Detailed Guide on Quirks, Afflictions, and Virtues

This guide will cover just about everything related to all possible quirks, afflictions and virtues. You'll notice some quirks give vague descriptions, or that some afflictions and virtues do not specify what differentiates themselves from each other. This guide will cover EXACTLY what everything does: from stat changes, to specific effect descriptions, and trigger probabilities. It will even cover which quirks you can't possibly have at the same time!

Overview

One of the most notable features of Darkest Dungeon is the Quirk/Affliction system. The stress of being an adventurer will take it's toll upon the mind and body for everyone eventually...


Every adventurer has the potential to earn positive and/or negative quirks

They are usually earned through adventuring, from being hit by a special attack, interacting with the environment, or finishing a dungeon. They can also be acquired in town by doing various Stress relieving activities. (Example is drinking at the bar can result in Tippler, and meditating in the abbey can grant Meditator)

Negative quirks can be removed for a decent fee at the Sanitarium, which is unlocked a couple adventures into the game.

Each hero can have up to 7 positive and negative quirks. If a hero has 7 of either, and a new quirk is acquired, it will overwrite a random quirk on the hero's list.

Afflictions and Virtues is another notable feature in this game. This is the defining mechanic that relies upon the stress bar, and a gauge to see how mad your character is!

Afflictions and Virtues are achieved when a a character reaches 100% stress. Upon reaching maximum stress, the adventurer will roll for a resolve check. This will determine whether the character will receive an affliction or a virtue. Obtaining an affliction means that your adventurer could not handle the horrors that he/she faces. Afflictions will last until the adventurer has undergone through some sort of stress-relief activity. Obtaining a virtue means that your adventurer has the resolve to continue to fight on and vanquish all the evils before him/her! Virtues will only last until the end of the dungeon.

Quirks

There are many quirks that can not appear at the same time. This is mainly because these quirks are direct opposites of each other and would not make sense, in terms of flavor, to attain them. Here is a list of positive and negative quirks side by side with their conflicting counterpart. To interpret this, if you have one quirk such as "Tough", you can not get "Fragile". Unless stated, empty boxes mean that the quirk has no conflicting quirk.

General Stat Quirks

Quirks that directly affect your character stats at all time. They will be reflected on your hero sheet.

Positive	Effect	Negative	Effect
Tough	+10% HP	Fragile	-10% HP
Hard Skinned	+5 PROT	Soft	-5% HP
Quick Reflexes	+2 SPD	Slow Reflexes	-1 SPD
Natural Swing	+5 ACC	The Yips	-5 ACC
Evasive	+5 DODGE	Clumsy	-5 DODGE
Accurate	+1 CRIT	Inaccurate	-1 CRIT
		The Runs	-10 DEF, -10% HP
		Tetanus	-5 ACC, -10% DMG
		Syphilis	-5 ACC, -10 DMG, -10% HP
		Rabies	-10 ACC, +20% DMG

Conditional Quirks

Quirks that are temporary or require a specific condition for it to take into effect. For melee and ranged specific quirks, each character's attack specifies whether it is melee or ranged.

Positive	Effect	Negative	Effect
Quick Draw	(First Round)+4 SPD	Slow Draw	(First Round) -4 SPD
On Guard	(First Round) +4 SPD, +5 DODGE	Off Guard	(First Round) -4 SPD, -5 DODGE
Precision Striker	(For Melee) +3% CRIT	Weak Grip	(For Melee) -3% CRIT
Slugger	(For Melee) +10% DMG	Torn Rotator Cuff	(For Melee) -5% DMG
Unerring	(For Ranged) +10% DMG	Scattering	(For Ranged) -5% DMG
Natural Eye	(For Ranged) +5 ACC	Lazy eye	(For Ranged) -5 ACC
Eagle Eye	(For Ranged) +3% CRIT	Flawed Release	(For Ranged) -3% CRIT
Fated
Second Wind	(Health Below: 50%) +10% DMG	Tuckered Out	(Health Below: 50%) -10% DMG
Last Gasp	(Health Below: 50%) +1 SPD	Winded	(Health Below: 50%): -1 SPD
Clutch Hitter	(Health Below: 50%) +3% CRIT	Dud Hitter	(Health Below: 50%) -3% CRIT
Stress Faster	When Stress above 50: -100% Food Consumed	Stress Eater	When Stress above 50: +100% Food Consumed
Fast Healer	(Camping): +20% Heal	Stomach Cramp	(Camping): -20% Heal
Stout	(Camping): +20% Heal	Bulimic	(Camping): -20% Heal
Back Tracker	(Walking Backwards) -100% Stress DMG

Light-Related Quirks

Quirks that take into effect when your torch is at a certain level.

NOTE: You can not have Nocturnal and Diurnal at the same time. Same goes with Warrior of Light and Lurker.

Positive	Effect	Negative	Effect
Early Riser	(Light Above: 75) +2 SPD	Sensitive to Light	(Light Above: 75) -10% DMG
Night Owl	(Light Below: 25) +2 SPD	Night Blindness	(Light Below: 25) -10% DMG
		Diurnal	(Light Below: 25)-2 SPD
		Nocturnal	(Light Above: 75)-2 SPD
Warrior of Light	(Light Above: 75) +10% DMG
Lurker	(Light Below: 25) +10% DMG
Photomania	(Light Above: 75) -10% Stress DMG
		Lygomania	(Light Above: 75) +10% Stress DMG
		Phengophobia	(Light Above: 75) -20% Stress Resist

Creature and Dungeon Specific Quirks

Stat gains and losses are only accounted for in the specified monsters or regions. These quirks will do nothing in any other situation.

Positive	Effect	Negative	Effect
Slayer of Beast	Monster Type Beast: +10 ACC, +3% CRIT	Fear of Beast	(Monster Type Beast) -15% Stress Resist, -10 ACC
Slayer of Eldritch	Monster Type Eldritch: +10 ACC, +3% CRIT	Fear of Eldritch	(Monster Type Eldritch) -15% Stress Resist, -10 ACC
Slayer of Mankind	Monster Type Mankind: +10 ACC, +3% CRIT	Fear of Mankind	(Monster Type Mankind) -15% Stress Resist, -10 ACC
Slayer of Unholy	Monster Type Unholy: +10 ACC, +3% CRIT	Fear of Unholy	(Monster Type Holy) -15% Stress Resist, -10 ACC
Hatred of Beast	Monster Type Beast: +15% DMG, +15% Stress Resist		Conflicts with Fear of Beast
Hatred of Eldritch	Monster Type Eldritch: +15% DMG, +15% Stress Resist		Conflicts with Fear of Eldritch
Hatred of Mankind	Monster Type Mankind: +15% DMG, +15% Stress Resist		Conflicts with Fear of Mankind
Hatred of Unholy	Monster Type Unholy: +15% DMG, +15% Stress Resist		Conflicts with Fear of Unholy
		Zoophobia	(Monster Type Beast) -20% Stress Resist
		Automatonophobia	(Monster Type Mankind) -20% Stress Resist
		Claustrophobia	(In Corridor): -20% Stress Resist
Ruins Tactician	(In Dungeon: Ruins) +15% DMG
Weald Tactician	(In Dungeon: Weald) +15% DMG
Warrens Tactician	(In Dungeon: Warrens) +15% DMG
Ruins Adventurer	(In Dungeon: Ruins) +15% Stress Resist	Ruins Phobe	(In Dungeon: Ruins) -20% Stress Resist
Weald Adventurer	(In Dungeon: Weald) +15% Stress Resist	Weald Phobe	(In Dungeon: Weald) -20% Stress Resist
Warrens Adventurer	(In Dungeon: Warrens) +15% Stress Resist	Warrens Phobe	(In Dungeon: Warrens) -20% Stress Resist
Ruins Explorer	(In Dungeon: Ruins) +20% Scouting Chance
Weald Explorer	(In Dungeon: Weald) +20% Scouting Chance
Warrens Explorer	(In Dungeon: Warrens) +20% Scouting Chance

Quirks (Continued)

Curio Automatic Trigger Quirks

These quirks will automatically make the character interact with the curio as soon as you walk by it. Some quirks cause the character to keep any loot found from the interaction.

Name	Effect
Dark Temptation	(Trigger Curio: Unholy) 40% Chance
Demonomania	(Trigger Curio: Unholy) 40% Chance
Guilty Conscience	(Trigger Curio: Worship) 35% Chance
Hagiomania	(Trigger Curio: Worship) 40% Chance
Hieromania	(Trigger Curio: Worship) 35% Chance
Kleptomaniac	(Trigger Curio: Treasure) 35% Chance and Keep Loot
Plutomania	(Trigger Curio: Treasure) 40% Chance
Hylomania	(Trigger Curio: Treasure) 40% Chance
Bloodthirsty	(Trigger Curio: Torture) 35% Chance
Dacnomania	(Trigger Curio: Torture) 40% Chance
Ablutomania	(Trigger Curio: Fountain) 40% Chance
Egomania	(Trigger Curio: Reflective) 40% Chance and Keep Loot
Sitiomania	(Trigger Curio: Food) 40% Chance
Necromania	(Trigger Curio: Body) 40% Chance
Dispomania	(Trigger Curio: Drink) 40% Chance
Paranormania	(Trigger Curio: Haunted) 40% Chance
Compulsive	(Trigger Curio: All) 20% Chance
Curious	(Trigger Curio: All) 20% Chance

Town Related

Only relevant in town. You can have multiple of these types of quirks, potentially barring you from any form of stress relief.

Name	Effect	Additional Information
Nymphomania	+20% Stress Heal using Brothel
Meditator	+20% Stress Heal when Meditating	Chance to obtain through using the Cloister
Deviant Tastes	Is not allowed to visit the Brothel	Chance to obtain through using the Brothel
Known Cheat	Is not allowed to Gamble while in town
Resolution	In town, will never Drink
Unquiet Mind	May not Meditate while in town
Witness	Will not Pray
Faithless	May will not Pray or Flagellate
Enlightened	In town, will only Meditate for stress relief
Flagellant	In town, will only Flagellate for stress relief
God Fearing	In town, will only Pray for stress relief
Love Interest	In town, will only visit the Brothel for stress relief
Tippler	In town, will only Drink

Stress and Resist Quirks

Quirks that increase or decrease the amount of stress damage you take, and overall resistances to certain debuffs.

Positive	Effect	Negative	Effect
Steady	-10% Stress Damage	Nervous	+10% Stress Damage
Resilient	+10% Stress heal	Ruminator	-10% Stress heal
Thick Blood	+15% Blight Resist	Thin Blood	-10% Blight Resist
Robust	+15% Disease Resist	Sickly	-10% Disease Resist
		Wasting Sickness	-50% Disease Resist
Clotter	+15% Bleed Resist	Anemic	-10% Bleed Resist
		Hemophilia	-20% Bleed Resist
Hard Noggin	+15% Stun Resist	Shocker	-10% Stun Resist
Irrepressible	+5% Affliction Resist	Mercurial	-5% Affliction Resist
Unyielding	+10% Deathblow Resist	Suicidal	-10% Deathblow Resist

Detailed Affliction Effects

Afflictions are temporary quirks that is obtained after a character achieves maximum stress. Their resolved is tested, and there is a high chance that the character will become one of the following

• Irrational
  
• Fearful
  
• Paranoid
  
• Selfish
  
• Masochistic
  
• Abusive
  
• Hopeless

Afflictions will stay on the character until they become de-stressed through town activities.

Stat Changes

Each affliction gives different stat penalties, or bonuses. In general, they all decrease resistances. Each specific affliction also causes the character to trigger a specific curio when approaching it.

ID	Irrational	Fearful	Paranoid	Selfish	Masochistic	Abusive	Hopeless
Curio Tag	All	Worship	None	Treasure	Torture	None	None
Curio Tag Chance	7.50%	50.00%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Keep Loot	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Stun Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Blight Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Bleed Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Disease Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Debuff Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Move Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Trap Resist	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%	-15%
Max HP	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10
DMG Low	-10	-25	-25	-10	0	2	0
DMG High	-10	-25	-25	-10	0	2	0
ACC	-5	0	0	-5	0	-5	-5
Def	-5	10	10	5	-15	-15	-5
SPD	2	2	2	0	0	0	-3

Start of Round

At the beginning of each round, the character does a check to see if it does any of the following actions. Here are the probabilities laid out for each affliction.

Do Nothing	40.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	33.33%	50.00%	37.50%
Stress Others	10.00%	16.67%	16.67%	12.50%	16.67%	25.00%	12.50%
Change Position	10.00%	16.67%	16.67%	12.50%	16.67%	25.00%	0.00%
Ignore Command	10.00%	16.67%	0.00%	12.50%	0.00%	0.00%	12.50%
Random Command	10.00%	0.00%	16.67%	12.50%	0.00%	0.00%	12.50%
Retreat from Combat	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Attack Friendly Unit	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Attack Self	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	16.67%	0.00%	12.50%
Death Mark Self	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	16.67%	0.00%	12.50%
Stress Heal Self	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Stress Heal Party	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Buff Random Party Member	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Buff Party	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Self Heal	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Afflicted Reaction to Specific Actions

These effects are reactions by the afflicted character. Each individual action does a probability check.

ID	Irrational	Fearful	Paranoid	Selfish	Masochistic	Abusive	Hopeless
Block Movement	33.00%	33.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	33.00%	0.00%
Reject Healing	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%
Reject Buff	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%
Reject item Use	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%
Block Combat Retreat	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%	0.00%	33.00%
If Hit	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	0.00%	0.00%
If Miss	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	0.00%	20.00%	0.00%	0.00%
If Ally Hit	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	0.00%	20.00%	20.00%	0.00%
If Ally Miss	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
If Ally Hit	20.00%	0%	0%	20.00%	0%	20.00%	0%
If Ally Miss	20.00%	20.00%	0%	20.00%	0%	20.00%	0%
If Moved Position	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
When interact with Curio	33.00%	33.00%	0%	33.00%	33.00%	0%	0%
When trap is triggered	37.50%	0%	0.00%	0%	37.50%	0%	37.50%

Detailed Virtue Effects

Virtues are temporary quirks that are earned when the character reaches maximum stress. Their resolve will be tested, and there is a chance that they will immediately become one of the following:

• Stalwart
  
• Courageous
  
• Focused
  
• Powerful
  
• Vigorous

Each one of these virtues will grant the character different bonuses and sometimes result in benefits to the party. Virtues can often be the second wind that gets your party through a desperate encounter gone bad. Below are tables that show just what sort of bonuses each virtue grants.

Buffs:

Below is a table that describes the buffs that each virtue grants to the hero.

ID	Stalwart	Courageous	Focused	Powerful	Vigorous
Curio Tag	None	None	None	None	None
Curio Tag Chance	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Keep Loot	No	No	No	No	No
Stun Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Blight Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Bleed Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Disease Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Debuff Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Move Resist	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Buff 1	Stress damage -50%	Stress Damage -20%	10% ACC	25% additional low damage	5 SPD
Buff 2			10% CRT	25% additional high damage	10% PROT

Combat:

At the beginning of each combat round, if a hero in your party has a virtue, there is a 33% chance that they will do something beneficial to themselves or to a party member. The table below shows what each virtue is capable of doing.

ID	Stalwart	Courageous	Focused	Powerful	Vigorous
Do Nothing	67%	67%	67%	67%	67%
Stress Others	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Change Position	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Ignore Command	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Random Command	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Retreat from Combat	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Attack Friendly Unit	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Attack Self	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Death Mark Self	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Stress Heal Self	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Stress Heal Party	0%	33%	0%	0%	0%
Buff Random Party Member	0%	0%	33%	0%	0%
Buff Party	0%	0%	0%	33%	0%
Self Heal	0%	0%	0%	0%	33%

[Loki_Nakor]

Is a +5% stress chance a good thing? Does it mean you have a +5 to avoid stress behavior or getting stress at all? Does -5 mean less chance to get stress or does +5 mean better chance to avoid stress?

[h4mx0r]

Hi all, sorry for the long delay! The tables have been fixed. Not sure what happened to the formatting, I think something changed on the Steam backend at some point (one of the sections was greater than the max character limit!)

@Drake Ravenwolf - Thanks for pointing that out. I'll see about getting those in later. (Known Cheat is listed however)

@everyone: this guide does not currently include DLC quirks/afflictions, as it was written before the DLC was released. I'll see about adding that in at a later date as well.

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Going off the Backer Hero Guide,this list is missing the info for the following:

Positive:
Armor Tinker
Balanced
Deadly
Fated
Healer's Gift

Negative:
Bad Gambler
Calm
Gambler
Know Cheat
Misses the Spot
Thanatophobia

Unless I just missed one of them

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Ya the formating needs to be corrected for the tables to be visible again...

[Shiro]

I think your tables broke...

[¡SpaceCowboy¡]

the table loos faulty after this part

0.00%[/tr]
Ignore Command
10.00%
16.67%
0.00%
12.50%
0.00% 0.00%
12.50%
Random Command
10.00%
0.00%
16.67%
12.50%
0.00% 0.00%
12.50%
Retreat from Combat 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Attack Friendly Unit 0.00%



i can see the code and cannot see the table

[Cinnamon Sky]

Thanks for the info.

[wacky]

@Drkungfu When you're travelling from room to room they take more stress damage.
+20% stress in corridors

[Drkungfu]

maybe I missed it but what does claustrophobia do?

[MrMrocznyMisio]

That's a great summary of Quirks & Afflictions/Virtues! Just one thing- in the "Afflicted Reaction to Specific Actions" table conditions "If Ally Hit" and "If Ally Miss" can be found twice with different percentages for various Afflictions. I assume one of those condiotions should be: "If Ally Hits / Misses " respectively.
Thanks!