Dark Souls II

This page contains notes for the game Dark Souls II.

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Map IDs#

ID	Name
m10_02_00_00	Things Betwixt
m10_04_00_00	Majula
m10_10_00_00	Forest of Fallen Giants
m10_14_00_00	Brightstone Cove Tseldora
m10_15_00_00	Aldia's Keep
m10_16_00_00	Lost Bastille / Belfry Luna
m10_17_00_00	Harvest Valley / Earthen Peak
m10_18_00_00	No Man's Wharf
m10_19_00_00	Iron Keep / Belfry Sol

ID	Name
m10_23_00_00	Huntsman's Copse / Undead Purgatory
m10_25_00_00	The Gutter / Black Gulch
m10_27_00_00	Dragon Aerie / Dragon Shrine
m10_29_00_00	Old Akelarre
m10_30_00_00	Hidden Path to Heide's
m10_31_00_00	Heide's Tower of Flame
m10_32_00_00	Shaded Woods / Shrine of Winter
m10_33_00_00	Doors of Pharros
m10_34_00_00	Grave of Saints

ID	Name
m20_10_00_00	Memory of Vammar / Orro / Jeigh
m20_11_00_00	Shrine of Amana
m20_21_00_00	Drangleic Castle / Throne of Want
m20_24_00_00	Undead Crypt
m20_26_00_00	Dragon Memories
m40_03_00_00	Dark Chasm of Old
m50_35_00_00	Shulva, Sanctum City
m50_36_00_00	Brume Tower
m50_37_00_00	Frozen Eleum Loyce
m50_38_00_00	Memory of the King

Unpacking#

To unpack games, use either UXM by Nordgaren, or Nuxe by JKAnderson.
To unpack BND files, use WitchyBND by ividyon.

Reading ESD Files#

Reading ESD files will require ESDTools.
Either drop an .esd file onto the executable or have a file association with ESDTools (Right Click => Open with)

However, ESDTools will not work off the bat since the regulation file (enc_regulation.bnd.dcx) is still encrypted.
To decrypt the regulation file, you must first unpack it with WitchyBND, and then repack it.
WitchyBND will warn you about repacking the regulation file with multiple prompts. Unless you haven't made a copy of the reg. file, press Y for all of the prompts.

WitchyBND will make a backup file anyway (enc_regulation.bnd.dcx.bak), but it's best to be on the safe side and make a copy of the original.

Tools#

For general viewing use Smithbox, a successor of DSMapStudio made by vawser. It has a Map Editor, Model Viewer, Param Editor, Text Editor, and more.
For viewing and extracting audio, use foobar2000 along with the vgmstream plugin.

Animations#

Unlike other FromSoftware games, DS2 uses NaturalMotion's Morpheme tool for animations instead of Havok.

Examining animations was impossible until recently, with MorphemeEditor by LordRadai.