Paladins: Champions of the Realm

Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

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.

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Discord
Steam		Install Paladins with `steam://install/444090` Install Paladins Public Test with `steam://install/596350`

The Standalone version of Paladins requires a Hi-Rez Account. As of November 7th, 2018, only a Steam account is required, but all versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Cross-platform play with all console players.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Champions Pack	Part of the Digital Deluxe Edition
Digital Deluxe Edition	Includes Champions Pack and Season Pass 2019
Obsidian Pack	Contains The Obsidian Warhorse Mount, 3 Million Battle Pass XP and 200 Crystals

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ChaosGame\^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\paladinslive\ChaosGame\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/444090/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/444090/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Discord
Steam Cloud		Uses Modified Hi-Rez launcher for save syncing instead of Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings (1/2).

Video settings (2/2).

Gameplay settings.

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Unlock/Modify framerate cap

The framerate cap can be unlocked/modified by editing DefaultEngine.ini or ChaosEngine.ini.

Unlock framerate cap^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration files location. Open `DefaultEngine.ini` or `ChaosEngine.ini`. Locate section `[Engine.GameEngine]`. Change `bSmoothFrameRate` to FALSE. Save the file. Start the game.

Modify framerate cap^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration files location. Open `DefaultEngine.ini` or `ChaosEngine.ini`. Locate section `[Engine.GameEngine]`. Change `bSmoothFrameRate` to TRUE. Change `MinSmoothedFrameRate` (default 22) to the value you prefer. Change `MaxSmoothedFrameRate` (default 175) to the value you prefer. Save the file. Start the game.

Input settings

Input settings.

Keybindings.

Controller settings.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		10	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		5v5 matches.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11	Windows Only, 11 is the default.
DirectDraw	11
OpenGL	3, 4.5	Mac Only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Interface	Scaleform
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7 64-bit, 8 64-bit, 10 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 768 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible sound card

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 768 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible sound card

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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/444090/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (444090) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-1] 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-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/444090/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (444090) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Hi-Rez Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	May 8, 2018
macOS (OS X)	May 8, 2018