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The Dark Eye
Realms of Arkania (series)
Drakensang (series)
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav	2012
Memoria	2013
Demonicon	2013
Blackguards	2014
Skilltree Saga	2014
Blackguards 2	2015
The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes	2020

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Blackguards 2 is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and top-down view RPG and strategy game in the The Dark Eye series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Support center

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
ZOOM Platform
Origin (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards 2\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/314830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards 2\<user-id>\Save\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/314830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Scales poorly when going over 1920x1080.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Push `Alt`+`↵ Enter` while playing.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Enable windowed mode and use the `-popupwindow` parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	On or Off.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On or Off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

The controls listing.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Remapping

Edit KeyBindings.txt^{[citation needed]}
Go to the save game data location. Open `KeyBindings.txt` file and modify the desired keys.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, sound effects and voices.
Surround sound		Automatically detected.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Blackguards 2.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[2]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8600	ATI Radeon 4770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 275

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Any models produced past 2010
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 4000

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 4.6.2f1^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/314830/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (314830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
↑ Blackguards 2 on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
"Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."

[2] Unity engine build: 4.6.2f1^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/314830/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (314830) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/314830/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (314830) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19

[4] Blackguards 2 on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
"Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[1]

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-|uplay                  =
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-==Video settings==
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 |anisotropic notes          = On or Off.
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 }}
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-{{Input settings
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-==Audio settings==
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 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
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 |recCPU   = 2.4 GHz Quad Core
 |recRAM   = 4 GB
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Developers

	Daedalic Entertainment
Engines
	Unity 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	January 20, 2015
macOS (OS X)	January 20, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	RPG, Strategy
Themes	Fantasy
Series	The Dark Eye