We did it. About 12 hours ago, backers navigated our Heroes through the final map of the expedition, unlocking one of our coolest final upgrades to the Deluxe edition... all Deluxe hardcovers will now also include a dust jacket featuring art by none other than Darkest Dungeon Co-founder & Creative Director Chris Bourassa himself, which he generously offered to create for you and this graphic novel campaign.
We all love comics and we love bringing new Darkest Dungeon to you all... It doesn't get better than that.
The Chris Bourassa Dust Jacket for Deluxe Hardcover
Each Deluxe edition hardcover purchased through the live campaign* will include the dust jacket automatically so you get some stellar new art from the OG himself along with your beautiful books. If you are in any Pledge level tier from Darker and up (or have an add-on) that contains the Deluxe hardcover, this dust jacket is yours.
*we can't guarantee we'll be including this dust jacket for free with Deluxe hardcovers after the end of the campaign/ via the post-campaign store... this one was really earned by the live campaign backers, so we want to keep that particular bonus exclusive to everyone who joined us this month.
A mockup featuring Chris Bourassa's older art... he has agreed to create a new piece just for our graphic novel. Yay!
Still hanging out in the standard hardcover tier? No worries... but after all unlocked upgrades (the size increase, the black foil, the glow, the new edge option, and the dust jacket) the Deluxe bookis now pretty stacked, and is limited to this campaign. Adjusting your pledge up will also keep the Backer Train running strong. Just throwing that out there!
One last quest... In radiance may we find victory!
Remember: any new pledges, new add-ons, or pledge upgrades ALL count towards the Overtime train! Just check out the timer to see the train's status... One backer per 10 minutes will keep Overtime safely in play.
Pledges keep the train moving strong towards our last unlock!
We'll be updating this Achievement page hourly... good luck!
Last but not least... Stream!
The Stream goes live at 9am PT... this Update is scheduled to go out at 8:50am PT, so if you're reading this, it may be live in just a few moment. Access the stream through our main page!
Click here to go to the main page!
If you miss the Stream, never fear... we will be posting it to the community section once we've uploaded the file to our YT page, so you can always watch it there later.
What's next?
We will be opening the post-campaign store, and now that the active needs of the campaign are complete, we think it's safe to say that our creative team can really lock in on the graphic novel's production!
We'll also be sending monthly updates so we can be fully transparent about the comic's production, reward production status, and fulfillment timelines as we get closer to shipping. You'll never be very long without an update, but if you ever have any more urgent questions for us, the best way to reach us is via our Discord or at [email protected].
Thanks for everything!
Thank you all so much for making the Darkest Dungeon graphic novel campaign an incredibly fun one for us! We at Vault wanted to thank you all so much for playing the campaign dungeons, strategizing in the reward polls, sharing your Darkest Dungeon thoughts and questions, and just generally being a bunch of cool folks. We hope you had a good time!
We'll kick off our updates on November 19, and will check in every month after that.
We are officially in the final hours! Less than 1 day remains for all of us here in the Darkest Dungeon.
Final Week Unlocks!
You've done it again... yet more expansions and upgrades to please the most loot-hungry adventurers among us.
First... you asked, now ye shall receive. This ridiculous bumper sticker has been added to the Darkest Tier AND the Completionist Tiers! We haven't yet done a bonus add-on for the Darkest tier, so if you're in that pledge level, no need to add it on... it's on the house. For everyone else, we've got them in the add-ons section for you now!
Darkest and Completionist tiers, you get this one on us!
The Expanded Standee set for 4 characters has now been expanded to include a fifth... this horror remains spoiler-free for now, but will be revealed when the graphic novel is completed and in your possession.
Additionally, the Deluxe Edition now has TWO options to pick from! Stick with our dark-on-dark Pitch Black edition, or choose the new Torch Lit edition with a lick of flame down the sides. No need to choose now--these options will become available when the campaign is fully closed and your Pledge Manager questionnaire is sent to you next year. If you haven't yet upgraded to a Deluxe edition tier, there's still time to do so!
As always, the Standee Set and bonus were already added to the Completionist tier. However, each Completionist tier only comes with a single Deluxe book. For additional copies, you can always grab another one at a discount from the add-on section.
The Expansion Standee set now includes bonus [spoiler free] Unknown Horror standee...
...and every Deluxe backer can now select their choice of the original "Pitch Black" or the new "Torch Lit" edge color!
The Overtime Challenge!
We've got an exceptionally special final upgrade--an additional upgrade item for Deluxe Edition backers, to be included with every Deluxe Edition! It will also be offered as an add-on for everyone else~
We know that hitting 4600 backers is a big goal, but luckily the BackerKit platform offers a little mechanic called Overtime Mode. We can extend the life of the campaing PAST the actual end by simply maintaining a stream of backers (a little hint for the more strategically-minded... existing pledge upgrades and add-on adjustments count too!).
If we hit a full 8 hours of overtime past the scheduled end of the campaign at 9am--if we can keep Overtime in play until 5pm PT--we will unlock the last bonus of the campaign.
Stream for the win at 9am tomorrow
We've decided to help out for the first hour by holding our 1-hour Overtime Stream tomorrow 10/30 at 9am PT! Just visit the page to join us for a conversation with Red Hook co-founder, artist, and writer Chris Bourassa as well as Darkest Dungeon megafan and Vault EICAdrian Wassel.
To access the stream, just visit the page. The stream will be playing in the current Video area. If you can't make it, we'll surely miss you, but we'll post a copy to the Vault page at some point so you don't get too much FOMO.
If you had a question for us to pass along to Chris and Adrian, there's still time to submit it here. We've already recorded everyone's previous responses... if you're lucky your question may be selected for the Stream!
We'll send out one more update tomorrow to let folks know about the start of Overtime... thanks for enjoying the final few days with us, we're all having a blast and hope you are too.
We're closing in on the end of the campaign! On October 30 this project ends, and so does your best chance at exclusive Darkest Dungeon rewards at the best possible value.
Note: we will be opening the campaign to late pledges in November but to respect the support from our original backers--that means you--we won't be offering every single reward being offered during the live campaign. So if you're still on the fence, now's your best chance.
Still on the fence? Let's help you choose your tier!
We've unlocked quite a few items since the campaign started, so we put together this graphic to compare all of the rewards we've unlocked (...so far! we have not yet completed the final Expedition).
Tiers are highly customizable thanks to add-ons, but the Completionist Tier has really ballooned since we started the campaign. That said, we wanted to make sure we spread some love to our Darkest tier too, soleave a favorite quote hereto find out what that is once we hit 100 comments.
Celebrate the end of the campaign with us!
To celebrate the end of the campaign and a surprise final-hours challenge, we'll be holding a Darkest Dungeon livestream on October 30 at 9am PT/ noon ET. Joining us will be Darkest Dungeon creative and Red Hook co-founder Chris Bourassa, as well as Vault EIC and Darkest Dungeon graphic novel editor Adrian Wassel.
We've been a little picky with details due to wanting to spare you all from any spoilers, but for those who want to know more... now's your chance!
We're collecting any questions you might have for us in the comments section below. Leave a question for us, and maybe you'll have yours answered when we're live!
We look forward to a powerful close to the campaign. Until then, we remain, Vault
New rewards from the second expedition have been added
You've completed our second map! Here are the rewards you've unlocked through your efforts through The Weald...
every tier will receive a Vestal and Hellion digital wallpaper with their bonus wallpaper sets
a glowing torch will now blaze through the darkness of the Deluxe edition
the metal Highwayman's coin has been unlocked as an add-on (and added to all Completionist tiers)
Hellion's stress pushed her to become Resolute, fully healing her, giving her an extra stress slot ahead of the next map, AND unlocking a second metal Virtue and Affliction coinadd-on (also added to all Completionist tiers)
And, finally, one more add-on acrylic standee set has been unlocked. Thisexpansion standee set will feature additional characters from the graphic novel... and maybe we'll have the chance to add one more?
The Expansion acrylic standee set...
The Highwayman's Coin...
... and the Virtue or Affliction Coin!
For all of those who aren't in the Completionist tier, you'll be able to add these rewards to your tier any time. The Completionist (and above) tiers' coaches are HEAVILY laden at this point. If you want to easily compare each pledge tier, we'll be posting a handy graphic next week to summarize our progress so far.
Our final quest...
We have one more map planned that will take us to the end of the campaign! Our final chance at reward, sacrifice, and redemption... we hope you're ready! You can vote on which Heroes enters the fray this weekend... the last adventure of this campaign starts on Monday 10/26.
Thank you for the adventure so far!
We wanted to thank backers for all of your love, comments, and feedback in this campaign so far! As stated in our FAQ (for all you weirdos who actually read them) and for first-time Vault backers, the graphics presented here in the campaign are often early examples of art and can always be considered placeholders. We deeply appreciate your trust in our teams to make sure that we're bringing you a graphic novel that captures the characters, vibes, and everything you love about the Darkest Dungeon series.
And with that, we'll leave you to your weekends. We'll see you next week for the final showdown.
Until then, we remain, Vault
PS, we left a little non-spoilery character teaser in the Backer-only section for you!
Well well well, look who's got about 9 days left in the campaign? (It's us.) But we're not close to being done yet. Let's talk about our next reward unlocks...
Vote on the next rewards!
The next chamber finally opened, and the next poll is unlocked... which rewards will YOU choose? The safer options, or some greater and more dangerous items? You've got until tomorrow to decide!
Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles, paid for in blood.
The savvier among you may notice a new healing mechanics in play thanks to the Vestal... and that it's possible to max out stress on Hellion during this poll. Are you curious enough to find out what happens when a character reaches full stress? We'll leave that to you!
Not to be excluded, we've also got another graphic novel unlock treatment! Darkest Dungeon Deluxe hardcover enjoyers may now light the way with a a glow effect on the torch.
In radiance may we find victory!
This brings our Deluxe upgrades to the fourth level. There are potentially still more upgrades to unlock on this edition, but once again, we leave that in the hands of backers.
The end approaches...
On Friday, October 30, we reach the final day of this campaign! But stress not, we have one final expedition on the horizon before we meet our end, as well as some surprise challenges. Join us in our next update at the close of the week to help choose the final group of Heroes to embark on this last mission.
We'll also be celebrating our final week with a conversational stream featuring writers John Lees, Red Hook's Chris Bourassa, and Vault Comic's Editor in Chief (and Darkest Dungeon graphic novel editor) Adrian Wassel. Out of respect for all this team has planned for you we've been rather close-mouthed about some of the finer details about the plot, so this stream will be THE place to get some special details right from the creators' mouths. We'll have more news about this upcoming live event for you in our next update as well!
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