It has great maneuverability and high speed, making it perfect for pursuing other aircraft. The ammunition has higher muzzle velocity and lower drag than on other vehicles, allowing for more precise aiming with little drop. Seating a single pilot, the Dr.I is armed with twin MG 08 machine guns or twin Tank und Flieger heavy machine guns. It is the only fighter in the game that is a triplane instead of a biplane. In multiplayer it is the German Empire's main fighter aircraft. They are painted light desert khaki colour, the planes also have a large Skull painted on their sides. Three Fokker fighters can be seen used by the Ottoman Air Force in the Hear the Desert chapter of Nothing Is Written, escorting the Canavar. They have light-olive colour scheme, similar to game's Alpha. Several Austro-Hungarian Fokkers can be seen in Avanti Savoia!, escorting Gotha G.IV bombers along with Albatros D.III fighters. German planes use red-white colour scheme with black Balkenkreuz cross symbols. The Dr.1 is the main aircraft used by the Luftstreitkräfte in Friends In High Places.
It was first seen in the reveal trailer engaging other aircraft such as a Sopwith Camel through a canyon.
The Dr.1 (formerly the Dr.1 Scout) is an aircraft featured in Battlefield 1.
