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Darkest Dungeon Tactics (Formations only)

This is the version of Darkest Dungeon Tactics which contains only the improvements to the party composition of enemies without tweaks to the game's rules.

If you want a much harder version of Darkest Dungen Tactics without the time/hero limit, you can find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1425215747

Want more end game diversity to increase difficulty / rewards at your own control and leisure? Check out: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1447699854

Want a marathon campaign setting with increased maintenance costs? Find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1438310168

Want a new set of balanced prismatic quirks with a dark twist? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1444846200

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Requires ShieldBreaker, Crimson Court & Color of Madness.


This modification primarily increases, rearranges and improves enemy rank formations. It integrates enemies from ALL DLCs more naturally into your overall campaign rather than having most of them reclused in one zone. They are assigned new (and rare) groupings based on the dungeons they are spawned in and respect the original atmosphere of each location.

These changes only affect a single file type, and it is intended that Darkest Dungeon Tactics be as compatible as possible with other mods. (no changes were made to items, heroes or monsters)

Stronger enemy types are more frequent, and enemy party formations are more cunning than ever. Vanilla formations that included 4 rapid dogs or just 3 maggots have been changed or mixed with other enemy types in the area. Most fights are at least 4 v 4, and it is on the player to carefully manage and outlast the enemy.

Enemies from the Courtyard are also introduced into the default dungeons, albeit at a very low chance. This means that your heroes may get the Crimson Curse without having started the DLC. This changes up the pacing of the campaign. However, none of the infestation's effects or the fanatic's arrival will begin until you actually do the Crimson Court so that delaying the DLC remains an option.

Snakes from the ShieldBreaker DLC can also have new appearances in revised formations. The same goes for Farmstead enemies. No longer are these enemies isolated. They are now aligned with the corresponding dungeon's denizens but are rarely encountered.

Finally, select enemies from the Darkest Dungeon can now make rare appearances in all champion level dungeons. This gives a sense of the growing power and perversion coming from the estate.


Most enemy parties with 2 - 3 monsters have been increased to the maximum of 4. No changes to bosses, minibosses or specific monsters.

Enemy dungeon formations have been made more cunning and varied in all locations except the Farmstead.

The tutorial dungeon formations (the first dungeon after the hamlet) have been made easier to ease the rough start.

Common enemies like bandits, ghouls and others will now sometimes be grouped with the natural denizens of the dungeon. However, you will NEVER see Weald creatures appearing in Ruins etc. This respects the design of the original dungeons.

Larger sized monsters now show up more regularly in a number of new formations you probably don't expect. Care has been taken in their deployment so that they are still fairly rare. Fights with such champions are more likely to occur in room encounters and champion dungeons.

Crimson Court enemies will make an appearance regardless of whether you have started the DLC. They are present in all vanilla dungeons (except darkest) as very rare encounters and are mixed with the local denizens. Particularly, the more elite vampires which by default are confined to the Court itself, can now show up in Veteran / Champion dungeons.

The Crimson Court regular missions will now also have certain undead units in their ranks. Bear that in mind when preparing for it. The scripted missions will now also have most of its composition line maxed out, with greater variety and a few subtle tweaks.

Crimson court enemies that show up during the infestation will now spawn alongside the creatures of that dungeon. You will no longer run into fights that are entirely composed of bloodsuckers. In most circumstances, this makes the fights much harder.

Farmstead and Shield Breaker enemies can spawn in all dungeons at very low chances. They will mingle with the dungeon's spawns in new positions and arrangements.

The elite units from the Darkest Dungeon can show up in Champion dungeons at a very low chance. If they do appear, they should only show up in more forgiving compositions.


Mods that add trinkets, heroes, dungeons, skins, rework of boss tactics or monster adjustments should be fine as this mod makes no direct changes to them.

Mods that adjust dungeon mashes are incompatible.