Black Myth Wukong PC optimization guide: Best settings for optimal performance

Black Myth Wukong is not an easy game to run on most PCs, even if its system requirements might suggest otherwise. While you can technically run it on even a GTX 1060, the experience will be far from ideal, unless you're using upscalers extensively. Even if you're using a high-end rig, you will still need to tweak the title's settings a bit to get it working just right.

Thankfully, Game Science's latest action RPG doesn't suffer from the litany of issues that usually plague most modern PC ports, including improper frame-pacing, locked framerates, and stuttering. Best of all, the game has virtually zero stuttering, which is an incredible feat considering its Unreal Engine 5 base.

However, Black Myth Wukong does have some framerate issues that you can easily iron out by changing a few settings. Here's a comprehensive PC optimization guide for Black Myth Wukong, including the best settings to use for a steady framerate.

Note: Parts of this article are subjective and reflect the opinions of the writer.

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Best settings for Black Myth Wukong on PC

Just like any other Unreal Engine 5 game, Black Myth Wukong has a lengthy Shader Pre-compilation step when you boot the game up for the first time. On a good enough CPU, like a Ryzen 5 5600X or later, the Shader Compilation takes somewhere around two to five minutes (also depending on your storage media, i.e., HDD or SSD, and system RAM).

The display settings (Image via Game Science)

While the Shader Pre-compilation is pretty lengthy, it does ensure a smooth and stuttering-free gameplay experience, at least on a decent system. However, there can be instances of micro-stutters that pop up when the game exceeds the GPU's VRAM limit, which isn't uncommon for Unreal Engine 5 games.

What I found to be the best way to tackle such issues, while also keeping the framerate at a locked 60fps, is to use Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR. When you first launch the game, it defaults to DLSS or FSR Quality preset. However, if you want, you can also use FSR Native or DLAA. Do note that the title doesn't have TAA or FXAA.

The settings that I found impacted performance the most are Global Illumination Quality, Vegetation Quality, and Reflection Quality. Additionally, if you're GPU-bound, lowering the Texture Quality also helps a lot. However, do note that reducing Textures below "High" can result in some surfaces looking muddy and washed out.

Here's a list of the best settings for Black Myth Wukong on PC:

Display

• Display Mode: Borderless
• Framerate cap: Off
• V-Sync: Off

Graphics

• Super Resolution: 66 (Quality)
• Super Resolution Sampling: DLSS
• Frame Generation: On
• Full Ray Tracing: off
• View Distance Quality: High
• Anti Aliasing Quality: High
• Post-Effects Quality: High
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Texture Quality: High
• Visual Effect Quality: High
• Hair Quality: High
• Vegetation Quality: Medium
• Global Illumination Quality: High
• Reflection Quality: Medium (or Low on 6 GB VRAM GPUs)

The Graphics settings (Image via Game Science)

I also highly recommend Frame Generation, which further helps even out the framerate. Do note that if you're playing using a controller, there might be some noticeable input lag.

Black Myth Wukong doesn't currently have support for Nvidia Reflex, but you can tweak the sensitivity in-game to somewhat compensate for the input delay.