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How to reduce lag in Rune Factory 5

The graphics jump from Rune Factory 4 is astonishing, but at what cost?

Even if you’re not the type of player to care about performance, the frame drops in Rune Factory 5 are very visible. If the game lags during crucial battles or stutters during festivals, what would otherwise be a pleasant experience can become quite frustrating.

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Since it’s a “too much graphics for the Switch to handle” issue, you may never remove the lag completely. However, there are a few workarounds:

  1. Play on docked mode. When the game runs on handheld, the Nintendo Switch decreases the game’s performance to conserve battery. Since this is not a problem when it’s docked, there should be less (or even no) lag.
  2. Turn off dynamic resolution on handheld. While this may solve lag while docked, it can cause more lag when not. The Switch uses extra power to process dynamic resolution, which it can’t provide undocked. You can turn off dynamic resolution in Options > System. It won’t completely remove it, but there should be less stuttering.
  3. Turn off farm camera. The fewer adjustments there are to display, the fewer things your Switch needs to process.

You can also lower the text speed to remove stuttering during dialogue. But those who find Normal too slow don’t have to!

Related: Where to get the Hammer in Rune Factory 5

Sadly, even doing all these steps won’t completely remove the lag. However, they will make the game run so much better!

For more help with Rune Factory 5, take a look at some of our other posts here at Pro Game Guides.


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Bianca Versoza
Bianca has over three years of experience in gaming journalism, specializing in anything remotely turn-based and strategic, like Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and Honkai: Star Rail. She's a huge fan of Square Enix, RPGs, party games, and visual novels, but will play anything with a banger OST. She's a proud early bird.