Quirk

The faces of comedy and tragedy are used to symbolize quirks.

Quirks are peculiar traits possessed by heroes, gained through activities in the Hamlet or during expeditions. Quirks are semi-permanent modifiers that affect the hero in various ways, both positive and negative, either altering their stats or forcing particular behaviours.

Acquiring and managing quirks

An Occultist having both the Gambler and Known Cheat quirks, effectively preventing him from benefiting from stress relief facilities until cured in the Sanitarium.

When initially found at the Stage Coach, a hero will possess a random set of quirks, at least one positive and one negative.

Additional quirks, positive or negative, can be gained during expeditions, by interacting with curios. Furthermore, at the end of an expedition, regardless of its outcome, surviving heroes will have a chance to get additional quirks. Quirks can also appear as a result of perusing the stress relief buildings in the Hamlet, the Tavern and Abbey.

A character can possess a maximum of five positive and five negative quirks. If a hero gains an additional quirk when having reached the maximum number, a random existing quirk will be replaced. A hero can have two opposite quirks, allowing two traits to cancel each other out.

It is possible to lock positive quirks on a hero, preventing them from being replaced by new ones that may be acquired, by using the Sanitarium in the Hamlet; the Sanitarium is also useful for removing any unwanted quirks, positive or negative. A maximum of three positive quirks can be locked. Similarly, negative quirks will be locked as well (also to a maximum of three) if left untreated for too long (through adventures, not when heroes are in town). Treating a locked negative quirk is much more expensive. Both activities require a hefty sum to be paid, with positive quirk treatment (locking and removing) being the most expensive. The cost for each quirk treatment is calculated on the basis of the hero's Resolve level.

Several curios found in the dungeons can also be used to remove a random negative quirk on the character used to activate it when the appropriate item is used:

• Eldritch Altars can be found occasionally in rooms in any of the four major regions, and remove a negative quirk when Holy Water is used on them.
• Piles of Scrolls are found in hallways in the Warrens, and sometimes remove a negative quirk when they are burned with a Torch.
• Eerie Coral is found in hallways in the Cove, and removes a negative quirk when Medicinal Herbs are used on it.
• The Confession Booth, found in hallways in the Ruins, has a 25% chance to remove a negative quirk if activated with no items.
• The Sacrificial Stone, found in rooms in the Warrens, has a 25% chance to remove a negative quirk if activated with no items.

On rare occasions, if the hero interacts with a curio and receives a quirk while already having it, the quirk will be reinforced and become permanent, even when the hero already has three locked quirks. This allows the hero to bypass the limits and have more than 3 permanent positive quirks. For example, the Ruins Tactician quirk may be reinforced upon interacting with the curio Suit of Armor.

Chance of acquiring quirks

Whenever you end the dungeon, your heroes have a chance to gain negative or positive quirks. The chance of acquiring new quirks depends on the level of stress, however stress above 100 counts as 100.

• If you do not complete the quest objective:
  • Chance of positive quirk: 35 - 0.15 * stress
  • Chance of negative quirk: 40 + 0.26 * stress
• If you complete the quest objective:
  • Chance of positive quirk: 45% (regardless of stress)
  • Chance of negative quirk: 25 + 0.25 * stress

List of Quirks

Comparable Quirks

Comparable Quirks are a pair of quirks, one negative and one positive, that alter the same state but in opposite ways. For example, Clumsy reduces a hero's DODGE by 5, while Evasive increases the hero's DODGE by the same amount. However, not all comparable quirks have even values. For example. Clotter increases a hero's Bleed Resist by 15%, whereas its counterpart Anemic reduces it only by 10%.

Positive Quirks		Negative Quirks
Name	Effects	Name	Effects	Type
Beast Hater	+15% DMG and -15% Stress vs Beast	Fear of Beasts	+15% Stress and -10 ACC vs Beast	vs Beast
Beast Slayer	+10 ACC and +5% CRIT vs Beast	Zoophobia	+20% Stress vs Beast
Clotter	+15% Bleed Resist	Anemic	-10% Bleed Resist	Bleed Resist
Clutch Hitter	+5% CRIT if HP below 50%	Dud Hitter	-5% CRIT if HP below 50%	Low Health CRIT
Cove Adventurer	-20% Stress while in the Cove	Cove Phobe	+20% Stress while in the Cove	Stress in Cove
Deadly	+2% CRIT	Misses the Spot	-2% CRIT	CRIT
Eagle Eye	+5% CRIT for Ranged Skills	Flawed Release	-5% CRIT for Ranged Skills	Ranged CRIT
Early Riser	+2 SPD if Torch is above 75	Nocturnal	-2 SPD if Torch is above 75	Radiant Light SPD
Eldritch Hater	+15% DMG and -15% Stress vs Eldritch	Fear of Eldritch	+15% Stress and -10 ACC vs Eldritch	vs Eldritch
Eldritch Slayer	+10 ACC and +5% CRIT vs Eldritch
Evasive	+5 DODGE	Clumsy	-5 DODGE	DODGE
Gifted	+20% Healing Received	Infirm	-20% Healing Received	Healing Received
Gothic	Wyrd Reconstruction: +25% Healing Received	Ascetic	Wyrd Reconstruction: -20% Healing Received	Healing Received from Occultist
Hard Noggin	+15% Stun Resist	Shocker	-10% Stun Resist	Stun Resist
Hippocratic	+20% Healing Skills	Bad Healer	-20% Healing Skills	Healing Done
Irrepressible	+5% Virtue Chance	Mercurial	-5% Virtue Chance	Virtue Chance
Last Gasp	+1 SPD if HP is below 50%	Winded	-1 SPD if HP is below 50%	Low Health SPD
Lurker	+10% DMG if Torch is below 26	Night Blindness	-10% DMG if Torch is below 26	Dark/Black as Pitch DMG
Luminous	+2 SPD, +5 DODGE	Fading	-2 SPD, -5 DODGE	SPD/DODGE
Mankind Hater	+15% DMG and -15% Stress vs Human	Fear of Mankind	+15% Stress and -10 ACC vs Human	vs Human
Man Slayer	+10 ACC and +5% CRIT vs Human	Automatonophobia	+20% Stress vs Human
Musical	Inspiring Tune: +25% Stress Heal Received	Tone Deaf	Inspiring Tune: -20% Stress Heal Received	Stress Heal Received from Jester
Natural Eye	+5 ACC for Ranged Skills	Lazy Eye	-5 ACC for Ranged Skills	Ranged ACC
Natural Swing	+5 ACC	The Yips	-5 ACC	ACC
Night Owl	+2 SPD if Torch is below 26	Diurnal	-2 SPD if Torch is below 26	Dark/Black as Pitch SPD
On Guard	+4 SPD and +5 DODGE on First Round	Off Guard	-4 SPD and -5 DODGE on First Round	First Turn SPD/DODGE
Photomania	-20% Stress when Torch is above 75	Phengophobia	+20% Stress when Torch is above 75	Radiant Light Stress
Precise Striker	+5% CRIT for Melee Skills	Weak Grip	-5% CRIT for Melee Skills	Melee CRIT
Quickdraw	+4 SPD on First Round	Slowdraw	-4 SPD on First Round	First Turn SPD
Quick Reflexes	+2 SPD	Slow Reflexes	-1 SPD	SPD
Resilient	+10% Stress Heal Received	Ruminator	-10% Stress Heal Received	Stress Heal Received
Robust	+15% Disease Resist	Sickly	-10% Disease Resist	Disease Resist
Ruins Adventurer	-20% Stress while in the Ruins	Ruins Phobe	+20% Stress while in the Ruins	Stress in Ruins
Second Wind	+10% DMG if HP is below 50%	Tuckered Out	-10% DMG if HP is below 50%	Low Health DMG
Skilled Gambler	+12.9% chance of winning money and +13.3% chance of winning trinkets while Gambling	Bad Gambler	+11.4% chance of losing money and +13.3% chance of losing trinkets while Gambling	Gambling
Slugger	+10% DMG for Melee Skills	Torn Rotator	-5% DMG for Melee Skills	Melee DMG
Spiritual	Divine Grace, Divine Comfort: +25% Healing Received	Scientific	Divine Grace, Divine Comfort: -20% Healing Received	Healing Received from Vestal
Steady	-10% Stress	Nervous	+10% Stress	Stress
Stress Faster	-100% Food Consumed if Stress is above 50	Stress Eater	+100% Food Consumed if Stress is above 50	Food Consumed at high Stress
Thick Blooded	+10% Blight Resist	Thin Blooded	-10% Blight Resist	Blight Resist
Tough	+10% MAX HP	Fragile	-10% MAX HP	MAX HP
Hard Skinned	+10% PROT	Soft	-5% MAX HP
Unholy Hater	+15% DMG and -15% Stress vs Unholy	Fear of Unholy	+15% Stress and -10 ACC vs Unholy	vs Unholy
Unholy Slayer	+10 ACC and +5% CRIT vs Unholy	Satanophobia	+20% Stress vs Unholy
Unerring	+10% DMG for Ranged Skills	Scattering	-5% DMG for Ranged Skills	Ranged DMG
Unyielding	+10% Death Blow Resist	Weak Grip on Life	-10% Death Blow Resist	Death Blow Resist
Warrens Adventurer	-20% Stress while in the Warrens	Warrens Phobe	+20% Stress while in the Warrens	Stress in Warrens
Warrior of Light	+10% DMG if Torch is above 75	Light Sensitive	-10% DMG if Torch is above 75	Radiant Light DMG
Weald Adventurer	-20% Stress while in the Weald	Weald Phobe	+20% Stress while in the Weald	Stress in Weald

Independent Positive Quirk

Independent Quirks have no comparable opposite, and thus are unique to themselves. Independent Positive Quirks mainly deal with area specific bonuses, camping and reducing gold costs in town.

Positive Quirks
Name	Effects
Armor Tinker	-20% Armor Upgrade Cost at the Blacksmith
Back Tracker	No Stress penalty when walking backwards
Balanced	+15% Move Resist
Cove Explorer	+10% Scouting Chance in Cove
Cove Scrounger	+5% Scouting Chance in Cove
Cove Tactician	+15% DMG in Cove
Daredevil	+15 DODGE if HP under 25%
Fairweather Fighter	+20% DMG if HP above 99%
Fast Healer	+10% Healing Skills while Camping
Fated	10% chance to turn any MISS into a HIT
Healer's Gift	+20% Healing Skills while Camping
Hot to Trot	+25% DMG, +20 ACC, +5% CRIT on First Round
Meditator	+20% Stress Heal Received from Meditation (Does not actually increase Stress Heal Received while Camping)
Natural	+20% MAX HP, +20% Healing Received, and +3 SPD while wearing no trinkets
Nymphomania	+20% Stress Heal Received from Brothel
Ruins Explorer	+10% Scouting Chance in Ruins
Ruins Scrounger	+5% Scouting Chance in Ruins
Ruins Tactician	+15% DMG in Ruins
Stout	+15% Healing Skills while Camping
Twilight Dreamer	Ignores Stealth (One per roster)
Warrens Explorer	+10% Scouting Chance in Warrens
Warrens Scrounger	+5% Scouting Chance in Warrens
Warrens Tactician	+15% DMG in Warrens
Weald Explorer	+10% Scouting Chance in Weald
Weald Scrounger	+5% Scouting Chance in Weald
Weald Tactician	+15% DMG in Weald
Weapon Tinker	-20% Weapon Upgrade Cost at the Blacksmith

Treatment Quirks

These quirks affect which treatments a hero may use to relieve stress in the hamlet.

Treatment Quirks
Cloister	Enlightened	In Town, will only Meditate for stress relief	Unquiet Mind	In town, will not meditate in the Cloister for stress relief
Transept	God Fearing	In Town, will only Pray for stress relief.	Witness	After seeing troubling behavior, will not take part in Prayer activity in town
Penance Hall	Flagellant	In Town, will only Flagellate for stress relief
Bar	Tippler	In town, will only visit the Bar for stress relief	Resolution	In town, will never Drink
Gambling Hall	Gambler	In town, will only Gamble for stress relief	Known Cheat	Is not allowed to visit the Gambling Hall
Brothel	Love Interest	In town, will only visit the Brothel for stress relief	Deviant Tastes	Is not allowed to visit the Brothel

Other Quirks
Faithless	Will not Pray or Flagellate for stress relief.

Independent Negative Quirks

As with Positive Quirks, Negative Quirks have their own set that are independent with no positive counterpart.

Negative Quirks
Name	Effects
Antsy	+20 Stress when left Idle for the week
Ashen	-10% Bleed and Blight Resist
Calm	-15% DMG on First Round
Claustrophobia	+20% Stress Received in Hallways
Germaphobe	-10 ACC vs Blighted
Impostor Syndrome	"Consumed by thoughts of inadequacy" 4% chance to pass turn
Lygophobia	+20% Stress Received if Torch is below 26
Nervous Bleeder	-10 ACC while Bleeding
Perfectionist	+5 Stress when attack misses
Risktaker	+10% DMG, -10 DODGE
Thanatophobia	+20% Stress Received if HP is below 50%

There is another unique independent negative quirk called Shard Mercenary. It cannot be removed or gained, and is instead found on special mercenary heroes in the Stage Coach after the Endless Mode in the Farmstead is unlocked.

Shard Mercenary

10% Shard loot taken. Hero will only undertake Endless Harvest quest in the Farmstead. (Cannot be removed)

Forced Interaction Quirks

A subset of independent negative quirks. These quirks cause heroes to activate Curios without the player's consent. Each Quirk has a type of Curio that it has a chance to interact with. Also because Heroes will never use items with these interactions, they can easily hurt themselves or acquire diseases. Additionally, some quirks will cause the Hero to steal the items they loot, meaning that the player loses those items forever.

Not all Forced Interactions are based on Quirks. For a full list, look here.

Negative Quirks
Name	Description	Curio Type	Chance	Steal?	Bark
Ablutomania	Obsessed with cleanliness	Fountains	40%	-	"Out of my way! I must cleanse myself..."
Bloodthirsty	Fascinated with injury, wounds, and torture	Torture	35%	-	"Such carnage...yes..."
Compulsive	Suffers intense need to do specific actions	All	20%	-	"Nothing must be left untouched/unopened/undisturbed."
Curious	Obsessed with the acquisition of knowledge	All	20%	-	"I simply MUST know what is within..." "Hmmm, what have we here..." "I wonder how this works..."
Dacnomania	Obsessed with killing	Torture	40%	-	"What a fantastic way to inflict death on someone!"
Dark Temptation	Prone to investigating the Dark Arts	Unholy	40%	-	"Finally, I get my hands on an authentic eldritch sample!"
Demonomania	Believes is possessed by demons	Unholy	40%	-	"The spirits command me to do this!"
Dipsomania	Intense craving for alcohol	Drink	40%	-	"By gods light and dark, I hope this liquid has some kick..."
Egomania	Obsessed with self-worship	Reflective	40%	Yes	"Look! I cut quite the heroic figure, do I not?"
Guilty Conscience	Bears the crushing guilt of deeds real and imagined	Worship	35%	-	"I have sinned so very much...Light guide me."
Hagiomania	Obsessed with sainthood	Worship	40%	-	"Yes, Divine Lords! I am here..."
Hieromania	Experiences religious visions and delusions	Worship	35%	-	"This is a call. I am prepared to accept it!"
Hylomania	Obsessed with material things	Treasure	40%	-	"I came from nothing, but I'll not end with nothing!"
Kleptomaniac	Prone to stealing	Treasure	35%	Yes	"<whistles>"
Necromania	Fascinated with corpses	Body	40%	-	"Let me see! I must see!"
Paranormania	Obsessed with the paranormal	Haunted	40%	-	"Let me investigate. I sense the work of spirits!"
Plutomania	Manic for money	Treasure	40%	-	"Is that the sparkle of coin I see?"
Sitiomania	Obsessed with food	Food	40%	-	"Let me by... I am famished!"

Corvid's Quirks

As of the Radiant Update, heroes who survive against a new boss known as the Shrieker have a chance of acquiring new quirks unique to the quest. Both the positive and negative quirk are stronger than ordinary quirks.

Positive Quirks		Negative Quirks
Corvid's Eye	+8 ACC, +8% Scouting Chance	Corvid's Blindness	-10 ACC if Torch is above 50
Corvid's Grace	+6 DODGE, +25% Move Resist	Corvid's Appetite	33% chance of interacting with Food curios
Corvid's Resilience	+33% Disease Resist	Corvid's Curiosity	27.5% chance of interacting with all curios

Prismatic Quirks

In The Color of Madness DLC, heroes who survive against the new miniboss known as the Thing from the Stars may acquire new quirks that cannot be obtained elsewhere. These quirks are immensely potent, but are unique; they can only be on one hero in your whole roster. Only one hero will receive a quirk at the end of the mission, and gaining more requires defeating the Thing once again. They are automatically locked, and the Sanitarium will only offer the option to remove them. Removing Prismatic quirks allows them to be obtained again the next time the Thing is defeated. The quirks will be obtained in the order below:

Positive Quirks
Prismatic Isolation	+25% Debuff Resist
Prismatic Purity	+25% Blight Resist
Prismatic Solidity	+25% Stun Resist
Prismatic Stability	+25% Move Resist
Prismatic Coagulation	+25% Bleed Resist
Prismatic Calm	-30% Stress Received
Prismatic Force	+15% DMG
Prismatic Speed	+3 SPD
Prismatic Precision	+4% CRIT
Prismatic Eye	+8 ACC
Husk Slayer	+10 ACC and +5% CRIT vs Husk
Scythemaster	+15% DMG vs Husk

Trivia

When Skilled Gambler was originally released, it was accidentally programmed as a negative quirk.