Best Settings

Here's a guide on the best settings you may use in Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2). Check out more details on the best settings for consoles, PC, and the graphics settings.

Best Console Settings

Console Settings
Controls	Camera	Game	Interface
Display	Sound	Language	Network

Controls

Best Console Controls Settings
Button Mapping	Default
Run Type	Hold
Controller Vibration	On
Toggle Hail	Press

There are a lot of controls required for Dragon's Dogma 2, but the control scheme is well thought-out and intuitive.

However, we recommend changing the running controls to Hold. Since interacting and running share the same button, you may unintentionally run away from the object you're trying to interact with.

Camera

Best Console Camera Settings
Camera Axis	Normal
Camera Speed	+2
Aiming Camera	Normal
Aiming Camera Speed	0
Projectile Aiming	Normal
Projectile Aiming Speed	0
Camera Distance	+5
Camera Tracking	Off
Auto-Adjust	Off

We recommend turning Camera Tracking and Auto-Adjust off for the Camera Settings to prevent any potentially annoying unintended camera movements.

Additionally, increase the Camera Speed to keep up with the numerous nimble enemies that can move toward your back. Also, changing the camera distance to Max effectively increases your field of view so that you can see more information on the battlefield when fighting close quarters.

Can you Change FOV?

Game

Best Console Game Settings
Minimap Rotation	On
Auto-Sheathe	On
Priority of Materials to Combine	Player
Destination of Combined Items	Player

For the Game Settings, we recommend keeping everything to default. However, it may be worth checking your preference in Minimap Rotation as it may heavily impact your sense of direction.

Interface

Best Console Interface Settings
HUD	On
Minimap	Auto
Pawn Commands	Auto/Off
Control Guide	Auto/Off
Player HUD	Auto
Pawn HUD	Auto
Enemy HUD	On
Pawn Dialogue	On
Quest Messages	On
Location Names	On
Items/Gold Received	On
Experience/Discipline Earned	On
Level Up Messages	On
Tutorial Messages	On/Off
Aiming Reticle	On
Magic Skill Reticle	On

The HUD does a good job of showing necessary info without being overbearing. Once you feel more comfortable with the controls and are more familiar with the game mechanics, we recommend turning off the Pawn Commands, Control Guide, and Tutorial Messages to free up some space for more visual clarity.

Display

Best Console Display Settings
HDR	On (If able)
Brightness	User Preference

HDR depends on the hardware, specifically the monitor or TV output, but it may increase the graphic fidelity of the game by improving the colors.

Remember to set up your Brightness Settings every time you change your monitor or TV settings to suit the intended brightness for the game.

Sound

Best Console Sound Settings
Master Volume	10
BGM Volume	10
Sound Effect Volume	10
Menu Volume	10
Voice Volume	10
Player and NPC Voices	10
Pawn Voices	10
Enemy Voices	10
Audio Output Device	User's Audio Device
Dyamic Range	Small (Speakers) or Large (Headphones)

Volume is mainly dependent on your preferences. However, note that a smaller dynamic range will work better for smaller speakers to hear quieter and louder sounds more equally. A larger dynamic range, on the other hand, works best for headphones or high-quality speaker setups.

Language

Best Console Language Settings
Display Language	User Preference
Voice Language	User Preference
Subtitles	On
Subtitle Background Opacity	Dark

The game has 13 display languages and two voice languages, English and Japanese. Set these to your preference.

Network

Best Network Settings
Network Features	On
Main Pawn Online Access	Anyone
Data Processing for the Purpose of Analysis	User Preference

Data processing allows the developer and publisher to collect data that users do in the game to improve the game further in the future. You may turn this off if you heavily value your privacy; otherwise, turning it on can help the developers know what players do in their game and update it accordingly.

It is recommended to leave the Network and Main Pawn Online Access to On and Anyone to fully benefit from the Pawn System of the game.

Pawns System Explained

Best PC Settings

PC Settings
Controls	Camera	Game	Interface
Display	Sound	Language	Network

Controls

Best PC Controls Settings
Button Mapping	Default
Run Type	Hold
Controller Vibration	On
Toggle Hail	Press
Cursor Lock	Off
Mouse Buttons Inversion	Normal
Mouse Scroll Wheel Inversion	Normal
Button Icon Type	User Preference
Key Bindings	Set 1

There are a lot of controls required for Dragon's Dogma 2, but the control scheme is well thought-out and intuitive.

However, we recommend changing the attack and skills binding to your preference if you're using a mouse and keyboard, as they can sometimes be clunky.

However, we recommend changing the running controls to Hold. Since interacting and running share the same button, you may unintentionally run away from the object you're trying to interact with.

Camera

Best PC Camera Settings
Camera Axis	Normal
Camera Speed	+2
Aiming Camera	Normal
Aiming Camera Speed	0
Projectile Aiming	Normal
Projectile Aiming Speed	0
Camera Distance	+5
Camera Tracking	Off
Auto-Adjust	Off
Motion Sensor Function	On
Horizontal Sensitivity	0
Vertical Sensitivity	0
Mouse Camera Speed	0
Mouse Aiming Camera Speed	0
Mouse Projectile Aiming Speed	0

We recommend turning Camera Tracking and Auto-Adjust off for the Camera Settings to prevent any potentially annoying unintended camera movements.

Additionally, increase the Camera Speed to keep up with the numerous nimble enemies that can move toward your back. Also, changing the camera distance to Max effectively increases your field of view so that you can see more information on the battlefield when fighting close quarters.

Can you Change FOV?

Game

Best PC Game Settings
Minimap Rotation	On
Auto-Sheathe	On
Priority of Materials to Combine	Player
Destination of Combined Items	Player

For the Game Settings, we recommend keeping everything to default. However, it may be worth checking your preference in Minimap Rotation as it may heavily impact your sense of direction.

Interface

Best PC Interface Settings
HUD	On
Minimap	Auto
Pawn Commands	Auto/Off
Control Guide	Auto/Off
Player HUD	Auto
Pawn HUD	Auto
Enemy HUD	On
Pawn Dialogue	On
Quest Messages	On
Location Names	On
Items/Gold Received	On
Experience/Discipline Earned	On
Level Up Messages	On
Tutorial Messages	On/Off
Aiming Reticle	On
Magic Skill Reticle	On

The HUD does a good job of showing necessary info without being overbearing. Once you feel more comfortable with the controls and are more familiar with the game mechanics, we recommend turning off the Pawn Commands, Control Guide, and Tutorial Messages to free up some space for more visual clarity.

Display

Best PC Display Settings
HDR	On (If able)
Brightness	User Preference

HDR depends on the hardware, specifically the monitor or TV output, but it may increase the graphic fidelity of the game by improving the colors.

Remember to set up your Brightness Settings every time you change your monitor or TV settings to suit the intended brightness for the game.

Sound

Best PC Sound Settings
Master Volume	10
BGM Volume	10
Sound Effect Volume	10
Menu Volume	10
Voice Volume	10
Player and NPC Voices	10
Pawn Voices	10
Enemy Voices	10
Audio Output Device	User's Audio Device
Dyamic Range	Small (Speakers) or Large (Headphones)

Volume is largely dependent on your preferences. However, note that a smaller dynamic range will work better for smaller speakers to hear quieter and louder sounds more equally. A larger dynamic range, on the other hand, works best for headphones or high-quality speaker setups.

Language

Best PC Language Settings
Display Language	User Preference
Voice Language	User Preference
Subtitles	On
Subtitle Background Opacity	Dark

The game has 13 display languages and two voice languages, English and Japanese. Set these to your preference.

Network

Best PC Settings
Network Features	On
Main Pawn Online Access	Anyone
Data Processing for the Purpose of Analysis	User Preference

Data processing allows the developer and publisher to collect data that users do in the game to improve the game further in the future potentially. You may turn this off if you heavily value your privacy; otherwise, turning it on can help the developers know what players do in their game and update it accordingly.

It is recommended to leave the Network and Main Pawn Online Access to On and Anyone to fully benefit from the Pawn System of the game.

Pawns System Explained

Best Graphics Settings

Optimized Graphical Settings
Graphics Quality	Custom
Display Mode	Borderless Window
Screen Resolution	User Preference
Refresh Rate	User Preference (Same as Monitor's Refresh Rate)
Frame Rate	at least 60
Vertical Synchronization	Off (Turn On if experiencing screen tear)
Dynamic Resolution	Off (On if prioritizing FPS for resolution)
FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3	Quality (If DLSS not applicable)
DLSS SUPER RESOLUTION	Auto (If applicable)
DLSS NVIDIA REFLEX LOW LATENCY	On (If applicable)
Upscale Sharpness	-1 (If DLSS is On)
Rendering Mode	Off (Turns Off if DLSS, FSR, or Anti-Aliasing is On)
Image Quality	Off (Turns Off if DLSS or FSR is Enabled)
Ray Tracing	On (For Stronger GPUs)
Ambient Occlusion	SSAO / SDFAO (For Stronger CPUs)
Anti-aliasing	FXAA + TAA (Only if DLSS and FSR is Disabled)
Screen Space Reflections	On
Mesh Quality	Mid
Texture Filtering	Low
Texture Quality	High
Grass/Tree Quality	Low
Resource-Intense Effects Quality	High
Shadow Quality	High
Shadow Cache	On
Contact Shadows	On
Motion Blur	Off
Bloom	Off
Depth of Field	Off
Lens Flare	Off
Lens Distortion	Off
Subsurface Scattering	On
Motion Quality	Low

The Graphics Settings are exclusive to the PC version of the game. These graphics settings are optimized to balance performance, visual clarity, and graphical quality.

Upscaling or Anti-Aliasing

The first thing to note is your choice of upscaling: DLSS, FSR, or Anti-Aliasing. While Anti-Aliasing is not an upscaling tool, unlike the other two, one of these three will be your choice to smoothen out the image and make the game more soft and beautiful. We recommend using DLSS playing with an RTX Nvidia GPU. FSR will be the next best choice, and Anti-Aliasing the last.

Visual Clarity

Notice that Motion Blur, Bloom, Depth of Field, Lens Flare, and Lens Distortion are all disabled. These settings have minimal effect on performance, but we recommend turning it off for more visual clarity. For a more cinematic look, turn these settings on.

Turn Off For More Performance

The Ambient Occlusion, Screen Space Reflections, and Resource-Intense Effects Quality settings add major changes to the game's look even at the lowest setting. However, you can turn these settings off if you need more processing power.

Balancing Graphics Memory

Texture Quality and Shadow do not impact performance as much as they eat up VRAM of Graphics Memory. You can set these settings to a lower option if you need to free some graphics memory. We recommend turning the Texture Quality setting to at least Low as it's much better than Off, given the amount of memory it needs.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Related Guides

Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Farming Guides
How to Get Gold Fast	Rift Crystals (RC)
Discipline Points (DP)	Wyrmslife Crystals (WLC)
How to Level Up Fast	-
Beginner Guides
Fast Travel	How to Tell Time
How to Increase Health	How to Save
Best Party Composition	How to Store Items
How to Dodge	All Stats Explained
All Debilitations	How to Combine Items
How to Increase Weight Limit	How to Get Out of Jail
List of Controls	Best Settings
What is Knockdown Power?	How to Light Up Dark Places
How to Lower Ladders from High Areas	How to Lock the Minimap to North
How to Fight Aerial Enemies	All Damage Types and Elemental Weaknesses
How to Deal Fire Damage	How to Deal Lightning Damage
How to Deal Ice Damage	How to Deal Holy Damage
Advanced Guides
List of All Exploits	How to Raise Affinity
How to Enhance Equipment	Cooking Guide
How to Give Gifts	How to Create a Forgery
How to Find NPCs	Dwarven Smithing
FAQs
What is Dragonsplague?	Can You Lock On Enemies?
Can You Change Difficulty?	Can You Sneak?
Can You Change FOV?	What Happens When You Die?
Why Do Guards Attack Randomly?	Can You Hide Your Helmet?
Important Locations
How to Get Houses	How to Enter Rose Chateau Bordelrie
Makeshift Vault Key and Vault Location	Hot Spring Location and Effects