Assassin's Creed Shadows PC Settings Guide
Assassin's Creed Shadows uses the AnvilNext engine with significant enhancements for ray-traced global illumination and dynamic weather across feudal Japan. Kyoto is the most demanding area in the game and a reliable benchmark for whether your settings will hold up across the rest of the campaign.
On an RTX 4070 / RX 7800 XT, target 1440p High with DLSS or FSR at Quality for a comfortable 60 FPS in Kyoto. Foliage density and crowd density are the most expensive settings — dropping each one step gains 10–15% FPS individually. Ray-traced GI is impressive but costs 25–35% of your framerate, so leave it for RTX 4070 Ti / 5070 Ti and up.
Scope and assumptions
Targets the current Anvil PC build with hardware ray tracing optional. Dense settlements and foliage are used as the reference scenes.
- • 1080p: High without ray-traced global illumination is the sensible baseline.
- • 1440p: use Quality upscaling before dropping texture or foliage detail.
- • Ray tracing: treat the extended RT modes as high-end features paired with upscaling.
Troubleshooting checks
- • Foliage and shadow settings cost more here than textures; tune them first.
- • Test in a busy town rather than open countryside before calling a preset stable.
Reviewed by GameOptimizer Editorial · August 2, 2026
Your Hardware
Best Assassin's Creed Shadows Settings for NVIDIA RTX 4060
Core Settings
Assassin's Creed Shadows — Specific Settings
Tips & Notes
- Anvil Next engine — very demanding, upscaling recommended at 1440p+
Based on benchmark data and community reports for this hardware combination — treat as an estimate, not a guarantee. How we calculate this.
Still stuttering after applying these? See what's holding your PC back — or read our graphics settings guide to understand what each option costs.
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Bottleneck Analysis
GPU is under heavy load
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RAM usage is elevated
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What's Next?
Settings and FPS figures are algorithmic estimates rather than measured benchmarks. Drivers, patches, cooling, background tasks, and individual scenes can change actual performance. Verify the result in game.