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Your troubles start early inDarkest Dungeonafter realizing you do not have much gold to spend. It is one of two currencies in the game (the other being heirlooms) that you spend on looking after your heroes. That covers several aspects, such as unlocking new skills, buying provisions, curing their diseases, reducing stress, and handling their quirks.
Without a steady supply of gold, you cannot expect your heroes to survive the monsters and creatures infesting the nearby lands.New players toDarkest Dungeonshould especially be attentive about farming money because most tend to go bankrupt in the early game.
Here is everything you need to know to get stacks of gold as fast as possible inDarkest Dungeon.
Add an Antiquarian to the Party
The Antiquarian is a ratherodd class inDarkest Dungeon. Everything she can do, another class can do better. She is incredibly weak with low health, underwhelming support skills, and attacks that do next to no damage. The only reason to have an Antiquarian in a party is her unique passive ability that helps you farm a lot of gold inDarkest Dungeon.
Firstly, an Antiquarianallows you to carry larger stacks of goldduring dungeon runs. The default limit is 1750 gold per stack, which the Antiquarian increases to 2500 gold per stack. Having another Antiquarian in the party will further increase the stack limits:up to 4750 gold per stack with a full party of four Antiquarians.
Secondly, the Antiquarianforces enemies and curios to drop Minor and Rare AntiquesinDarkest Dungeon. These are unique loots that can be sold for gold. Having more Antiquarians in the party will increase the drop-chance of Rare Antiques, but your stack limits remain the same.
20 antiques per stack
5 antiques per stack
500 gold per antique
1,250 gold per antique
10,000 gold per stack
6,250 gold per stack
Only the Antiquarian should interact with curios to loot Minor and Rare Antiques. They will not drop for other classes.
Since the Antiquarian is pretty weak, you do not want to endanger your higher-level (or upgraded) heroes. Instead, wait for the Stage Coach to bring in new heroes until you can create an Antiquarian party. The compositions below will get you started, but you can experiment with different heroes fornew party compositions inDarkest Dungeon.
Antiquarian – Highway Man – Vestal – Crusader
Houndmaster – Occultist/Vestal – Highwayman – Antiquarian
Keep grinding easy dungeon runs with your Antiquarian party until they die or become overly stressed. Dismiss the dead-weights, and find fresh heroes from the Stage Coach to start again. This farming routine will give you a ton of gold to spend within a few weeks inDarkest Dungeon.
Rubies and Rare Antiques are worth the same amount of gold.
Do Torchless Dungeon Runs
The torch does more than just illuminate the hallways. It grants you buffs and debuffs depending on your current light meter inDarkest Dungeon.
Most players instinctively keep the light levels at maximum to avoid the eldritch horrors. However,you find more loot at lower light levels. Snuffing out the torch to set the light levels at zero (Black as Pitch) will give you the following benefits:
You can use an Antiquarian party composition for a torchless run for even more riches inDarkest Dungeon. However, do note that low light levels make enemies a lot stronger. They have higher accuracy, do more damage, and have a higher chance of ambushing your party. In addition, your stress levels spike much faster.
When the light meter is at zero, every battle has a chance to pit you against the Shambler, one of themost difficult bosses inDarkest Dungeon.
Run Only Short or Medium Dungeons
The long dungeons take much of your inventory space for provisions. They are also more difficult to complete, and the lengthy run piles up more stress than normal.you’re able to obtain more loot from short and medium dungeonsin roughly the same time it takes to complete a long dungeon.
Hence, short- and medium-length dungeons are the sweet spots for farming money. Use an Antiquarian party for torchless runs in either of the two to maximize your loot.
Sell Duplicate or Useless Trinkets
Some players might forget that trinkets can be sold for gold inDarkest Dungeon. You are not going to use all of them, and most are pretty underwhelming. You can also expect to find lots of duplicate trinkets throughout your progression. The solution? Start selling all the trinkets that are either duplicates, low rarity, or feature stats you do not plan to use.
There’s no way to retrieve a trinket once sold. Hence, make sure you are not accidentally selling thebest trinketsDarkest Dungeonhas to offer.
Find the Secret Room
Every medium-length dungeon has a50 percent chance of spawning a secret roomwith riches. They appear on the map as a golden tile with a black star. Head over to the specific tile and press up to enter the secret room inDarkest Dungeon.
Open the Ancient Artifact with a Skeleton Key to loot gold and gems. This is alsohow you get Puzzling Trapezohedronsworth 3500 gold each.
The only way to discover a secret room is through scouting skills, which can beboosted with positive quirksand trinkets.
Build the Bank
Plan to rush a Bank District if you have The Crimson Court expansion pack.The Bank pays you a weekly sum of 5 percent intereston the gold you have. In other words, the more gold you have, the more interest you get weekly. This is the best way to get stacks of gold inDarkest Dungeon. You can expect over 5,000 gold for every 100,000 gold saved.
