Diana is one of the best things about Pragmata. Capcom's robot companion hacks enemies, marks collectibles, and apparently has excellent taste in music. If you've seen clips of her grooving to an EDM beat and want to trigger it yourself, there's one catch: you need the right DLC. Here's exactly what to do.
What do you need to make Diana dance in Pragmata?
According to all three sources covering this feature, making Diana dance requires either the Pragmata Deluxe Edition or the separately purchased Shelter Variety Pack DLC. The base game does not include Diana's dance animations or the three music tracks that trigger them. If you own the standard edition and nothing else, this interaction simply won't fire.
The Shelter Variety Pack adds two things to the game: three new BGM (background music) tracks for the Shelter's Jukebox, and a matching set of gesture animations for Diana tied to each track.
The base game's existing Jukebox tracks will not trigger any dance animation from Diana. Only the three DLC tracks from the Shelter Variety Pack work.
How to unlock Cabin and the Jukebox
Before any of this is possible, you need Cabin to be active in the Shelter. Cabin is the robot you interact with to access the Jukebox menu, but it isn't available from the start of the game.
To unlock Cabin, you must defeat the SectorGuard boss in the Solar Power Plant, which is the first major boss encounter in Pragmata. Beating it rewards you with a Shelter key that upgrades the Shelter to level 1 and wakes Cabin up. According to Game Rant's coverage, this happens roughly 2 hours into a standard playthrough.
Once Cabin is active, the Jukebox feature and all three DLC tracks become accessible immediately, assuming you own the Shelter Variety Pack.
Which tracks trigger which Diana gestures?
There are 3 DLC tracks, and each one triggers a specific gesture animation. As documented by GameTyrant and Game Rant, here's the full breakdown:
The Drowsy Gesture from the Lo-Fi track is technically not a dance. Diana nods off to the relaxing beat instead of moving to it. The other two, the Pumped Up Gesture and the Stepping Gesture, are proper dance animations.
Diana keeps performing whichever gesture matches the current track until you change the song, interact with her directly, or interact with something else in the Shelter. You can swap between tracks freely to cycle through all three animations.
Play Dawn (EDM Ver.) first if you want the most energetic reaction. The Pumped Up Gesture is the one that's been circulating in clips online and it's worth seeing immediately.
How to Make Diana Dance
Here's the full process from zero to dancing robot:
- Own the Shelter Variety Pack DLC or the Pragmata Deluxe Edition.
- Progress through the game until you defeat the SectorGuard boss in the Solar Power Plant.
- Use the Shelter key reward to upgrade the Shelter to level 1 and activate Cabin.
- Approach Cabin in the Shelter and interact with it to open the Jukebox menu.
- Scroll to the bottom of the Jukebox track list to find the three DLC BGM tracks.
- Select any of the three tracks and wait a few seconds for Diana to start reacting.
There is no gameplay benefit attached to this interaction, as noted by GameTyrant. It's purely a charm moment built into the Shelter experience.
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