No Clever Name

by Ruduen·v0.97·Updated 2026-02-27

A balancing and reworking module aimed at stabilizing hero power levels and providing clear positioning for some heroes.

About this mod Machine translation

A balancing and reworking module aimed at stabilizing hero power levels and providing clear positioning for some heroes.

No Clever Name - Hero Balance and Remake Mod

🎮 **Feel that some heroes in "Darkest Dungeon" are too strong or too weak? ** The No Clever Name mod aims to bring a new balancing solution to heroes! Some overly prominent heroes were slightly nerfed, while others received massive reworks. If your gaming experience feels a little unbalanced, this mod will help bring some of the old heroes back to life!

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✨ Mod Highlights

  • **Comprehensive Balance**: Adjusted the basic attributes and skill effects of almost all heroes.
  • **Character Positioning**: Designed to give each hero a clearer combat positioning and gameplay.
  • **Continuous Updates**: The module is still in the testing stage and the author will update it based on feedback.

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📜 Detailed update log (v0.97)

**General changes**

  • **Crit**: The critical hit rate growth curve of all skills has been rebalanced, and now steadily increases by 0.5% per level.
  • **Stun**: Resistance after being stunned is increased (from 20% to 50%).

**Hero specific changes**

The following is a summary of key adjustments to some heroes:

**🏹Arbalist**

  • **Basic damage and speed adjustment**.
  • **Sniper Shot**: Extra damage reduced.
  • **Sniper Mark**: Reworked into "Mark Shot", which can be launched from position 3/4 and marks the enemy after hitting it.
  • **Suppressive Fire**: Debuff chance now scales with level, allowing debuffs to be applied even on misses.
  • **Bola**: Now has a chance to reduce the target's dodge and speed.
  • **Battlefield Bandage**: Now also relieves a small amount of pressure and cures poisoning/bleeding, and no longer provides a healing bonus.
  • **Flash Bang**: Dodge buff increased, now buffs and clears stuns/marks for all allies.

**💰 Bounty Hunter**

  • **Target Marker**: Increases the bounty hunter's speed and accuracy when used.
  • **Hook, uppercut, execution, flashbang** and other skills can now mark the target or cause additional damage to the marked target.

**⚔️ Crusader**

  • The maximum damage of basic attacks and the base health are slightly reduced.

**👻Grave Robber**

  • **Throwing Knife**: Now applies a small amount of bleed.
  • **Throwing Dagger**: The accuracy bonus provided has been greatly increased.
  • **Poison Dart**: Base damage increased, poison resistance debuff removed.
  • **Poison Trick**: Now provides bonus damage and critical strike chance, and grants a poisoned riposte, but with a slowing side effect.

**😈 Barbarian (Hellion)**

  • The base damage is reduced, but the base damage ratio of multiple skills is increased.
  • **Barbarian Exhaustion** (Shared by Savage Roar, Breakthrough, and Bleeding): Now has greater damage and accuracy debuffs.
  • **Breakthrough**: Now it can only be used from positions 1 and 2.

**🔫 Highwayman**

  • Base maximum damage reduced.
  • **Gunshot Burst**: Damage, accuracy, and critical hit rate have been reduced.

**🐕 Houndmaster**

  • Base damage increased.
  • **Dog Food**: Attack damage bonus reduced.
  • **Hound Raid**: now triggers on a universal mark instead of a handler-specific mark.
  • **Howl**: Pressure healing now always takes effect, at a reduced value, but provides a damage buff to the user.

**🎭 Jester**

  • The position movement logic of multiple skills has been changed.
  • **Solo**: Greatly enhanced effect, now marks itself and gives a counterattack with weak stun.
  • **War Song**: Provides increased accuracy and critical strike buffs, and now also heals stress.
  • **Inspiring Tune** has been replaced by the new skill **Dissonance**.

**🛡️Other Heroes**

  • **Leper Swordsman, Veteran**: Weapon speed adjusted to be on par with other heroes.
  • **Occultist**: **Alien Repair**'s bleed chance and damage are fixed.
  • **Plague Doctor**: The target position, damage, poisoning/bleeding effects, accuracy, etc. of multiple skills have been significantly adjusted and optimized.
  • **Nun**: Base damage twea …

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
No Clever Name v0.97
File size
53.2 KiB