RuneScape graphics settings – Support

Change graphics settings
To find the graphics settings tab either:

Choose the "Options" tab on the lobby menu,
or
1. Login and connect to a world
2. Press "Esc" and choose "Settings"
3. Select the "Graphics" tab

This interface allows you to manage the graphics quality of:

Game models
Game environment
Light effects
Gameplay effects

You can also toggle in game effects such as character shadows.

Overall graphics settings
Across the top of the graphics settings tab, there are several buttons that will change your overall graphical settings:


Min	Minimum settings for exceptionally low-end devices
Low	Low levels of detail
Mid	Medium levels of detail
High	High levels of detail
Ultra	Super-high levels of detail
Custom	Manually adjust the level of detail from your selected level

Screen sizing

In the right-hand column of the graphics tab, there are two screen sizing options for you to choose from:


Windows	Resizes the client window. If you make the window smaller or larger, the game will expand or contract with it.
Fullscreen	Your entire monitor size in the resolution you pick from the drop-down box (set this to match your monitor's resolution for the best results). You won't be able to interact with any other applications.

Custom graphics settings

You can customise your graphics through advanced settings:

Option	Choice	Description
Brightness	0 - 100%	Increase or decrease the brightness of the game to match your screen.
Remove Roofs	Never Always Selectively All	Never - Never removes roofs Always - Always removes roofs regardless of location or camera Selectively - Only removes roofs between the camera and the player All - Removes all roofs depending on the location of the camera and the player
Draw Distance	Low - Ultra	This will affect the maximum distance objects will render from the camera. The lower, the closer.
Shadow Quality	Low - Ultra	Higher settings will improve the fidelity of shadows being cast in the game.
VSync	Adaptive Off On Half Quarter	VSync controls the game's frame rate by synchronising it with your monitor's refresh rate. This can improve your gameplay experience by reducing screen tearing, but may also affect your FPS. Adaptive - Enables VSync when the FPS is greater than your refresh rate Off - Always disables VSync On - Always enables VSync Half - Synchronises frame rate to half the monitor's refresh rate Quarter - Synchronises frame rate to a quarter the monitor's refresh rate
Anti-Aliasing Mode	Off FXAA MSAA FXAA + MSAA	Anti-Aliasing will smooth out a jagged/pixelated image, this may affect performance. Off - Disable all anti-aliasing FXAA - Lower quality aliasing, but could improve performance MSAA - Higher quality FXAA+MSAA - Combines both techniques
Anti-aliasing Quality	Low to Ultra	Higher settings will improve the fidelity of anti-aliasing and visual quality - but could lower your frame rate.
Water Detail	Low to Ultra	Controls how realistic water looks including ripple effects and reflections.
Lighting Detail	Low to Ultra	This will affect the level of light in the game. Particularly things like sources of light and specular highlights on smooth, shiny or reflective surfaces.
Ambient Occlusion	Off SSAO HBAO	Higher settings will improve the degree of lighting/shading of smaller and more complex objects.
Bloom	Off - High	Higher settings will improve the quality of lighting/glowing effects.
Textures	Off Compressed Uncompressed	Higher settings will improve the quality of textures in the game.
Anisotropic Filtering	Off - x16	Higher settings will improve the appearance of certain textures when viewed from extreme angles and distances.
Volumetric Lighting	Off - Ultra	Higher settings will improve additional lighting effects like sunbeams and glowing.
Foreground FPS	5 - 300	Set the maximum FPS when the game is in a focused window.
Background FPS	5 - 300	Set the maximum FPS when the game is the unfocused window.
Interface Scaling	70% - 300%	Set the size of your interface. If your in game UI appears small on your high-resolution monitor try increasing the interface scaling.
Game Rendering Scaling	50% - 200%	A lower rendering scale will use a lower resolution and then upscale to your monitor's resolution
Shadows	On Off	Toggle for shadows. This includes the player character, non-player characters and scenery.
Custom Cursors	On Off	Use the game's custom mouse cursor use your operating system's default cursor.
Loading Screens	On Off	Toggle loading screens between content in game. This may affect your performance.
Ground Decoration	On Off	Toggles small ground details like stones and long grass.
Terrain Blending	On Off	Toggles whether textures can blend with those adjacent for a more seamless appearance.
Depth of Field	On Off	Toggles a blur effect to objects if they are further away.
Smooth Camera Fade	On Off	Toggles any objects that clip with the camera to be smoothed out.
Tree Canopy Fade	On Off	Toggles treetops to fade if your character is standing behind it.
Mouse-over entity highlights	On Off	Toggles a coloured outline around interactable objects in game.

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