ALWAYS loot things with the Antiquarian to get the bonus. You're going to be going through Antiquarians like water and using them in different locations within your party, so don't waste gold on other skills. It is not worth spending the money to train any other skill. There is only 1 skill you need to train: Nervous Stab. Antiquarians are pretty much the worst at everything else and the only reason you would ever really bring one is because of the massive loot bonuses you get. You will ALWAYS want to train the following 4 skills before heading out: Divine Grace, Divine Comfort, Dazzling Light, Judgment.Īntiquarian: The Antiquarian gets a loot bonus. Vestal: The Vestal is the only reliable healer early on and having the ability to AOE heal and single target stun is very nice. You will ALWAYS want to train the following 4 skills before heading out: Wicked Hack, Iron Swan, Barbaric Yawp, If It Bleeds. Being able to hit the back lines is crucial for saving money, which will be explained later. Hellion: The Hellion is the best tank/dps to farm with because it can hit any row and also has front line AOE stun. The ideal farming party I've found is Hellion, Vestal, Antiquarian, DPS. The only characters you'll be keeping are those with the positive quirks you want to lock in and take into the late game. The caravan simply keeps bringing more and more, so you can dismiss characters and get new ones at any time. You probably won't be getting any characters to level 3+ until week 80+. That means farming the Apprentice dungeons with level 1-2 characters over and over. Your goal is to upgrade your town and get good characters to take into the later game. Unlike a lot of other games, your goal with the start of Darkest Dungeon is NOT to level your characters up as fast as you can. I also learned some from watching streams. It's really necessary with this game as you learn a lot as you go along. I've done 3 significant restarts (by significant I mean week 70+ then restart) and several minor restarts (week 20 or less).

I'll start off by saying I'm a bit of a perfectionist.

Darkest dungeon mission 2