Setting Recommendations

List of subjective improvements to game options.

Steam Cloud

General > Online

Turn this off. Cloud save will make closing/reloading your game take a long time (depending on how much of the world you've explored), because the save folder contains thousands of small files which Steam can't deal with efficiently.

• Steam Cloud: Off

For notes about Linux, see /Linux cloud settings.

Controls and Key bindings

Settings > Input > Configure controls

Throwing

It's not uncommon to see new players accidentally throw their water flask. This is because the default "throw" key binding is MOUSE RIGHT. The "throw" key binding does throw objects but it does not work the way new players often think it does. Items like tablets and broken wands do not need the "throw" key binding, because the throw action can also be done with "use wand". Objects and flask can also be thrown from the inventory screen by using drag and drop. Since "use wand" pours a flask instead of throwing it, flasks are the only thing that benefits from the "throw" key binding.

Many players will not need the throw key binding, so it can be demoted to a more obscure key. Example: map "throw" to G.

Picking up items

A much more important key to map to right click would be "interact". The default key binding is awkward when moving to the right (pressing d and e). This also makes tablet throwing more enjoyable: pickup tablet with right click ("interact"), throw with left click ("use wand"). Using right click for picking up items can also be helpful in tricky situations like picking up a wand that's barely submerged in Teleportatium.

Kick

The default kick key is awkward when moving to the right (pressing d and f). I'd recommend moving the kick key to something that can be pressed at the same time as any combination of movement keys. Example: map kick to w.

Potion slots

Potion slots can be mapped to easy-to-press keys like Q, E, R, and F. It's great to get these setup early so you can be super fast at hotkeying to the correct slot. For example, quickly switching to your water flask to remove fire and toxic effects.

You can also bind the same key to multiple actions, for example binding key Q to both of 'secondary: spray from potion' and 'secondary: select item in slot 5' gives you a single 'panic button' to press when on fire. Just make sure you keep water in the right slot!

Mouse

Input > Mouse

• Click on icon switches item: Off - Can lead to switching wands and items unintentionally
• Show hovered material/item name next to mouse:
  • On:
    • Not that intrusive and kind of handy.
  • Off:
    • The hovered material name does not contrast with the environment, leading to it being hard to see in some environments.
    • The hovered material name will be show to the right of your inventory when turned off, if you have trouble reading text on a moving screen this is easier to read, but requires deliberately looking at it and away from the cursor.
• Allow firing of wands while inventory is open: On - Enables faster defense whilst you're editing wands.

Replay Recorder

General > Replay Recorder

Replay recorder has multiple uses. It can be used to save your best (and worst) gameplay. It can also help better understand what happened. For example, an enemy appeared for a split second but you didn't catch which mage type they were.

• Replay recorder: On
• Replay budget: set to max (it only uses 500mb memory so most people should be able to do the max)

Recordings are stored in:

• Windows: C:\Users\[name]\AppData\LocalLow\Nolla_Games_Noita\save_rec\screenshots_animated
• Linux: (or similar) .steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/881100/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/Nolla_Games_Noita/save_rec/screenshots_animated

Advanced: Increased Replay Resolution

The default resolution settings for the replays are quite meagre - if you have a powerful system you may wish to experiment with increasing these defaults. To do so, find and edit this config file:

\LocalLow\Nolla_Games_Noita\save_shared\config.xml

Find these lines, and change the values to your desired maximum recording resolution. This should be some fraction of your display resolution, to preserve the correct aspect ratio. E.g. for display resolution 1920x1080, 1/2 scale:

 replay_recorder_max_resolution_x="960" 
 replay_recorder_max_resolution_y="540"

Or 1920x1080, 1/2.4 scale:

 replay_recorder_max_resolution_x="800" 
 replay_recorder_max_resolution_y="450"

Recording at a higher resolution uses more storage space per second, so changing the resolution will mean you have a shorter period covered by the replay. You can increase the replay budget beyond the 500MB limit in the game settings. The configuration key for this is:

 replay_recorder_max_budget_mb="1000" 

The game will sometimes overwrite the max_budget setting back to the 500MB default - so worth double checking before you play.

Screen shake

Graphics > Accessibility

• Screen Shake Intensity: set lower or lowest

Linux

Use the gamemoderun %command% launch-setting. It can help a lot with performance. Screenshot and guide.

See also

• Common Issues and Fixes
• System Requirements
• Guide: Single Cast and Instant Recharge