Keep your provision items like food, bandages, and torches stocked.Don’t spend gold and heirlooms on new recruits, spend your resources only on leveled-up characters.It’s better to Hire an Antiquarian as soon as you come across one in the stagecoach when you’re in need of some gold.

Cut a hero loose if he has a number of undesirable quirks and is always stressed out due to afflictions.Keep track of how stressed out your characters are, to avoid any sort of harmful effects.To avoid a predicament always have Backup heroes in case the heroes of the primary group die.

Have a Healer in your team to keep your characters healthy so they can continue to combat.

Upgrade the Stagecoach to have access to more heroes following each quest.

A tactical retreat is essential, better get your heroes stressed than killed.

Avoid basing all of your expectations on a single hero or party setup and expect failures and setbacks.

Darkest Dungeon is a tough game but following some strategies makes it a bit easier.

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