Advanced Dark

This is not the ordinary darkness you encounter every day, this is... advanced darkness. Added a 4th mode to the game: Advanced Dark.

advanceddark

✨ **This is not ordinary darkness, this is... advanced darkness! ** This mod adds a new game mode to "Darkest Dungeon", with comprehensive adjustments to heroes, monsters, skills, loot, buildings, upgrades and core gameplay, bringing a more challenging and fresh experience!

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🎮 **Installation Guide**

• Unzip the file, copy and paste it into your Darkest Dungeon game folder.
• Enter the `localization` folder and run `localization.bat` (Windows batch file), the module text will take effect.
• Launch the game, **Create a new save**, and select **Advanced Dark** mode.

💡 **IMPORTANT NOTE**: This mod will not affect other game modes or your existing saves. To experience all changes, you must create a new game and select Advanced Dark mode.

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🌟 **Core Changes Overview**

**Campaign Settings**

• **Ancient Road**: You will directly face "supernatural horror".
• **Never Repeat Mistakes**: This option is off by default.

**General System**

• **Upgrade faster**: The experience points required to upgrade the hero are reduced. Determination level threshold adjusted to: 2/6/12/20/30/42 (original version: 2/8/14/24/36/48).
• **Armor Protection**: Skills that damage armor will produce a "protect damage" effect. Monsters last the entire combat round, heroes last the entire mission.
• **Stun Mechanism**: The stunned target has -100 dodge within 1 round, *almost impossible to dodge*.
• **Wandering Merchant Carriage**: Unlock 4 slots initially.
• **Loot and Stacking**: Loot value and stacking caps have been adjusted.
• **Rare Item Reward**: The brighter the torch, the greater the chance of getting extra loot from the Rare Item.
• **Camp Skills**: Hero-exclusive camp skills cost twice as much as standard skills.
• **Supply prices and sorting**:
• Supplies - 75
• Torch - 75
• Dog Food – 75
• Antidote - 150
• Bandages - 150
• Holy Water - 225
• Herbs - 225
• Skeleton Key - 300
• Shovel - 300
• **Firewood - 750**: Must be purchased now.

**Monster Adjustment**

• **Skill Changes**: Some monster skills have been modified.
• **Pressure Attack**: Single-target pressure attacks may now knock back the target by 1 square; group pressure attacks may disrupt the team's formation.
• **Slashing Attack**: May cause bleeding.
• **Knockback and Disruption**: Some attacks may now have the effect of knocking back 1 square or disrupting the formation.
• **Monster Protection**: Armor rescaled based on its appearance.

**Hero comprehensive reform**

• **Armor Protection**: All heroes now have a base protection value based on armor.
• **Initial Items**: All heroes start with specific items.
• **Differentiated upgrade costs**: Different professions have different costs for upgrading weapons and armor. For example, Graverobbers are cheaper than Crusaders, making certain classes more cost-effective to recruit and use.
• **Skill Utility Improvement**: Specific skills become *more useful*.

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🛡️ **Hero detailed changes**

The following are key adjustments to some heroes (all heroes have been changed):

**Crusader**

• **Protection**: 5%-25%
• **Initial Item**: Holy Water
• **Upgrade Cost**: High ($$$$$)
• **New skill**: Counterattack
• **Skill Adjustment**:
• Punishment: weak protection damage, advance 1 space.
• Holy Spear: Strong protective damage, advance 3 spaces.
• Barrier of Faith: Protection +11-15%, mark yourself.
• Fanatic Charge: Special attack on humanoids.

**Leper Swordsman**

• **Protection**: 5%-25%
• **Initial Item**: Bandage
• **Upgrade Cost**: High ($$$$$)
• **New skill**: Counterattack
• **Skill Adjustment**:
• Slash: Critical hit rate increased.
• Sweep: Advance 2 spaces, critical hit rate increases.
• Purify: Add mark target and stun effect.
• Deterrence: Comes with knockback, mark yourself and activate counterattack.

**Occult Scholar**

• **Protect …