Steam app 2119270 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:58 UTC
Black Reliquary is a challenging overhaul mod for Darkest Dungeon, one which makes sweeping changes to gameplay, adds a new story, a new setting, new narration, new music, new enemies, and so very much more. Embark into the distant east and uncover the ancient secrets of the Black Reliquary!
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
43 months, March 2023 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Black Reliquary was released on 24 Mar, 2023.
Cartoon Violence, Gore, and some mild language and adult themes. Implied Torture. Not directly depicted. Implied alcohol and illicit substance consumptions, neither of which are directly depicted.
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Black Reliquary Early Access Gameplay Trailer
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Attention Crew!This log is a continuation of a series of logs that reviews the development of new modding tools for Darkest Dungeon. We highly recommend that you check out Part 2.5 before reading this log.This log won't be reviewing 1.0…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew!This log is a continuation of a series of logs that reviews the development of new modding tools for Darkest Dungeon. We highly recommend that you check out Part 2 before reading this log.This log is an overdue transparency…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! This log is a continuation of a series of logs that reviews the development of new modding tools for Darkest Dungeon. We highly recommend that you check out Part 1 before reading this log. This log focuses solely on new buff…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! There's a lot to talk about, so jumping straight to the point, this log is mostly going to be talking about a handful of features that'll be in our expanded modding tools, which we mentioned in our last log. This is going to…
blackreliquary.ddWe're looking for closed testers to help provide feedback on the Black Reliquary Dungeon and new mod tool implementations! Testers must have a Discord account, own Black Reliquary on Steam, be highly active and open about feedback, and able…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! We hope you've been doing well! It's quite a while since our last Captain's Log, and this one in particular is overdue. This log will be talking a bit about 1.0 progress and, more specifically, our endeavors in creating new…
blackreliquary.ddThe Captain is Back! We've released a new edition of Captain's Q & A! Just like other times, we posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter, and the Captain answered a selection of them. ==================…
blackreliquary.ddWe've restocked our prints and added two new ones! The Levantine Faction and Upkeep prints are now for sale! For those waiting for the restock, thank you very much for your patience. We ended up selling out of most designs faster than…
blackreliquary.ddVery limited hotfix that fixes some minor issues Changes Removed a couple Wildlander mashes that shuffled themselves out of position Fixed issue where Levantine Janissary wouldn't resummon adds Adjusted Wildlander Hecatomb's death sfx since…
Patch notesA couple of larger bugs have cropped up, this hotfix looks to fix them. Changes Fixed issue where Silent Pantheon's interacted animation was missing a slight glow Fixed bug where Dredge's Eldritchfire Capacitor's Debuff applied to all…
Patch notesMore bugs were found :/ Fixes Fixed issue where SB's riposte applied both bleed and blight Fixed issue where some skill_instant effects (so like aoe crit multipliers, bonus dmg vs specific monster types, etc.) were sometimes applied to hero…
Patch notesThis will probably be our last set of hotfixes for this update. We may pursue another small balance patch in another couples weeks, but it's more likely that we'll be focusing entirely on the 1.0 Release content. Fixes Added the Ship Event…
Patch notesWe're still hard at work on the final update but in the meantime, our wonderful artists have put together a set of marvelous prints to be made available for purchase! These beautiful portraits can be ordered here. We're only shipping to…
blackreliquary.ddFixes Fixed issue where Ginseng healed its user before the Amber Craftsmen Side Deck had been built Fixed issues where Ivory Handguard didn't give its DMG buff if in the second position, didn't remove the Random Targeting Chance on…
Patch notesFixes Fixed issue with Cactonid Arcanoid's Spit Splash applied extra dmg to heroes that riposte it Fixed issues with some quirk/symptom/disease tooltips Fixed issue where Enchantress didn't Re-Summon her snakes Fixed issue where Ivory…
Patch notesHello Crew! The Upkeep Mini-Update is now officially out! We've mostly covered this our previous Captain's Logs, so we'll keep it brief. This update includes: Enemy Resist Scaling Changes 8 New enemies (3 of which we're talking about…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! This Captain's Log will be covering the Upkeep Mini-Update, which is near completion! For those of you that may have forgotten, the Upkeep Mini-Update is a supplementary update that we've been preparing while simultaneously…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! Happy New Year! We hope you've had a good start to 2024. We ended up taking the holiday season a bit easy, but we're back in the saddle now and have been grinding out content. In this Captain's Log, we'll be going over an…
blackreliquary.ddWe're looking for closed testers to help provide feedback on the Black Reliquary Dungeon! Testers must have a Discord account, Steam account, be highly active and open about feedback, and able to communicate in English. This will likely be…
blackreliquary.ddHappy Holidays! The Captain has decided to answer some more community questions, this time with some holiday flair. Just like last time, we posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter, and the Captain…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! We hope you've been doing well! It's been a few months since our last Captain's Log, so we wanted to give an update here before the Holiday season. This post, in particular, will be going over some larger balance changes…
blackreliquary.ddThe Captain has answered questions asked to him by the community! We posted a form asking for community questions on our Discord and our Twitter, and the Captain himself answered a selection of them. Please let us know if you'd like to see…
blackreliquary.ddHello Crew! We hope you're doing well! This update just has some final adjustments and bugfixes that we wanted to get out before shifting our focus towards the 1.0 release entirely. We may still ship a few hotfix-scale updates from time to…
Patch notesHello Crew! We hope you're doing well! This is a pretty small update that includes a small bit of new content that wasn't able to be included in the initial release of the Ship Events update. Noticeable adjustments this update include…
Patch notesHello Crew! There aren't a whole lot of adjustments and fixes in this update, as we're winding down on balance adjustments and bugfixes from the Ship Events update. We'll likely have 1-2 more smaller scale updates such as this before…
Patch notesAttention Crew! We hope you've been enjoying the Ship Event update! Thanks to our wonderful community for helping us locate any bugs that weren't caught during internal testing, we've been hard at work to get them resolved as we tie up any…
blackreliquary.ddHello Crew! We hope you've been enjoying the Ship Events Update! It's been pretty fun to all the different reactions to the new events. This update today makes some balance and gameplay adjustments based on the feedback we've received and…
Patch notesFixes Fixed issue where Shieldbreaker's Narration was outdated Fixed issue where Yngolian's "Eclipse" (Torch) Trinket line actually increasing Hero Surprise chance at 0 torch Fixed issue where Yngolian's Summons could get desynced on…
Patch notesFixes Fixed issue where Free Combat Skills and Free Armor/Weps had their narration lines flipped Fixed issue with Narration on Flayed Kill Adjusted offset for Lost Tek costs for "Augmented Mercenaries" Fixed issue with Hexer's "Exquisite…
Patch notesFixes Fixed some Typos Fixed issue where Narration for Arb/Cru recruit lines were Fixed issue where some Roaming Flayed moves didn't have sound Fixed issue where Flagellant's Level 1 weapon did 0 DMG Fixed issue where resource_manager.setup…
Patch notesHello Crew! The Ship Events Update is now officially out! Our apologies being a bit late with our release, we ran into some last second issues and miscommunications that ended up delaying the release of this update a little. This update…
snorlaxxoAttention Crew! We're still hard at work on the next update! We'll likely try to have one more Captain's log before August 11th, but there's no guarantee. This post will be going over our first Darkest level quest, a new roaming boss, and…
blackreliquary.ddAttention Crew! We hope you've all been enjoying exploring the Valley. We wanted to update you guys about what we're working on and what you can look forward to in the future. Road Map We've posted this to other platforms, but we do have a…
blackreliquary.ddHello Crew! While working on the Ship Events update, we found some pretty major crash fixes and bugs that we wanted to push to live. Since we were going to push some fixes to live, we figured we'd just ship a full on balance patch.…
Patch notesHello Crew! This update looks to adjust some more pain points that players have been experiencing, as well as squash some more bugs that have been discovered. Noticeable adjustments include: -Removing Yngolian Random spawns from all…
Patch notesBlack Reliquary is seeking a new group of internal testers as we move into our non-workshop iteration! Testers must have a Discord account, Steam account, be highly active and open about feedback, and able to communicate in English. You can…
snorlaxxoHello Crew! This is just a follow up update that fixes some issues with yesterday's gameplay patch. Fixes Removed some mashes that still included three swarmer enemies Fixed issue with "Egg Clutch" Caverns obstacle giving buffs to heroes…
Patch notesHello Crew! We've been carefully observing players as they learn the mod, and in addition to a heap of bugs which have been found, we've also come to the conclusion that there are some serious pain points within the mod. These changes look…
Patch notesHello Crew! We're just squashing some more bugs! We'll likely ease up on updates for a short while after this one. We're also including our Crew Trinkets! These are usually included upon the release of major patches, but we had to delay…
Patch notesHello Crew! We're making some balance adjustments to the early game based both on some of the feedback we've received and our own observations. We're also squashing a couple of bugs that've already been found since release. Fixes Adjusted…
Patch notesThe Black Reliquary is now officially released! We hope everyone enjoys their time with the mod. Please look forward to seeing the development Black Reliquary in the coming months as we move towards the final dungeon! As mentioned in FAQ…
snorlaxxoHello Everyone! Here's some answers for a few questions we've seen and anticipate seeing over the Early Access launch of our mod. 1. What is Black Reliquary? Black Reliquary (BR) is a total conversion mod for Darkest Dungeon (DD). It…
snorlaxxoEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Black Reliquary Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 24 Mar 2023 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play with DarkestDungeon.exe | _windowsnosteam\Darkest.exe | windows | ||
| Used for linux 32-bit OS | _linuxnosteam\darkest.bin.x86 | linux 32 | ||
| Used for linux 64-bit OS | _linuxnosteam\darkest.bin.x86_64 | linux 64 | ||
| Mod Tool V1 | _tester_windows\BlackReliquary.exe | windows | branch modtooltesting |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinMyDocuments | Darkest | * and below |
LinuxXdgDataHome | user/.local/share/Red Hook Studios/Darkest | * and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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