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Sons of the Forest PC settings: High FPS, graphics, visibility, FOV, more

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Sons of the Forest is a PC-exclusive game with many settings to configure for your rig. Here are our recommended settings for the highest FPS, best graphics, visibility, and FOV.

Sons of the Forest offers players a survival horror experience like no other, with a dense island filled with mysteries and detail.

Players will need to survive and thrive after crash landing on the island, staying on top of their vitals by drinking water, eating food, getting rest, and fending off cannibals and mutants. You’ll want to do this with the best possible settings for the full experience, so here are our recommendations.

Best Sons of the Forest PC settings for low-end hardware

For the best low-end PC settings for high FPS and better visibility on Sons of the Forest, follow our recommended in-game settings below.

Also, make sure your system is suitable for the Sons of the Forest PC requirements.

Display

Screen

  • Resolution: Your monitor’s native resolution, or lower if performance lacks
  • Fullscreen: Exclusive Fullscreen
  • Vsync: Disabled
  • Max FPS: Your monitor’s refresh rate
  • Gamma: 45 – 55
  • Brightness: 45 – 55

Graphics

Quality

  • Quality Preset: Custom
  • Draw Distance: Low to Medium
  • Ambient Occlusion: Off or Low
  • Fog Quality: Off
  • Anisotropic Textures: On
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra Low
  • Clouds: Low
  • Grass: Low or Medium
  • Water: Low
  • Parallax Distance: Low or Medium
  • Billboard Quality: Low or Medium
  • Texture Resolution: Half or Full
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Features

  • Anti Aliasing: Off
  • Dynamic Resolution: DLSS
  • DLSS: Quality
  • Bloom: Off
  • Screen Space Reflection: Off
  • Motion Blur: Off
  • Micro Shadowing: Off
  • Contact Shadows: Off
  • Chromatic Aberration: Off

Style

  • Film Grain: Off
  • Color Grade: Default

Best Sons of the Forest PC settings for high-end hardware

Here are our best settings if you’re playing Sons of the Forest on high-end hardware that can take on more load.

Display

Screen

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  • Resolution: Your monitor’s native resolution
  • Fullscreen: Exclusive Fullscreen
  • Vsync: Disabled
  • Max FPS: Max
  • Gamma: 45 – 55
  • Brightness: 45 – 55

Graphics

Quality

  • Quality Preset: Custom
  • Draw Distance: High
  • Ambient Occlusion: High
  • Fog Quality: Off
  • Anisotropic Textures: On
  • Shadow Quality: High
  • Clouds: High
  • Grass: High
  • Water: High
  • Parallax Distance: High
  • Billboard Quality: High
  • Texture Resolution: Full
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Features

  • Anti Aliasing: Off
  • Dynamic Resolution: DLSS
  • DLSS: Quality
  • Bloom: Off
  • Screen Space Reflection: On
  • Motion Blur: Off
  • Micro Shadowing: On
  • Contact Shadows: On
  • Chromatic Aberration: Off

Style

  • Film Grain: Off
  • Color Grade: Default

Best Sons of the Forest FOV setting

Gameplay

Camera

  • FOV: 70 – 95

While FOV is mostly up to preference, with many enjoying a higher number, it can actually increase your FPS to decrease it. We recommend a figure between 70 and the max of 95. Simply increase or decrease depending on the frames you are getting, if you’d like more FPS, decrease the number, and vice versa.

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How to update graphics drivers

Before you start playing Sons of the Forest on PC, we recommend you check your graphic drivers for an update, as this can definitely improve performance. So depending on the brand of your graphic drivers, here’s how to update:

How to update NVIDIA graphics driver

For those with an NVIDIA graphics card, you’ll need to use the GeForce experience app.

  1. Download GeForce experience through NVIDIA.com and open it.
  2. Select the “Drivers” tab.
  3. Click ‘check for updates’ in the upper right corner.
  4. If an update is available, follow the steps to download it.

How to update AMD graphics driver

For players with an AMD GPU, you’ll need to use the AMD Software Settings to update your drivers.

  1. Right-click on your desktop.
  2. Select AMD Software.
  3. Click on the Home icon.
  4. Click “New Updates” on the bottom left.
  5. Select “check for update.”
  6. If an update is available, follow the steps to download it.

For more on Sons of the Forest, check out some of our other guides below:

Is Sons of the Forest multiplayer? How to play with friends | Are Sons of the Forest servers down? Current server status | Sons of the Forest PC requirements | How to get a shovel in Sons of the Forest: Shovel location & guide

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