Your Hamlet

Master the Hamlet in Darkest Dungeon! Learn about upgrades for the Abbey, Blacksmith, Guild, Sanitarium, and more, including unlock timings and benefits.

Soon as you level up, you'll unlock more and more features in the Hamlet. Some are tied to DLCs. This guide provides information on upgrades and the approximate time/event when you can use these features.

Abbey

Upgrading the Abbey increases the types of stress treatments and their effectiveness. Possibilities:

• Cloister: Increase efficiency, reduce cost by 15% two times and increase slot number to 3.
• Transept: Similar to Cloister, but with 16% and 12% cost reduction.
• Penance Hall: Similar to Cloister, but with 13% cost reduction twice.

Unlocks after the 2nd week.

Ancestor's Memoirs

Get information on your ancestor's failures. These can be unlocked once you are done with certain bosses and/or collected enough Journals. DLCs can provide more stories. This feature is available from the start.

Blacksmith

Upgrading the Blacksmith allows for purchasing better weapons and armor, and reduces costs. Upgrades include Weaponsmithing, Armorsmithing, and Furnace (reduces upgrade costs by 10%/level). Weapon- and armorsmithing unlocks L2-5 items. You can upgrade items by dragging and dropping your character to the top right holder or selecting them from your roster.

Unlocked in the 3rd week.

Graveyard

View your fallen heroes. This feature is available from the start.

Guild

Upgrading the Guild allows for training of advanced ranks in hero skills. Upgrades include Instructor Mastery (allows skill upgrades from L2 to L5) and Training Regimen (reduces skill training cost by 10%/level). To upgrade a hero's skill, drag and drop it to the top right, then pay for the skills, or click them in your roster. Do not forget to upgrade necessary skills on new heroes if you have the Gold.

Unlocked in the 3rd week.

Nomad Wagon

Upgrading the Nomad Wagon improves trinket purchase selection and reduces their cost. Upgrades include Wagon Size (4-12 trinkets available) and Merchant Network (reduces trinket costs by 10%/level). Crystal-based items are unique and can only be bought once. Once you have a trinket, right-click a hero and select "Trinket Inventory" below your roster. You can only equip trinkets that are either good for the hero class or not class-limited.

Unlocked at week 10.

Roster

Your roster contains your heroes. You can sort them by level, stress, class, and activity. You can see their portraits, attack/defense, main level, stress level, and whether they have a disease (indicated by a yellow stink or blood on the portrait with Crimson DLC). Right-click any hero to select them and view their stats.

Sanitarium

Upgrading the Sanitarium allows for more quirk treatment slots and reduces treatment cost. Upgrades include Treatment Library (reduces treatment costs by 10% five times), Medical Devices (reduces treatment costs by 13% max 3 times and increases efficiency), and Patient Cells (increases Treatment and Medical Wards slots to max 3). "Medical Ward" removes diseases, while "Treatment Ward" removes or finalizes quirks. Locking a quirk or removing a negative quirk with a death symbol is costly.

Unlocked after your 4th dungeon run, week 4.

Stage Coach

Upgrading the Stagecoach increases available heroes for hire or roster size. Upgrades include Stagecoach Network (increases maximum available hero number), Hero Barracks (increases your available roster size), and Experienced Recruits (chance for a max L3 hero). This building is available from the start, but "Experienced Recruits" cannot be unlocked immediately.

Survivalist

Upgrading the Survivalist increases available Camping skills and reduces their learning cost. Each level gives a -10% reduced cost. Unlock camping skills by dragging and dropping your mates to the top right or selecting them in your roster.

Unlocked at week 10.

Tavern

Upgrading the Tavern increases the types of stress treatments and their effectiveness. You can upgrade the Bar, Gambling, and Brothel. Each can be upgraded to have max 3 slots with cheaper treatment costs (~12-16%x2) and higher efficiency. Some heroes may refuse certain methods while others may prefer specific solutions. Upgrade choices are up to you.

Unlocked after the 2nd week.