Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Developers
	CyberConnect2
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	January 17, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	73
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Currency, Infinite spend
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, Fighting, JRPG, CCG
Vehicles	Hovercraft, Robot
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Xenoverse	2015
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	2016
Dragon Ball FighterZ	2018
Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission	2019
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot	2020
Dragon Ball: The Breakers	2022
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero	TBA

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person action, open world, fighting, JRPG and CCG game in the Dragon Ball series.

The next gen update released on January 13, 2023 on PlayStation 5 was not made available for the PC version.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition and Legendary Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition and Legendary Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Legendary Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Legendary Edition also available.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The game is supported with various DLC. DLC size varies from simple items to additional story chapters.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Currency	In-game currency called Platinum Coins can be bought with real-world money. Platinum Coins can then be used to purchase cards packs for the Card Warriors side mode.
Infinite spend	No cap for Platinum Coins.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Season Pass 2
A New Power Awakens Set	A New Power Awakens - Part 1 and A New Power Awakens - Part 2 bundle.
A New Power Awakens - Part 1	Only available in bundle with Part 2 (A New Power Awakens Set) or as part of the first Season Pass.
A New Power Awakens - Part 2	Only available in bundle with Part 1 (A New Power Awakens Set) or as part of the first Season Pass.
Bardock: Alone Against Fate
Bonus Items Pack	Pre-order bonus.
Music Compilation Pack
Tao Pai Pai Pillar
Trunks: The Warrior of Hope

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\AT\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/851850/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\851850\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/851850/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Game settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed. See Ultra-widescreen for the available workarounds.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		16x by default.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA or TAA toggle, SSAA through Internal Rendering Resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Reportedly syncs to half the screen refresh rate.
60 FPS		Cutscenes are pre-rendered at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Use the Dragon Ball Z Kakarot - ultrawide fix and FOV patcher
Download the patcher. Use it to modify <path-to-game>\AT\Binaries\Win64\AT-Win64-Shipping.exe To remove the target icon, copy and paste the included ~mods folder to <path-to-game>\AT\Content\Paks\

Use the kakarot-screen-patch DLL injection
Automatically adjusts aspect ratio and FOV based on the screen size. The enemy target icon will be off the target. Battle HUD Cleaner can be used to completely remove the element.

Manually modify the executable file

Open <path-to-game>\AT\Binaries\Win64\AT-Win64-Shipping.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for 39 8E E3 3F as hex and replace all instances with 26 B4 17 40 for 2560x1080, 8E E3 18 40 for 3440x1440, or any other desired aspect ratio value converted to hex. Alternatively, replace only the second and third instances to keep cutscenes from stretching. Search for 3B 35 FA 0E 3C and replace with 3B 35 D4 53 3C for 21:9 or EF D4 83 3C F4 for 32:9 aspect ratio. Save the changes. Notes Allows to keep cutscenes from stretching. The enemy target icon will be off the target. Battle HUD Cleaner can be used to completely remove the element.

Remove sun glare

Use the Sun Glare Removal mod
Download the mod. Go to directory <path-to-game>\AT\Content\Paks\ Create a folder named ~mods. Move NoSunGlare.pak file in to the newly created ~mods folder.

Enable Motion Blur All The Time

Allows the use of motion blur all the time in the game

Video Example Go to directory %localappdata%\AT\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor Open Engine.ini Add the following lines to the bottom: [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=1 r.MotionBlurQuality=4 r.MotionBlur.Amount=0.5 r.MotionBlur.Max=5 Save the file and set it to "Read Only" These are the preset motion blur amounts for the game, but they go to zero anytime the game doesn't want to use motion blur (which is basically all the time), so we're just forcing it to have the "enabled" values all the time.

Field of view (FOV)

Use the Better FOV & Camera mod
Download the mod. Go to directory <path-to-game>\AT\Content\Paks\~mods. If there is no ~mods folder, create one. Pick one of the .pak files from the archive and extract it inside the ~mods folder.

Input

Field Key Settings

Battle Key Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse and keyboard prompts appear when "Keyboard & Mouse" Icons are selected in the Graphics settings.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Listed as Camera Speed within Game settings.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Listed as Camera Speed within Game settings.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Vertical and horizontal inversion options within Game settings.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Type B Icons in the Graphics settings.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Requires the use of Xinput wrappers, including Steam Input.
PlayStation button prompts		Type A Icons in the Graphics settings.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth), ,

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

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

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  Battle Controls 1/2

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  Battle Controls 2/2

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		5.1 Surround Sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Each 'saga' ending has licensed music

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		2	Versus Dragon Ball Card Warriors

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Direct3D 12 can be forced using the -d3d12 command line argument.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2400 AMD Phenom II X6 1100T	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	36 GB	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 280X

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The game runs on LGA775 processors, despite the minimum Processor requirements.