Common Issues and Fixes

This page documents general troubleshooting steps as well as some common issues users may run into with Noita.

General troubleshooting

Many of these assume a Steam installation; similar options may be available for other copies of the game. Notably, launch options can be passed directly as command-line options when launching Noita from a command line shell or shortcut.

1. Make sure all drivers are up to date
2. Disable Steam Cloud
   • Right-click the game in your Steam Library, select Properties, uncheck Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud for Noita
3. Toggle the game cursor
   • Press Win+R, type %appdata%\..\LocalLow\Nolla_Games_Noita\save_shared and press Enter
   • Open config.xml, change line that says application_rendered_cursor="0" to application_rendered_cursor="1"
4. Troubleshoot with launch options
5. Delete / unsubscribe from all mods
6. Delete the entire folder at %appdata%/../LocalLow/Nolla_Games_Noita
7. Delete all local files and redownload

Troubleshooting with launch options

Setting launch options for Noita in the Steam properties

Right-click the game in your Steam Library and select Properties and enter one of the following under Launch Options before launching the game.

1. Launch the game in windowed mode
   • Launch options: -w
2. Reset Noita's configuration settings
   • Launch options: -clean_config
3. Reset your save file
   • Launch options: -clean_save
4. Reset everything to defaults (this will destroy your game stats and progress)
   • Launch options: -clean_everything

Common problems

Issue	Resolution
Cloud saves take a long time, even though they're disabled.	See how to remove remnants that were accidentally saved: Guide: Useful save modding#Disable Steam Cloud for Noita
Game crashes shortly after launching	If you have recently unsubscribed from a mod in the Steam Workshop, re-subscribe to that mod, it may be attempting to modify the New Game selection screen while missing assets (because you unsubscribed from it). Disable the mod from the Mods menu before unsubscribing again, if this method is successful.
If a spell that should be unlocked in Orb of True Knowledge does not appear	Delete the file named progress_orb_pickup_XX that corresponds to the orb number of the spell that has not been unlocked from save00\persistent\flags. (or manually add the unlock flag) In this case, the orbs_new file is also missing, so you need to edit that as well. Also, do not retrieve unacquired orbs in Nightmare mode.
When enemies are weak in Nightmare mode and items are generated as in NewGame	This occurs when restarting the game from the ModMenu. It can be resolved by exiting the game and restarting from the normal menu. In addition, the correction is temporarily removed from the enemies loaded when the system is restarted. In this case, the correction will be applied again by exiting the area and reloading the enemy.
Stretched out logo on launch Compressed logo on launch	You will need to reset your config using the clean_config launch option. There are 3 main methods to achieve this: Go to your Noita game directory (generally something like C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Noita), click on the directory bar at the top and type noita.exe -clean_config Go to Properties for Noita in the steam client, and put -clean_config in the launch options Remove -clean_config after you have booted up the game once, or else your config will be reset every time you boot up the game Create a batch script or run a command in CMD to run noita.exe -clean_config
White background on menu screen	Turn off low quality rendering
White pixels on launch	Unknown
Unable to load mods on start up	Your game is trying to download a "ghost mod" from the Steam Workshop, locate the broken mod in your subscribed items and remove/unsubscribe from it. Beautiful Magic material is an example of a popular mod now removed from the workshop. This generally happens because the mod you are subscribed to has been made unavailable, causing your game to be unable to start as it cannot locate and download the required mods.
Game automatically loads into a run and crashes on start	DeleteAppData/LocalLow/Nolla_Games_Noita/save00/world/.stream_info (steamapps/common/Noita/save00/world/.stream_info if noita_dev.exe). This bug appears to be tied to Twitch Integration stuff
Game crashes/bugscreens on routine restart, most probably due to inability of allocated processing power; Fails to provide 'Load from Autosave' or 'Continue' options on subsequent restart. Simultaneously, Minä has managed to go multiple dozen hours while forgetting to back up a save manually. Req: save00 (and thus save00\world) must {still contain/not have deleted} {saved/autosaved} contents from 'previous' run.	Cope with the loss of whatever chunk you attempted to restart in, as well as all of your holy mountains and related corruption-affected areas.. Better the chunk than the save. Backup save00 to a secondary location. Open Noita and start a new game. Intentionally crash the game with any method (TLTD:exiting normally might also work, and may even work better); re-open Noita, and gaze lovingly at the visible 'continue' option. Overwrite save00 with the backup you made earlier, keeping Noita.exe running for the entire duration. Hit continue. Wait with anxious impatience as the game loads. Check your wands & potions, and realize that they are likely very bugged. Open player.xml in a code/text editor of your choice and fix whatever issues have arisen. Wipe the world by deleting everything in save00\world\ except for .stream_info.

NVIDIA-Specific Problems

Issue	Resolution
- Noita takes up maximum GPU when running - Noita doesn't display in OBS's Display Capture	1. Open the NVIDIA App 2. Click Graphics, Add Noita.exe if it isn't added 3. Under Driver Settings set Vulkan/OpenGL Present Method to Prefer layered on DXGI Swapchain The NVIDIA Settings to improve Noita performance.

See also

• Setting Recommendations