Learn about Curios in Darkest Dungeon, including what items to use on objects like the Alchemy Table for loot or the Altar of Light for buffs.
Walkthrough
- 1As you explore dungeons in Darkest Dungeon, you will encounter various Curios.
- 2Some Curios can be interacted with without any items, while others yield greater rewards or negative effects when the correct item is used.
- 3A small effect icon will appear below a Curio if you have previously used an item successfully on it, aiding in future interactions.
Tips
- Alchemy Table: Use Medicinal Herbs for loot, or a Torch to maximize lighting power.
- Altar of Light: Using Holy Water grants a +30% DMG buff until the next camp.
- Ancestor: This is a ghostly premonition that speaks to you, offering no extra benefit.
- Ancestor's Knapsack: Opening this chest yields random loot and one Ancestral trinket.
- Ancestor's Relic: This massive crate is a quest item.
- Ancient Artifact: Use a Skeleton Key on this chest for more loot.
- Ancient Coffin: Interacting with this coffin drops some loot and has a chance for a positive Weald-related quirk.
- Animalistic Shrine: Use your Pick-Axe quest item on this shrine.
- Bandit's Trapped Chest: Opening this chest without precautions inflicts Blight (2 damage for 3 rounds). It can be opened in The Old Road starting quest.
- Barnacle Crusted Chest: Use a Shovel on this chest for increased loot chances.
- Bas-Relief: Leaving this alone is safest. Using a Shovel offers a chance for a positive quirk but inflicts +100 stress, potentially causing an Affliction like Fearful.
- Beast Carcass: Use Medicinal Herbs on this for food rewards.
- Bloodflowers: Use a Shovel on these for loot.
- Bone Altar: This altar grants a +15% DMG, +10 ACC, and +5% CRT boost until the next camp.
- Bookshelf: Interacting with this bookshelf offers a chance for a Journal, scouting ahead, or positive/negative quirks.
- Brackish Tide Pool: Use Antivenom to heal 5 HP and 5 stress.
- Cabinet: Use a Skeleton Key for more loot, or a Shovel for a slightly lower chance of success.
- Celestial Cornerstone: This must be broken to access the Farmstead.
- Chirugeon's Satchel: Pick this up for your quest.
- Confession Booth: Using Holy Water can remove stress and may yield nice loot, including Journal pages. Alternatively, you might gain extra stress or have a negative quirk removed.
- Corrupted Altar: Use your Consecrated Essence on this altar.
- Corrupted Harvest: This heals stress for your party.
- Crate: Found in corridors with no description; yields loot or nothing.
- Damned Fountain: Using Holy Water can remove stress. Using a Torch increases stress.
- Decorative Urn: Use Holy Water for better loot.
- Dinner Cart: Use Medicinal Herbs on this cart for more items.
- Disturbing Diversion: Use shovels on this for many heirlooms.
- Eerie Spiderweb: Apply a Bandage to this for a better result.
- Eerie Coral: Use Medicinal Herbs to remove a negative quirk.
- Eldritch Altar: Using Holy Water on this altar removes a random negative quirk.
- Fish Carcass: Apply Medicinal Herbs for safe looting.
- Fish Idol: Using Holy Water on this idol grants an +18% DMG chance until the next camp.
- Foodstuff Crate: Pick this up for your quest.
- Forgotten Delicacies: Use Medicinal Herbs on this cart for loot (food and gold).
- Forgotten Strongbox: This chest will drop a certain quest key or a Crimson Court trinket.
- Fresh Harvest: This will heal you up.
- Giant Oyster: Use a Shovel for more gold/trinket, or Dog Treats (requires a Houndmaster in your party) for a +25 DODGE chance.
- Gleaming Shards: Provides Comet Shards.
- Heirloom Chest: Use a Skeleton Key for better loot chances. May cause bleeding or blight.
- Holy Fountain: Applying Holy Water may remove stress (up to 20 at higher levels) and cure status effects.
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