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DarkerDB

Know the depths before you descend.

Every item, monster, quest, and perk in one searchable database — wired to live market prices and minute-by-minute server population, all open through a clean game API you can build on.

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DarkerDB docs ↗
Patch—Build——Online—Lobby—Dungeon

The database

Every blade, beast, hall and errand.

4,000+ entries populated straight from the DarkerDB API and recounted automatically with each game update — so it can't go stale the way a wiki does. Everything is searchable and cross-linked: "what does this scroll do" leads to "what drops it" in two clicks.

The database overview — live counts, rarity filters, every category cross-linked.

For builders

Built to be built on.

The same data behind every page rides a documented REST API — free to start, and the source DarkerDB itself runs on. The web tooltip SDK embeds live item cards on any site with one script tag. This paragraph is the demo:

A wizard limps out of the Ruins with a Legendary Magic Staff nobody at the tavern can price. Hover it — that card is rendering live from the API, real rolls and all, the same way it would on your wiki, your guild site, or the humble torch you actually left with.

Embed tooltips — one script tag
<script src="https://cdn.darkerdb.com/library/latest/tooltip.min.js"></script>
<a data-ddb="id.item.longsword_6001">Longsword</a>
Or take the data itself
GET /v1/realms/darkerdb/items/longsword_6001

{
  "name": "Longsword",
  "rarity": "legendary",
  "gear_score": 84,
  "slot_type": "weapon"
}
Read the API documentation ↗

Live telemetry

Read from the game, not Steam.

Population is captured from the in-game player list every minute — counting everyone actually playing, including the IRONMACE launcher crowd Steam-based trackers never see. The rail above is that feed. Season leaderboards cover every discipline, class, and party size, refreshed daily.

A year of player counts at one-minute resolution, season boundaries and patch markers overlaid.
Every season back to EA Preseason 1 — four disciplines, three party sizes, filterable by class.

Companion overlay

GrimVault

Your appraiser, inside the game.

GrimVault is DarkerDB's desktop overlay. Hit a hotkey and it reads the item under your cursor straight off the screen — no injection, no game hooks — then pins a live card beside the in-game tooltip: market price, who found it, roll ranges with letter grades, demand, and the quests that still need it.

Get GrimVault
GrimVault augment card for an artifact: market value 38,500 gold, exceptional rolls with S and A grades, and recent trade-chat mentions
An artifact worth keeping — priced from real sales, with the trade-chat receipts to prove it.
GrimVault augment card for an epic with weak rolls: market value 155 gold, roll quality 9 out of 100, best drop source shown
An epic that isn't — weak rolls called out honestly, with the fastest way to sell it.

Built for the run.

DarkerDB is where raids get planned and profits get made — the database, the market, and the numbers your lobby doesn't have. Claim your account and descend prepared.

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DarkerDB is an independent companion resource created by KATFORGE Studios, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by IRONMACE, the creators of Dark and Darker. All game assets, names, logos, fonts, and trademarks belong solely to IRONMACE. This site is for informational and community purposes only.

IRONMACE ™ and Dark and Darker ™ are trademarks of IRONMACE in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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