Let's start by saying that you have the ability to literally throw a colossal magical bone in your enemies;

Voices/sound affects in combat: you don’t want to pay for voice actors for the story? Fine… But cutting it from combat? Weak… seriously weak… Some of the funniest moments in older games such as Wizardry 8 is when you land a crit and your guy/girl automatically starts talking crap. Also, the “breaking down of clothing/armor” is awesome, but we need to HEAR the response in combat- from those having their clothing/armor broken as well as from the person doing the breaking! As with all higher-level dungeons, your heroes will need accuracy boosts to consistently land hits, especially since enemies in this dungeon tend to have high dodge — Sun/Moon Rings are optimal. A lot of the enemies you face here will inflict a huge amount of Stress, so make sure you have ways to heal Stress or mitigate their effects, lest you risk your party getting Afflicted before even reaching Vvulf. Bear in mind that this being a Short quest, you will not be able to Camp to receive buffs or relieve stress.Hellion: Adrenaline Rush on your Hellion makes it so your Hellion can recover from Death's Door by herself while clearing any Bleed/Blight. Similarly, Crusader with Battle-Heal and/or Inspiring Cry can achieve the same thing. Leper: Extremely handy for handling pre boss fight stress. Also has a potent self-heal which takes some load off your Vestal. Leper also does great damage to the boss, usually as result of hitting ranks 1,2 that the boss will usually be guarding.

Bonus damage to humans through quirks, trinkets, or skills will benefit you against every enemy in this dungeon except for the Gnashers and the Barrel O' Bombs. The Bounty Hunter's damage bonus to Humans will definitely shine here. Captured creatures improve party and/or skills: instead of having a captured member become a party member (see point 3- having over 50 joinable is a joke) have them augment the team, or certain abilities instead. Example: you start with “single slash” but capturing a “boar” the boar would upgrade the ability to “double slash”, capturing a “Cat” next would decrease the AP cost of it, capturing a Succubus next would turn it into “double fire slash”, etc etc… ITEMS: All + res/SMALL/MEDIUM/LARGE stat seeds go on Sylvi, if Sylvi has 4/6/8 in stat give the SMALL/MEDIUM/LARGE stat seed to Ceri. The potent damage of Vvulf's bombs (>40) is very effectively mitigated through use of the Man-at-Arms' Defender, allowing him to tank the bombs for your entire team while taking much more manageable hits. Support with a Vestal to keep your Man-at-Arms going. It would be ideal to also have damage-dealers that can hit enemy position 3, which is where Vvulf would most likely be, but your short-range characters can still reach him if he uses Tower Shield to guard his minions. If available, the Flagellant is a good asset to the party, as his Redeem restores an enormous amount of health to offset the bombs' damage, and his Endure skill also serves as good stress relief throughout the quest. Avoid relying on the Houndmaster for guarding as the bomb's accuracy is high enough to be essentially undodgeable. ITEMS: All + res seeds still go on Sylvi, once Sylvi hits 8 in all stats only give her HUGE AGI and MNTL seeds. Once Succubus hits 8 in all stats give her all HUGE STR and VIT seeds. Once Sand Sentinel hits 8 in all stats give her all the HUGE DEX seeds. Get Forest Spirit and Tatsu to 8 in all stats and stop there- Ceri should already be 8 in all stats by this point, don't give her any more seeds...

Like the Darkest Dungeon quests, Wolves at the Door has a static map and the mission will always be the same. There are no curios requiring the use of items, so you can save your items exclusively for in-battle use and torches. The Barrel O' Bombs can be destroyed, which will remove the bomb from your heroes' feet. However, its Riposte will likely wear your heroes down too much for this to be worthwhile, and it does respawn immediately on Vvulf's turn, which makes this more of a stall than a solution.

ITEMS: All + res/SMALL/MEDIUM stat seeds go on Sylvi, if Sylvi has 4/6 in stat give the SMALL/MEDIUM stat seed to Ceri. Let the Succubus "have her way" with Ceri tied to [6, 6-8]?: Walk in city event after creating ribbon outfit set? Seeds are very costly, be sure to not use a seed at the wrong time! SMALL seeds can boost up to 4, meaning use a small seed (much, much cheaper) when they have 2-3 in that stat. MEDIUM seeds go up to 6, which means DO NOT use on someone with a stat of 2-3, use a SMALL- use the MEDIUM seeds on those with 4-5 in the stat. LARGE seeds will increase to 8, so like the MEDIUM seed, ONLY use a LARGE seed on stats 6-7. HUGE seeds will increase anything over 8 for ever, obviously ONLY use these seeds on stats that are greater then or equal to 8.Remember that like any other boss, this fight is a race. Do not spend any more actions than necessary on healing or stalling, because the damage and stress will eventually catch up to your heroes. Wolves at the Door is a rare town event and has a few conditions must be met before it will appear: