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The First Descendantgives you hundreds of customization options.
From modding weapons to altering your character’s appearance, there’s no shortage of options at your disposal.
This also extends to the game’s options menu, which has over a hundred options you might adjust.
Here’s a guide on how to play with your friends in The First Descendant, including crossplay.
You might also want to toggleShow HP/Shield Increase/Decreaseto see how quickly your shields regenerate.
The rest of the prefs can be left as default.
You might want to toggle status effect text on allies to get an idea of what debuffs look like.
after you snag a grasp on each debuff throw in, toggle it off to save screen space.
If not, toggle it.
Finally, wehighly recommend you change your Grappling Hook symbol; the default one easily blends into the environment.
We recommend the second icon, which is a spinning red circle that typically fits nicely on your reticle.
Turning this off removes these dialogue chirps entirely.
Beyond that, see to it youraudio mix matches your sound setup.Every other setting is down to preference.
It makes landing headshots virtually impossible if the target is strafing.
This should make aim adjustments much smoother.
Adjust sensitivity and keybinds to taste.
Best M&K options
Control
Hardware Cursor
Sensitivity
We recommend lowering it to 30 to start.
If you playWarframe, make your skills 1-4.
Use the mousewheel to swap weapons.
The first setting you’ll want to change isHardware Cursor.This makes the cursor significantly more responsive on most systems.
You’ll also want totone down the Sensitivity options.They are absurdly high by default.
We’d suggest starting at 30 and modifying it from there.
An exact sensitivity calculator can be found onGamingSmart.
Keybinds are going to depend on your personal setup and preferences.
You don’t have to press sprint often since it’s a toggle by default.
It’s not perfect, but it makes casting abilities much more seamless than the default binds.
Since the console version uses FSR 3.0, frame generation also yields a noticeable increase in input delay.
The tradeoffs simply aren’t worth it.
PC Graphics options
Graphics (PC)
Low
Ray Tracing
Additional Options
NVIDIA if possible.
Non-Nvidia GPUs can use FSR (labeled “AMD” in-game) instead.
These tweaks don’t have a major FPS impact but drastically affect the game’s visuals.
The other tweaks can safely be floored to “Low.”
you’re free to always adjust to taste.
Finally,we donotrecommend using Ray Tracing, even for RTX 40 series users.
As of launch, DLSS 3.0 can sometimes cause severe stuttering upon entering a new zone.
This persists until you turn off the setting or reload the area.
Until this gets fixed, we’d suggest you avoid using frame generation.
