How to fix Dark Souls 3 Errors: Crash, Stuttering, Low FPS, Bonfire Crash, Save Issue and more

How to fix Dark Souls 3 Errors: Crash, Stuttering, Low FPS, Bonfire Crash, Save Issue and more

This Dark Souls 3 guide is about how to fix Dark Souls 3 errors like crash, stuttering, FPS issue and more. Here we have consolidated some of the errors and their fixes for Dark Souls 3. Before you proceed, do have a look at the system requirements. So let’s find out how to fix Dark Souls 3 errors.

Dark Souls 3 System Requirements

Minimum:

    • Operating System: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 25 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
    • Additional Notes: Internet connection required for online play and product activation

Recommended:

    • Operating System: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD® FX-8350
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 25 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
    • Additional Notes: Internet connection required for online play and product activation

How to fix Dark Souls 3 Errors: Crash, Stuttering, Low FPS, Bonfire Crash, Save Issue and more

1. Low FPS in Dark Souls 3

  • Update the drivers
  • Try running it in Windowed mode
  • Set the game to high priority
    • Open Task Manager
    • Right-click on the game task
    • Set to high priority

2. Dark Souls 3: Game Doesn’t Start

Some users found the below fix working for them. You can give it a try. You need to wait on download screen till blue bar will be full and it will start dowloading.

3. Not able to move the Character after spawning in Dark Souls 3

Install the game in a folder outside your standard Steam folder.

4. Bonfire Crash in Dark Souls 3

  • Try lowering the graphics settings.
  • You need to do steam file verification
    • Right-click on your game
    • Go to properties
    • Then verify game cache

5. Dark Souls 3 Random Crash

If you are playing at higher resolutions – 1440p, 4K, you might be getting random crashes.

The fix is to reduce your screen resolution to 1080p.

6. Dark Souls 3 Low FPS on Nvidia Adaptor

Revert back to Driver 314.22 of Nvidia that may help fix low framerate issues.

7. White Screen in Dark Souls 3

You may be getting a white screen while launching the game. Here is the fix.

  1. Open DarkSouls.ini file located at C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\NBGI\DarkSouls
  2. Now change its default resolution below 1080p

8. Dark Souls 3 PC Crashes – (0xc000007b) error

  • Try and install DirectX and .Net framework (C++ Visual) manually from the game’s directory.
  • Restart your PC after installation

9. PC Flickering Fix in Dark Souls 3

If you find that your screen’s refresh rate is not same as that of in-game,

  1. Locate the xml configuration file at: C:\Users\WhatYoursName\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII
    GraphicsConfig.XML
  2. Open the file using a text editor
  3. Then where you find Something like, add “WindowScreen” in the tags so the final line will be: WindowScreen.

10. Performance Fix for GTX 5xxx Series

Try to roll back your drivers to 314.22 version

11. Stuttering Issues in Dark Souls 3

Try reinstalling the game to a HDD from SSD.

12. Ambient sound issues

Updating the Realtek HD Audio Drivers may help fix the ambient sound issues.

This article guides you how to fix Dark Souls 3 errors. This article will be updated with more fixes as and when they appear. If you are having a certain issue not listed above, write in the comments section below. We will try to find a fix for you.

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