Darkest Dungeon The Crimson Court: New Curios and Obstacles Darkest Dungeon Guide
Last update: 20 April 2023
The Courtyard area is quite unique when it comes to Curio, as you won't find any of the "universal" ones that you can run into in the remaining places. The Courtyard gives you access to 9 different Curios that are unique to this place - you won't find them anywhere else. The following table presents all of the available objects, as well as possible interactions - with and without items.
Curios
Curio | Effect with an item | Effect without an item |
 Bloodflowers
| The Blood: none Holy Water: increase stress by 15 points Shovel: 66,7% chance for obtaining Gems and/or Heirlooms (x2); 33,3% chance for obtaining any loot (x1) | 38,5% chance to increase stress by 15 points 21,1% chance for Scouting 15,3% chance for any loot (x2) + 16,7% chance for The Blood (x1) 5,1% chance to cause Tetanus disease 2,5% chance to cause random disease 15,3% chance that nothing happens |
 Damned Fountain
| Holy Water: Stress Heal 30 Torch: increase stress by 5 points | 60% chance to inflict Bleed 20% chance for Crimson Curse disease 20% chance for any loot (x2) + 16,7% chance to inflict Bleed |
 Disturbing Diversion
| Shovel: x3 Heirlooms | 40% chance to increase stress by 15 points 15% chance for a random positive quirk 15% chance for a random negative quirk 10% chance for any loot (x2) +16,7% chance for The Blood (x2) 20% chance that nothing happens |
 Forgotten Delicacies
| Medicinal Herbs: Food (x2) + Gold / Provisions (x1) | 20% chance for Gold / Provisions (x2) + Provisions (x1) + 25% chance for The Blood (x1) 20% chance for Stress Eater negative quirk 20% chance to inflict Bleed 13,3% chance for Crimson Curse disease 6,7% chance for a random disease 20% chance that nothing happens |
 Hooden Shrew
| The Blood: any loot (x2) | 42,8% chance to increase stress by 15 points 28,5% chance for any loot (x1) 7,6% chance for a random disease 14,2% chance that nothing happens |
 Pile of Strange Bones
| Bandage: 50% chance for any loot (x1), 50% chance for The Blood (x1) The Blood: ambush (enemy spawn) | 50% chance to inflict Bleed 20% chance for any loot (x2) +16,7% chance for The Blood (x1) 10% chance for Crimson Curse disease 20% chance that nothing happens |
 Throbbing Coccoons
| Torch: Stress Heal 30 | 75% chance for an ambush (enemy spawn) 20% chance for any loot (x2) + 16,7% chance for The Blood (x1) 10% chance for Crimson Curse disease 20% chance that nothing happens |
 Thronging Hive
| Torch: any loot (x3) + 16,7% chance for The Blood (x1) | 75% chance for any loot (x2) + 20% chance for The Blood (x2) 25% chance to inflict Bleed |
 Wine Crate
| Antivenom: Stress Heal 30 Shovel: Firewood (x1) | 41,7% chance for The Blood (x2) + any loot (x1) + Gold / Provision (x4) 16,7% chance for Tippler negative quirk 16,7% chance for Crimson Curse disease 8,3% chance for Scouting 8,3% chance to inflict Bleed 8,3% chance that nothing happens |
As you can see, there aren't any Curios as punishing as the ones that can be found in different areas. There's no Curio that can increase the stress of the hero by 100 points or give an incredibly powerful debuff. However, it's still worth to use proper items to interact with them - doing so without any item can inflict Bleed or one of the diseases.
Obstacles
Aside from Curios there are two different types of obstacles that you can run into in the Courtyard - Crumbling Pillar and Shifting Mists. The first one is the typical obstacle you can find in other areas - you need to interact with it using a shovel, as otherwise the entire party will receive damage and stress damage (the light level won't decrease here). The bigger problem are the Shifting Mists. You can interact with it by using a Torch - if you activate it without an item, the party will receive damage, stress damage and will be teleported to a random (most probably explored) place in the dungeon.