Sea Of Thieves: Fix Lag Shuttering, Freezing, Crashing on Launch or FPS drop issue
Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure multiplayer video game launched in 2018 developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios. It’s available for Xbox One...
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Last updated on July 3, 2023
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Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure multiplayer video game launched in 2018 developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios. It’s available for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows platforms and the game is coming on Steam client with a crossplay feature very soon. Now, if you’re a Sea Of Thieves player and facing Lag Shuttering, Freezing, Crashing on Launch, or FPS drop issue, then check this guide.
The game lets assume a player as a pirate who must complete voyages from different trading companies to be an ultimate pirate legend. It’s all about sailing, fighting, exploring, looting everything that you require to live as a pirate. But some of the PC players are facing crashing or lagging or FPS dropping issues while launching the game or during the gameplay. So, if you’re also one of them and want to fix these issues, then you’re in the right place.
Before heading over to the troubleshooting guide below, ensure that your PC configuration is compatible with the system requirements of the game. Also, make sure to update your Windows OS and graphics driver to its latest version. If not solved, you can check out the system requirements below.
Why Does Sea Of Thieves Keep Crashing?
There can be possible reasons behind Sea Of Thieves that keeps crashing on your Windows 10 PC. Let’s take a look.
Your PC configuration isn’t compatible with the game’s system requirements.
Some of the game files are either missing or corrupted.
Your PC is running on an outdated Windows OS or graphics driver.
An outdated DirectX version.
The game or the client version isn’t updated.
Any of the overlay apps are running in the background.
Windows Firewall or Antivirus program is blocking the game.
Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Q9450 @ 2.6GHz or AMD Phenom II X6 @ 3.3 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon 7750
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 380x
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sea Of Thieves: Fix Lag Shuttering, Freezing, Crashing on Launch or FPS drop issue
Now, without wasting any more time, let’s jump into the steps below. Keep in mind that both the Nvidia and AMD graphics drivers are well optimized for the Sea Of Thieves game. So, if in case, you haven’t updated your graphics driver yet, do this first.
1. Update Graphics Drivers
If you’re using the Nvidia graphics card then update the GeForce Experience app on your PC from the Nvidia official site here.
But if you’re using the AMD graphics card on your system, then update the latest AMD Drivers from here.
2. Disable Steam Overlay
Open Steam on your Windows.
Head over to the Settings > Click on the In-Game option.
Click on the checkbox to disable “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game“.
Once the checkbox mark is removed, click on OK.
3. Adjust Discord Settings
Launch Discord > Click on User Settings.
Select Voice & Video from the left sidebar.
Scroll down a bit and click on Advanced.
Next, disable OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco System, Inc.
Then disable Enable Quality of Service High Packet Priority.
Click on Overlay.
Disable in-game overlay.
Next, click on Appearance.
Scroll down to the bottom Advanced.
Disable Hardware Acceleration.
Once done, restart the Discord or restart the system.
Finally, check whether the Sea Of Thieves Lag is fixed or not.
4. Adjust Nvidia Control Panel Settings
Click on Adjust image settings with preview under 3D settings.
Select Use the advanced 3D image settings.
Next, open the Nvidia Control Panel.
Click on Manage 3D settings.
Then select Global Settings.
Now, adjust some of the additional settings:
Turn off Image Sharpening
Turn on Threaded Optimization
Power Management: Prefer Maximum Performance
Low Latency Mode: Off
Texture Filtering Quality: Performance
5. Adjust AMD Control Panel Settings
Click on Global Graphics.
Disable Radeon Anti-Lag
Disable Radeon Boost
Image Sharpening: Off
Anti-Aliasing Mode: Use Application settings
Set Anti-aliasing Method to Multi-sampling
Morphological Filtering: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: Disabled
Texture Filtering Quality: Performance
Surface Format Optimization: Enabled
Tesselation Mode: AMD Optimized
Turn off Wait for V-sync
OpenGL Triple Buffering: Off
Shader Cache: AMD optimized
Turn off Maximum Tesselation Level
GPU Workload: Graphics
Radeon Chill: Off
Frame Rate Target Control: Disabled
6. Repair Game from Steam Client
Make sure that this process will take some time. So, have some patience.
Launch Steam Client
Click on Sea Of Thieves from the left sidebar
Now, click on Game Options
Choose Scan and Repair
7. Verify Game Files on Steam (Steam User Only)
The Sea Of Thieves gamers on Steam can follow the below steps:
Open the Steam Library by logging into the account.
Right-click on Sea Of Thieves
Click on Properties
Select the Local Files tab
Then click on Verify Integrity of Game Files
Wait for the process and then restart the game to check whether the issue has been fixed or not.
8. Uninstall Windows 10 Updates (Unstable/Buggy Versions)
A couple of days ago, Microsoft has released a new update for Windows 10 with KB4535996. The KB4535996 cumulative update for Windows 10 is quite buggy and causing so many errors or problems.
Go to Start menu > Click on Settings
Next, click on Update and Security
Click on View update history
Now, if you can see that there is an update having KB4535996 has been already installed. Make sure to uninstall it.
Here you will see Uninstall updates option on the top of the page.
Click on it and select that particular update version.
Right-click on it and select Uninstall.
It may take some time to delete that update and your system may restart automatically.
Have some patience and you can also manually reboot your Windows PC (if required).
9. Clean Temporary Files to fix Sea Of Thieves Lag
Press Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the RUN program.
Now, type %temp% and press enter
You will get a bunch of temporary files on a page.
Select all files by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
Next, press Shift + Delete on the keyboard to remove all the files.
Sometimes some of the temporary files can’t be deleted. So, leave them as it is and close it.
10. Use CPU and GPU Clock Speed at Default Settings
If you’ve overclocked your GPU speed and experiencing the crashing or stuttering issue on the Sea Of Thieves gameplay or at the launching, make sure to use the MSI Afterburner tool or Zotac firestorm to underclock or set the default clock speed. Now, you can try again to run the game whether the Sea Of Thieves Lag is appearing or not.
11. Fix: Sea of Thieves Stuttering Issue on Xbox Series X, S, One
First of all, make sure to check out the Xbox Live and Sea of Thieves server status whether there is a server outage or not.
You should also try playing the game for a while to check if the problem gets fixed or not from the server-side.
Make sure to select Quit and go back to the main menu and join another server.
Try closing the Sea of Thieves game application and check for new game updates.
if nothing seems working for you, try rebooting the Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One console to refresh the cache data or glitch.
You can try performing the Factory Reset to the Wi-Fi router or modem. Sometimes a system glitch or misconfigured internet settings can cause several issues.
The chances are also high that your internet connection has some issues. In that case, make sure to use a different internet network or a mobile data hotspot.
Just keep aside the game for a few hours and then try again. You can also try playing the game during off-peak hours when there will be no rush timing.
It seems that most PC users are facing the stuttering issue while playing games and so Sea of Thieves. If you’re also one of the victims, make sure to follow the steps below.
Make sure to continue playing the game to check if the stuttering issue reduces or not.
Whereas you can also leave the current game and join another server from the main menu.
Additionally, try to lower the graphics settings from the in-game menu that can help the game to improve FPS count.
Close the Sea of Thieves game and check for the new update.
You can also perform a Factory Reset the PC to fix the system cache or temporary glitch.
Restart your Wi-Fi router or modem to check if that fixes the connectivity issue or not.
Try connecting the PC to a different network or wireless to wired or vice versa. Make sure to check using a mobile data hotspot too.
We’ll also recommend you close the current session and try playing the game later again.
If nothing seems working for you, try contacting Sea of Thieves Support for further help using the link above.
