Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Not to be confused with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Developers
	Tuque Games
Publishers
	Wizards of the Coast
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 22, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	63
OpenCritic	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Hack and slash, ARPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a third-person hack and slash ARPG game featuring 4 player co-op gameplay, developed by Tuque Games and published by Wizards of the Coast. Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe and uses Unreal Engine 4 for the first time in the series.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance was first released on Microsoft Store and Steam on June 22, 2021, while the planned Epic Games Store version available for pre-order had been delayed until the fall.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance has a roadmap, with two free DLC and one paid expansion pack planned for release in 2021.

General Information

Official Support Site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store
Steam
Epic Games Store (unavailable)

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Beholder Weapon Set	Available as a pre-order bonus.
Echoes of the Blood War	Included with Deluxe Edition.
Lich Weapon Set	Included with Deluxe Edition.
Echoes of the Blood War

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\CotH\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\WizardsoftheCoastLLC.DarkAlliance_egzvkhb86xsmw\LocalCache\Local\CotH\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623280/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\CotH\Saved\SaveGames\<user-id>\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623280/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Performance settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed. Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed. Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		-30 to +30
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Tied to the "Texture Quality" option.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		"Very High" and "High" use TAA, "Medium" falls back to a different post-process AA. Workaround to disable all AA can be found below.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See High dynamic range display (HDR).
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia options.

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

High dynamic range display (HDR)

Modify Engine.ini
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the Engine.ini file with a text editor. At the end of the file, paste the following code: [SystemSettings] r.AllowHDR=1 r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1 r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5 r.HDR.Display.ColorGamut=2 This will not work in Windowed or Borderless modes. This may make the UI look "washed out".

Anti-Aliasing (AA)

Disable all Anti-Aliasing
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add [SystemSettings] and r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0 to the bottom of the file. Save the changes.

Input

Camera settings

Gameplay settings

Keybind settings

Controller settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is always enabled.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Sliders cannot be controlled using the mouse, all other UI is functional.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Individual X and Y sensitivity options.
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Sound settings

Language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, and Dialogue volume controls.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Includes a dark background option.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Freezes

Pressing the sort button repeatedly may cause the journal to freeze.

Unable to join games

Invite-Only and Friends-Only sessions may not be joinable in some cases.

Missing dialogue

Some banter and associated subtitles may be missing.

Some enemy banter may be missing missing in some areas in multiplayer.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		4	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Dedicated

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 6 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.