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Darkest Dungeon II
Darkest Dungeon II
2.04.84350|Apr 6, 2026
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Darkest Dungeon II - 2.04.84350 - Hotfix

3/5 Moderate

Significant increases to Candle of Hope rewards across all activities and the removal of progression penalties for Radiant Flames.

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Key Changes

  • 1Increased Candle of Hope rewards for region completion and biome bosses
  • 2Removed Candle progression penalties from all Radiant Flames
  • 3Increased Wanderer hero candle bonus from 1 to 2
  • 4Reduced the cost to unlock characters from 8 to 5 Candles
  • 5Fixed several bugs where Wanderer heroes would lose their intended candle bonuses

All Changes

🕯️Progression(7)

  • buffWanderer: Increased Wanderer heroes candle bonus from 1 to 2
  • buffAcademic's Honorarium: Increased Academic's Honorarium candle bonus from 10 to 15
  • buffCandles: Increased region completion candle bonus from 8, 20, 36 to 12, 24, 36
  • buffCandles: Increased Biome Bosses Cleared candle bonus from 4, 10, 20 to 8, 16, 24
  • buffCandles: Increased Faced End Boss candle bonus from 6 to 10
  • buffCandles: Reduced Character Unlocked Candle cost from 8 to 5
  • buffRadiant Flames: Removed Candle Penalty from all Radiant Flames

🛠️Bug Fixes(4)

  • fixAbomination: Fixed Abomination's Rage+ tooltip to correctly reflect the amount of damage given
  • fixWanderer: Fixed persisting heroes with no memories equipped reverting to Wanderer without its candle bonus when leaving them behind at the crossroads
  • fixWanderer: Fixed heroes being able to persist as Wanderer without its candle bonus after being recruited as a reserve hero on a successful expedition
  • fixWanderer: Fixed persisting heroes recruited as reserve heroes during an expedition having their Wanderer path indicate a possible candle bonus in the UI despite it being inactive for them

Summary

This hotfix focuses on accelerating player progression by boosting Candle of Hope rewards for Wanderer heroes, region completions, and boss encounters. It also reduces the cost of unlocking characters and removes the progression penalty previously associated with using Radiant Flames. Additionally, several bugs regarding Wanderer candle bonuses for persisting and reserve heroes have been addressed.

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