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How to unlock the framerate in Elden RingHere’s how to remove the 60fps cap

Here’s how to remove the 60fps cap

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A Furnace Golem attacks the player in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Want to know how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring?It’s doable, but be careful what you wish for, traveller. This method will indeed remove the60fps cap, allowing higher-end PCs to run FromSoftware’sRPG- as well as theShadow Of The Erdtreeexpansion - with the brakes off. However, it will also disable Easy Anti-Cheat, effectively blocking you out of the game’s online multiplayer features.

If you’re purely a solo Tarnished, or just want to uncap Elden Ring’s framerate that badly, read on – but make the changes at your own risk.

How to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring

There are actually many tools that can strike down Elden Ring’s framerate limit, such as TechieW’sUnlock the Frameratemod or uberhalit’sElden Ring FPS Unlocker. However, I’m recommendingFlawless Widescreen, an app that’s more commonly used to getultrawide monitorresolutions working in games that don’t natively support them.Including Elden Ring, as it happens, though here we’re going to focus on using Flawless Widescreen’s FPS-unlocking utility. From what I’ve seen, this is the best way to remove Elden Ring’s 60fps cap because it’s simple to use and doesn’t require any additional mod loaders. Those other methods still involve disabling the game’s anti-cheat, so it’s no worse in that regard as well.

Step 1:Download, install and run theFlawless Widescreen app.

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Step 1 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: Download, install and run Flawless Widescreen.

Step 2:Find Elden Ring in the plugin list on the left and click it to install.Insidethe plugin itself, make sure that theFix Enabled,Frametime Adjustment, andRemove 60Hz FS Limitboxes are all checked. Then, set the Frametime adjustment slider all the way up to 360fps, even if your monitor’s refresh rate can’t go that fast.

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Step 2 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: Install Flawless Widescreen’s Elden Ring plugin, then in the plugin, check the Fix Enabled, Frametime Adjustment and Remove 60Hz FS Limit boxes. Set the Frametime adjustment slider all the way up to 360fps.

Step 3:Note the warning about disabling EAC – don’t worry, we’ll work around it – and check Acknowledge and Ignore. Minimise Flawless Widescreen, or just leave it running on your desktop.

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Step 3 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: check the Acknowledge and Ignore box.

Step 4:Open up File Explorer and track down Elden Ring’s installation directory, which should beProgram Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common> ELDEN RING. Inside the directory, open the Game folder, which will look like this:

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Step 4 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: In File Explorer, navigate to Elden Ring’s install directory and open the Game folder.

Step 5:Inside the Game folder, create a new text document named “steam_appid” (without quote marks).

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Step 5 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: create a new text document in the Game folder named steam_appid.

Step 6:Open up the new steam_appid file and type or paste “1245620” (again, without the quote marks). Save the doc and close it.

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Step 6 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: open the steam_appid text file and write or paste the number 1245620 into it. Save and close the file.

Step 7:At this point,make sure that Steam is in offline mode, but don’t actually launch Elden Ring through Steam. Instead, launch it with the “eldenring” executable in the Game folder – you can create a shortcut for this so you don’t have dig back into the directory every time you want to play.

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Step 7 of how to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring: make sure Steam is in offline mode. In the Game folder, launch eldenring.exe - do not launch the game through Steam itself.

And there you have it: Elden Ring’s framerate, unlocked. Simply load up a save, and explore the Lands Between without that stuffy 60fps cap. Hopefully the extra smoothness will help you time frame-perfect dodges and hits againstElden Ring’s bosses, as well as make forays intoShadow of the Erdtreea little more comfortable.