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Most common issues can be fixed with the guides below. Start with General Troubleshooting, check your PC against the System Requirements, and use the Troubleshooting Information guides to see what the game recorded. Still stuck? The Nightingale community on Discord is a great place to ask.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I play Nightingale offline or solo?
- Yes. You can play Nightingale solo and offline on your own PC. Offline Mode arrived in update 0.3, and since July 2025 every game runs on your own PC or on a server run by players.
- What happened to the official servers?
- Since July 2025, Nightingale no longer runs on servers hosted by Inflexion Games. To play together, host a game from your PC or use a dedicated server; see How to Play with Friends. If you played in the old online mode, see Download Online Characters.
- Can Steam and Epic Games Store players play together?
- Yes. Steam and Epic Games Store players can play together by joining with a Join Code. See How to Play with Friends.
- Is Nightingale on PS5, Xbox or Mac?
- No. Nightingale is on PC only, through Steam and the Epic Games Store. You can also stream it through GeForce NOW.
- Where are my characters from before Realms Rebuilt?
- Realms Rebuilt couldn't carry older progress forward. To play characters made before it, open Nightingale's Properties in your Steam Library, go to Betas and choose the
nightingale-0.3.2branch. This Legacy Mode is offline only and won't receive further fixes. - Does Nightingale support Steam Family Sharing?
- Yes. Steam lists Nightingale as supporting Steam Family Sharing.
General Troubleshooting
In this section you can find information on how to troubleshoot issues you encounter in the game.
- Restore Save Game Nightingale backs up your game data automatically. Here's how to restore a backup manually.
- Download Online Characters Download your online characters from the Main Menu to play solo, join a friend or host.
- Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error Seeing “components are required to run this program”? Install the latest Visual C++ Redistributable.
How To Articles
- How to Play with Friends Rent a dedicated server or host a listen server from your PC, then join with Join Code, Steam or IP/LAN.
- Restore Save Game Nightingale backs up your game data automatically. Here's how to restore a backup manually.
- Dedicated Servers Install, run and configure the Nightingale Dedicated Server: passwords, players, ports, logs, saves and status.
- Download Online Characters Download your online characters from the Main Menu to play solo, join a friend or host.
- Enabling Cheat Mode Launch the client with -EnableCheats to use the debug and cheat menus.
- Removing Steam Achievements Clear individual Nightingale achievements from the Steam console.
Troubleshooting Information
In this section you can find how to get information from the game that might help troubleshoot issues: your log files, your game information and a DxDiag file.
- Find your Logs Find the log files that record what the game was doing when something went wrong.
- Get Game Information Press F2 in-game to capture your character, realm and PC details while an issue is happening.
- Create a DxDiag File Check your graphics, sound and driver details with the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
System Requirements
For any performance or crash related issues, please make sure you have the most up-to-date CPU/GPU/BIOS/Windows drivers.
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-Bit (see additional notes) | Windows 10 64-Bit (see additional notes) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4430 | Intel Core i5-8600 |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A580 | GeForce RTX 2060 Super / Radeon RX 5700XT |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Storage | 70 GB available space | 70 GB available space |
| Additional Notes | SSD required. Windows 10 version 1909 (revision 18363.1350 or greater). Version 2004 (revision 19041.789 or greater). Version 20H2 (revision 19042.789 or greater). | SSD required. Windows 10 version 1909 (revision 18363.1350 or greater). Version 2004 (revision 19041.789 or greater). Version 20H2 (revision 19042.789 or greater). |
These match the requirements on Nightingale on Steam, which always has the latest version.