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Installing NIKKE under Linux

Running NIKKE on Linux

Linux guide for GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE into launcher-specific paths.

Paths

Path Description Guide
Bottles launcher setup Guide
Faugus Launcher setup Guide
Heroic Launcher setup Guide
Steam Non-Steam game setup Guide
Lutris Script-based install Guide
DW Launcher Dawn Winery launcher Guide
Windows + Steam Last resort if Linux-side install paths fail Guide

Runner Options

DW Proton and miniloader are the runner options covered here. Both can do the same job, but DW Proton is recommended. If you cannot get the game running with DW Proton, try miniloader.

Shared Requirements

Each path has additional launcher and runner requirements in its guide.

Troubleshooting

Shared caveats and known issues are kept at the repository root: known issues.

@anrU3

anrU3 commented Aug 12, 2026

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LOL
I added the launcher to my another bottle for other games (that one is on cachyproton) and launcher loaded just fine from the first try, initial nikke bottle still doesnt work, guess I take it

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d-kja commented Aug 12, 2026

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@anrU3 - In my case, I just wait for 5-10s at most, because the same white block shows up for me and I use it as an indicator

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anrU3 commented Aug 15, 2026

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image Now I have another problem, seemingly bottles doesnt catch my DPI bypass/DOH settings from router cuz this usually happens whenlauncher cannot connect to servers, I also tried warp but it didnt make any difference

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anrU3 commented Aug 15, 2026

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Updated the launcher in Heroic by simply adding the launcher from bottles prefix, then opened in bottles

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patbodcee commented Aug 15, 2026

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I want to play on Arch Linux on local server via https://github.com/EpinelPS/EpinelPSLauncher. The game mostly works, however there is black screen on start with only "Notice" button visible (but if I click elsewhere a few seconds later, game works as expected), and gacha/recruit features don't work. Such issue doesn't happen on Windows with same launcher. Is there any way to fix it? I am not using Proton, Steam or any loaders, just Wine from my repository.

@ImRobot777

ImRobot777 commented Aug 16, 2026

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To all that have issues with Bottles and DW proton, does each of them are up to date ?
I have both up to date and no issue on Bazzite (readonly kernel + Flatpaked bottles + Nvidia GPU)

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anrU3 commented Aug 16, 2026

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To all that have issues with Bottles and DW proton, does each of them are up to date ? I have both up to date and no issue on Bazzite (readonly kernel + Flatpaked bottles + Nvidia GPU)

I also run flatpak, have Nvidia GPU, in heroic launcher it's alright, in bottles I can't update the launcher, yesterday I was able somehow to bypass update check cuz it was updated via heroic but today it showed me update again even though it shouldn't have had, just played from heroic, I also have constant system errors last two days but it can be due to DPI bypass and DOH (although didn't have such issues before)

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To all that have issues with Bottles and DW proton, does each of them are up to date ? I have both up to date and no issue on Bazzite (readonly kernel + Flatpaked bottles + Nvidia GPU)

I also run flatpak, have Nvidia GPU, in heroic launcher it's alright, in bottles I can't update the launcher, yesterday I was able somehow to bypass update check cuz it was updated via heroic but today it showed me update again even though it shouldn't have had, just played from heroic, I also have constant system errors last two days but it can be due to DPI bypass and DOH (although didn't have such issues before)

Does all you Sytem and Apps are up to date dude ?

@anrU3

anrU3 commented Aug 18, 2026

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Does all you Sytem and Apps are up to date dude ?

Yes they are. Im using cachyos and update daily eveyrthing that's updatable

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Does all you Sytem and Apps are up to date dude ?

Yes they are. Im using cachyos and update daily eveyrthing that's updatable

May you have any logs ???
Did you try this tips that helped me : "Some updates might require moving the content from update_files into the parent directory." ?
see here : https://github.com/d-kja/nikke-linux/blob/main/known-issues.md#startup-issues

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