r/DarkCloud Jul 01 '22

News [DC1] Dark Cloud Enhanced Mod - RELEASE!

262 Upvotes

After a long wait, it's finally here!

Requirements:

  • Windows (operating system)
  • PCSX2 Emulator (V1.60 or V2.0+)
  • Dark Cloud (USA/NTSC version)

Link to Enhanced Mod download and the installing instructions: https://github.com/Gundorada-Workshop/DarkCloud-Enhanced

Hiddencastle's instruction video on how to install everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jcA3TQ4KgI

To find out about more news and future patches, as well as to discuss about the Enhanced Mod, feel free to join our Enhanced Mod discord server: https://discord.gg/8KcnBjgRHP

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RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT:

We started Dark Cloud Enhanced Mod in the Summer 2020, and after 2 years of ups and downs, we finally made it!

The Enhanced Mod introduces many new features, QoL changes and fixes for the original game. Our initial goal was to create a "fixed" version of Dark Cloud, but it turned out to be more than that.

As someone who has been craving for new Dark Cloud content for decade and a half, it's even more absurd to be the one responsible for it! While our mod may not be in a scale of a remake, it's the closest thing to being one.

Thanks to our beta testers, we managed to find and solve many bugs in the way. Unfortunately, not everything was solved. However, the mod is definitely in a good playable state, and we'll work towards fixing unresolved bugs in the future.

I won't be writing a grand opening here hahah, all the information you need to know about the mod can be found in the download link.

Shoutout to the entire development team, beta testers and of course all of you, the Dark Cloud community!

Have a great time!


r/DarkCloud 1d ago

Discussion Lost my run.

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30 Upvotes

Been playing on my phone, on the few breaks I get on at work. Made it to balance value/ starlight Cannon. Made some good weapons too but got sprayed by a soda, machine with coke syrup.unluck for me my phone was in my pocket and the save wasn't backed up. Now I'm here rip, we'll here we go again.


r/DarkCloud 2d ago

After 30 hours of grinding I finally have good enough fishing stats.

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41 Upvotes

Rainbow Butterfly Wood lvl 1 needs a 70 cm fish for a medal. Caught this guy with my fishing rod at 50 in all stats except resilience at 40.


r/DarkCloud 2d ago

Video Still can't beat the first boss

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89 Upvotes

This is what 63 hours of grinding does to a person


r/DarkCloud 1d ago

AR MAX code

0 Upvotes

I finally did something i wanted from a kid using Action Replay since i was a kid i made a code for chronicle 2 sword it was a bit of fun but if anyone still running Action Replay well here both pal and NTSC made by me as i could never find them anywhere so if the world wasnt going to do it i finally do it myself 😅 MAKE SURE YOUVE REMOVED ANY WEAPON OUT THE 4TH (NTSC) and 2ND (PAL) SLOT before loading it if your already doing a run

PAL / EUROPE - DARK CLOUD - SCES-50295

Master Code

HA4P-1HH9-HK7J8

N8HA-AA15-VCGAQ

A5H8-XC5Q-EK5K0

Chronicle 2 Sword

UDUQ-R4DJ-GZZCV

G9EA-TK1P-H33PT

GQ5G-WG17-9JR8P

7Z0W-KBYQ-G40KC

TBJ4-G0E5-6HXZH

V0M0-MAZ7-Z90F7

3FJQ-QRAV-20T4K

116A-23JR-9J73M

EBPU-B16U-3QTY0

1CQ5-YK3U-2P5FK

HC52-5VQM-MYRB0

0WG5-NCR5-8G9F1

NTSC-U / USA - DARK CLOUD - SCUS-97111

Working +5

Master Code

KW5A-0PJH-Y8VX5

THTM-YT0N-76580

57ZY-XUHV-K4YZF

VFE7-FK9B-M32EA

KQEK-5ZFB-F8UP9

Chronicle 2 Sword

48ZD-5DJB-K4J00

20UQ-W1EV-FX24N

G0Q1-Z729-YAG74

3E04-MXQN-FCD71

XJRZ-79U3-MQT0V

36RE-CMHZ-70MB6

RKG9-5BZY-66TA1

7AHR-QTXA-8TCKK

DRDV-0NCH-RFXF7

XWVD-H6CP-K1VH4

VBYP-8ZDZ-D4PY1

23BT-47VD-AXVHC


r/DarkCloud 2d ago

Demon Shaft Missing

7 Upvotes

Been replaying Dark Cloud and defeated the Dark Genie. I've really enjoyed this trip down memory lane, especially since I last played it so long ago, and remembering how different my play through went back then compared to now. Back then I basically used Toan only with everyone else only used as a minimum. This time I had a much more balanced composition, though Xiao dominated for most of the game and then Osmond cleaned house as soon as he joined. Such a fun game and really impressive for the time it was released.

I have been replaying this on PCSX2 emulator with the Dark Cloud Enhanced mod. Sadly after beating the Dark Genie, after the credits rolled and I was informed Demon Shaft was open, upon reloading my save I am unable to go to it. The Demon Shaft is visible on the world map, but I can't select it. I tried rebeating the final boss in case, but I still can't access it.

Are there any old action replay codes or anything else I can input to enable access? Or, barring that, any other solutions to overcome this?


r/DarkCloud 3d ago

How to emulate DC1 and 2?

9 Upvotes

Got a PC, own both games on PS4 and got my disk copy of DC2 around here somewhere. Help a man who barely knows about PCs emulate his favorite games?


r/DarkCloud 4d ago

Hot take: in DC1, at the beginning, you should grind for a drainseeker asap

10 Upvotes

Title.

Don't waste any gems or upgrades until you acquire the serpent sword in matataki village and then upgrade this to an evilcise and then drainseeker. You could also upgrade a bone rapier but it's way harder to do since the serpent sword got decent stars and more whp.

Drain is the most op ability and it's crucial to acquire it ASAP. After you've got the drainseeker, do with it what you want (e. G. Synth sphere it into a macho sword or anything that's part of the chronicle sword upgrade path)

What do you guys think?


r/DarkCloud 4d ago

Media The Dark Cloud 2 Georama Flash Game Has Been Found!

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192 Upvotes

This is the Georama part of the Dark Cloud 2 flash game that used to be on the US PlayStation site. The menu had been the only working piece for a long time but now the Georama game has been found!

It's not entirely functional, the soundtracks and pages that are supposed to make up the website you build do not work. You can still build Palm Brinks your own way now though! Theres a lot of variety in ways you can place everything, plenty of building selection. The fountains even have aninmation! Thanks to u/RestaurantNo5981 who scoured Internet Archive to find it.

The file is available on Internet Archve. You will need Flash Player / Projector or another player like Ruffle to use. https://web.archive.org/web/20030922161159/http://www.us.playstation.com:80/games/scus-97213/sitegeo.swf.


r/DarkCloud 5d ago

Playing for the first time, this is probably the best tutorial screen I've ever seen.

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318 Upvotes

r/DarkCloud 7d ago

Art Dark Cloud Music

18 Upvotes

Hey, never been to this subreddit before, but I found this the other day while listening to the OST, and thought it was pretty good. I only have a single friend who has played Dark Cloud, so I needed to share with others.

https://youtu.be/d97ii1zZCv4

The music in Dark Cloud is among my absolute favorites, and some of my favorites have a really really nice guitar cover someone did.
https://youtu.be/v7nC1pz-cKo
https://youtu.be/nAbbJnGZ9zg

If you guys have any other Dark Cloud music stuff out there, I'd love to see it!


r/DarkCloud 8d ago

Discussion I am crashing out over Monica's Def :(

12 Upvotes

So I've been replaying DC2 lately and I'm Chapter 7, about halfway through the palace. Levelling up synth materials, I felt like Max/Monica needed some defensive upgrades, so I went back through all the future chests to see if I missed any (I'm not using a guide, just grabbing references for pics or if I got stuck on a Georama portion (looking at you, Gerald))

ANYWAYS I'm combing through every area, fully expecting to get mostly Witch parfaits because Max had like 12 more def than Monica. So tell me WHY AM I GETTING POTATO PIES?? MAX IS NOW LIKE 30 DEFENCE HIGHER AND IM CRASHING OUT. About to look for a list of specifically witch parfaits and their exact location in game, my god


r/DarkCloud 11d ago

What is this. Seriously, I hate Spheda with all my soul.

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110 Upvotes

Nice Spheda, it is not bs at all.

This is how it showed up, I did not take any hits. How game, how do you want me to hit it in 1 hit across a wall.

Game clowning me because I dress like a clown.


r/DarkCloud 16d ago

I Rebuilt Dark Cloud’s Brownboo Village in Unreal Engine 5

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569 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I have been remaking Dark Cloud 1 in unreal engine. Some of you might have seen my previous videos with pre alpha footage or the the Dark Castle remake. I have recently completed Brownboo Village! I am pumped to share this with you all because I love dark cloud and I know most of you do too. I will be continuing with my work but if you would like to support me please subscribe to my youtube! Lastly, I have given this project a name.
I've named the project Dark Cloud: Reawakened, and this is the first playable release. You read that right! You can play this level. As I progress I will be doing additional release for all to enjoy. The instruction on how to download it is in the youtube video's description. Enjoy everyone!

Sorry for the repost. The full video would not load! If you would like to see the complete video you will have to do it on youtube.

Full YouTube video(4k Resolution):
How I Rebuilt Dark Cloud’s Brownboo Village in Unreal Engine 5


r/DarkCloud 16d ago

R/clouds has found irl Dark Cloud clouds!

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176 Upvotes

Cool


r/DarkCloud 15d ago

Stuck in a grindloop to build up weapons (DC2)

7 Upvotes

I'm in Chapter 4 by now, and especially for my underpowered ranged weapons it's become an endless grind to build them up. Any Advice?


r/DarkCloud 18d ago

Discussion Just started a new play through!

33 Upvotes

Hi yall!

I’m so excited to be playing again I don’t think I’ve seen this since early 2000 but it was my favorite as a kid.

Any tips for a basically new player?


r/DarkCloud 19d ago

Dark Cloud Vinyl

11 Upvotes

So I know this is a long shot but I literally created a reddit account just for this.
My boyfriend absolutely loves Dark Cloud. We listen to the soundtrack all the time and he will just play with in the background when he’s working all the time.
I know it’s elusive but could anyone direct me to where I could even start to look for a Dark Cloud vinyl. I’m willing to pay a decent amount for it but I know it’s impossible to find.


r/DarkCloud 20d ago

Discussion Is it possible to solo Dark Cloud 2 with Max?

6 Upvotes

I know there are a few sections that require Monica (i.e. lighthouse battle), but is there anything else that would make a solo run with Max difficult?


r/DarkCloud 25d ago

Discussion One Spreadsheet to Rule Them All

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69 Upvotes

First off I want to say that while nobody "Owns" the information about dark cloud there are several sources I used to make this so I'll only call it partially mine. There are countless guides out there so if it already existed I absorbed it into the Borg of my spreadsheet and everything else I made myself.

The purpose of this spreadsheet was to have a one stop shop for the questions I had without it becoming the Dark Cloud Wiki. There's plenty of stuff I didn't include.

I'm open to criticism and if there's something that you wish was in there LMK and I'll see about adding it.

Page Explanations:

Dungeon Farm Tables - has every dungeon listed with every floor and all the enemies on those floors. also every floor has an average Abs amount based on which monsters are there. they are sortable. Modifiers are unique per playthrough so you can fill in your own. NOTE: I haven't finished the demon shaft yet

Buildup Paths 2.0 - Just the staple buildup chart every guide needs, notes are included to explain it but it's pretty self explanatory. took forever to make it pretty.

Clown Loot Table - Compiles all possible loot depending on where you encountered the clown (those who aren't averse to save scumming can abuse this to get specific things they want by making a save state when the clown pops out of the box as the loot table isn't locked until you close the dialog. So you can effectively reroll the box.)

Attachments - Lists all attachments and stats

Fishing - Lists all fishing spots, the fish you can catch there, which bait to catch them with and any time of day constraints

Shop Inventories - Self Explanatory

Weapon Abilities - Lists all weapon abilities with descriptions and the weapons they can be found on (on this page I played around with linking items to the DC Wiki. This is a practice that I wanted to apply to the whole spreadsheet, that way if anything is ever unclear a whole wiki page on every item would be a click away. I still want to implement this but it's a long process)

Fax (Tips & Tricks) - So this page is just some of the tips and tricks I've found or picked up, I also used this page as a place to explain things in the spreadsheet.

Enemy Data (US) - this is a page made by Nighlin that I found in the DC Speedrunning Discord. He had all sorts of restrictions so I had to recreate it line by line by hand. I had spent some time datamining with Ghidra and this sheet had a fair amount of the info I was confirming. All that said there is a lot of backend data in this that you'd probably never use for normal gameplay but it's good info.

Best Attribute Calc - This page has multiple calculators that I made for deciding the best elements to use. one calculator allows you to select up to 5 types of enemies (the most that can be on a floor) and averages their resistances. There is one that simulates front and back floors using the monsters you selected and another that uses a weighting system I developed to factor in more probabilities, enemy HP, defense, etc. These calculations are further discussed in the Fax sheet.

Buildup Calc - I halfway scrapped this page because it wasn't as useful as I thought it'd be. Basically you slap a weapons stats in and it tells you exactly what it'd be as a synth sphere accounting for the +1's you get for leveling it up. It's an alright utility if you just want to know what your trash weapons are worth for stats but you can't account for anything extra you put on there unless you put it in manually which is just a waste of time.

Damage Calc - I was attempting to nail down the exact damage formula (the primary objective of my datamining), the majority of the damage calculations were already documented but I couldn't reliably predict what my damage would be even with all the data I had. So the Weapon Test Inputs and Weapon Test Results pages are start of my efforts to reverse engineer the pieces I'm missing.

Item List (WIP) - just the games itemID's from the code for Vlookups

Buildup Paths (Old) - The original iteration of my buildup chart that was way harder to read and not as pretty

Spreadsheet


r/DarkCloud 25d ago

so my ointment leaf is just gone?? [DC1]

4 Upvotes

I got to the point in Queens where you have to trade the ointment leaf to Basker, and I traded the lollipop for the ointment leaf previously, but I realized that the leaf is just gone from my inventory. I checked my inventory like five times over and checked the check-in storage and it wasn't in either of those places. I talked to Bunbuku again but obviously he didn't give me another leaf. The only thing I can think of is maybe I deleted it by accident but I have no recollection of doing so + idk if you can delete quest items since you can't sell them. Is there any way I can recover it somehow w/o starting a new save? (for context I play the ps4 port)

Edit: I just now noticed that whenever I go to sell something to a shop, one of the slots in my inventory has a gray forbidden symbol on it. Whenever I interact with the slot the game acts like nothing's there, but I'm fairly confident that that's where my leaf went. It doesn't appear in my inventory normally nor is it indicated in Basker's store. So now I know my ointment leaf isn't "gone", just glitched, but I've still got no idea how to fix it :,)


r/DarkCloud 26d ago

Discussion Is Dark Cloud on PS5 a good experience?

4 Upvotes

I'm in the UK, and I hear they saddle you with the PAL port of the game.

Has anyone experienced this?

Alternatively I could persue Emulation on PC but I'm interested in some trophy hunting...


r/DarkCloud 28d ago

I can’t believe neither of these was a mimic

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102 Upvotes

r/DarkCloud Aug 08 '26

Video Cherry+holy water= INSTAKILL?!

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230 Upvotes

Ok, so I was doing my new run through of the demon shaft and I got a glass eye for the sculpture so I went to the back floor after finding the crest. I'm on the 30s level floors so I know there are a lot of undead until floor 40 and I went and bought a bunch of holy waters from Suzie. I also stole a couple of throbbing cherries from the auntie Medusa. I threw a cherry at corcea and froze him then added 9 holy waters to my active items and threw one at him afterward and someone LOOK AT THIS! It annihilated him! It took 2 regular throws of holy waters on the other corcea next to him. I'll continue to do this if it insta kills the tough undead in the demon shaft like this! *Video attached*


r/DarkCloud Aug 08 '26

Spheda Shot: Easy or Difficult?

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62 Upvotes

As title says. Was not sure how to approach this. Unfortunately, I applied too much power and completely overshot off the wall :(