This page is for the original release. For the re-release, see Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
General information
- Official manual
- PC Report
- Official Bandai Namco Support Thread
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
DLC and expansion packs
Essential improvements
Improve controller deadzone
- The default controller deadzone handles more unresponsively than the one from the first game.
Increase the mod's default deadzone value[citation needed]
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- Run the
<path-to-game>\Game\Durazno.exe file.
- Check the LinearADZ option.
- Change the AntiDeadzone option to
36% .
- Change the Deadzone option to
20% .
Notes
- Running
Durazno.exe generates Durazno.ini which you can also alter manually.
- Using a value of
LinearADZ=1 , AntiDeadzone=360 and Deadzone=200 will mimic the first game's deadzone.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Basic and advanced graphical settings.
Input
Xbox buttons prompts explanation
- The game is always displaying Xbox button prompts regardless of real input scheme thus making very hard to navigate menus.
- Fortunately the game is also accepting in-game actions what would be bound on Xbox controller buttons. Use this as a reference guide.
- Actions listed below can be bound to the same key.
Xbox controller button |
Action in-game
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A |
Interact or confirm.
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B |
Dash/backstep/roll or Cancel.
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X |
Use item or Menu function 1
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Y |
Wield right weapon two-handed or Menu function 2
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Delay between mouse clicks and actions
- You can bind some of your actions to mouse double clicks, however this feature is causing slight delay between single click and its action as the game is waiting for another click.
- An option to disable double-clicking functionality was added in one of the patches, but it's bugged and doesn't persist after you exit the game.
Use the QOL mod
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- Disables double-clicking functionality regardless of in-game setting.
- Requires Scholar of the First Sin edition of the game.
- Get the mod here.
- Put
dinput8.dll file in the game's main folder (where DarkSoulsII.exe is located).
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Use additional buttons on gaming mouse[citation needed]
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- For users with gaming mouse or mouse with additional buttons.
- Bind your attacks on any unused keyboard key (F keys for example).
- Open your mouse setting application and bind your new attack keys to additional mouse buttons.
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AutoHotkey script[2]
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- Unbind all the mouse bindings in the game.
- Download and install AutoHotkey.
- Let application create sample script. This script file should open after installation.
- Delete everything, insert these lines and reload script (open AutoHotkey window (green H icon in tray area), navigate to
File and hit Reload Script ).
AutoHotkey script:
#SingleInstance Force
#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 99999`
#IfWinActive ahk_class DarkSouls2
; Hold to block with a shield in left hand
LShift::Send {u down}
LShift Up::Send {u up}
; Strong attack (left hand) / Parry
CapsLock::
XButton1:: send {y down}
CapsLock up::
XButton1 up:: send {y up}
; Attack (left hand)
XButton2::send {u down}
XButton2 up::send {u up}
; Boss key
LAlt & Tab::AltTab
; Wield right weapon two-handed (hold for left weapon)
Tab::n
; Attack (right hand)
$LButton::
send {h down}
send {LButton down}
return
$LButton up::
send {h up}
send {LButton up}
return
; Strong attack (right hand)
$RButton::
send {g down}
send {RButton down}
return
$RButton up::
send {g up}
send {RButton up}
return
; Equipment menu
1::
send {Escape down}
sleep 30
send {Escape up}
send {ENTER down}
sleep 30
send {ENTER up}
return
; Inventory menu
2::
send {Escape down}
sleep 30
send {Escape up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {ENTER down}
sleep 30
send {ENTER up}
return
; Player status menu
3::
send {Escape down}
sleep 30
send {Escape up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {ENTER down}
sleep 30
send {ENTER up}
return
; Message menu
4::
send {Escape down}
sleep 30
send {Escape up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {right down}
sleep 30
send {right up}
send {ENTER down}
sleep 30
send {ENTER up}
return
; Interact (open doors, speak to the NPCs)
e::ENTER
; Use item (drink dat estus)
q::e
; Guard break
c::
^LButton::
send {w down}
send {h down}
send {w up}
send {h up}
return
; Jump attack
r::
^RButton::
send {w down}
send {g down}
send {w up}
send {g up}
return
; Switch left weapon
WheelLeft::
send {left down}
send {left up}
return
; Switch right weapon
WheelRight::
send {right down}
send {right up}
return
F1::Suspend
Features
- This script was made with default DS II controls in mind, please reset your controls or be sure to adjust the script before using.
- Doesn't break menu controls.
- Left mouse button and right mouse button are bound to the right handed attacks.
- ⇧ Shift and Capslock are bound to the left hand, mouse 4 and mouse 5 works too
- Tab ↹ to toggle between one-handed and two-handed stances, also try holding it and see what happens. Doesn't break AltTabbing.
- E for interacting.
- Q for using items (drink estus, etc.).
- One-button jumping attacks and guard breaks with R and C, Ctrl + left or right mouse button works too.
- Move your mouse wheel to the left or right to change weapons in both hands (if your mouse doesn't support this, remove ^LButton:: and ^RButton:: lines from Jump attack and Guard break sections.
- 1 for equipment menu.
- 2 for inventory menu.
- 3 for player status menu.
- 4 for message menu.
- F1 to enable/disable the script.
- The script only works when Dark Souls 2 is running and has focus.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Voice, SFX, Music (scales from 0 to 10) |
Surround sound |
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7.1 surround sound supported |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation, #1, #2. |
Italian |
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Japanese |
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Japan version only. |
Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Ukrainian |
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Fan translation |
Network
- Dark Souls II and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin players cannot play together.[3]
Multiplayer types
Ports
- No port information; you can edit this page to add it.
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode forces 60 Hz refresh rate even if your monitor supports higher than that.
Override refresh rate set by game[4]
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- Download Chiri's resolution forcing tool.
- Extract
d3d9.dll and d3dx.ini to the installation folder.
- Open
d3dx.ini .
- Change
refresh_rate=60 to desired hertz; e.g. refresh_rate=120 .
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Game volume decreases when summoning/being summoned
Disable communications activity sound reduction[citation needed]
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- Open the Start screen/Start menu, type
mmsys.cpl and press ↵ Enter.
- Go to the Communications tab.
- Choose Do nothing.
- Click OK to save your changes.
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Mouse cursor reappear when using controller
- If playing with a controller, the mouse cursor will always reappear in the middle of the screen, even if not in use or relocated.
Pink artifacts with Radeon GPUs
Make sure you are not forcing AF through AMD Catalyst Control Center[citation needed]
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- Open AMD CCC
- Gaming --> 3D Application Settings --> Texture Filtering --> Anisotropic Filtering Mode
- Make sure to set it to "Use application settings"
- You can set the AF as high as you want in game without the artifacts reappearing.
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Controller not working
Xbox 360 Controller Freezes game
- When using an original Xbox 360 controller, your game freezes when struck or fat-rolling (actions that activate rumble).
- This may be caused by previously using MotionInJoy and even after the uninstall, your controller will still be labelled "MotionInJoy Virtual XInput Device for Windows"
Crash at startup
- This issue should be fixed in patch from April 28, 2014. Try following fixes if your copy still crashes even after the patch.
Enabling GPU scaling
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- Navigate to the graphics driver control panel and activate GPU scaling.
AMD Catalyst Control Center
- Go to the
My Digital Flat Panels , select Properties .
- Tick
Enable GPU scaling .
- Options are greyed out only in native resolution of your panel. Lower your desktop resolution to gain access.
Nvidia Control Panel
- Go to
Display , select Adjust desktop size and position .
- Tick your preferred scaling options in
Scaling tab.
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Unplugging screen
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- Select Dark Souls 2 in Steam
- Unplug your monitor cable.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Reconnect your monitor cable.
- This fix will force the game to run in 1280x720 resolution in windowed mode.
- Some users are reporting losing sound with this fix.
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Windows screen mirroring funtion[8]
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- Launch the game.
- When you see white screen press ⊞ Win+P and select
Duplicate .
- The game should launch.
- Press ⊞ Win+P again ans select
Extend .
- Go to the video setting, select
Windowed to access all available screen resolutions.
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Disabling surface format optimization[9]
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- AMD GPU specific fix.
- Open Catalyst Control Center, navigate to the
Gaming section and select 3D Application Settings .
- Locate section
Texture Filtering and turn off Surface Format Optimization .
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Other information
Disable profanity filter
- Not required for Chinese, Korean, or Russian setups.[citation needed]
Disable profanity filter[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Game\NGWord\Chinese\ .
- Copy
win32OnlyNgWord.bin .
- Go to the preferred language folder and replace the content with copied file.
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API
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 |
7 SP1, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17 GHz |
AMD A8 3870K 3.0 GHz Intel Core i3 2100 3.10 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
12 GB |
15 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT DirectX 9.0c compatible
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9 sound device | |
Other |
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References