Skill overhaul

by lingshuang·v1.4·Updated 2026-02-27

This mod changes the skills of almost all heroes in the hope of making the game more interesting.

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This mod changes the skills of almost all heroes in the hope of making the game more interesting.

Skill Overhaul

🎮 This is my second Darkest Dungeon skill remaster mod! Based on my previous work, I made a lot of changes, with the goal of giving each hero a more distinct identity and making many "skills that in my opinion are useless" useful. If you find any bugs or feel that certain skills are too powerful, please be sure to let me know!

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🤖 Mutant

  • **Handcuffs**: Causes normal damage, but has a lower chance of stunning the target (100% at level 5).
  • **Absolution**: No longer heals health, but heals more stress.
  • **Rake**: Deals half damage and applies normal Corruption to the two targets in the front row.
  • **Rage**: Heal your own health after hitting.
  • **Slam**: Can stun the target, but the chance is not high.

🧙‍♀️ Antiquarian

This hero is still weaker than other characters because she gives you more gold for your quests, but I made her skills more useful.

  • **Corruption Gas**: Attacks all targets and applies weak corruption that lasts for two turns.
  • **Augmented Gas**: Heals all heroes and applies buffs to them.

🏹 Crossbowman

  • **Sniper Mark**: All normal mark skills now have the same debuff, reducing the target's dodge and protection.
  • **Suppression Shot**: Attacks two targets in the back row, ignoring guards and reducing their speed.
  • **Bola**: Stuns the two targets in the middle. It can only be used three times per battle.
  • **Blind Fire**: No longer attacks random targets, can only be used in the front row, causes more damage and knocks back targets.

🪓 Bounty Hunter

  • **Death Mark**: Can only be used once per battle. This mark cannot be dodged (300 hits). Marks a target until it dies. Upgrading this skill will greatly increase the chance of a critical hit. (Crit hits will provide an attack boost buff against the marked target)
  • **Uppercut**: Replaced the knockback effect with a mark that lasts three turns.
  • **Flashbang**: No longer disrupts target position, but can disable stealth.
  • **Finish Him**: Deals more damage to bleeding targets.
  • **Caltrops**: Attack the two targets in the middle, causing weak bleeding and marking them for two turns.

⚔️ Crusaders

Now deals more damage to alien enemies rather than undead.

  • **Fanatical Accusation**: Heals 3 points of stress per target hit.
  • **Faith Barrier**: Heal your own hero after use.
  • **Combat Heal**: Heal yourself and another hero.
  • **Inspiring Shout**: No longer heals health.

🗡️Grave robber

I'm not sure if she's been made weaker or stronger, these changes are just to make her more of an assassin type hero. Please tell me if she is too strong...

  • **Lunge**: Now deals normal damage, deals more damage to marked targets, and applies normal Corruption for two turns.
  • **Flash Dagger**: Can only be used once per battle, applies normal corruption that lasts for two turns and deals more damage to marked targets.
  • **Throwing Dagger**: Can only be used once per battle, has a very high critical chance, deals more damage, does more damage to marked targets, and applies normal corruption that lasts for two turns.
  • **Poison Dart**: Mark the target and reduce the target's bleeding and corrosion resistance.
  • **Toxin Trick**: Instead of healing your hero, it applies Corruption to your hero that lasts for two turns (this should be fine due to the hero's high base Corruption resistance). Slightly enhanced dodge and speed buffs.

🪓 Female Barbarian Soldier

  • **Iron Swan**: Can only be used once per battle, attacks all targets with half normal damage and has a high critical chance, but moves to the back row and reduces your damage and speed.
  • **If It Bleeds**: Moves forward 1 square, reduces target speed, higher chance to apply bleed.
  • **Breakthrough**: No longer reduces your damage and speed, but now can only attack two targets and move forward 2 spaces.
  • **Bloodletting**: Higher chance of applying basic bleed, and can attack targe …

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.

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Skill Overhaul
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