Best settings for Call of Duty: Warzone

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.

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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

Weapons

Movement

Graphics

Interface

Accessibility 

HUD

Text chat

Audio

Volumes

Voice chat

War tracks

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

Controller

Weapons

Movement

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

Accessibility

HUD

Content filters

Telemetry

Graphics

Display

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.

Shadow and lighting

Post-processing effects

Audio

Volumes

Voice chat

War tracks

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