Wuthering Waves

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Wuthering Waves

Developers
	Kuro Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 23, 2024
macOS (OS X)	March 27, 2025
Reception
Metacritic	69
OpenCritic	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Microtransactions	Currency, Free-to-grind, Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Hack and slash, Roguelike, RPG, Open world
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Post-apocalyptic

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Wuthering Waves is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, hack and slash, roguelike, RPG and open world game.

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Epic Games Store
Steam

All versions require a Kuro Games account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	The game is free-to-play.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Currency	Real money is used to purchase in-game currency, which are then used to purchase gacha rolls.
Free-to-grind	Players can earn currency for gacha rolls via in-game rewards.
Time-limited	Characters and weapons are only available on limited time banners.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3513350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3513350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Basic Graphics Settings

Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Labeled as Regular Camera Distance and Combat Camera Distance. From 0 to 100. Default is 0.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen acts like Borderless Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		4x by default, UE4 setting appears ignored, can be forced higher via GPU control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On and Off options.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 4, XeSS 2, FSR 3.1 Super Resolution available with Auto, Ultimate Performance, Performance, Balanced, Quality and Ultimate Quality options. Sharpening available from -1 to 1.
Frame generation		DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, FSR Frame Generation, XeSS Frame Generation Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling must be enabled in Windows settings. FSR Frame Generation requires AMD RX 6000 series GPUs or newer.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On and Off options.
60 FPS		30, 45 and 60 FPS options.
120+ FPS		Game is capped at 60 FPS on most hardware unless listed on this list of hardware use the other hack if yours's isn't listed . Follow this post to change FPS limit and remove limitation. Another way is to use WuWa_Simple_FPSUnlocker.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		On and Off options. A restart is required to take effect. Ray traced Global Illumination, Reflections, and Shadows. Requires an Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU (except for the RTX 20 series from the 2060 and below and 30 series from 3050 and below) or an AMD or Intel GPU with at least 10GB of VRAM and hardware-accelerated ray tracing support (excluding the AMD RX 6700, 6700M, 6700 XT, 6700S, 6750 XT, 6750 GRE, RX 7600, 7600M, 7600 XT, 7600M XT, 7600S, and 7650 GRE). AMD RX 9000 series support is coming in a future patch. Screen-space reflection artifacts can still be seen to be overlaid on top of ray-traced reflections, seemingly indicating a flawed implementation.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

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  Advanced Graphics Settings

Input

Camera Settings

Input Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Horizontal and Vertical Camera. From 0 to 100. Default is 50. Horizontal and Vertical Camera for Aiming available. From 0 to 100. Default is 50.
Mouse acceleration		Can be changed following this post. May not resolve the issue.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Partial controller based on Steam page.
Controller remapping		Certain keys are hardcoded.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Invert Horizontal and Vertical Axis. On and Off options. Default is Off. Invert Vertical Axis in Flight available. On and Off options. Default is Off.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Rumble support added as of the version 2.5 update.
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) For wired connection to work, it requires either having the controller to be removed from Bluetooth device list in Windows, removing the Bluetooth dongle from the PC (if not fixed to the PC) or disable the Bluetooth module. Bluetooth connection only works with DualSense and DualSense Edge.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Vibration Range with Off, Partial and Full options. Full is default. Vibration Intensity from 0 to 110.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Keyboard and Mouse Combat and Exploration Settings

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  Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts Settings

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  Controller Interface Settings

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  Controller Combat and Exploration Settings

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  Controller Shortcuts Settings

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Voice, Music, Sound Effects, Ambient and Interface volumes. From 0 to 100. Default is 100 for all.
Surround sound		7.1. For some reason uses 4.0 with front and side in world. Cutscenes, voices and combat bring back back, sub and center channels in 90% of time.
Subtitles		No option to disable it.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Optimized in v2.8 to support this feature.
Royalty free audio

Language Settings

Language Selection

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Default language. Other voice packs must be downloaded from in game.
Arabic				Fan translation, download.
Simplified Chinese				Voice pack must be downloaded from in game. Default is English.
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese				Voice pack must be downloaded from in game. Default is English.
Korean				Voice pack must be downloaded from in game. Default is English.
Spanish

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  Voice Packs Settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay		Supported platforms: Android, iOS, PlayStation 5

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Game is not working on Linux

Change Proton to Proton-GE

From Proton-GE 10-8 and newer (or similar forks with Protonfixes) enables Linux Usage. Download the latest Proton-GE build Extract the .tar archive file into <Steam-folder>/compatibilitytools.d Restart Steam On Steam, go into the game's property settings and then compatibility Enable Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool Choose Proton-GE This process can be automated with tools such as ProtonUp-QT or through the AUR if you're an Arch-Linux user. Steam Deck should be able to play the game out of the box.

Sound is all over the place

Some sounds are quiet and others are loud.

Crashes

Change DirectX
Use -dx11 or -dx12 command line argument to switch DirectX. May not work for some.

Issues fixed

Anti-Cheat Expert remains installed after uninstalling the game

Uninstall ACE
Go to search bar and find CMD (Command Prompt). Right click on CMD and click on Run as administrator. Type sc delete ACE-BASE. Go to C:\Windows\System32 and delete ACE-BASE.sys (you'll need Administrator rights to do it).

Other information

Other Settings

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Default is 12. Use -dx11 command line argument to switch to DirectX 11. Switching DirectX will cause shaders to be recompiled.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	Anti-Cheat Expert	Kernel Level Anti-Cheat. Will remain installed after uninstalling the game. See Anti-Cheat Expert remains installed.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 9th Generation AMD Ryzen 7 2700		Intel Core i7 9th Generation AMD Ryzen 7 3700
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	60 GB (HDD)		60 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 570 Intel ARC A380 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD), 6 GB (Intel) of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Intel ARC A750 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD and Intel) of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible
Sound (audio device)	Windows compatible audio device
Other	HDD supported, SSD recommended.		SSD required.

A 64-bit operating system is required.