Relieving stress also allows the heroes to get rid of afflictions. All such activities have a cost and varying degrees of effectiveness, as well as risks for the arising of quirks, often negative but sometimes positive. Two buildings are dedicated to this purpose: the Tavern, where heroes can drink, gamble, or visit the brothel, and the Abbey, allowing heroes to meditate, pray, or flagellate themselves. One of the hamlet's uses is to relieve the heroes from the stress accumulated during expeditions. The music that plays within the Hamlet is also titled ' The Hamlet'.

Details for the upgrading of each building can be found in the article on that building. The appearance of each building changes subtly as you improve them, typically from dark and run down to well-lit and welcoming. Each building consistently requires the same kinds of heirlooms, though the amount needed for each upgrade increases steadily. Most buildings can be upgraded through the use of heirlooms in order to unlock further benefits, make the facilities more efficient, and reduce the prices of their services.

The hamlet contains various buildings that allow the player to form, manage, maintain and improve a roster of adventurers to send into the various expeditions needed to reach and purge the Darkest Dungeon from the evil that has encroached it. The Hamlet is the main hub of the Estate in Darkest Dungeon, and can be accessed when not in a dungeon mission.

~ The Narrator on entering the Hamlet for the first time This squalid hamlet, these corrupted lands, they are yours now, and you are bound to them.

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