Settings

Choose from the colourblind accessibility options.

Adjust the strength of the selected colourblind mode.

Run the game in fullscreen, borderless, or windowed mode.

Set a custom frame rate limit.

Adjust the game's brightness.

Set a maximum number of frames per second.

Allow the intro cinematic to play every launch.

Set the display resolution.

Allow the game to render at more FPS, beyond the typical limit of 30. Note that the FPS achieved will vary based on the in-game location.

Eliminate screen tearing by matching the game’s frame rate with your monitor’s refresh rate.

Adjust the glow around bright light sources. Higher settings create a stronger effect. Disabling this option will also remove lens flares.

Add subtle colour fringing near screen edges to mimic real camera lenses.

Simulate camera-style focus by blurring distant or out-of-focus objects.

Adjust the level of fine details. On lower settings fog details, foliage, amount of destructible objects, amount of environmental visual effects, finer details of scenes, and simulation effects will be greatly reduced or removed.

Adjust the detail of particle and post-processing effects. Higher levels increase visual flair but raise GPU workload.

Adjust the density and detail of vegetation. Higher settings improve scene richness but raise CPU and GPU workload.

[EXPERIMENTAL] Frame Generation uses artificial intelligence to increase the number of frames displayed per second by rendering additional frames.

DLSS: Frame Generation is supported by GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards (and newer).

FSR: Before enabling FSR Frame Generation, make sure the game is running at a minimum of 60 FPS. This will provide the highest level of responsiveness and the best visual quality.

Simulate light streaks and artefacts when looking toward bright sources.

Adjust lighting detail and effects. Higher settings improve realism but increase GPU workload.

Toggle motion blur in-game and during cutscenes.

Adjust the quality of post-processing effects such as bloom, depth of field, motion blur, and colour grading. Higher settings enhance the final image but increase GPU load.

Select an overall graphics quality preset. Higher settings improve visuals but lower performance; lower settings boost frame rate at the cost of fidelity.

Adjust the quality of reflections. Higher settings improve realism but increase GPU workload.

Select a rendering mode that prioritises either graphical fidelity or higher framerate.

Quality – Offers the highest image quality and visual effects. Dynamic 4K, targeting 30 FPS. Balanced – Balances visual fidelity and performance. Dynamic 4K, targeting 40 FPS. Performance – Prioritises high framerate over image quality. Dynamic 4K, targeting 60 FPS.

Adjust the detail of shadows and lighting.

Adjust shadow resolution and accuracy. Higher settings look cleaner but come at a performance cost.

Adjust texture resolution. Higher settings bring out fine detail but require more VRAM; lower settings load lower resolution textures and miss some details but take less VRAM.

Adjust the internal rendering resolution used for upscaling. Quality modes offer better image clarity, while performance modes prioritise higher frame rate.

Select the image upscaling method. Upscaling may significantly improve performance. Availability depends on your hardware.

None: renders at native resolution without upscaling. DLSS: uses NVIDIA DLSS with supported graphics cards. FSR: uses AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. XeSS: uses Intel XeSS with supported GPUs.

Adjust the resolution and complexity of fog, clouds, and other volumetric effects. Higher settings enhance visual quality, but may reduce performance.

Adjust enemy attack speed and the difficulty of performing perfect blocks. At higher difficulty levels, some enemies use more complex attack patterns.

Story Enemy attacks are slower. Perfect blocks are much easier to perform.

Fair Enemy attack speed, aggression, and windows for perfect blocks are balanced.

Challenging Enemies are more aggressive and attack faster. Perfect blocks are harder to perform.

Duelist Enemies attack faster and are far more aggressive. Perfect blocks are much harder to perform.

Enable to always have the tracked objective on display in the game world. This does not affect the compass or the map.

Choose how the game handles blocking in the wrong direction.

On: Blocking in the wrong direction still succeeds, but consumes stamina.

Off: Blocking in the wrong direction results in getting hit.

Adjust the camera position during combat.

Adjust the camera position during exploration.

Choose whether the camera will shake during certain gameplay situations or not.

Enable or disable combat finisher animations.

Choose the game's difficulty preset.

Story: an immersive story experience with less challenging combat. – Enemies are weaker and slower. Coen has more stamina.

Fair: a balanced experience with fair gameplay challenges. – All of Coen's and enemies' statistics are at their default levels.

Challenging: realistic and deadly. – Enemies are more aggressive and they hit harder. Coen has less stamina.

Duelist: the deadliest challenge. – No directional indicators. Enemies have less health, but they are far more aggressive and hit much harder. Coen has much less stamina.

Choose how enemy attacks are indicated.

On: The direction of enemy attacks is shown with an on-screen indicator.

Off: The direction of enemy attacks is indicated only by enemy animations.

Choose how Weapon Arts and Claw Arts are performed.

On: Press the Attack and Block buttons at the same time.

Off: Choose the correct attack direction while pressing the Attack and Block buttons at the same time.

Adjust enemy health and damage, as well as Coen's stamina levels.

Story Enemies have less health and deal less damage. Coen has more stamina.

Fair Enemy damage and health, as well as Coen's stamina, are set to their default levels.

Challenging Enemies deal more damage. Coen has less stamina.

Duelist Enemies have less health, but they deal far more damage. Coen has much less stamina.

Toggle whether activities are shown on the map.

Toggles whether damage dealt by Coen is displayed as numbers on screen.

Toggle whether merchant locations are shown on the map.

Toggle whether non-interactable map markers, such as gates and villages, are shown on the map.

Toggle whether locations where quests can be started are shown on the map.

Enable or disable in-game tutorials.

Toggles whether undiscovered places and encounters are shown on the map.

Choose whether time slows down after a Perfect Block.

Toggles whether the game will warn you if you are about to walk into a time-progressing activity.

Choose how consumables can be used in combat.

On: Any consumable item in the inventory can be used during combat.

Off: Only the consumable items equipped in quickslots can be used during combat.

Adjust the volume of ambience in the game.

Choose the language of in-game spoken dialogues.

Choose the dynamic range of the audio in the game.

Adjust the volume of UI elements.

Adjust the overall volume of the game.

Adjust the volume of music in the game.

Mute all sound and music in the game.

Choose whether the game audio plays while the game is running in the background.

Adjust the volume of sound effects in the game.

Adjust the size of subtitles visible in the game.

Choose which types of subtitles will be visible:

Important Only: Shows cinematic and important gameplay subtitles. Overhead and background voice subtitles are hidden.

Important + Crowd: Shows cinematic and gameplay subtitles, including the overhead ones. Background voice subtitles are hidden.

All Subtitles: Shows all subtitle types, including cinematic, gameplay, overhead, and background voice subtitles.

Toggle subtitles shown at the bottom of the screen during dialogues, cutscenes, and gameplay. This does not affect subtitles over characters's heads.

Choose the language of all menus and in-game text.

Adjust the volume of character voices in the game.

Adjust the controller's responsiveness.

Invert the X-axis for camera movement.

Invert the Y-axis for camera movement.

Adjust the mouse's responsiveness.

Set the strength of vibrations.

Adjust the size of UI elements.