Darkest Dungeon Fire's Edge Patch Notes Guide

Retail 27890 is the current guide baseline

The Retail 27890 hotfix is the live baseline used by this site. Its published fixes cover controller hotkey text, the Fire's Edge DLC banner on macOS and Linux, and a non-Steam Butcher's Circus issue. It does not publish a Retail balance revision to the Runaway, Duelist, Burn, or the Fire's Edge trinket data used in the current guides.

That distinction matters: a patch note page should not turn every newer build number into a live recommendation. Retail changes are the only changes that revise an existing build page, metadata badge, data table, and editorial advice together.

Coming_in_hot 27942 is a test branch, not Retail

Red Hook's September 3 coming_in_hot 27942 note is useful as a release watch. It tests +1 roster size for enabling each new hero on Stygian/Bloodmoon, Duelist health and Riposte adjustments, Runaway health and skill adjustments, trinket state changes, and District tuning. It is not silently applied to the Retail 27890 pages.

Notable proposed Runaway changes include lower health, a one-round Firefly Burn-decay debuff, revised Controlled Burn, and a changed Sunstone self-Burn. Proposed Duelist changes include higher health, Riposte accuracy, stronger Touché DODGE, and a revised Flèche. Treat every one of these as test-branch information until an official Retail note says otherwise.

What to recheck when the branch reaches Retail

Runaway guides must be reviewed as a set: base health, Firefly, Run and Hide, Controlled Burn, Pile of Ash, and every Sunstone stage affect the same build decisions. Duelist guides must review health, Riposte, Touché, Feint, Disengage, and Flèche together because a stance cycle is only as current as its next action.

The Fire's Edge District page also needs a pass if Académie Duello, Craftworks, or Archaeological Base Camp changes. A patch that alters a District cost or effect can change campaign decisions even when a combat skill remains unchanged.

How this tracker labels a claim

Retail confirmed means an official note identifies a live Retail build and the relevant game-data row has been checked. Test branch means an official coming_in_hot post reports a candidate change that is not yet the site's live baseline. Editorial review needed means the data changed enough that a recommendation must be reconsidered before it is repeated.

This is deliberately a compact tracker rather than a copy of every announcement. It tells a player which guide can be acted on now, which detail is being watched, and what needs a tooltip check before a difficult expedition.

Sources and change log

Last reviewed September 4, 2026. The live baseline is Red Hook's Retail 27890 hotfix; the release-watch record is coming_in_hot 27942. When Retail changes, update the affected Runaway, Duelist, Burn, trinket, and District pages in the same release.