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Dragon's Dogma
Dragon's Dogma Online	2015
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen	2016
Dragon's Dogma II	2024

Dragon's Dogma II is a singleplayer third-person ARPG, open world and hack and slash game in the Dragon's Dogma series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[1]

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game as well as the "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Several items that can used to expedite progress are available for purchase.
Cosmetic	The Art of Metamorphosis item can be purchased, allowing players to change the appearance of their Arisen or Pawn character.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack	A bundle that contains several items that can be used. Included with "Deluxe Edition".
Dragon's Dogma Music & Sound Collection - Custom Sounds	Changes several pieces of in-game music and sound effects to ones as heard in Dragon's Dogma. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Explorer's Camping Kit - Camping Gear	Includes a camping kit to be used at fireplaces. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Harpysnare Smoke Beacons - Harpy Lure Item	Contains three Harpysnare Smoke Beacons to lure harpies. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Heartfelt Pendant - A Thoughtful Gift	Contains a pendent that can be given as a gift. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Ambivalent Rift Incense - Change Pawn Inclinations	Contains an item to change the player's Pawn's inclination to a random one. Can only be used once. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Makeshift Gaol Key - Escape from gaol!	Contains an item to allow the player to escape from a gaol. Can only be used once. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Art of Metamorphosis - Character Editor	Contains an item to allow the player to edit the appearance of their Arisen or their Pawn. Can only be used once. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Wakestone - Restore the dead to life!	Contains an item to revive a character in the player's party once. Up to five, lettered A-E, can be purchased. One is included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
Portcrystal - Warp Location Marker	Contains a Portcrystal which can be placed at any location to be transported to with the use of a Ferrystone.
500 Rift Crystals - Points to Spend Beyond the Rift	Contains 500 Rift Crystals. Up to three, lettered A-C, can be purchased.
1500 Rift Crystals - Points to Spend Beyond the Rift	Contains 1500 Rift Crystals. Up to four, lettered A-D, can be purchased. One is included with "Deluxe Edition" and "A Boon for Adventurers - New Journey Pack".
2500 Rift Crystals - Points to Spend Beyond the Rift	Contains 2500 Rift Crystals. Only one is available for purchase.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2054970/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\2054970\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2054970/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The aspect ratio becomes anamorphic when "Display Mode" is set to "Borderless Window" and the resolution is changed to one with a different aspect ratio than the display. Natively supports arbitrary aspect ratios, such as 16:9, 21:9 and 32:9.^[2]
Multi-monitor		^[3]
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio, while most menus are pillarboxed to a 21:9 aspect ratio.^[4]
4K Ultra HD		^[5]
Field of view (FOV)		Referred to as "Camera Distance". A slider is available. A mod is available that sets FOV to 90. Requires Fluffy Mod Manager.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Options for Bilinear, Trilinear, x2, x4, x8 and x16.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Options for TAA and FXAA+TAA. Can also be disabled.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 3.5, FSR 3.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Can be capped to 30, 60, 120 FPS, or Variable.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Requires HDR to be enabled in Windows Settings. Works in both fullscreen and windowed modes.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced lighting. ^{[Note 3]}

Interface settings

Disable vignette

Dragon's Dogma II uses a very strong vignette effect during gameplay.

Use REFramework^[6]
Download `DD2.zip` and unpack the archive. Copy `dinput8.dll` to `<path-to-game>`. Press `Insert` in-game to access the REFramework menu and disable the vignette effect.

Input

Control settings

Camera settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Up to four custom layouts are available. Most actions can be bound to a primary and a secondary key. Some special keys cannot be rebound. Others require a combination of keys.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is enabled by default and there is no option to disable it.
Mouse sensitivity		Separate X and Y-axis sliders are available for "Mouse Camera Speed", "Mouse - Aiming Camera Speed", and "Mouse - Projectile Aiming Speed".
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		"Camera", "Aiming Camera", and "Projectile Aiming" can all be separately inverted. X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Entering names requires a keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Separate X and Y-axis sliders are available for "Camera Speed", "Aiming Camera Speed", and "Projectile Aiming Speed".
Controller Y-axis inversion		"Camera", "Aiming Camera", and "Projectile Aiming" can all be separately inverted. X-axis can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[7]
Xbox button prompts		Xbox One prompts are Listed as "Type B" prompts, while Xbox 360 prompts are listed as "Type C", albeit with face buttons having inverted actions.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense
PlayStation button prompts		DualSense prompts listed as "Type A" prompts.
Light bar support		Requires Steam Input to be disabled.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) DualSense support Wireless (Bluetooth).

Tracked motion controllers		Referred to as "Motion Sensor Function". Allows camera to be controlled with supported controllers. Available when DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers are connected while Steam Input is disabled.^{[Note 4]}^[8] Separate sliders are available for "Horizontal/Vertical Sensitivity" when enabled.
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard and mouse bindings
Gamepad settings (DualSense layout)
Gamepad settings (Xbox One layout)
Gamepad settings (Xbox 360 layout)

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders available for Master, BGM, Sound Effect, Menu, Voice, Player and NPC Voices, Pawn Voices, and Enemy Voices.
Surround sound		Plays up to 7.1, regardless of the "Audio Output Device" setting.^[9]
Subtitles		An option to change the "Subtitle Background Opacity" between Light and Dark is available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language settings

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	SpeedTree
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Windows Media Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 10600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600	Intel Core i7-10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	60 GB^[10]
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 AMD Radeon RX 6700

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum system requirements target 1080p at 30 FPS. Recommended system requirements target 2160i at 30 FPS.

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^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>/2054970/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2054970) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ The type of "lighting" to be ray-traced has not been specified, therefore specifics are currently not given. There is no raytraced reflections but screenspace reflections
↑ Available when connected through USB only for DualShock 4.

References

↑ Dragon's Dogma 2 History · Change #U:43160407 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-11-28
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Tested by playing the game with a multi-monitor setup at a resolution of 3840x1080.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22
Tested by playing the game at several resolutions, including 2560x1080, 3440x1440, and 3840x1080.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22
Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.
↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2024-03-25
↑ Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam - last accessed on 2023-11-28
"Partial Controller Support
• Xbox Controllers
• DualShock Controllers (USB Only)
• DualSense Controllers (USB Only)"
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-24
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround. Regardless of which device I set the "Audio Output Device" setting to, it outputted in 7.1.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Verified by checking the installation size in the game's Steam Properties. Actual install size is 60.53 GB.

[gamedir-2] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[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>/2054970/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2054970) 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>/2054970/.

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

[6] The app ID (2054970) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note-8] The type of "lighting" to be ray-traced has not been specified, therefore specifics are currently not given. There is no raytraced reflections but screenspace reflections

[Note1-11] Available when connected through USB only for DualShock 4.

[1] Dragon's Dogma 2 History · Change #U:43160407 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-11-28

[4] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22

[5] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Tested by playing the game with a multi-monitor setup at a resolution of 3840x1080.

[6] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22
Tested by playing the game at several resolutions, including 2560x1080, 3440x1440, and 3840x1080.

[7] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-22
Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.

[9] Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2024-03-25

[controllersupport-10] Dragon's Dogma 2 on Steam - last accessed on 2023-11-28
"Partial Controller Support
• Xbox Controllers
• DualShock Controllers (USB Only)
• DualSense Controllers (USB Only)"

[12] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-24

[13] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround. Regardless of which device I set the "Audio Output Device" setting to, it outputted in 7.1.

[14] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-03-23
Verified by checking the installation size in the game's Steam Properties. Actual install size is 60.53 GB.

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 |xbox prompts              = true
-|xbox prompts notes        = Xbox One prompts are Listed as "'''Type B'''" prompts, while Xbox 360 prompts are listed as "'''Type C'''", albeit with face buttons having inverted actions.
+|xbox prompts notes        = [[Controller:Xbox Wireless Controller|Xbox One]] prompts are Listed as "'''Type B'''" prompts, while [[Controller:Xbox 360 Controller|Xbox 360]] prompts are listed as "'''Type C'''", albeit with face buttons having inverted actions.
 |impulse triggers          = unknown
 |impulse triggers notes    =
@@ Line 231: / Line 231: @@
 |playstation prompts notes = DualSense prompts listed as "'''Type A'''" prompts.
 |light bar support         = true
-|light bar support notes   =
+|light bar support notes   = Requires [[Steam Input]] to be disabled.
 |dualsense adaptive trigger support = false
 |dualsense adaptive trigger support notes =
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 |playstation connection modes = Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)
 |playstation connection modes notes = DualSense support Wireless (Bluetooth).
-|tracked motion controllers= unknown
+|tracked motion controllers= true
-|tracked motion controllers notes =
+|tracked motion controllers notes = Referred to as "'''Motion Sensor Function'''".<br>Allows camera to be controlled with supported controllers.<br>Available when DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers are connected while [[Steam Input]] is disabled.{{note|note= Available when connected through USB only for DualShock 4.}}<ref>{{Refcheck|user=MasterBlaster|date=2024-03-24}}</ref><br>Separate sliders are available for "'''Horizontal/Vertical Sensitivity'''" when enabled.
-|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
+|tracked motion prompts    = false
 |tracked motion prompts notes =
 |other controllers         = false
@@ Line 279: / Line 279: @@
 |separate volume notes     = Sliders available for Master, BGM, Sound Effect, Menu, Voice, Player and NPC Voices, Pawn Voices, and Enemy Voices.
 |surround sound            = always on
-|surround sound notes      = Plays up to 7.1, regardless of the "'''Audio Output Device'''" setting.
+|surround sound notes      = Plays up to 7.1, regardless of the "'''Audio Output Device'''" setting.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=MasterBlaster|date=2024-03-23|comment=Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround. Regardless of which device I set the "Audio Output Device" setting to, it outputted in 7.1.}}</ref>
 |subtitles                 = true
 |subtitles notes           = An option to change the "'''Subtitle Background Opacity'''" between '''Light''' and '''Dark''' is available.

Developers

	Capcom
Engines
	RE Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 22, 2024
Reception
Metacritic	89
OpenCritic	88
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Open world, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dragon's Dogma