Plus, any enemy that has been scouted will never be able to surprise attack you (surprise attacks shuffle your party order which can really throw off your combat setup). It make you aware of traps so you can disarm them and tells you which routes are more lucrative or more dangerous. Scouting is a VERY useful thing to trigger. Packing extra food for a feast camp and bringing party members with stress healing camp skills (although the aforementioned 3 are some of the best with those) can be useful.Ģ.

If you don't have a stress healer, at LEAST try to prepare for a stress healing camp. Crusader, Jester, and Houndmaster are the three main stress healers. A stress healer can slow how long it takes to reach that point and will also save you money on stress healing back in the hamlet. New players often understand the importance of managing HP from other RPGs but Stress damage is what persists outside of battle and can lead to crippling afflictions and death if unchecked. If you can, try to have a Stress healer available at all times. A few I'd like to add on (with bolding on the key bits because it got a little wordy)ġ. Try to stall the fight once you're down to one or two enemies by a round or two to heal and stress recover (but not for too long, there's a stalling penalty!).Note also the enemies types and their weakness across the different dungeon locations (blight/bleed/stun etc.) Moving enemies out of their preferred spot (back to front rows, front to back rows) can also help dampen their damage/stress output as their attacks sometimes change depending on their position.

Enemies on the back rows often need to be downed first (high damage/crit/stress dealers lurk there), make sure your party setup can damage/stun the back rows well.

Medium/Long dungeons allow you to camp, with the opportunity to heal and buff your team.

Short dungeon runs can be worse for your team compared to medium if your party can't work down their stress levels during battle.

Use the Antiquarian to interact with curios on dungeon runs to specifically bring home more money.

Prioritise upgrading your Stagecoach so you have more rolls to gain good party members.

Don't bother paying treatment fees early on, on crap and highly stressed characters either, toss them and get new team members.

Don't invest heavily in mediocre characters, look for ones with decent quirks suited to their strengths and abilities.

Just started a new plathrough this week to finally complete the game.

Darkest dungeon stress healers