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Best Apex Legends Settings for PC, Xbox, and Playstation

The settings you need!

Vignesh Raja

Published: Feb 3, 2022 10:56 am

Similar to any other competitive Battle Royale game, you will need the best visual, framerate, and audio settings to excel in Apex Legends. To achieve this, you will need to tweak and tone down several unwanted parameters like Anti-Aliasing, Volumetric Lighting, and Incoming Voice Chat Volume from the in-game settings.

Best Apex Legends Settings for PC Platform

Gameplay Settings

Parameter	Value
Interact Prompt Style	Compact
Button Hints	On
Crosshair Damage Feedback	Off
Damage Numbers	Stacking
Ping Opacity	Faded
Obituaries	On
Minimap Rotation	On
Weapon Auto Cycle on Empty	On
Auto Sprint	Off

Double Tap-Sprint	Off
Jetpack Control	Hold
Incoming Damage Feedback	2D/3D (Both)
Taking Damage Closes Deathbox or Crafting Menu	Off
Hop-up Pop-up	Off
Streamer Mode	According to your choice
Anonymous Mode	According to your choice
Usage Sharing	Disabled
Performance Display	On
Club Invites	Disabled

Accessibility Settings

Parameter	Value
Color Blind Mode	Tritanopia (If required)
Subtitles	Off
Subtitle Size	-
Enable Accessible Chat Features	Off
Convert Incoming Voice To Chat Text	Off
Play Incoming Text Chat As Speech	Off

Video Settings

Parameter	Value
Display Mode	Full - Screen
Aspect Ratio	16:9 (Native)
Resolution	1920 X 1080
Brightness	According to your choice
Field of View	110
Sprint View Shake	Minimal

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Video Settings - Advanced

Parameter	Value
V-Sync	Disabled
Adaptive Resolution FPS Target	0
Anti-Aliasing	None
Texture Streaming Budget	Medium (3GB V-RAM)
Texture Filtering	Anisotropic 2X
Ambient Occlusion Quality	Disabled
Sun Shadow Coverage	Low
Sun Shadow Detail	Low
Spot Shadow Detail	Disabled
Volumetric Lighting	Disabled
Dynamic Spot Shadows	Disabled
Model Detail	Low
Effects Detail	Low
Impact Marks	Low
Ragdolls	Low

Customization in Autoexec.cfg

Apart from the in-game video settings, you can also change some parameters for better optimization in the Autoexec file. By default, you can find the file Installed Drive\Installed Directory Folder\ Steam\steamapps\common\Apex Legends\cfg\autoexec.cfg

Open the file with any text editor like Notepad or WordPad and replace it with the given values. Save the file before closing it.

Mouse/Keyboard Settings

Parameter	Value
Mouse Sensitivity	1.6 (800 DPI)
Mouse Acceleration	Off
Mouse Invert	Off
Lighting Effect	Off

Mouse/Keyboard Settings - Keybinds

Parameter	Value
Move Forward	W
Move Backward	S
Move Left	A
Move Right	D
Sprint	Left Shift
Jump	Space/MouseScroll
Crouch(Toggle)	-
Crouch(Hold)	Left Ctrl
Tactical Ability	Q

Ultimate Ability	Z
Interact/Pickup	E
Alternate Interact	X
Inventory	Tab
Map	M
Attack	Left Mouse Button
Toggle Fire Mode	B
Aim Down Sight(Toggle)	-
Aim Down Sight(Hold)	Right Mouse Button
Melee	Y (According to your choice)

Reload	R
Cycle Weapon	-
Equip Weapon 1	1
Equip Weapon 2	2
Holster Weapons	3
Equip Grenade	G
Equip Survival Item	Left Alt
Use Selected Health Item	4
Use Syringe	5
Use Medkit	6

Use Shield Cell	7
Use Shield Battery	8
Use Phoenix Kit	9
Character Utility Kit	H
Inspect Weapon	T
Open Equip Wheel/Thank You	F1
Ping	Middle Mouse Button (Click)
Ping(Enemy Here)	F
Ping(Going Here)	According to your choice
Ping(Looting Here)	According to your choice
Ping(Defending Here)	According to your choice
Ping(Watching Here)	According to your choice
Ping(Someone's Been Here)	According to your choice
Push To Talk(Hold)	Caps
Message Match(In Match)	Enter
Screenshot	According to your choice
Character Info	F2

Audio Settings

Parameter	Value
Master Volume	80-90%
Voice Chat Input Device	System Default
Voice Chat Record Mode	Push To Talk
Open Mic Record Threshold	1300
Incoming Voice Chat Volume	80%
Sound Effects	100%
Dialogue Volume	80%
Lobby Music Volume	According to your choice
Sound in Background	Off
Play Incoming Text Chat as Speech	Off
Convert Incoming Volume to Text Chat	Off

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Controller Settings

Use either Default, Evolved, or Grenadier button layouts. Each one is perfectly fine for both casual and ranked matches.

Parameter	Value
Stick Layout	Default
Interact/Reload Button	Tap to use and reload
Crouch Button	Hold
Aim Button	Hold
Survival Slot Button	On
L2/R2 Button Deadzones	None
Menu Cursor Speed	According to your choice

Controller Settings - Movement/Aiming

Parameter	Value
Movement Deadzone	Small
Inverted Look	Off
Vibration	Off

Controller Settings - ALC

Parameter	Value
Deadzone	5%
Outer Threshold	2%
Response Curve	10
Per Optic Settings	On
Yaw Speed	300
Pitch Speed	190
Turning Extra Yaw	250
Turning Extra Pitch	0
Turning Ramp-up Time	0%
Turning Ramp-up Delay	0%
ADS Yaw Speed	130
ADS Pitch Speed	85
ADS Turning Extra Yaw	30
ADS Turning Extra Pitch	30
ADS Turning Ramp-up Time	0%
ADS Turning Ramp-up Delay	25%

Controller Settings - Per Optic Settings

Parameter	Value
1x Optic/Iron Sights	1.1
2x Optic	1.4
3x Optic	1.6
4x Optic	1.6
6x Optic	1.6
8x Optic	1.6
10x Optic	1.9

Controller Settings - Target Compensation

Parameter	Value
Target Compensation	On
Melee Target Compensation	On
Target Compensation Style	Default

Video Settings

Parameter	Value
Field of View(FOV)	106
FOV Ability Scaling	Disabled
Sprint View Shake	Minimal

Audio Settings

Parameter	Value
Master Volume	80-90%
Sound Effects Volume	100%
Dialogue Volume	80%
Music Volume	According to your choice
Lobby Music Volume	According to your choice
Disable Voice Chat	Off
Convert Incoming Voice To Chat Text	Off

Remember, you can always tweak and change any sensitivity parameters listed above according to your preference.

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Author

Vignesh Raja

Vignesh Raja started as a Freelancer and became a Full-Time Staff writer at Pro Game Guides in March 2024. He has an engineering degree in IT and was previously a Semi-Professional Apex Legends and Paladins eSports player. His passion for multiplayer games made him pursue a career in writing to share his knowledge about competitive gaming. Nowadays, he spends his time writing guides for Valorant, BitLife, and Roblox. Also, he manages and coaches upcoming BGMI players in his free time to help them thrive in India's competitive eSports scene.