Gameplay[ | ]
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Interact Prompt Style | Display more or less information about weapons and items on the ground. |
| Button Hints | Toggles displaying your controls for weapons and abilities on the HUD. |
| Crosshair Damage Feedback | Off: No indicator when hitting targets. Crosshair X: Shows an X on the crosshair. X with Shield Icon: Displays an X and an icon indicating the target's Body Shield level. |
| Damage Numbers | Off: No numbers appear when hitting targets. Stacking: Damage numbers appear and combine with each hit. Floating: Each damage instance has a separate number. Both: One number combines, the rest float. |
| Ping Opacity | Default: Fully opaque pings. Faded: Partially transparent pings. |
| Obituaries | Toggles displaying a feed for all kills and deaths. |
| Minimap Rotation | When off, the north side of the map stays at the top. When on, the map rotates to put the terrain in front of the player on top. |
| Weapon Auto-Cycle on Empty | When on, running out of ammo in one weapon will automatically switch to the other. |
| Auto-Sprint | When on, you will always sprint when possible. |
| Double-Tap Sprint | Double-tapping the sprint button will always make you sprint. Move backwards or tap the sprint button again to stop. |
| Incoming Damage Feedback | 2D: Circular two-dimensional indicator showing where damage comes from. 3D: Three-dimensional indicator. Both: Both. |
| Taking Damage Closes Deathbox Menu | When on, taking damage while looting a deathbox closes the menu immediately. |
| Hop-up Pop-up | When on, a small description of your equipped hop-ups appears above your weapons on the HUD. |
| Streamer Mode | Off: All player's names are displayed normally. Killer: The player that kills you will have their name replaced with an alias. (i.e. Wraith2691) All: Every player's name is replaced with an alias. |
| Anonymous Mode | When on, players not on your squad will see an alias (i.e. Wraith2691) instead of your username. |
| Usage Sharing | EA automatically collects data from players for bug fixing and optimization. Disabling this reduces information sharing to the minimum amount necessary for the game, but may limit some functionality. |
| Performance Display | When on, a panel is added to the top right that displays the following:[1]
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| Club Invites | When on, club invites will display as a pop-up. |
| Reticle | Default: In-game reticle color is red.
Customize: In-game reticle color is set by the user. |
- Accessibility
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Color Blind Mode | Modifies important colors for protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia. |
| Subtitles | Displays subtitles for dialogue. |
| Subtitle Size | Normal, large, or huge text for subtitles. |
| Enable Accessible Chat Features | Toggles onscreen hint text or voice instruction for accessing chat. |
| Convert Incoming Voice to Chat Text | Transcribes voice chat into the text chat. |
| Play Incoming Text Chat as Speech | Uses text-to-speech on text chat. |
Mouse/Keyboard[ | ]
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Mouse Sensitivity | Ranges from 0.2 to 20. Higher mouse sensitivity will make the view turn faster. |
| ADS Mouse Sensitivity | By default, mouse sensitivity stays the same when aiming down sights. This setting can apply a universal multiplier for all ADS, or individually adjust each level of zoom. |
| Mouse Acceleration | When on, your view turning speed will accelerate. |
| Mouse Invert | Inverts up and down on the mouse. |
| Lighting Effects | Enables lighting effects on compatible keyboards, mice, and other hardware. |
- Controls
Two keys can be bound to each control. By default, only one is used for each.
| Action | Default Key |
|---|---|
| Move Forward | W |
| Move Back | S |
| Move Left | A |
| Move Right | D |
| Sprint | ⇧ Left Shift |
| Jump | Space |
| Crouch (Toggle) | C |
| Crouch (Hold) | Left Ctrl |
| Tactical Ability | Q |
| Ultimate Ability | Z |
| Interact/Pickup | E |
| Alternate Interact | X |
| Inventory (Toggle) | Tab ↹ |
| Map (Toggle) | M |
| Attack | 
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| Toggle Fire Mode | B |
| Aim Down Sight (Toggle) | 
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| Aim Down Sight (Hold) | |
| Melee | V |
| Reload | R |
| Cycle Weapon |  (scroll down)
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| Equip Weapon 1 | 1 |
| Equip Weapon 2 | 2 |
| Holster Weapons | 3 |
| Equip Grenade | G |
| Use Selected Health Item | 4 |
| Use Syringe | |
| Use Med Kit | |
| Use Shield Cell | |
| Use Shield Battery | |
| Use Phoenix Kit | |
| Character Utility Action | H |
| Inspect Weapon | N |
| Open Quip Wheel/Thank You | F1 |
| Ping |
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| Ping (Enemy Here) | F |
| Ping (Going Here) | |
| Ping (Looting Here) | |
| Ping (Defending Here) | |
| Ping (Watching Here) | |
| Ping (Someone's Been Here) | |
| Push To Talk (Hold) | T |
| Message Team (In Match) | ↵ Enter |
| Screenshot |
Controller[ | ]
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Button Layout | Default: The recommended controller layout. Bumper Jumper: Puts Jump on  .Button Puncher: Puts Melee on  .Evolved: Puts Jump on and Melee on .Grenadier: Puts Grenades on  and ping on  .Ninja: Puts Jump on and Crouch on .Customized: Customize your own controller layout. Ultimate Ability maps to Tactical+Ping bindings. |
| Stick Layout | Default: Movement on  , view on  .Southpaw: Swaps and .Legacy: Movement and turning split between and .Legacy Southpaw: Movement and turning split between sticks. and are swapped.
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| Interact/Reload Button | Determines whether tapping the button interacts, reloads, or does both. Swapping weapons is always mapped to holding the button. |
| Crouch Button | Determines if the Crouch button toggles or must be held. |
| Aim Button | Determines if the ADS button toggles or must be held. |
| Survival Slot Button | Sets the Survival Slot to use the assigned button for quick access to the Survival Slot item. If turned off, Survival Items will only be accessible through the inventory screen and the button will trigger the Weapon Inspect feature by default. |
| Trigger Deadzones | Determines how sensitive the triggers are when pressed, from None to Max. |
| Menu Cursor Speed | Determines how fast the menu cursor moves. |
| Look Sensitivity | Determines how quickly your view rotates, on a scale of 1-8. |
| Look Sensitivity (ADS) | If enabled, use a separate value for sensitivity while ADS. |
| Per Optic Settings | If enabled, use a separate value for sensitivity in each level of zoom. |
| Response Curve | Determines how the stick's analog input is used to turn your view. |
| Look Deadzone | Can prevent your view from drifting when you're not touching the stick. Increase only if needed. |
| Movement Deadzone | Can prevent your movement from drifting when you're not touching the stick. Increase only if needed. |
| Inverted Look | Reverses the look up/down axis on the controller. |
| Vibration | Enables controller vibration. |
Video[ | ]
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Display Mode | Toggles between full screen, windowed, or borderless windowed. |
| Aspect Ratio | Toggles between 4:3 and 5:4, 16:9, and 16:10 aspect ratios. |
| Resolution | Toggles the size of your game window. Values change depending on your aspect ratio. |
| Brightness | In full screen mode, changes your display brightness. |
| Field of View | Adjusts your range of vision. Ranges from 70-110 (Not available on  Nintendo Switch).
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| Sprint View Shake | Adjusts the amount your screen shakes while sprinting. |
- Advanced
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| V-Sync | Controls the trade-off between screen “tearing” and input lag. |
| Adaptive Resolution FPS Target | Sets what frame rate to try to maintain by dynamically lower rendering resolution. |
| Adaptive Supersampling | If enabled, dynamically raises rendering resolution if the game is running faster than the target frame rate. |
| Anti-aliasing | Smooths the image, reducing jagged lines and sparkles. |
| Texture Streaming Budget | Controls the amount of memory reserved for texture streaming. Each setting specifies the recommended GPU VRAM amount. |
| Texture Filtering | Controls the sharpness of surface details. |
| Ambient Occlusion Quality | Controls the render target resolution used for Screen Space Ambient Occlusion. |
| Sun Shadow Coverage | Controls the coverage of shadows from the sun. |
| Sun Shadow Detail | Controls how detailed shadows are from sunlight. |
| Spot Shadow Detail | Controls how detailed shadows are from lights in the environment. |
| Volumetric Lighting | If enabled, adds sunbeams to simulate light scattering in the air. |
| Dynamic Spot Shadows | If enabled, lights in the environment can move. |
| Model Detail | Controls detail of objects and legends. |
| Effects Detail | Controls detail of visual effects like explosions. |
| Impact Marks | Controls how many impact marks appear from bullets and other attacks. |
| Ragdolls | Controls how physically accurate dead body animations are. |
Audio[ | ]
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Master Volume | Adjusts the overall game volume. |
| Voice Chat Record Mode | Push to Talk: Hold your chosen Push to Talk button to enable voice chat. Open Mic: Speaking loudly enough will automatically send voice. |
| Open Mic Record Threshold | With Open Mic, controls how loud sounds need to be to enable voice chat. |
| Incoming Voice Chat Volume | Adjusts volume of incoming voice chat. |
| Sound Effects Volume | Adjusts volume of sound effects. |
| Dialogue Volume | Adjusts volume of legend dialogue. |
| Music Volume | Adjusts volume of music in-game. |
| Lobby Music Volume | Adjusts volume of music in the lobby. |
| Sound in Background | If enabled, game sounds will continue to play if Apex Legends is minimized or in the background. |