutorial test that's been set up by the mod's developers to help you learn exactly what's different about the game—a clever way to welcome players who just want to jump in and play. It might not be the best choice for someone's first time playing through Darkest Dungeon, but you don't have to finish the vanilla game to make it worth restarting and setting out on a PBD run.
Notes: If you have Androu's Musketeer class mod installed, you're going to want to install this for Pitch Black Dungeon.
Pitch Black Dungeon is a fantastic mod, but if the vanilla game is all you want—and as far as I'm concerned, it's one of the best games from 2016—you can still benefit from PBD's enhanced UI with Maester Silvio's UI Enhancement mod. It basically puts everything into way more detail, so it's less confusing as to what effects actions will have.
This mod from Spyboy makes it so stronger heroes appear more frequently in the Stage Coach, in addition to expanding your roster. However, it's not game-breaking, as you still need to level up your Stage Coach to take advantage of the mod's additions. This mod just makes it a little easier to recover from the death of a hero, alleviating much of the grind that Darkest Dungeon is known for. And if you just want one part of this mod, then you can install them separately ( and ).
This mod by Maester Silvio does exactly what it sounds like: it changes the values of gems, quest items, and certain supplies to allow for stacking. The supplies that are affected are Firewood and Dog Treats, which can now be stacked to 5 and 8 units respectively.
Among the PC Gamer staff, I'm known as a guy who enjoys his controllers. Don't get me wrong: I like keyboards—heck, I'm writing this article with one right now. But sometimes you just want to sit back, relax, and use a controller. Now saying that, I have to admit that I actually prefer the keyboard and mouse for Darkest Dungeon, but I'm sure there are people who would like to use a controller. Jonathan11197's Xbox One Prompts is another mod that does exactly what it says: it adds Xbox One button prompts. Without it, players would be forced to use PlayStation 4 button prompts, regardless of the controller they're using. This mod isn't life-changing, but I thought I'd include it here for fellow controller lovers.
Skins
I didn't want to dilly-dally around. Darkest Dungeon's standout skin is easily 铁制护腕's Geralt skin for the Bounty Hunter. Since installing this mod, I've named all my Bounty Hunters Geralt because there is no dang way that I'm not making them all look like the White Wolf of Rivia. The skin covers all fronts: it looks like Geralt, it replaces the Hunter's axe with Geralt's silver sword, and it even makes use of the Quen sign when you get attacked. It is, without a doubt, my favourite mod for the Darkest Dungeon. And based on an , 铁制护腕 has made a skin for Ciri. I would be ecstatic to have skins for Geralt and friends.
However, Geralt isn't the only character 铁制护腕 has taken a stab at. They've also created a couple inspired by Dark Souls III. The Grave Robber has been turned into an Abyss Watcher and the Bounty Hunter has turned into the Darkwraith. I'm not as big a fan of Dark Souls as The Witcher, but there's no denying these skins are impressive. The Darkwraith in particular has a lot of detail, completely transforming the character into something else entirely. On top of that, the Abyss Watchers just look cool, and 铁制护腕 has captured that perfectly.
If you didn't know Dark Souls was a popular video game series then you know now. This mod by Willydamn isn't on the Steam Workshop, but it's as easy as downloading the files and putting them in a folder—though it's always important to practice caution when downloading anything from this here internet. Once you get it up and running, your Crusader can look like the character from Dark Souls II's boxart, which is a good thing because they look awesome. Just like the Geralt mod, this skin is always in use by every single Crusader I have. It just looks so good.
Willydamn is back at it again, and this time, it's with Dark Souls' estranged cousin Bloodborne. I'll tell you what. If there's one thing the Highwayman needs, it's a dang hat. And what better hat than the one from Bloodborne? This skin makes the Highwayman look more like the player character from Bloodborne.
Of course, not every class in the game has a skin as good as the four I just mentioned. That's where Saint_Michaels_'s Unofficial Palette Expansion Pack comes in handy. It adds five new colours to every class, and it brings purple to characters that didn't already have a skin of that colour. That's an A+ in my books.
This one isn't a skin for a class, but instead a skin for the world around you. It adds snow to the Hamlet and outside areas. You can use it anytime of the year, but it's one that you might want to hold on to for the holiday season. It's created by Monsoontide, but it's uploaded and maintained by Maester Silvio.
Classes
The Musketeer has a bit of a history. It was offered as a reskin of the Arbalest class if you backed Darkest Dungeon on Kickstarter at a certain tier. It had its own unique descriptions and story, but it basically functioned as the Arbalest does. However, modder Androu1 used those assets to make the Musketeer its own class, and it's a pretty dang good one. The only problem is you need the Musketeer assets for it to work. $50 Kickstarter backers are set in this regard, but anyone else will have to acquire the assets in more nefarious ways (by downloading them from somewhere on the internet).
Darkest Dungeon Abomination Skin Mod
The Revenant is a tank who is such a dang tank that heavy armoured characters won't accompany him on quests because they don't want to be out-tanked. He can also heal and deal attacks that make enemies bleed. If you're looking for a character who can lead the charge, the Revenant might be a good idea—though he's not the best against the Undead.
Darkest Dungeon Skin Mods 2
If you're looking for a Crusader-like class, then Seventh's Warden is a good choice. She's able to deal damage to enemies, while also using her multiple banners to produce different effects. The first banner lowers your enemies' DODGE and PROTECT, the second buffs and destresses your allies, and the third produces a small healing effect to one of your teammates.
The Pit Fighter is a big, dumb brute who attacks enemies with his bare hands. If you're not sold already, then I don't know what to tell you. He's probably my favourite design for a class mod, looking a lot like the human enemies you can encounter in various areas. But he's on your side. Its creator, , has made a couple classes that are definitely worth checking out. However, the Pit Fighter is definitely his crown jewel, as far as I'm concerned.