Squad Mod

The heroes and their skills and effects have been significantly modified to adapt to the four professional archetypes.

Squad-Mod

✨ **A comprehensive balancing and professionalization mod designed to reshape the hero and squad gameplay of "Darkest Dungeon"! **

The core concept of this module is to allow all 15 existing heroes in the game to belong to a clear professional type, which also determines their position in the expedition team. Starting from this idea, the module made a lot of adjustments to the damage value, skill range, etc., and finally formed this version.

🛡️ Core design concept

Heroes are divided into four major occupational types: **Healer, Supporter, Damage Dealer, and Frontline Tank**.

• Each hero's skills and positioning have been re-adjusted according to their profession.
• Many skills now **do not end the turn** (with a light blue border), and the battle rhythm is more flexible.
• The damage value has been fully adjusted, and the damage range of advanced equipment is more reasonable (for example, the minimum of level 5 equipment is 5 points and the maximum is 14 points).

🎮Main gameplay changes

**Heroes and Skills Remade**

• **Crusader**: `Smite` no longer clears mark status, `Zealous Accusation` effect changed to magical appearance.
• **Bandit**: The position of skill use is more specific. `Duelist's Advance` makes the hero advance 1 space and can attack the first 3 rows.
• **Leper Swordsman**: The `Purge` ability slightly reduces enemy armor.
• **Joker**: `Finale` can be used in the first two rows without ending the turn, `Solo` no longer moves the hero.
• **Plague Doctor**: The buff skill increases the damage and critical strike of the whole team, `Bandage` does not clear the mark.
• **Veteran**: The armor bonus of `Defend` increases smoothly with the level, and the round ends after `Retribution` is used.
• **Sister**: `Judgement` no longer heals itself, and the amount of single-target healing has been reduced to balance power.
• **Antique Dealer**, **Dog Trainer**, **Crossbowman**, **Villain**, **Gravedigger** and other heroes have been adjusted accordingly.

**Economy and Resource Optimization**

• **Treasure**: The effect is greatly enhanced, and "very common" rare treasures are no longer useless.
• **Gold Coins and Gems**: Gems are worth at least 500 gold. It can carry a large amount of gold coins when carrying the Antique Dealer, but has very low carrying capacity when not carrying it.
• **Heirloom**: The stacking limit is huge (crests can be stacked up to 96), the mission rewards are more, and there is no loss when exchanging.
• **Supplies**: No resale value, higher stack count, cleaner pre-mission supply menu.

**Dungeon and Progress Adjustment**

• **Number of curios**: The number of curios in the underground palace is increased (1.5 times in ruins/cave, 2 times in wilderness/bay).
• **Building Unlocks**: Many buildings (especially guilds) become available earlier.
• **Carriage and Roster**: Maximum scale increase.
• **Hero Upgrade**: The upgrade curve is more linear.
• **Quest Items**: Can be stacked up to 3 pieces.
• **Firewood**: More firewood in the mission (1/2/4).

**Special Mechanisms and Events**

• **Vvulf event**: will not trigger until week 30** and** you have 6 level 6 heroes, with at least 10 weeks between attacks.
• **Disease**: triggers more frequently.
• **Camping Skills**: It consumes less time or has better effects, but the hero no longer initially has career-specific camping skills.

📜 Update log summary

**V 0.99**

• Fixed SPD issues caused by negative quirks/diseases.
• The clown debuff success rate has been increased.
• Dog handler armor debuff reduced (-17% armor).
• Sister Mace Slam Damage +50%.
• The front row guard mechanism has been changed, eliminating the need to cast it repeatedly every round (duration changed to 30 rounds).
• Removed modifications to Vvulf and reverted its behavior to vanilla.
• The Ancestral Tentacle Idol tr …