PlayStation 2

Dark Cloud

400 Years ago, a war between the Eastern Continent and the Western Wizard Army destroyed the world as a great power was unleashed. Time has passed and in present day, the power-hungry General Flag has organized a ritual to awaken this power once more- the Dark Genie. Barely controlled by a spell, the Dark Genie once again breaks the world, beginning with the village of Norune. The only survivor of Norune is a boy named Toan, son of the great hero Ada. As Toan surveys the destruction, the Spirit King appears and tells him that all is not lost; pieces of the world, including buildings and people, have been sealed away in protective Atla spheres. Using a magic glove called the Atlamillia, Toan...

Genre: Role-Playing
Year: 2001
Developer: Level 5
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
Players: 1

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Achievements

113 achievements · 963 total points

Cringe Get Xiao as an ally (The Broken Dagger Glitch is blocked for this set!)
5 pts
Old Gaffer's Backup Watch Pike help with the Old Gaffer's sign
1 pts
I Want Candy, Bubble Gum, or Taffy Get Candy from Claude or Couscous
5 pts
Ayy! Ayy! Ayy! Ayy! Ayy! Ayy! Ayy! Divine Beast Cave - While only using the Wooden Slingshot, use Dran's Crest on limited floor 11 without ever locking on to an enemy or using throwable items
5 pts
Hometown Homie Complete all the requests in Norune Village and unlock the Windmill Slash technique
5 pts
You're Grounded, Buddy Help Dran overcome his possession
5 pts
QTE Starter Divine Beast Cave B4 - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event duel with the Master Jacket
1 pts
Cut Content Divine Beast Cave B8 - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event duel with Seda
1 pts
Hometown Hoarder Open all 64 miracle chests found in Norune Village
5 pts
Don't Worry, This Is Only the First Boss Don't lock-on with Xiao and beat Dran
5 pts
I HATE Diagonals Matataki Village - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event duel with Goro
5 pts
Fur Coat Wise Owl Forest B9 - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event duel with the Werewolves
2 pts
Ssslice'd Wise Owl Forest B9 - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event duel with the Killer Snake
3 pts
A Treant Treat Matataki Village - Before connecting the river and reviving the treant, open 3 miracle chests in the Treant's Grotto
1 pts
Everybody's Running From the Weekend Without going back to town, defeat the work week (Monday through Friday), but don't hurt Saturday or Sunday!
3 pts
Treant Treasure Open all 80 miracle chests found in Matataki Village
5 pts
That LoZ Game for PS2 Get the Odd Tone Flute from Cacao
5 pts
Worst Character, Best Hat Get Goro as an "ally"
5 pts
Key? ORLY? Give an Owl the right key item on the first try
1 pts
Now Start Fishing Complete all the Matataki villager requests
5 pts
Sssssslicer Connect the River and get Serpant Sword from the Treant
5 pts
Come With Me and You'll Be.... Give Candy to Bunbuku
2 pts
Owies Defeat Master Utan
5 pts
No Throw Joe Defeat Master Utan without using any throwable items
5 pts
Tastes Like Poison! Steal a poison apple from an enemy
1 pts
Ringsa Plenty Get Ruby as an ally
5 pts
Is This Genie…a Meanie? View Jack's store event with Ruby in your party to get some freebies
2 pts
Fabulizer Give the leaf to Basker for the Foundation
3 pts
Certified Tough Guy Complete everyone's requests in Queens
5 pts
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned Listen to the Cathedral curse, get your fortune told, then find the music box key
10 pts
Dynamite With a Laser Beam Defeat the Ice Queen
10 pts
Less Cheesy, More Angry. Beat Ice Queen without using ANY throwable items
5 pts
The Port Authority Open all 75 Miracle Chests in Queens
5 pts
A Warrior's Heart Get Ungaga as Ally
10 pts
The Greatest Fourm of Flattery Open four mimics in a row on floor 16 of Sun and Moon temple
3 pts
Muska...Racka? Complete all of the Muska Lacka villager requests
5 pts
Clay Doll Give the foundation to the Pretty Boy in Muska Lacka
4 pts
Treasure Hunter Open all 76 of the Miracle Chests in Muska Lacka
5 pts
Return the Slab Beat King's Curse
10 pts
Call Me The Breeze As Ungaga, hurt King's Curse 25 times in a row without taking damage and without using throwable items
5 pts
Come On, Hippies. We Are the Dope-Men. Sun And Moon Temple - Get an excellent rating in the Quick time event scene with the ship
3 pts
End of Sun Quest Give Clay Doll to Item Collector In Yellow Drops
10 pts
Our Culture Is Advanced Beyond All You Can Comprehend Get Osmond as an ally
5 pts
Matador Beat Minotaur Joe
10 pts
Try and Dry Out a Bit Beat Minotaur Joe without him drinking a single Keg
5 pts
Mooninite Savings Find all 54 miracle chests in Yellow Drops and the Moon Factory
10 pts
The Gauntlet In Gallery of Time, go from years 300 - 382 (floors 19-24) without healing, restoring water or leaving the dungeon
10 pts
Triumphant Beat the Final Boss
25 pts
A Helping Hand Without anyone dying, beat the final boss and have each ally do any damage to the boss
10 pts
Gilda Pincher Steal a potato cake from an enemy
1 pts
Harder Demon Shaft - Beat Floor 20
5 pts
Better Demon Shaft - Beat Floor 40
5 pts
Faster Demon Shaft - Beat Floor 60
5 pts
Stronger Demon Shaft - Beat Floor 80
5 pts
More Than Ever, Hour After Hour Demon Shaft - Beat Floor 99
10 pts
You Probably Need the Attachments Anyway Complete Any Demon Shaft floor without losing any WHP
10 pts
Zap Queen Beat a Demon Shaft floor only with Ruby, without ever locking onto an enemy or visiting a backroom.
10 pts
Here You Are! Get any gemstone from the Happy Clown
5 pts
It Shoots Little Skulls! As Xiao, defeat an enemy while in first person mode with the bone slingshot
1 pts
Stick 'em Upgrade Toan's dagger to level 10
10 pts
Backstab'd Kill all monsters in a backroom (except in Divine Beast Cave) only using Toan's Dagger
10 pts
With Both Hands and Make a Stash Earn at least 2000 gold from a Magic Circle
5 pts
Tough n' Thirsty Thief Upgrade any Toan Weapon to have Steal, Durable and Thirst
50 pts
Lost In The Backrooms Open all chests in a backroom without being damaged
5 pts
Hopefully You Won't Lose 5+ Hours of Gameplay Use an Auto-Repair Powder
0 pts
Oop! Saved ya life! Automatically use a Revival Powder in your active items
0 pts
A Grand (Plus 500 more) Adventure Get 1500 total monster kills
10 pts
Specialized In a Dungeon, equip a weapon with 99 in any Anti-monster or Element stat without any attachments
5 pts
Big Ol' Gobbler Catch a Gobbler
1 pts
You Should Have Been a Baron Catch a Nonky
1 pts
What about...Gummy Worms? Catch a Gummy
1 pts
Rip Van Fish Catch a Niler
2 pts
Tarton Peanut Ninja Turtles Catch a Tarton
5 pts
Chomp Chomp Catch a Baku Baku
2 pts
A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course. Catch a Umadakara
5 pts
Anyway, Here's Wonderwall…or Is It Waterfall? Catch a Mardan Garayan
5 pts
Prince Charming Catch a Baron Garayan
10 pts
In the Green Catch a Piccoly
5 pts
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Catch a Bobo
5 pts
Looks Like a Nice Wee Lil Friend Catch a Kaji
5 pts
Jovi Catch a Bon
5 pts
*Screaming Goku Noises* Catch a Hamahama
5 pts
I Broke a Thousand Rods Catch a Negie
5 pts
Okden Catch a Den
5 pts
A Reela Catch a Heela
5 pts
Trap Breaker Buy the Mardan Eins Sword from the Fish Points exchange (After you buy it, the # of Garayans caught resets!)
5 pts
Fish Bricks Build up Mardan Eins to the Mardan Twei after catching 5 Garayans (After upgrading, the # of Garayans caught resets!)
10 pts
Poison and Potato King Build up from the Mardan Twei to the Arise Mardan after catching 15 Garayans.
25 pts
Full of Stones Upgrade your item inventory to 100 by finding all the pockets
10 pts
The Iron Doughnut Get Toan's Defense to 48 or more
3 pts
The Blue Raspberry Swedish Kind Get Xiao's Defense to 46 or more
3 pts
All the Clippings Get Goro's Defense to 52 or more
3 pts
Parfait My Way Get Ruby's Defense to 48 or more
3 pts
Scorpandy Get Ungaga's Defense to 53 or more
3 pts
Cawwot Get Osmond's Defense to 56 or more
3 pts
The Toantal Package Get Toan's stats to 170 HP, 10 thirst and at least 48 defense
10 pts
Straight from the Garden Eat every Fruit of Eden in the game (930 total HP)
10 pts
Hydrate or Die-drate Drink every gourd in the game (58 total thirst)
10 pts
Chronicle Sword Build up a weapon to a Chronicle Sword
25 pts
Sword of Zeus Build up a weapon to the Sword of Zeus
25 pts
7th Heaven Build up a weapon to a 7th Heaven
25 pts
Bragging Rights Defeat the post-game boss at floor 100 in the Demon Shaft
25 pts
No Glug Allowed Without drinking Stamina Potions, defeat the post-game boss at floor 100 in the Demon Shaft
25 pts
Angel Gear Build up a weapon to Angel Gear
25 pts
Super Steve Build up Steve to Super Steve
25 pts
Tall Hammer Build up a weapon to a Tall Hammer
25 pts
Inferno Hammer Build up a weapon to a Inferno Hammer
25 pts
Secret Armlet Build up a weapon to a Secret Armlet
25 pts
Mobius Ring Build up a weapon to a Mobius Ring
25 pts
Babel Spear Build up a weapon to a Babel Spear
25 pts
Hercules' Wrath Build up a weapon to a Hercules' Wrath
25 pts
Supernova Build up a weapon to a Supernova
25 pts
Star Breaker Build up a weapon to a Star Breaker
25 pts

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How do I play Dark Cloud online with a friend?

Dark Cloud (PlayStation 2) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Dark Cloud on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Dark Cloud in the PlayStation 2 library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Dark Cloud netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Dark Cloud have achievements?

Yes, Dark Cloud has 113 achievements worth 963 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Dark Cloud for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Dark Cloud on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.