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If Wild Hearts is crashing on your PC – here’s how to fix it.
Wild Hearts is slated as EA’s answer to Monster Hunter, and the game has now launched across the world.
Set in the fictional village of Minato, you’re tasked with fighting off against the Kemono – giant monsters augmented with nature – who you’re being asked to hunt. However, while the game sounds grand, it doesn’t really mean much if it keeps crashing.
If you’re playing the game via EA Play or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you may have faced several glitches, which in fact have already been addressed by the developers in this Reddit thread. While a fix has been promised, in the meantime, here’s what you can do to fix Wild Hearts crashing on PC.
How to fix Wild Hearts crashing on PC?
Here’s a quick breakdown of what you can do to stop the game from crashing further:
- Install latest graphics drivers from Nvidia, AMD, or Intel
- Turn off ray-tracing
- Disable GPU overclocking
- Reduce texture, shader, and rendering quality
These are the short steps we’d recommend you try out if you’re trying to stop Wild Hearts crashing on your PC.
With the recent release of the Hogwarts Legacy game, there were various issues with the game’s graphics drivers. These were promptly fixed in the Day One patch, which Wild Hearts can expect to receive at some point too.
Ray Tracing was also another big cause for issue with the game, and disabling it helped to make the game run much smoother.
We’re going to be keeping an eye out for the latest news on Wild Hearts bug fixes, as we’re aware that the game is currently encountering some strange issues regarding performance. Make sure to stay up to date by revisiting this page for the latest updates on the game. In the meantime, you might be interested in reading about these strange Hogwarts Legacy bug fixes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Wild Hearts crashing because of my GPU?
It’s possible that Wild Hearts is crashing due to your GPU, so the solution would be to disable GPU overclocking and to disable ray tracing.
Can you make Wild Hearts run faster?
You can enable DLSS which should greatly improve performance in-game.
