The bounty hunter is very good here as well.

The houndmaster and hellion shine in this dungeon. Humans and eldritch stalk these parts.They have a high dodge as well, so you need to either reduce their dodge or increase your accuracy via trinkets or skills.

They deal heavy damage to both single targets and your entire party. In champion dungeons, kill the swine skivers first.They deal heavy damage to all your party members if they attack from the backline. In veteran and champion dungeons, beware the swinetaurs.Hellions, jesters, and houndmasters prey on those that bleed. These beasts don’t blight easily, but they bleed pretty darn well.Accuracy trinkets will be helpful in hitting those enemies, Some of the enemies in this dungeon are particularly evasive.The plague doctor and the graverobber have disease healing camping skills. Disease resist trinkets can be helpful for your heroes, but if you don’t want to use item slots there is an alternative.

The houndmaster has a bonus against beast enemies, Bring one or two. The backliners are fragile and the frontliners tend to just durdle and deal mediocre damage.

Believe or not, the ruins are the easiest dungeon.

It buffs the enemy team and revives corpses.

In the champion dungeons, kill the bone bearer first.

Many of the enemies in the ruins are vulnerable to movement attacks and will resort to weaker attacks in an attempt to go back to their original position.

High PROT enemies go down to blight attacks and any armor piercing skills.

You will quickly learn that PROT is a broken stat.

You begin with one and don’t be afraid to pick up another one.

Plague Doctors are great here because the undead are vulnerable to blighting.

They feature tough frontliners with stress attackers in the backline.

The ruins are crawling with the undead.

Certain interactables require certain items to give you bonus boons. These tips will help you prepare the best way you can.

If you have the money to upgrade heroes, upgrade heroes about to go into an excursion.

Crests are abundant, and if you need to upgrade a building but are short of an heirloom, exchange it.

Don’t be afraid to exchange heirlooms.

Portraits are the rarest of the heirlooms.

Stage Coach > Guild > Blacksmith > Sanitarium>Survivalist> The Abbey> Tavern. Remember there can be no bravery.without madness. These 50 tips will next level your dungeoneering and guide you to victory in the blackest reaches of the Darkest Dungeon. One wrong move, and suddenly it will feel like your dungeon party is purposely trying to suck. Darkest Dungeon is a hard game to get the hang of.

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