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[h3]”A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.”[/h3]

Here are this weeks mods:

Iron Man by Snorlaxxo and Cat

A man clad in an imposing suit of armor descended upon the Hamlet to aid us! He claims he came from a world beyond with the aid of his devices.

Iron Man joins the fray! Earth's Hero comes to aid, offering both the firepower to combat the evil and a variety of ways to support his team.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1876423255





The Blackguard by Shay, Badger, verywhale, Kenthril, and Selafio_Carcayu

The Blackguard is an all new class mod based on an original design by S-Purple. A silent, accursed undead knight with a penchant for the dark arts, the Blackguard functions as a frontline tank and healer, able to take a heavy beating while keeping his team alive. While playable in any light level, many of his skills will drain the torch, while making him more effective in low light He has fully original assets, including sprites, animations, and sounds.

"An implacable force on the battlefield, the Blackguard relies on terrible black magic to toy with life and death, dragging his foes into an early grave. His censers, holding captive innumerable souls, can restore vitality to his teammates while in turn draining his own. When all lights are snuffed, the Blackguard's true strength is unleashed!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2168009997




Thank you to the creators for their hard work and talent!

If you would like to suggest mods for us to showcase, you can join our Discord here:

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon

[h3]”"Let me share with you the terrible wonders I have come to know..."”[/h3]

Here are this weeks mods:

Snorlaxxo’s Set of Surprises by Snorlaxxo

This mod adds about 50 new quirks for you heroes to get to add a bunch of fresh breath into quirks mechanics without really changing the way it works. Those quirks are similar to the vanilla ones, and for the most part, aren't really complicated. Mod should work without any issues and shouldn't conflict with most other mods.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1681676053




The Marcus Brothers by Slightly_Seal and Dismas

A local cemetery has been completely looted, with a note left at the scene of the crime signed by a group called ‘The Marcus Brothers’. Show them that crime has no place here! As both a roaming miniboss encounter and a plot quest, this group also can drop various trinkets that might prove useful to your heroes against what lurks in the dark.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2169361948



Thank you to the creators for their hard work and talent!

If you would like to suggest mods for us to showcase, you can join our Discord here:

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon

[h3]”Good fortune and hard work may yet arrest this plague.”[/h3]

Here are this weeks mods:

Plague Vestal Skin by Anti'

Our beloved Bestal now gets a kinda useful skin in these time of diseases : The local Plague Doctor needed some experienced hands to help her in her surgical interventions, so she lended a spare mask to the Vestal and the two now try their best to beat diseases!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2101193442






Pelagic Hybrid by Dem, Adon, Iris Heart

Add a little variety to your dungeons with a new general enemy, the Pelagic Hybrid, a half fishman, half human bandit. Battle this Eldritch/Human mixture in new encounter groups in the four base game dungeon areas. He can travel with Bandits or Aquatic species. Keep an eye out for a new trinket, too!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1907664365





Thank you to the creators for their hard work and talent! Hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and sane!

If you would like to suggest mods for us to showcase, you can join our Discord here:

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon

[h3]Greetings Circus-goers![/h3]

The release of the Butcher’s Circus is a month behind us, so we wanted to give an update on what’s coming up next for the DLC as well as details on how the Circus Seasons will play out. We are hoping to have this patch ready within the next couple of weeks, and we will have more specific dates once we have a release candidate containing all of these changes.

Season Structure

Since launch, we’ve been planning on adding a Season structure to the ladder to help keep the competition fresh. The next season will start when this patch is released, which we hope will be in the next week or so. Once we have a confirmed date we will announce it here again as well on social media and our discord!

Here are the specifics of how the Seasons will operate moving forward:

• Each season in the Circus will last 6 weeks. During this time, players will have the time to climb the ranks to the Darkest League. At the end of the season, participating players will unlock pieces of an exclusive banner for that season. There will be one piece per league, and a player who achieves a higher league will earn all pieces from lower leagues.
  
• After the season, each player’s rank will decay based on the highest achieved rank in the preceding season. For instance, a player who reached Darkest League Tier I may now be in Veteran League Tier I (the exact decay may change from season to season depending on how many players reach each tier).
  
• The season rollover will also give us an opportunity to introduce potential balancing changes in the event that the metagame needs a shakeup.
  

Here is a list of the other new features coming the The Butcher’s Circus with the next update:

• New Banner
  In addition to the Season banners discussed above, we also created a new banner as a gift to
  everyone for bearing with us through all the desyncs we hit during the release window of the
  DLC.
  
• Party Builder
  A common quality of life feature requested since release was the ability to save party presets to
  make it easier to mix up your strategies and experiment with different builds. Coming in the next
  patch you can now save up to 5 predefined parties. These saved parties will retain their skill and
  equipped trinkets and can be customly named.
  
• Controller Support
  For all of those that use the gamepad to play the base game, you can now enjoy the Circus
  without having to swap back to the mouse and keyboard!
  

What’s next after this release?

After this patch we have a few more items we would like to action.

Mac/Linux Support!

The Mac and Linux builds are so close to being ready for release! We need just a little bit longer to test and ensure they are fit for the wide release. So while they won’t be in this next patch, they will follow very soon after.

Offline Mode and Better Bots

We want to allow users to access the DLC while offline so those who are doing the campaign and see the Town Event but don’t have an internet connection (or perhaps don’t want to face another human user) can still complete the event by facing a team of BOTS.

We also want to improve the BOTS so that they present a little more challenge as well as give our modders access to them in some capacity to allow for custom BOTs to be shared around the community.

Connection Code

Last but definitely not least, we want to continue to improve the connection code. Since release we have made great strides towards a more stable environment. We still have some work to do in this effort. While this change might not be the flashiest, it will help set up the DLC in a great position for longevity as the Seasons progress.



https://www.darkestdungeon.com/the-butchers-circus-season-2-update/

[h3]”More arrive, foolishly seeking fortune and glory in this domain of the damned.”[/h3]

Here are this weeks mods:

The Arsonist: by Nathorus, Shay, Ocean, EbonyBetty, RedDye, Golden Yak

The Arsonist is a mid-ranged damage dealer who shines best in ranks 3 and 2 that can employ various ranged and melee abilities. Although very agile the Arsonist can be a bit fragile at times, this can be neglected with the use of his support skills that prolong his life and fix his positioning. The Arsonist as his name implies, loves using fire to burn and kill his enemies. His molotov cocktails have a special and powerful actor dot that does damage to enemies after they attack in battle while his powerful incinerate skill can clear the entire battlefield but at the risk of his own safety.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2149781682




Banished Hunter: by Dragonborn

A once proud Hunter now betrayed by those that once saved and employed him. With feelings of regret of what he has done, he now seeks vengeance."

Welcome to the first class in a series of class mods called Class Variety Project. Banished Hunter is a versatile melee/ranged damage dealer aimed to compliment existing classes.
Offers a set of skills and trinkets that allow many different builds so he fits well in any party. Lore wise, he has heavy ties with my upcoming enemy monster faction called The Purity Order.
As the skin suggests the faction and Banished Hunter are heavily inspired by Bloodborne.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2149773228





Thank you to the creators for their hard work and talent!

If you would like to suggest mods for us to showcase, you can join our Discord here:

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon