Darkest Dungeon: Common ones Darkest Dungeon Guide
Last update: 20 April 2023
Common curios are usually useful and harmless. On this page of the guide to Darkest Dungeon you'll find list and description to all of them.
All Common ones
In this chapter you will find Curio that can be found in every dungeon type and activating them usually doesn't have any negative consequences.
Curio | Effect with an item | Effect without an item |
 Crate
| None | 75% chance for a heirloom 25% chance that nothing will happen |
 Discarded Pack
| None | 60% chance for 1 piece of supplies + 2 pieces of gold/gems + Journal Entry 20% chance that nothing will happen 20% chance for scouting |
 Eldritch Altar
| Holy Water: 100% chance for removing a negative Quirk or curing a disease | 40% chance for increasing stress by +25 10% chance for deleting a random negative Quirk 50% chance that nothing will happen |
 Heirloom Chest first variant
| Skeleton Key: 100% chance for 4 pieces of heirloome Antidotum: 100% Chance for 3 pieces of heirloome | 75% chance for 2 pieces of heirlooms 12,5% chance for Blight effect 12,5% chance for Bleed status |
 Heirloom Chest second variant
| Skeleton Key: 100% chance for 3 pieces of treasure Antidotum: 66,6% chance for 2 pieces of treasure, 33,3% chance that nothing will happen | 50% Chance for 2 pieces of treasure 25% chance for Blight effect 25% chance for Bleed status |
 Sack
| None | 75% chance for gold/gem 25% chance that nothing will happen |
 Sconce
| None | 100% chance for 1 Torch |
 Shambler's Altar
| Torch: 100% chance for summoning Shambler, the miniboss | 100% chance that nothing will happen |
 Unlocked Strongbox
| None | 75% chance for 2 pieces of any treasure 25% chance for Blight effect |
 Stack of Books
| Torch: 100% Chance for increasing stress by +100 | 22,2% chance for random positive Quirk 22,2% chance for increasing stress by 25 16,7% chance that nothing will happen 16.7% for getting Journal Entry 11,1% chance for random neagtive Quirk 11,1% Chance for decreasing torch by 25 |
Notes
As one can see, most Curio that can be found in every location are harmless and they usually offer useful items. However, it is worth remembering about 3 of them:
- Eldrich Altar - Always activate it using the Holy water, this will allow you to get rid of a negative Quirk or illness. It is a good idea to always keep at least one Holy Water in case of finding this object.
- Heirloom Chest - you can activate it using the required item and receive random items or risk (high, 75% chance) obtaining heirlooms.
- Shambler's Altar - activating it using a torch summons probably the strongest (mini)boss available in the game that can increase the stress of your whole party in a short time. Don't activate it unless you are 100% sure that you can handle him.