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this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.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

Steam Community Discussions

Subreddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
Steam		Install Paladins with `steam://install/444090` Install Paladins Public Test with `steam://install/596350`
Official website (unavailable)		^[2]
Discord (unavailable)

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 between all supported stores and all supported consoles.

Cross-progression is supported for PC, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.^[3]

PC to Playstation 4 cross-progression is not currently supported.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Game can be downloaded for free on all supported stores.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Premium Event Pass Levels can be purchased with Gold.
Cosmetic	Champions have skins, emotes and end of match poses, which can be bought with In Game currency.
Currency	In game currency (Crystals) can be bought with real world money.
Free-to-grind	In game currency is rewarded by reaching Event Pass levels and "Trials of the Realm" challenges.
Infinite spend	In game currency can be bought multiple times to purchase consumables
Loot box	In game currency can be used to buy chests.
Time-limited	Event Pass skins are time limited, but will eventually be put into chests and made available for direct purchase with In Game currency. Some skins are of a "Limited" tier, and could only be gotten through past events or yearly season passes.
Unlock	Champions, their skins ands other cosmetic options can be unlocked by in game currency.

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\Config^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Paladins\ChaosGame\Config
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/444090/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

Progress is saved server-side.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Discord
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings (1/2).

Video settings (2/2).

Gameplay settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Supports 16:9 and 16:10
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed 16:9.
Ultra-widescreen		^[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	FOV ranges from 80-120°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	16x by default; can edit via ChaosSystemSettings.ini file or display driver settings
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 8x MSAA, plus SSAA Resolution Scale.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	By default, the frame rate caps itself at 175fps. The framerate cap can be unlocked/modified.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	Added in Update 2.05. Choice of Deuteranopia, Protanopia, or Tritanopia. (Incorrect implementation, Applies filter to simulate colorblindness)

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

Input settings.

Keybindings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Requires the use of a keyboard to rebind keys.
Controller sensitivity		Default is 50.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Shown under the abilities in the HUD in-game and on Menus.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Additional information
Button prompts		Game features an option to change the displayed prompts.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

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 Supports crossplay with all versions (PC, PS4 and Xbox One).

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11	Windows only; 11 is the default.
OpenGL	3, 4.5	Mac only. No longer supported. ^[6]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit since OB58. Enabled by Default as of OB67. 32-bit is no longer available.^[5]
macOS (OS X)			32 bit only. No longer supported. ^[6]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Interface	Scaleform
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	^[7]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8
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)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible sound card

A 64-bit operating system is required.

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)	15 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).
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Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (444090) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-26
As of the Monstercat update of March 2022, there are ads watchable in the main menu that are not part of the game itself, featuring HiRez's other games and possibly HiRez partner's ads for a reward.
↑ We will officially be retiring the stand-alone launcher for Paladins on January 25th (2021). - last accessed on 4 May 2022
↑ Hi-Rez Studios - Crossplay FAQ - last accessed on 2020-10-27
↑ HIREZ! WE WANT 21:9 SUPPORT! :: Paladins General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ New Minimum System Requirements in 2019 - last accessed on 2022-09-16
"Starting in Update 2.01, we will be dropping support for 32-bit processors and increasing the memory requirement for our game."
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Paladins.com :: Paladins :: Paladins and macOS 10.15 Catalina - last accessed on 2019-12-13
"Unfortunately, these changes are forcing us to remove Mac support for Paladins following our latest update, A Tigron’s Tale. This means Paladins will no longer be supported on Mac 10.15 Catalina..."
↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-4] 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-5] Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (444090) 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] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (444090) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-26
As of the Monstercat update of March 2022, there are ads watchable in the main menu that are not part of the game itself, featuring HiRez's other games and possibly HiRez partner's ads for a reward.

[2] We will officially be retiring the stand-alone launcher for Paladins on January 25th (2021). - last accessed on 4 May 2022

[3] Hi-Rez Studios - Crossplay FAQ - last accessed on 2020-10-27

[6] HIREZ! WE WANT 21:9 SUPPORT! :: Paladins General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[7] New Minimum System Requirements in 2019 - last accessed on 2022-09-16
"Starting in Update 2.01, we will be dropping support for 32-bit processors and increasing the memory requirement for our game."

[macsupport-8] 6.0 ^6.1 Paladins.com :: Paladins :: Paladins and macOS 10.15 Catalina - last accessed on 2019-12-13
"Unfortunately, these changes are forcing us to remove Mac support for Paladins following our latest update, A Tigron’s Tale. This means Paladins will no longer be supported on Mac 10.15 Catalina..."

[9] Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Evil Mojo Games
Publishers
	Hi-Rez Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	May 8, 2018
macOS (OS X)	May 8, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play, DLC, Ad-supported^[1]
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Free-to-grind, Loot box
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy