Backer trinkets

Backer trinkets are secret trinkets designed by the Kickstarter backers of Darkest Dungeon. Backer trinkets have their own graphic, and can be carried by any character.

Claiming backer trinkets
Backer trinkets can be claimed by opening the Trinket Inventory, pressing the [Enter] key, and typing the name of the trinket. Trinket names are not case sensitive, but must be identical to the names as written below.

Once you claim a backer trinket and have it in your Invntory, you cannot summon another (but see next). Selling them is not a worthwhile tactic, as they are all* worth just 1 gold.
 * (* minor bug: "Crest of the 1100" cannot be sold)

Forcing multiple copies
Though it is not normally possible to create duplicates of backer trinkets, there is a way to trick the game to create multiple copies, by losing them after a failed mission. Having multiple sets can be useful, e.g. bonus [XP Resolve] trinkets for leveling multiple characters, or the [DMG+ACC Rings] trinkets which tend to be more powerful vs. standard trinkets.


 * Note that this method requires an optional boss fight that is a Veteran mission, recommended for Level 5-6 heroes.

To duplicate a backer trinket:
 * Step #1~ Create the trinket(s) you want to duplicate (max 8 at a time), as above.
 * Step #2~ Go to the Stage Coach or your Hero list and pick up some fresh (and unwanted) bodies, equip them with the trinkets you want to duplicate and send them on a mission (Not Farmstead).
 * Step #3~ Simply let them all die (Do not retreat).
 * Step #4~ Once all members of the party are dead, go back to town and back into your inventory, create them again, since technically you lost them and they are in a sort of limbo.
 * Step #5~ Once The Shrieker has collected 8 total trinkets from your fallen dead, his event will trigger, allowing you to fight him in the Weald Zone. If successful (you only have to survive1), he will award you the first 8 that you created and lost. (Also assuming you don't have a big list of other lost trinkets in queue to be reclaimed.)
 * Optional~ For more than 8 trinkets, or more than 2 copies2, just repeat (see below*).


 * 1) Successfully killing the Shrieker awards one of his 3 special trinkets; merely surviving the mission is enough to reclaim 8 of your lost trinkets.)
 * 2) Since the game won't allow you to claim a backer trinket if you already have it in your Inventory, if you want to create more than 2 copies of a specific backer trinket, then you will have to create and lose them additional times before the boss fight(s), each time adding one more copy to the list of lost trinkets that the Shrieker pulls from. To avoid unnecessary additional Boss fights, send Parties in with only the trinkets you wish to duplicate.

Also note that, after week 42, the Shrieker has a separate Town Event that steals 8 of your trinkets, taken at random from your Inventory. It is recommended to start the above process before this event, so the first Shrieker mission guarantees retrieving the 8 Backer Trinkets that you want duplicated. After those 8, any additional trinkets can only be retrieved via a second mission.

Trivia

 * Unlike backer heroes in the other language versions of the game the player has to draw the name of a backer trinket in the selected language in order to purchase it, however it can be solved easier by simply changing the language in option menu to a language better known the player.
 * After selling or losing a backer trinket the player can simply recall the same trinket for a second time (although they are only worth 1 gold).
 * By selling early trinkets and using the backer trinkets instead, large amounts of gold can be gained early on.
 * Despite the fact that you cannot spawn multiple, identical backer trinkets, there's an exploit you can preform utilizing the Shrieker event to obtain multiple versions of the same trinket, although it's grossly inefficient as you must have a hero carrying the trinket perish in combat, and retreat from that instance.