Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios that takes you to the farthest reaches of the oceans to fight for treasure in an explorable world full of beautiful landscapes. Here are the best Sea of Thieves settings you’ll need to play it smoothly.
You can also check a lot more pro settings within our guides!
Best Sea of Thieves video settings
Follow these settings to get the biggest advantage of your gear playing SoT!
- Screen resolution: This setting determines the clarity and sharpness of the image. To get more FPS, you can reduce the screen resolution. Lower resolution means less load on the GPU.
- Texture Detail: Controls the quality of textures in the game. Reducing this setting can help free up GPU memory and increase FPS. Try setting it to cursed for the best performance.
- Model Detail: Affects the complexity and detail of character and object models in the game. Lowering this setting can improve performance. Try it on Mythical to gain more FPS.
- Water Detail: Defines the texture quality of the water. Setting it on cursed makes it easier to spot more detailed things in the water near your ship, so, try that.
- Draw Distance: Determines the distance at which objects begin to appear in the game. Reducing this setting can drastically improve performance, as fewer objects will be rendered simultaneously. Set this to a low value to increase FPS.
- Shadow Quality: Controls the quality and accuracy of shadows in the game. Reducing this setting can provide a significant increase in FPS. Try setting this to cursed for the best performance.
- Particle Effect Quality: Controls the quality of light particles, splashes, smoke effects, and such. Keep it at common or cursed levels.
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Best Sea of Thieves controller settings
Change your controllers to fit your playstyle, here are some suggestions to make the most of your movement and camera controls:
- Mouse/Camera Sensitivity: Controls how fast the mouse cursor moves and the camera pans. Adjust this value to your personal preference for a more comfortable gaming experience.
- Reverse Camera/Mouse Axes: Allows you to reverse the direction in which the camera or mouse cursor moves. Some players prefer to have this setting enabled, while others do not.
- Key/movement mapping: Allows you to customize the controller keys or buttons assigned to specific actions, such as moving, jumping, interacting, and so on. Adjust these assignments to suit your preferences and comfort.
- Stick sensitivity (for controllers): Controls the speed of character movement in the game when moving the controller sticks. Adjust this setting to your preference for smooth and precise control.
- Mouse Acceleration (for mouse only): Determines whether or not the movement speed of the mouse cursor is accelerated based on how fast you move the mouse. Some players prefer to disable this option for more precise control.
- Enable/Disable Vibration (for controllers): This allows you to enable or disable the vibration function on the controller. Some players prefer to disable vibration for a quieter gaming experience.
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You can always reset to default settings. This allows you to reset all controller settings to the game defaults. Useful if you want to start from scratch or if you have made changes you don’t like.
All these settings may vary depending on the platform you are playing on (PC, Xbox) and whether you’re using Sea of Thieves crossplay to play with friends. The type of peripherals you are using (keyboard and mouse, controller, etc.) will also make a difference. Adjust them based on your personal preferences and playing style and enjoy the game you sticky pirate!
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