Before you jump into Call of Duty: Warzone, you’ll want to make sure your settings are adjusted correctly to fit your playstyle.
You aren’t going to perform as well if the settings are wrong (or at least wrong to you), so take the time to experiment with them to get them just right.
In Warzone, there is a slew of settings you can tinker with, and it can get overwhelming at times.
Luckily, we’re here to help.
In this guide, we’ll list all of the recommended settings for console and PC platforms.
Do note that these are the settings that work best for us.
Your tastes might differ, so use our guide as a starting point and adjust if need be.
This guide is current as of Warzone Season 5 Reloaded.
Here are the best settings for Call of Duty: Warzone.
Recommended reading Best settings for console A huge portion of the Warzone player base can be found on console, so let’s go through our recommended settings for those platforms.
Whether you’re on Xbox One or PlayStation 4, the menus look the same, so mirror what we’ve got and adjust accordingly.
Many of these settings come down to personal taste, so if something doesn’t work for you, by all means, change it to better suit your needs.
One thing we highly recommend is to use the Tactical control scheme.
This swaps the melee button with crouch/prone and allows you to “drop shot” enemies, which basically means you go prone as you shoot to throw off the other player.
This is a highly effective tactic, but if you find yourself needing to melee more often, you should consider sticking to the default settings.
Aside from that, we recommend using lower sensitivity (around five or so) to allow you to be more precise with your shots.
If five is too low for you, consider increasing it to seven.
The higher sensitivity you can adjust to, the quicker you can line up a shot and turn, but the harder it is to stay accurate.
Finally, we highly suggest using the square minimap instead of the circle.
The reason for that is the square map actually shows slightly more.
The image above shows a comparison.
It’s a minor tweak, but when you’re out in the Warzone, every little bit helps.
Controller BR button layout Tactical (personal preference) Stick layout preset Default Invert vertical look Disabled Left stick min input deadzone 0.
10 (depends on controller) Right stick min input deadzone 0.
10 (depends on controller) Left stick max input deadzone .
99 Right stick max input deadzone .
99 Horizontal stick sensitivity 4-7 (personal preference) Vertical stick sensitivity 4-7 (personal preference) Custom sensitivity per zoom On ADS sensitivity multiplier (low zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (2x zoom) 0.
80 ADS sens.
multiplier (3x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (4x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (5x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (6x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sens.
multiplier (7x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sens.
multiplier (8x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sensitivity multiplier (high zoom) 1.
00 Aim response curve type Dynamic Controller vibration Disabled Gas Mask is Toggle Only Disabled Weapons Aim assist Standard Weapon mount activation ADS + melee Weapon mount movement exit Enabled Aim down sight behavior Hold Steady Aun Behavior Hold Equipment behavior Hold Use/reload behavior Contextual tap Depleted ammo weapon switch Enabled Armor plate behavior Apply all Movement Slide behavior Tap Auto move forward Disabled Tactical sprint Double tap Automatic sprint Automatic tactical sprint Vehicle camera recenter Enabled Parachute auto-deploy Disabled Graphics Safe area Personal preference Camera movement Least — 50% World motion blur Disabled Weapon motion blur Disabled Film grain 0.
00 Dismemberment and gore Enabled HDR brightness 1.
0000 HDR calibration Personal preference On-demand texture streaming High quality Interface Accessibility Subtitles Disabled Language selection English (personal preference) Colorblind type Disabled Colorblind target N/A Tooltips Enabled HUD Minimap shape Square Minimap rotation Enabled Show compass Enabled Compass cardinal direction text Letters Killfeed duration 10 seconds Text chat Text chat Enabled Profanity filter Enabled (personal preference) New message sound alert Disabled (personal preference) Text chat duration Disabled (personal preference) Audio Volumes Audio mix Boost low Master volume 40.
00 Music volume 0.
00 Dialogue volume 30.
00 Effects volume 80.
00 Cinematics volume 100.
00 Juggernaut music Enabled Hit marker sound effects MW Mono audio Disabled Mono amount 100.
00 Voice chat Voice chat Personal preference Open mic recording threshold 3.
16 Voice chat volume 100.
00 Microphone volume 100.
00 Voice chat effect No effect War tracks War tracks as a passenger Disabled War tracks volume 0.
00 Best settings for PC On PC, you have way more options than you do on console.
There are settings to adjust your frame rate and resolution and even nuanced options that you might not have considered.
For the most part, we’ll go through each of those settings below.
There are certain sub-menus we don’t get into because they should be left at the default settings.
Aside from that, we’ll list our recommended settings for everything else.
Some settings might apply to you just based on your preferences.
You might like hearing the game’s music while you’re playing.
We find it to be a distraction, but you might feel differently.
Use these recommended settings as a guideline and adjust to your taste.
In the following charts, you’ll see our specific settings for a keyboard and mouse control setup.
We prefer using this option, particularly for shooter games, because the keyboard and mouse give you more substantial accuracy.
That said, if you’re a loyal controller user, you can follow the settings we’ve set in the controller section for the consoles above.
Keyboard and mouse Mouse Mouse sensitivity 10-11 Vertical sensitivity multiplier 1.
00 Ground vehicles sensitivity multiplier 1.
00 Air vehicles sensitivity multiplier 1.
00 Tablet sensitivity multiplier 1.
00 Aim down sight (ADS) mouse sensitivity Relative ADS sens multiplier (low zoom) 1.
00 ADS sens multiplier (high zoom) 1.
00 ADS sensitivity transition timing Gradual Monitor distance coefficient 1.
35 Inverted mouse look Disabled Mouse acceleration 0.
00 Mouse filtering 0.
00 Mouse smoothing Disabled Controller BR button layout Tactical (personal preference) Stick layout preset Default Invert vertical look Disabled Left stick min input deadzone 0.
10 Right stick min input deadzone 0.
10 Left stick max input deadzone .
99 Right stick max input deadzone .
99 Horizontal stick sensitivity 4-7 (personal preference) Vertical stick sensitivity 4-7 (personal preference) Custom sensitivity per zoom On ADS sensitivity multiplier (low zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (2x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (3x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (4x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (5x zoom) 0.
75 ADS sens.
multiplier (6x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sens.
multiplier (7x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sens.
multiplier (8x zoom) 1.
00 ADS sensitivity multiplier (high zoom) 1.
00 Aim response curve type Dynamic Controller vibration Disabled Weapons Aim assist Standard Scale aim assist with FOV Disabled Weapon mount activation ADS + melee Weapon mount movement exit Enabled Aim down sight behavior Hold Equipment behavior Hold Use/reload behavior Contextual tap Depleted ammo weapon switch Enabled Armor plate behavior Apply all Movement Slide behavior Tap Auto move forward Disabled Tactical sprint Double tap Automatic sprint Automatic tactical sprint Vehicle camera recenter Enabled Parachute auto-deploy Disabled Keybinds Setting keybinds in Warzone gives you a bit of flexibility and opportunity for customization.
How you choose to set it really depends on your gameplay technique because you can bind any keys that will help you.
If you aren’t sure what to bind together, we recommend sticking with the default.
Beyond that, you could also try to bind tactical grenades to your mouse (if possible) to allow you to have more control when using stuns, flash grenades, smokes, or other equipment.
Screen Field of view 100+ Brightness 50+ Horizontal heads-up display (HUD) bounds 85.
00 Vertical heads-up display (HUD) bounds 85.
00 Skip introduction movie Enabled Tooltips Disabled Accessibility Subtitles Disabled Colorblind type (Personal preference) Colorblind target (Personal preference) HUD Minimap shape Square Minimap rotation Enabled Compass Cardinal Direction Text Letters Content filters Text chat Enabled Profanity filter (Personal preference) Dismemberment and gore effects (Personal preference) Telemetry Frames per second (FPS) counter Enabled Server latency Enabled Packet loss Enabled Graphics processing unit (GPU) temperature Disabled Graphics processing unit (GPU) time Disabled Central processing unit (CPU) time Disabled Show mute sound widget Enabled Show mute voice chat widget Enabled Graphics Display Display mode Full screen Display monitor (Personal preference) Display adapter (Personal preference) Screen refresh rate 360 Render resolution (1920 x 1080) 100 Aspect ratio Automatic Sync every frame (V-sync) Disabled Custom frame rate limit Custom NVIDIA highlights Disabled NVIDIA reflex low latency Enabled Restart shaders installation (N/A) Display gamma 2.
4 (sRGB) Details and textures Finally, you may want to specifically prioritize resolution or frame rate based on your ultimate goals for the game.
For example, if you want to have the biggest advantage while in-game, then you should put the frame rate first (which we’ll detail below).
If you’d rather have a game that visually looks stunning, then you may need to boost both the resolution and frame rate, at least as high as your system can consistently handle.
Streaming quality Low Texture resolution Normal Texture filter anisotropic Normal Particle quality High Bullet impact and sprays Disabled Tessellation Disabled On-demand texture streaming Disabled Daily download limit (GB) 63 Texture cache size (GB) 16 Shadow and lighting Shadow map resolution Low Cache spot shadows Disabled Cache sun shadows Disabled Particle lighting Low DirectX raytracing Disabled Ambient occlusion Disabled Screen space reflection (SSR) Disabled Post-processing effects Anti-aliasing SMAA 1x (as low as you can to enable high frame rate) Depth of field Disabled Filmic strength 0.
00 World motion blur Disabled Weapon motion blur Disabled Film grain 0.
00 Dynamic resolution Disabled Dynamic resolution frame rate target 10 Audio Volumes Audio mix Boost high Master volume 100.
00 (personal preference) Music volume 0.
00 Dialogue volume 20.
00 Effects volume 100.
00 Juggernaut music Disabled Hit marker sound effects MW Voice chat Voice chat Personal preference Voice chat device Default Voice chat recording mode N/A Voice chat (push to talk) INS Open mic recording threshold Personal preference Voice chat volume 400.
00 Microphone volume 400.
00 Voice chat effect No effect War tracks War tracks as a passenger Disabled War tracks volume 0.00 Editors' Recommendations
