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FOXX5's Curio Interactions Guide

By FOXX5

All Curios in one simple guide with pictures. Have you ever wanted to know the outcome of opening a chest or touching an alter before you do it. Now you can weight the choices out before you commit. I have collected this info from the all over the web and put in in one simple guide. I figured if i needed it someone else must need it too.

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Category: Gameplay Basics, Loot, Maps or Levels, Secrets, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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FOXX5's Curio Interactions Guide

Curio List

Curios are listed in alphabetical order. The Curio name is in bold. The Curio location is in parentheses. The possiable outcomes are listed under the names with bullets.

EXAMPLE:
Curio Name (Curio Location}

50% Good outcome
50% Bad outcome

Hopefully this guide is a source of light while you are in Darkest Dungeon.

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Alchemy Table (Ruins)

(50% odds) An accident occurs during the experiment. (Gain effect, Blight)
(25% odds) New metals are synthesized! (Gain loot)
(25% odds) The experiments do not yield any findings. (nothing)
(Use Medicinal Herbs) The herbs disinfect the station, allowing for successful research. (Gain loot)
(Use Torch) The torch oil helps create a powerful blazing mixture! (Torchlight instantly becomes 100)

Altar of Light (Ruins)

(100% odds) A soothing, pale light engulfs the hero. (Gain effect, Damage buff)
The altar is a pleasant symbol of good, but little more. (nothing)
(Use Holy Water) You have curried favor from the gods! (Gain effect, Stronger damage buff)

Ancestor's Knapsack (Special: Darkest Dungeon or Wolves at the Door)

(100% odds) Gain Loot x5, Ancestral Trinket x 1

Ancient Artifact (Special: secret room)

(100% odds) Gain Loot x3
(Use Skeleton key) Gain Trinket x3

Ancient Coffin (Weald)

(50% odds) The coffin contains hidden treasures. (Gain loot)
(33.3% odds) There is nothing of value inside. (Nothing)
(16.7% odds) Findings in the coffin give the hero insight into the nature of this world. (Gain quirk, 50% to gain 'Weald Explorer', 50% to gain 'Weald Adventurer')

Animalistic Shrine (Quest) (Warrens)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Bandit's Trapped Chest (Special: Old road)

(100% odds) Gain Blight
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain Trinket x2
(Use Anti-Venom) Gain Loot

Barnacle Crusted Chest (Cove)

(50% odds) Gain Loot
(25% odds) Gain Bleed
(25% odds) Nothing
(Use Shovel) Gain Loot x3

Bas-Relief (Cove)

(66.7% odds) Positive Quirk
(22.2% odds) Negative Quirk
(11.1% odds) Gain Disease
(Use Shovel) Stress +100

Beast Carcass (Weald)

(42.9% odds) There is still some meat on these bones. (Gain loot)
(28.6% odds) Exploring the carcass was not without risk of disease... (Gain disease, 33.3% to gain 'Rabies', 66.7% to gain one random disease)
(14.3% odds) The beast has nothing left to offer. (Nothing)
(14.3% odds) The hero is distraught by the sight of the carcass. (Gain Negative quirk: Zoophobia)
(Use Medicinal Herbs) The medicinal herbs rid the carcass of any diseases. (Gain loot, Food)

Bloodflowers (Courtyard)

(38.5% odds) Stress +15
(23.1% odds) Scouting
(15.3% odds) Gain Loot x2 + 16.7% The Blood
(5.1% odds) Gain Disease: Tetanus
(2.5% odds) Gain Disease
(15.3% odds) Nothing
(Use The Blood) Nothing
(Use The Holy Water) Stress +15
(Use Shovel) Gain Loot x2

Bone Altar (Warrens)

(100% odds) The altar infuses the hero with great power. (Cure Status Effects and 100% Buff +15% DMG, +10 ACC, +5% CRT until camp)

Bookshelf (Ruins)

(25% odds) The knowledge within forever changes the hero. (Gain quirk, 66.7% to gain positive quirk, 33.3% to gain negative quirk)
(25% odds) The volumes are dull and uninteresting. (nothing)
(25% odds) The passages are unsettling. (Gain effect, Stress damage level 2)
(25% odds) A map is found tucked into the volumes. (Scout dungeon)

Brackish Tide Pool (Cove)

(75% odds) Gain Buff 33% resist Blight, Bleed, Disease, and Debuff until camp.
(25% odds) Gain Disease.
(Use Antivenom) (50% odds) Heal 5 HP and cure. (50% odds) Stress Heal 5

Brigand's Tent (Special: Old Road)

(100% odds) Gain Loot x2

Chirurgeon's Satchel (Weald)

A vial of powerful medicines - the object of your search! (Gain loot)

Confession Booth (ruins)

(50% odds) The hero's history of sin is too much to bear. (Gain effect, Stress damage level 2)
(25% odds) The booth contains hidden treasure... (Gain loot)
(25% odds) The hero is absolved of a sin. (Purge, remove negative quirk)
(Use Holy Water) The ritual relieves the hero. (Gain effect, Stress heal level 2, -30 stress)

Corrupted Altar (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Corrupted Harvest (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Stress Heal 60 (Party)

Crate (all)

(75% odds) The crate contains stashed heirlooms! (Gain loot)
(25% odds) The crate is empty. (Nothing)

Damned Fountain (Courtyard)

(60% odds) Gain Bleed
(20% odds) Disease: Crimson Curse
(20% odds) Gain Loot x2 + 16.7% Blood
(Use Holy Water) Stress Heal 30
(Use Torch) Stress +5

Decorative Urn (ruins)

(44.4% odds) Sentimental gifts are hidden inside. (Gain loot)
(22.2% odds) The urn has nothing but ashes inside. (Nothing)
(22.2% odds) The hero becomes infected by the ashes. (Gain effect, Blight)
(11.1% odds) The hero contracts a deadly disease. (Gain disease, 66.7% to gain 'Creeping Cough', 33.3% to gain one random disease)
(Use Shovel) What sort of person defiles the dead? (Gain quirk, 'Guilty Conscience')
(Use Holy Water) The consecrated water dissolves the ashes. Valuables remain! (Gain loot)
The ashes cause the hero to cough violently. (Gain quirk)

Dinner Cart (Warrens)

(25% odds) Some of this meat looks edible... (Gain loot)
(25% odds) Nothing but rotting bodies. (Nothing)
(25% odds) The meat makes the hero violently ill. (Gain effect, Blight)
(25% odds) The swine are not cleanly folk... (Gain disease, one random disease)
(Use Medicinal Herbs) The herbs cleanse the meat, making some of it edible. (Gain loot)

Discarded Pack (all)

(60% odds) The pack contains loot! (Gain loot)
(20% odds) The pack has a map inside! (Scout dungeon)
(20% odds) The pack has already been looted. (Nothing)

Disturbing Diversion (Coutyard)

(40% odds) Stress +25
(15% odds) Positive Quirk
(15% odds) Negative Quirk
(10% odds) Gain Loot x2 + 16.7% The Blood x2
(20% odds) Nothing
(Use Shovel) Heirlooms x3

Eerie Coral (Cove)

(50% odds) Stress Heal 10
(25% odds) Stress +25
(25% odds) Nothing.
(Use Medical Herbs) Purge Negative Quirk.

Eerie Spiderweb (weald)

(40% odds) Gain loot and Trinket x1
(40% odds) Nothing
(10% odds) Gain Negative quirk: Slow Reflexes
(10% odds) Gain Negative quirk: Slowdraw
(Use Bandage) Gain loot and trinket x2

Eldritch Altar (all)

(50% odds) The altar pulses with a mystical energy! (Gain quirk, 66.7% positive, 33.3% negative)
(25% odds) The altar's purpose is purely decorative. (Nothing)
(25% odds) A horrifying vision! (Gain effect, Stress damage level 4)
(Use Holy Water) The holy water purifies the altar! (Removes negative Quirk)

Fish Carcass (Cove)

(16.7% odds) Gain Loot and Supply
(16.7% odds) Disease: The Red Plague
(11.1% odds) Gain Blight
(5.6% odds) Gain Bleed
(50% odds) Nothing
(Use Medical Herbs) Gain Loot and Supply x2

Fish Idol (Cove)

(50% odds) Debuff -25% DMG, -10 ACC until camp
(50% odds) Debuff -12 DODGE until camp
(Use Holy Water) (50% odds) Gain Buff +18% DMG until camp

Foodstuff Crate (Quest)

A sack of uneaten grain - the object of your search! (Gain loot)

Forgotten Delicacies (Courtyard)

(20% odds) Gain Loot and Supply X4 + 25% The Blood
(20% odds) Gain negative Quirk: Stress Eater
(20% odds) Gain Blight
(20% odds) Nothing
(13.3% odds) Gain Disease: Crimson Curse
(6.7% odds) Gain Disease
(Use Medical Herbs) Gain Loot and Food x2

Fresh Harvest (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Heal 90% of max HP

Giant Oyster (Cove)

(40% odds) Gain Loot x2
(40% odds) Gain Bleed
(20% odds) Nothing
(Use Shovel) Gain Loot x3
(Use Dog treats) Buff +25 DODGE

Gleaming Shards (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Gain Shards x5-15

Heirloom Chest (all)

The chest is empty. (nothing)
The contents are yours! (Gain loot)
It's trapped! (Gain effect)
(Use Skeleton Key) The key unlocks a hidden compartment! (Gain loot)

Holy Fountain (Ruins)

(50% odds) Propitiations are found at the bottom of the fountain. (Gain loot)
(50% odds) The water reinvigorates the hero. (Gain effect, Holy fountain effect)
(Use Holy Water) Divine benefit! (20 points of healing and Stress Healing)

Hooded Shrew (Courtyard)

(42.8% odds) Stress +15
(28.5% odds) Gain loot x1
(7.6% odds) Gain Disease
(14.2% odds) Nothing
(Use The Blood) Gain Trinket x2

Infected Corpse (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Iron Crown (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Iron Maiden (Ruins)

(40% odds) Stashed loot! (Gain loot)
(20% odds) The maiden squeaks open to reveal only foul smelling air. (Nothing)
(20% odds) The maiden swings shut on its own, trapping the hero! (Gain quirk, claustrophobia)
(20% odds) The hero inhales foul vapors. (Gain disease, 66.7% to gain tetanus, 33.3% to gain a random one)
(Use Medicinal Herbs) The herbs cleanse the maiden, allowing a thorough search! (Gain loot)

Large Strongbox (all)

The contents are yours! (Gain loot)

Left Luggage (Weald)

(50% odds) Gain loot x4 + Journal Entry
(50% odds) Gain Blight
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain loot x3
(Use Anti-venom) Gain loot x3

Locked Display Cabinet (Ruins)

(50% odds) Gain Blight
(50% odds) Gain Bleed
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain loot x2
(Use Shovel) Gain loot x1

Locked Sarcophagus (Ruins)

(50% odds) Gain Blight
(50% odds) Gain Bleed
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain loot x3
(Use Shovel) Gain loot x2

Locked Strongbox (all)

(50% odds) Gain Loot x2
(25% odds) Gain Blight
(25% odds) Gain Bleed
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain Loot x3
(Use Shovel) 66.6% Gain Loot x2 OR 33.3 Nothing

Locus Beacon (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Lost Treasury Box (Courtyard)

The contents are yours! (Gain loot)

Makeshift Dining Table (Warrens)

(25% odds) The table contains leftovers from a previous dinner. (Gain loot)
(25% odds) Everything has been eaten already. (Nothing)
(25% odds) The rotting food makes the hero ill. (Gain effect, Blight)
(25% odds) The swine are not clean folk... (Gain disease, one random disease)
(Use Medicinal Herbs) The herbs kill any diseases harbored in the food. (Gain loot, Food)

Mildred (Farmstead)

(First encounter) Gain Trinket Mildred's Locket
(100% odds after first encounter) Gain Trinket/Shards

Miller's Hearth (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Make Camp

Moonshine Barrel (Warrens)

(33.3% odds) The barrel contains stashed treasures. (Gain loot)
(33.3% odds) The moonshine is kicked-off, making the hero violently ill. (Gain effect, Blight)
(22.2% odds) The barrel is completely empty. (Nothing)
(11.1% odds) The hero acquires a taste for this magnificent sauce... (Gain quirk, 'Alcoholism')
(Use Medicinal Herbs) Medicinal herbs purify the brew, and is it ever potent! (Gain effect, Strong damage buff +30% Damage)

Mummified Remains (Weald)

(40% odds) Treasures are encased with the remains! (Gain loot)
(40% odds) The hero becomes diseased by the remains. (Gain effect, Blight)
(20% odds) There is nothing of value on the body. (Nothing)
(Use Bandage) A bandage provides protection for a thorough search! (Gain loot)

Occult Scrawlings (Warrens)

(50% odds) The scrawlings forever change the hero. (Gain quirk, 66.7% to gain positive quirk, 33.3% to gain negative quirk)
(25% odds) The scrawlings are dull and uninteresting. (Nothing)
(25% odds) This sight is too much for the hero to bear. (Gain effect, Stress damage level 3)
(Use Holy Water) The holy water hisses and the hero feels... wrong. (Gain effect, 'Unnamed Curse' -20 Dodge)

Old Tree (Weald)

(50% odds) Someone couldn't resist stashing treasures here... (Gain loot)
(25% odds) Sometimes a tree is just a tree. (nothing)
(25% odds) The tree is covered in poisonous sap. (Gain effect, Blight)
(Use Anti-venom) The anti-venom protects against poisonous sap, allowing a thorough search... (Gain loot)

Pile of Bones (Warrens)

(25% odds) Loot! (Gain loot)
(25% odds) There is nothing of value in the remains. (Nothing)
(25% odds) The hero becomes strangely fascinated with the remains... (Gain quirk, bloodthirsty)
(25% odds) The hero is infected by the rotten pile. (Gain disease, random one)
(Use Holy Water) The pile is purified, allowing a thorough search! (Gain loot)

Pile of Scrolls (Warrens)

(33.3% odds) The scrolls are a well-rendered map of the road ahead... (Scout dungeon)
(16.7% odds) Its yours for the taking... (Gain loot)
(16.7% odds) The scrolls are merely records of dull transactions... (Nothing)
(16.7% odds) The scrolls forever change the hero. (Gain quirk, 66.7% to gain positive quirk, 33.3% to gain negative quirk)
(16.7% odds) The scrolls contain hideous portents. (Gain effect, Stress damage level 2)
(Use Torch) The scrolls are full of evil writings. Burning them is a weight off of the hero... (Purge, remove negative quirk)

Pile of Strange Bones (Courtyard)

(50% odds) Gain Bleed
(20% odds) Gain Loot x2 + 16.7% The Blood
(10% odds) Gain Disease: Crimson Curse
(20% odds) Nothing
(Use Bandage) 50% Gain Loot x1 OR 50% The Blood
(Use The Blood) Summon a Supplicant, Sycophant & Esquire

Plentiful Bounty (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Heal 65% of Max HP (Party)

Pristine Fountain (Weald)

(100% odds) The fountain reinvigorates the hero. (Gain effect, Stress heal)
(Use Holy Water) The hero consecrates the fountain... (Gain effect, Stress heal level 2)
Any power this fountain once had is now lost. (Nothing)

Protective Ward (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Rack of Blades (Warrens)

(40% odds) Extra supplies are found amongst the knives. (Gain loot)
(40% odds) The hero receives a nasty gash. (Gain effect, Bleed)
(20% odds) Nothing useful here. (Nothing)
(Use Bandage) The bandage protects the hero's hands during the search. (Gain loot)

Reliquary (Reclaim Relics of Light Quest)

A Holy Relic - the object of the search! (Gain loot, quest item)
Using a key here will not result in anything, except a wasted key

Rotten Fare (Farmstead)

(100% odds) Stress heal 100

Sack (all)

(75% odds) The sack's contents are yours... (Gain loot)
(25% odds) The sack is empty. (nothing)
The sack contains a hastily scrawled map! (Scout Dungeon)

Sacrificial Stone (Warrens)

(25% odds) Gain Stress 50
(25% odds) Gain quirk Warren Explorer
(25% odds) Gain quirk Warren Scrounger
(25% odds) Remove negative quirk

Sarcophagus (Ruins)

(60% odds) Hidden treasures! (Gain loot)
(20% odds) The sarcophagus is completely empty. (Nothing)
(20% odds) The hero contemplates mortality... (Gain quirk 'Thanatophobia')

Sconce (all)

(100% odds) You salvage the unburned torch. (Gain loot, one Torch)
The torch is expired. (nothing)

Shallow Grave (Weald)

(50% odds) Grave digging is not the healthiest of professions... (Gain effect, Blight)
(50% odds) Grave digging is not the healthiest of professions... (Gain disease, one random disease)
(Use Shovel) Looks like grave digging pays off sometimes! (Gain loot)

Shambler's Alter (all)

(100% odds) Nothing.
(Use Torch) Summon Shambler.

Ship's Figurehead (Cove)

(66.7% odds) Stress Heal 25
(33.3% odds) Gain Buff +20% DMG, +4 SPD until Camp.

Shipment Crate (Quest)

(Use Quest Item) This requires use of a QUEST ITEM from inventory. (Gain quest progression)

Stack of Books (all)

(40% odds) Reading a few pages has a lasting effect on the hero... (Gain quirk, 66.7% positive, 33.3% negative)
(40% odds) The hero reads a most unsettling passage. (Gain effect, 66.7% Stress damage level 3, 33.3% Torch damage level 3)
(20% odds) The volumes are desiccated and unremarkable. (nothing)
(Use Torch) The hero destroyed knowledge, and now must bear the guilt of it! (Gain effect, Stress damage level 5)

Stockpile (Farmstead)

(99% odds) Gain Laudanum/Medical Herbs/Food.
(1% odds) Empty.
(Use Skeleton Key) Gain Food x6-12, Supplies, Trinket.

Suit of Armor (Ruins)

(75% odds) The armor protects the hero with a knightly aura. (Gain effect, Defense buff +10 DODGE +15% PROT until camp)
(25% odds) The suit reveals great insight into this world. (Gain quirk, 50% to gain 'ruins adventurer', 50% to gain 'ruins tactician')
The suit contains nothing but stale air. (nothing)

Throbbing Coccoons (All)

(75% odds) Summon a Supplicant, Sycophant & Esquire
(12.5% odds) Gain Loot x3 +16.7 The Blood
(12.5% odds) Nothing.
(Use Torch in Courtyard Only) Stress Heal 30

Thronging Hive (Courtyard)

(75% odds) Gain Loot x2 +20 Blood
(25% odds) Gain Bleed
(Use Torch) Gain Loot x3 +16.7% Blood

Transcendent Terror (Special: Old Road)

(100% odds) Stress +100

Traveler's Tent (weald)

(37.5% odds) Someone left valuables inside the tent. (Gain loot)
(37.5% odds) A map of the area is found inside the tent. (Scout dungeon)
(12.5% odds) Nothing is left inside the tent. (nothing)
(12.5% odds)The fate of the tent's occupant is revealed... (Gain effect, Stress damage level 3)

Trinket Chest (Special: Courtyard)

(100% odds) Gain Trinket Set

Troubling Effigy (weald)

(37.5% odds) The effigy imbues the hero with energy... (Gain quirk, 50% to gain positive quirk, 50% to gain negative quirk)
(37.5% odds) The effigy lashes out, rejecting the hero! (Gain effect, 25% to get Blight, 25% to get Stress damage level 2, 50% to get Bleed)
(25% odds) Any power the effigy once had is now lost. (nothing)
(Use Holy Water) The holy water has a powerful effect! (Gain quirk, positive quirk)

Unlocked Strongbox (all)

(75% odds) The contents are yours! (Gain loot)
(25% odds) It's trapped! (Gain effect, Blight)
The strongbox is empty. (nothing)

Wine Maker's Reserve (Quest)

(100% odds) Bottles of the Blood disguiseded as wine. Gain The Blood x3-5

Wine Crate (Coutyard)

(41.7% odds) Gain The Blood x2 + Loot x1 + Supply x4
(16.7% odds) Gain Negative Quirk: Tippler
(16.7% odds) Gain Disease: Crimson Curse
(8.3% odds) Scouting
(8.3% odds) Gain Bleed
(8.3% odds) Nothing
(Use Antivenom) Stress Heal 30
(Use Shovel) Gain Firewood

Wizened Shrew (Courtyard)

(7.6% odds) Gain Disease
(50% odds) Scouting
(33.3% odds) Gain Positive Quirk: Eldritch Slayer
(25% odds) Nothing
(Use The Blood) Gain Loot x3

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Shadowlurker4897 Apr 13, 2023 @ 1:26pm

The heirloom chest which the antivenom works on seems to be a whole different curio altogether in the first quest you can use antivenom on the heirloom chest in the last room which will make the curio interaction tracker show the loot icon for all other heirloom chests that antivenom works on.

It is also possible to use a shovel on the other heirloom chest but the curio interaction tracker will X it out in future instances so this one most likely only works in the tutorial dungeon.

FOXX5 [author] Apr 13, 2023 @ 11:44am

@geedaug spelling updated

@shadowlurker4897 True there is a chance that Heirloom chest is trapped and antivenom would allow for loot but there is no way I know how to determine if it is trapped or not. If the chest is not the antivenom is just wasted. There is also chance shovel can be used to open but again is is very it and miss. If anyone has more exact information on these outcomes I will update.

Thank you for your continued support for the guide.

geedaug Apr 11, 2023 @ 1:00am

Eerie Spider web => Eerie Spiderweb
Traveller's Tent => Traveler's Tent
pls fix

Shadowlurker4897 Mar 20, 2021 @ 3:12pm

Heirloom chests drob loot if you use antivenom but I dont know the details of the loot sadly

FOXX5 [author] Jul 14, 2020 @ 3:57pm

If you want to call it lucky

Drake Ravenwolf Jul 13, 2020 @ 9:46pm

"(1% odds) Empty."
LOL - I'm just that lucky!

FOXX5 [author] Jul 13, 2020 @ 2:52pm

@Drake Thank you for you update. I personally have never had that happen but the guild reflects your info.

Drake Ravenwolf Jul 12, 2020 @ 11:00pm

Stockpile (Farmstead)
(100% odds) Gain Laudanum/Medical Herbs/Food.
- I found an empty one :S

Carasio May 10, 2019 @ 10:55am

@FOXX5

Thank you! Appreciate it

FOXX5 [author] May 7, 2019 @ 4:17pm

@Kugrond
@Carasio

Color of Madness/Farmstead Curios and pictures have been uploaded. Enjoy.

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