Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is the third DLC expansion for Dark Souls II, released in September 2014. It transports players to the frozen wasteland of Eleum Loyce, where they face new enemies…

82 30 September 2014

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is an adventure developed by FromSoftware, released 30 September 2014 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.

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What Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is an adventure game developed by FromSoftware and released in 2014. It was published by Bandai Namco Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dark Souls II: The Lost Crowns is a set of three downloadable content packs for the 2014 action role-playing game Dark Souls II. The first of the trio, Crown of the Sunken King was released in July 2014 and was followed by Crown of the Old Iron King in August and Crown of the Ivory King in September. The DLC, developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, were met with positive reception and drew praise for returning to the complex interlocking and looping level design of Dark Souls.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Dark Souls series

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is the 12th of 25 entries we hold in the Dark Souls series. The next entry was Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin in 2015. Its critic score of 82 is 3 points below the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Dark Souls at 91.

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How it was received

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King launched on 30 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King gameplay screenshot

Parents

Dark Souls II

11 March 2014

Quick answers

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King — frequently asked questions

When did Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King come out?

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King was released on 30 September 2014 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King?

At minimum, Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King needs AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 graphics, 12 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King?

The main story of Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King takes around 8 hrs, or 15 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King?

The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "12 GB available space" and the recommended line says "15 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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