These are some of the best mods for Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen that will revamp your gameplay experience vastly. By reading the descriptions of these mods, you will be able to decide if they’re best suited for the first or subsequent playthroughs of the game.
Needless to say, the majority of these modifications are not recommended for a first playthrough. This article avoids plot spoilers.
ENB
ENBs are mods that vastly improve the visuals of many games at the cost of performance. There are ENB presets for you to download, and each of them looks drastically different. In the end, the choice is yours to make. There are a few ENBs that are very popular for Dragon’s Dogma. I will link them below. Visit the links and decide which one suits your tastes.
Rudy ENB
This is my personal favourite ENB for the game.
Resonant ENB
Resonant ENB is arguably the most popular ENB for Dragon’s Dogma. It makes the game look shinier; an effect I don’t really prefer. However, considering the number of fans of this mod, there’s a good chance that you will find Resonant to be great.
Enhanced Vanilla ENB
This ENB preset overhauls the vanilla look of the game. This is a great option for players who prefer to keep the original feel of the game intact while improving it.
Great Mod Compilation for Dragon’s Dogma
This is one of the best mods for the game, and it’s only recommended for the second playthrough. It fixes many inconveniences with the game and adds various minor effects and additions to make it more enjoyable and accessible. This mod compilation is perfect for completionists and players who aim to explore the entirety of the game comfortably. Again, this is only recommended for the second playthrough because it alters the game in some aspects.
Dinput8.dll Hooks
This is essentially a cheat mod for Dragon’s Dogma, and obviously, it’s for subsequent playthroughs. But even if you don’t plan on using cheats, this mod is rather useful because it introduces many hotkeys and other minor features. For example, you can set up a hotkey to save the game with one press of a button with this mod.
HD Environment Texture Overhaul
This is a simple mod that retextures many static objects of the game, such as rocks and grounds. It’s pretty self-explanatory.
Greatsword MAX
This is an essential mod for all players who would like to use the Warrior vocation in the game. This substantially improves everything about the vocation and makes it a hundred times more fun to use. I recommend playing the original unmodded vocation before installing the mod to clearly notice just how many things this mod changes.
PS4 Cinematics
PS4 Cinematics is a simple mod that replaces the relatively low-quality cutscenes of the PC version of Dragon’s Dogma with the 1080p upscaled cutscenes from the PS4 version of the game.
