DDz balance module

Balance adjustments and enhancements - making the game easier and the experience more relaxing.

DDz Balance

🎮 **A comprehensive balance and enhancement mod designed to make traveling in Darkest Dungeon easier and more enjoyable! **

✨ Core features and improvements

• **Double recruitment quota for carriages**: On Radiant difficulty (may also apply to other difficulties), carriages provide double hero selection each time.
• **6 Accessory Slots**: Each hero can now equip up to 6 accessories, allowing for more freedom in matching!
• **Pure Accessories**: All accessories have negative effects removed, allowing you to match them with peace of mind.
• **Level restrictions removed**: The hero level no longer limits the tasks that can be taken, explore freely!
• **Expanded Backpack**: The inventory space is increased to 24 spaces, saying goodbye to frequent returns to the city.
• **Stacking limit increased**: The stacking quantity of all supplies has been greatly increased, making you more prepared for adventures.
• **Sanatorium Optimization**:
• Treatment prices reduced.
• Increased maximum healing slots (5 for GOG/Epic version, 4 for Steam version, need to use repair file).
• **Hero Trait Adjustment**:

*Each hero can have up to 10 positive quirks (9 of which are lockable).

*The maximum number of negative quirks is 3 (all lockable).

*The upper limit of disease is 1.

• **Hero Skills and Attribute Enhancement**: The basic skills and attributes of all heroes have been improved.
• **Speed ​​Optimization**:
• The combat animation speed is increased by 50% and the rhythm is faster.
• Large map movement speed is increased.
• **Stress Reduction**: Skipping rounds no longer increases the stress value.
• **New Game Plus Adjustment**: Week limit and hero death limit are both set to 9999.
• **Map generation adjustments** (applicable to main body and DLC maps):
• Short mission map: There is a chance of generating 0-1 secret rooms.
• Long mission map: There is a chance of generating 0-2 secret rooms (0-1 in the original version).

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📥 Installation Guide

• **Download**: Get the latest module compressed package.
• **Unzip**: Unzip the files into your game's `mods` folder (for example: `C:\games\Darkest Dungeon\mods`).
• **Enable**: Enable this module in the game and start a new campaign (it is recommended to start in simple mode). You can enable all the DLC mentioned above at the same time.

⚠️ **Compatibility Tip**: Since this mod modifies a large number of core game data (heroes, accessories, buildings, speed, backpacks, etc.), it is **likely to be incompatible** with any mods involving these contents. If you are using other mods at the same time, be sure to drag this mod to the top of the load order.

• **Beta version**: GOG v24839 + full DLC / Epic v25681 / Steam v25661 (Steam version requires additional steps).
• **Exclusive fix for Steam users** (solve the crash problem):
• Download the 'Crash fix for Steam users' file.
• Unzip the `sanitarium.building.json` file.
• Use it to overwrite the files in the original path: `..\mods\!DDz Balance\campaign\town\buildings\sanitarium`
• This file will set the maximum number of sanatorium slots to 4 and reduce the price.

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📜 Update log

**v.01.01.2021 (New Year Edition 🎉)**

• Added support for Epic Games Store version v25681.
• Optimized the background layout display of accessories in towns and dungeons.
• Added 'Crash fix for Steam users' fix file in the file area.

**v.31.12.2020**

• Map generation: Short mission maps now also have a chance of appearing secret rooms (up to 1); long mission maps have a higher chance of appearing secret rooms (up to 2).
• Balance adjustment: The damage penalty of area damage skills has been increased to better balance the game. Some skills/occupations still need to be adjusted later.
• 'Day of the Dead' event adjustment: Now only one hero needs to die to trigger it, and it will be triggered more frequently; the cooldown time is short …