Sqls1/dota2-data

Dota 2 Game Data and Texts

Every script and text file of Dota 2 as JSON, and the code of its interface: all items and cosmetics (items_game), heroes, abilities, units, shops, events, emoticons, chat wheel, voice line rules, and every localization of the game in all 28 languages. Straight from the game files, updated after every patch. 44,842 files, 1.2 GB.

What's inside

Folder	What	Files	Size
materials/	materials	27,712	79 MB
scripts/	the game's scripts	4,177	77 MB
panorama/	the interface: layouts, styles, scripts	4,126	25 MB
dotadex/	files made for the Dotadex site	2,852	478 MB
scenes/	voice lines' choreography	1,992	12 MB
resource/	texts in every language, fonts	1,460	466 MB
models/	models' materials	1,033	2 MB
soundevents/	sound events	956	19 MB
maps/	maps' materials	405	1 MB
particles/		53	1 MB
soundstacks/	the sound mixer	29	1 MB
dev/		22	1 MB
cfg/	default settings	7	1 MB
sounds/	the sound mixer's graphs	7	1 MB

• scripts/, resource/: the game's own files at their own paths, <path>.json for <path> in the game. KeyValues text becomes JSON objects with string values; a key a block repeats keeps every value, the next ones as key#2, key#3 (items' visuals repeat asset_modifier). KeyValues3 and compiled resources (.vdata_c, response rules .vrr_c, ...) are decompiled to JSON. The few text files that are not KeyValues are kept as they are.
• panorama/: the client's interface (Panorama UI), readable: every layout (.xml), style (.css) and script (.js, TypeScript ones compiled), decompiled from the game files: how every screen, tooltip and button of Dota 2 is built.
• <path>.vmat.json: every material of the game (materials/, models/.../materials, maps/...): its shader, feature flags, parameters and the textures it names (those are in dota2-textures).
• soundevents/<file>.vsndevts.json: every sound event: its sound files, volume, pitch, mix group, distance, layers (the sounds are in dota2-sounds).
• resource/*.otf, resource/*.ttf: Dota's own fonts (Radiance, Hypatia Sans).
• patchnotes/patchnotes.vdpn.json: the patch notes the game shows, every patch with its item, hero and ability changes.
• novels/<event>.vdvn.json: the events' visual novels (Crownfall, Dark Carnival, ...): every act, scene and line.
• scenes/<hero>/<line>.vcd.json: the choreography of every voice line: what the hero's face and gestures do while it speaks, as timed flex animations; scenes/<hero>.vcdlist lists them.
• soundstacks/, sounds/graphs/: the sound mixer: operator stacks, DSP presets, mix graphs.
• the files at the game's root and in cfg/: match modes, workshop tags, default key bindings and video settings.
• dotadex/: files made from those for the Dotadex site, handy on their own: dotadex/data/heroes.json, abilities.json, items.json, treasures.json (chests and what drops from them), voices/<hero>.json (voice lines with their sound files), i18n/<language>.json (every text the site shows), and lighter pictures (dotadex/images/: loading screens and hero page backdrops at 1920 px, the hero grid in one atlas, cursor packs).

Popular files:

File	What
scripts/items/items_game.txt.json	Every item, cosmetic, set, treasure and their visuals
scripts/npc/npc_heroes.txt.json, scripts/npc/heroes/*.json	Heroes and their abilities
scripts/npc/npc_abilities.txt.json, scripts/npc/items.txt.json	Abilities and shop items
scripts/npc/npc_units.txt.json	Creeps, summons, buildings, Roshan
resource/localization/<file>_<language>.txt.json	Every text of the game (items_, abilities_, dota_, hero_lore_, ...)

How to use it

One file, straight from its link (works in a browser, an <img>, fetch; served with CORS):

https://huggingface.co/datasets/Sqls1/dota2-data/resolve/main/scripts/items/items_game.txt.json

Python (huggingface_hub):

from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download, snapshot_download

# one file
path = hf_hub_download("Sqls1/dota2-data", "scripts/items/items_game.txt.json", repo_type="dataset")

# a whole folder
snapshot_download("Sqls1/dota2-data", repo_type="dataset", allow_patterns="resource/localization/*", local_dir="dota2-data")

Command line (pip install -U huggingface_hub):

hf download Sqls1/dota2-data --repo-type dataset --include "resource/localization/*" --local-dir dota2-data

Find anything: files.json at the root lists every file with its size, one download instead of walking the folders:

const { files } = await (await fetch("https://huggingface.co/datasets/Sqls1/dota2-data/resolve/main/files.json")).json(); // [[path, size], ...]

How it stays up to date

Read from the game files by gamefiles.js (scripts and texts) and data.js, audio.js, models.js (the dotadex/ files). The tracker checks Steam every six hours; after a game update it exports only what changed and removes what the game removed. Everything at the game's own paths, so a file you know from the game is easy to find.

Made for Dotadex, a site that shows every Dota 2 hero and cosmetic in 3D as the game does, and open to everyone.

The whole family

• dota2-data: every script and text of the game as JSON (items, heroes, abilities, 28 languages) (this one)
• dota2-images: every picture of the interface: icons, portraits, loading screens
• dota2-videos: every video of the interface: animated hero portraits, trailers
• dota2-models: every 3D model: heroes, cosmetics, units, buildings, props
• dota2-textures: every texture of the 3D models and maps, on its own
• dota2-particles: every particle effect system and its textures
• dota2-sounds: every sound: voice lines, abilities, music, announcers
• dota2-maps: every map and scene: the main map, events, backgrounds, MVP screens

License and credit

Everything here is Valve's content (and the Dota 2 Workshop authors' for cosmetics), taken from the game files and shared for reference, research, fan sites, art and other non-commercial community projects. Dota 2 is a registered trademark of Valve Corporation. This is an unofficial, fan-made dataset, not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve. If you use it, please credit Valve and Dota 2.