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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin cover
Developers
From Software
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows April 1, 2015[1]
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on Wikipedia
Dark Souls
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition 2012
Dark Souls II 2014
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin 2015
Dark Souls III 2016
Dark Souls: Remastered 2018

Key points

Updated version of Dark Souls II.
Although it supports mouse and keyboard, the button prompts show Xbox controller buttons and it has problems with mouse input lag.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Basic and advanced graphical settings.
Basic and advanced graphical settings.
Screen option menu.
Screen option menu.

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Field of view (FOV)

Screenshot comparison
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Game option menu.
Game option menu.

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Xbox buttons prompts explanation

The game is always displaying Xbox button prompts regardless of real input scheme thus making very hard to navigate menus.
Fortunately the game is also accepting in-game actions what would be bound on Xbox controller buttons. Use this as a reference guide.
Actions listed below can be bound to the same key.
Xbox controller button Action in-game
A Interact or confirm.
B Dash/backstep/roll or Cancel.
X Use item or Menu function 1
Y Wield right weapon two-handed or Menu function 2

Delay between mouse clicks and actions

You can bind some of your actions to mouse double clicks, however this feature is causing slight delay between single click and its action as the game is waiting for another click.
Instructions

Audio settings

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Localizations

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

Network

Dark Souls II and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin players cannot play together.[2]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
6

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Steam Networking P2P API
Dedicated
matchmaking only
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Issues fixed

White screen followed by crash at startup

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Only 64-bit versions are supported.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1, 8.1
Processor (CPU) AMD A8 3870 3,6 Ghz
Intel Core i3 2100 3.1Ghz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 23 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
AMD Radeon HD 6870
DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/335300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (335300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References