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Running NIKKE on Linux

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

Note

Information about the recent malware incident: here

Paths

DISCLAIMER

ENCRYPTING YOUR DRIVE(S) CAN RESULT IN PERMANENT DATA LOSS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR YOU FORGET THE PASSWORD. IT IS YOUR (THE READER'S) RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE BACKUPS SHOULD ANYTHING GO WRONG. Additionally, I am not responsible for any damage you cause to your system by following this guide. You are completely and solely responsible for any changes made and potential damage caused.

I am not an expert on this topic in any way! I just read some wiki pages, had done a dual-boot Arch install before, got inspired by

Arch Linux Full-Disk Encryption Installation Guide

This guide provides instructions for an Arch Linux installation featuring full-disk encryption via LVM on LUKS, booting a signed unified kernel image with systemd-boot on UEFI systems.

Following the main installation are further instructions to harden against Evil Maid attacks via UEFI Secure Boot custom key enrollment and a self-signed boot loader and kernel image.

Tested in October 2026 on an HP ZBook Ultra G1a and in a QEMU/OVMF virtual machine: systemd 262, mkinitcpio 42.2, cryptsetup 2.8.8, linux 7.2.9, sbctl 0.18.

Preface

You will find most of this information pulled from the Arch Wiki and other resources linked thereof.

	# Based on https://gist.github.com/kmatt/71603170556ef8ffd14984af77ff10c5
	# prompt ">" indicates Powershell commands

	# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

	> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
	> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

	# install https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi