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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire cover
Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Versus Evil
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows May 8, 2018[2]
macOS (OS X) May 8, 2018[2]
Linux May 8, 2018[2]
Reception
Metacritic 88
OpenCritic 89
IGDB 85
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives Isometric
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG
Vehicles Naval/watercraft
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy
Series Pillars of Eternity
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Fig campaign site
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (may contain spoilers)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Discord (unavailable)
Discord
Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
macOS (OS X)

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
Seeker, Slayer, Survivor
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Beast of Winter
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Forgotten Sanctum
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Explorer's Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Rum Runner's Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Beard and Hair Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Deck of Many Things
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Critical Role Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity II\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Preferences/unity.Obsidian Entertainment.Pillars Of Eternity II.plist
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Obsidian Entertainment/Pillars of Eternity II/prefs
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity II\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\VersusEvil.PillarsofEternity2-PC_xa16sj1v690xg\SystemAppData\wgs\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Pillars of Eternity II/Saved Games/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/PillarsOfEternityII/SavedGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Discord
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Windows saves on MacOS and Linux end up in $XDG_HOME\Pillars Of Eternity\ as of May 12th, you'll have to copy your saves manually to the linux/MacOS saved game path in order to load.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Interface settings.
Interface settings.

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

Input

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.
Auto-pause trigger settings.
Auto-pause trigger settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse cursor used for gameplay.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, and Voice. Sea Shanties can be disabled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Frame rate issues and constant crashing with NVIDIA GFX Cards

Use the official settings suggested by Obsidian for NVIDIA GFX cards

Screen flickering when moving

Set MSAA Samples to 1 in the Graphics settings in-game

FPS dropping in certain areas

Run the game as administrator[3]
Disable multisampling in the registry[4]
  1. Find the Registry Entry for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
  2. Find MultiSamples_h3546716121
  3. Change Value Data to 0

FPS dropping down to around 20 and staying there

Add the command line -force-d3d11 to the command line arguments[5]

G-Sync not working or stuttering

Add -window-mode exclusive to the command line arguments[6]

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista 64-bit or newer
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz
AMD Phenom II X3 B73
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 GB
Video card (GPU)
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.6.3p3[1]

References