Pretty much all my heroes are stressed out. How can I come back?

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I've just started playing Darkest Dungeon, and I had no idea what was going on. I somehow managed to win a mission with all 4 heroes being stressed out (paranoid etc.), but given the way the previous mission went, that means that every available healer I have is over the stress threshold and starts to stress out all other party members from the moment we enter the dungeon.

This seems to have started a kind of feedback loop where I can't possibly hope to finish a dungeon without multiple new characters becoming overly stressed. It doesn't look like there's any hope of ever putting together a coherent non-stressed party again. Should I just start the game over since it's so early? What are my viable options for getting back into a playable state?






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How do you recover stress in Darkest Dungeon?

Stress will also be healed when dealing critical strikes, killing enemies, receiving critical heals, disarming traps, or interacting with certain curios. The player can utilise a strategy where a hero can 'stunlock' enemies and use this extra time to have heroes with stress-healing abilities restore the party's stress.

What does stress mean in Darkest Dungeon?

When you are in a dungeon, your characters' stress-level will slowly rise during exploration, and combat may also cause stress if heroes take damage or get hit by certain abilities. High stress will cause heroes to become afflicted.

How do you reduce stress in Darkside dungeon 2?

One of the main methods of reducing Stress is to use Inn Items such as Poetry. Some of these are risky, but many are not and should be used to keep your party's sanity high. Many heroes have Stress-healing moves.

How can I remove stress?

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  • Meditate. ...
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  • Assert yourself. ...
  • Try yoga. ...
  • Get enough sleep. ...
  • Keep a journal.




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