Pillars of Eternity

Pillars of Eternity

Developers
	Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
	Paradox Interactive
Engines
	Unity 4
Release dates
Windows	March 26, 2015
macOS (OS X)	March 26, 2015
Linux	March 26, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	89
OpenCritic	89
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Pillars of Eternity

Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity	2015
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire	2018
Avowed	2024

General information

PC Report

Official Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official forums at Obsidian.net

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website		Champion Edition, Royal Edition
Amazon.com		Champion Edition, Royal Edition
Amazon.co.uk		Champion Edition, Royal Edition
Epic Games Store		Definitive Edition.
GOG.com		Definitive Edition is also available.
Green Man Gaming		Champion Edition, Royal Edition
Humble Store		Champion Edition, Royal Edition
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Champion, Royal Edition and Definitive Edition is also available.
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)		Definitive Edition was also available.

Version differences

The Hero Edition contains the Base Game.

The Champion Edition contains the Base Game, the Digital Original Soundtrack, the Digital Campaign Almanac, a Digital Hi-Res Game Map, the "Making Of" Documentary, Wallpapers, and Ringtones.

The Royal Edition contains the Champion Edition and a Digital Novella by Chris Avellone, a Digital Collector's Book PDF, Hi-Res Concept Art, and a Digital Strategy Guide.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Additional content.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Champion Edition Upgrade Pack
Royal Edition Upgrade Pack
The White March Part 1
The White March Part 2
Deadfire Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\ParadoxInteractive.PillarsofEternity-MicrosoftStor_zfnrdv2de78ny\SystemAppData\Helium
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.Obsidian Entertainment.Pillars of Eternity.plist
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/Obsidian Entertainment/Pillars of Eternity/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Pillars of Eternity/Saved Games/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/PillarsOfEternity/SavedGames/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Cross-platform sync between Mac and Windows not yet implemented (as of version 3.07)
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		The "Fullscreen" ingame option is actually borderless windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Added in Patch 1.03 as the "Graphics Quality" slider
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode

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

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Official Steam Controller bindings only.

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Slider for master, music, effects and voice volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Unofficial translation; download.
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crashing at start

Delete corrupted fonts

Start command line as administrator, command line can be found at Start menu. Enter command attrib -r -s c:/Windows/Fonts Navigate to the Windows font folder: C:/Windows/Fonts Locate font called UNCL and delete it. Return to the command line window and enter command attrib +r +s c:/Windows/Fonts to restore attributes of the Fonts folder. Notes If the game still doesn't start, locate and open game's error.log file. At the beginning of the file there should be list of files with .TTF extension, use guide above to remove these files from Fonts folder.

Cage cursor option not working

There seems to be an issue with Cage cursor option, where the game is not locking mouse cursor to the game window/screen on multi-monitor system each time player changes location.

Alt-tab from the game and return back[citation needed]

No ultra wide screen resolution on Linux

Some Linux distributions have reported that they can't set ultra widescreen resolutions (21:9) in the options menu.

Work around[citation needed]
Set the resolution to 1280x720 and untick the Fullscreen box. Maximize the windows It should now have adjusted to fit your native resolution. It work after restart as well. Notes This was tested on a tiling window manager (i3) and steps might vary depending on the window manager.

Slow loading screens on some system configurations

The auto-save feature cannot be disabled and will save during every area transition. As the game progresses and the save file size increases, this can cause loading times to increase.

Update and mod[citation needed]

On the title screen of Pillars of Eternity, in the lower left corner is the game's version number. Download IE Mod for that version. Follow instructions for installation of the mod. Run the game, start a new game or load a saved game. Enter the menu and press the IE Mod button. Change Autosave Frequency as desired. Notes Only download the mod made for your current version. There may not be one for your version if you've recently updated. Using an older version can cause the game to crash. The mod includes a lot of other gameplay changes that have to be manually set on/off.

Wobbling text

Text on tooltips can vibrate / flicker.

Change font scale
Go to settings > graphics. Change global font scale to a different number, e.g. the bug will happen at 102%, but not at 103%.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100T 2.5 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 B73 2.8 GHz	Intel Core i5-2400 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	14 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 7700 1 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.3 Leopard 64-bit	10.9 Mavericks 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-540M 2.53 GHz	Intel Core i5-540M 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	14 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 330M ATI Radeon HD 6750M 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100T 2.5 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 B73 2.8 GHz	Intel Core i5-2400 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	14 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 7700 1 GB of VRAM