Breath of Fire IV

Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire III	2001
Breath of Fire IV	2003
Breath of Fire 6	2016

Breath of Fire IV is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric JRPG and RPG game in the Breath of Fire series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 4 DRM
GamersGate
GamersGate


GOG.com		Pre-packaged with GOG.com's custom DirectX wrapper.
Humble Store
Steam		Enigma Protector DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\bof4.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam	<path-to-game>\english\bof4.cfg <path-to-game>\japanese\bof4.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4249150/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAV\*.DAT^{[Note 1]}
Steam	<path-to-game>\english}\SAV\.DAT <path-to-game>\japanese}\SAV\.DAT
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4249150/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Resolution selection.

Steam external launcher settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Configurable for GOG.com and Steam versions. For retail version, see Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Configurable for GOG.com and Steam versions. For retail version, see Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Capped at 31 FPS during gameplay. Menus run at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Use DxWnd (Retail)

Download and run DxWnd as administrator.
Click on Edit, then Add.
Set name to Breath of Fire 4.
Set path to <path-to-game>\BOF4.exe.
Set Acquire admin caps.
Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX7.
Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide.
Click OK, then File and Save.
Run the game directly from DxWnd.

Input

Game options

Controls remapping

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		GOG.com and Steam re-releases only.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense GOG.com and Steam re-releases only.
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Virtual Gamepad (Legacy mode/Hook input)
Steam Input prompt modes
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support
Official controller preset(s)

Quitting the game

Press F9.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No voices
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		May cause crashes
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese

Issues fixed

White screen

Disable visual themes
Right-click the game executable (`BOF4.exe`) or desktop shortcut. Click `Properties`. Under the Compatibility tab, tick `Disable visual themes`. Click `Apply` and `OK`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7	^[1]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Original release

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 MB	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible	16 MB of VRAM

GOG re-release

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Steam re-release

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-8500 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 5600XT 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (4249150) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Wintersnowfall on 2025-11-30

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (4249150) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (4249150) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Verified by User:Wintersnowfall on 2025-11-30

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Capcom
Digital	GOG
Release dates
Windows	May 30, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres	JRPG, RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Breath of Fire