Keep the torch lit
Low light feeds stress and emboldens the dark. Spend torches to keep the party steady through long halls.
Food is healing
Food restores health between fights. Carry enough that a bad room does not leave you stranded.
Retreat early
The retreat option saves lives. Call it before a death spiral, not after.
Rest smart
Camp skills can heal and buff. Use them at the right moment, not on autopilot.
Watch the meter
Health and stress both fall. Check both before each door, not after the fight starts.
Know the foe
The enemy database lists classes that punish low light. Resist them to survive the dark.
Pack for the trip
Bring food, torches and a heal before you enter. A forgotten supply ends a delve early.
Leave while ahead
A party at half health should go home. Greed turns a win into a wipe.
Foes of the dark
- Drowned/Pustulant/Bloated Thrall (class Eldritch/Unholy, size Small)
- Chevalier (class Bloodsucker, size Average)
- Bone Soldier (class Unholy, size Average)
- Carrion Eater (class Beast, size Average)
- Brigand Bloodletter (class Human, size Large)
- Bone Bearer (class Unholy, size Average)
- Barrel O’ Bombs (class Carpentry, size Small (1))
- Brigand Vvulf (class Human, size Average (1))
- Ascended Brawler (class Human, size Average)
- Ascended Witch (class Human, size Average)
- Drowned Anchorman (class Unholy, size Small (1))
- Bone Spearman (class Unholy, size Average)
- Brigand Pounder (class Ironwork, size Average (1))
- Antibody (class Eldritch/Beast, size Small)
- Cultist Priest (class Eldritch/Beast, size Average)
- Brigand Matchman (class Human, size Small (1))
- Ancestor (First Form) (class Eldritch/Human, size Small (1))
- Bone Captain (class Unholy, size Large)
- Defensive Growth (class Eldritch, size Average)
Bosses that end runs
- Shambler (class Eldritch, hp 77)
- Heart of Darkness (class Cosmic, hp 252)
- Flesh (Head) (class Eldritch, hp 100)
- Templar Impaler (class Eldritch/Beast, hp 137)
- Miller (class Poor Soul, hp 95)
- Shuffling Horror (class Eldritch, hp 162)
- Imperfect Reflection (class Eldritch/Human, hp 29)
- Barrel O’ Bombs (class Carpentry, hp 25)
- Siren (class Eldritch, hp 119)
- Brigand Vvulf (class Human, hp 160)
- Wilbur (class Beast, hp 17)
- Mammoth Cyst (class Eldritch/Beast, hp 158)
- Perfect Reflection (class Eldritch/Human, hp 36)
- Viscount (class Bloodsucker, hp 127)
- Drowned Anchorman (class Unholy, hp 14)
- Gestating Heart (class Eldritch, hp 189)
- Brigand Pounder (class Ironwork, hp 76)
- The Shrieker (class Eldritch/Beast, hp 75)