Pokémon Legends: Arceus Setup Guide

This guide assumes you’ve followed our quickstart guide here: https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/wiki/Ryujinx-Setup-&-Configuration-Guide 

We want to clarify that Ryujinx works best on default settings.  We only require users to configure controllers, game directories, and set resolution scale to their preference. 

NVIDIA GPU on Windows:

Download the latest version of Ryujinx here: https://ryujinx.org/download/

Make sure your graphics drivers are not older than 472.12. If they are, and you can’t get updates for it, your GPU might be too old, but perhaps you can still run Ryujinx.

In case of black screen:

Make sure no overlays are active (like MSI Afterburner, RTSS overlay or Twitch Studio). Then, Right-click on your desktop, select Nvidia Control Panel, click Manage 3D Settings, and in the center-right corner, click "Restore Defaults”.

AMD GPU on Windows:

Note that AMD OpenGL with Mesa drivers on Linux will yield better results than our current Vulkan implementation.

First, download the Vulkan build from the bottom link in this comment:

https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/pull/2518#issuecomment-890255424 

Extract the downloaded file to a folder of your liking and run it.

Remember: this build does not auto-update. When it does get updated, the links in the above comment will get updated. To update manually, simply download the new build and extract it as you did the first time. You will know if it’s updated by checking the comment’s edit history. Notice the build number will differ as well.

Next, search for your GPU drivers here https://www.amd.com/en/support and download the optional 22.1.2 drivers.

Then, go to Radeon control panel > Settings > Graphics > Global Graphics and disable Radeon Image Sharpening.

Intel GPU on Windows:

Note that Intel OpenGL with Mesa drivers on Linux will yield better results than our current Vulkan implementation.

Keep in mind Intel GPUs are not very strong, and performance may not be the best for them.

First, download the Vulkan build from the bottom link in this comment:

https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/pull/2518#issuecomment-890255424 

Extract the downloaded file to a folder of your liking and run it.

Remember: this build does not auto-update. When it does get updated, the links in the above comment will get updated. To update manually, simply download the updated build and extract it as you did the first time. You will know if it’s updated by checking the comment’s edit history. Notice the build number will differ as well.

Next, make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. Here are the latest: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19344/intel-graphics-windows-dch-drivers.html 

On Ryujinx, go to Options > Settings, then under Input settings, disable Docked Mode. This is in order to help with the GPU bottleneck.

Linux:

Download the latest version of Ryujinx here: https://ryujinx.org/download/ 

Recently, a bug was fixed that was causing saves on Pokémon games created on Linux to be corrupted. Any saves created between 1.0.7000 and 1.1.6 (including LDN 2.4) will likely be corrupted too, and will need to be deleted. If the save wasn’t created on Linux, then it’s fine.

We have a Linux channel over at our Discord in case something goes wrong: https://discord.gg/ryujinx

FAQ:

Why is my performance still bad?

Make sure to enable the following:

Settings > System > Enable VSync, Enable PPTC, set Audio Backend to SDL2, set Memory Manager Mode to Host unchecked.

Settings > Graphics > Enable Shader Cache, set Graphics Backend Multithreading to Auto.

Why did my game crash?

Come to our Discord’s support channel for assistance: https://discord.gg/ryujinx

Can I play on LDN?

At the time of writing, LDN does not work with Pokémon Legends Arceus. When the next LDN build (2.5) comes out, it will most likely be compatible with the game.

How do I unlock Shaymin and Darkrai?

You need to have played Pokémon Sword or Shield and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl at least once in the emulator to unlock Shaymin and Darkrai, respectively. Unfortunately, it’s currently not possible to insert the save files yourself if you don’t own these games.

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