What are the Skull and Bones system requirements? After years of development trouble, it looks like we’ll be playing Skull and Bones very soon, and Ubisoft has already revealed what hardware you need to run it.
Following on from the official Skull and Bones release date announcement at The Game Awards, we now know that we’ll be sailing the high seas on Tuesday, February 13. However, will you need one of the best graphics cards to run the game? Thankfully, Skull and Bones looks like it’ll run on fairly low hardware, but these specs could change as we get closer to launch.
To meet Skull and Bones minimum requirements, you’ll want to acquire – by whatever means necessary – an AMD RX 570 or Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU. In addition, you’ll need a rig with at least 8GB RAM installed and a CPU on par with an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i7 4790. It’s important to note that a system of that standard will net you just 30fps at 1080p on a low preset.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit Windows 11 |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Intel Core i7 4790 |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i7 8700K |
| RAM | 8GB | 16GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 570 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 |
| Storage | 65GB SSD | 65GB SSD |
To meet the Skull and Bones recommended specs, you’ll need to deck out your PC with some slightly newer hardware. In terms of GPU, Ubisoft specifies that an AMD RX 5700 XT or Nvidia RTX 2070 will suffice for 60 fps at 1080p on a high preset. That’s as long as you’re also set up with 16GB RAM and an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i7 8700K CPU.
You’ll need plenty of space below deck to fill up with swag, so make sure you’ve got 65GB of storage on an SSD to meet Skull and Bones download size requirements. It’s not quite as high as some other recent releases but still represents a hefty chunk of solid-state storage space, so check out our guide to the best SSD if you need to upgrade.
Skull and Bones finally appears to be reading for launch, and we’re excited to see how it compares to the popular pirate sim Sea of Thieves. If you can’t wait till launch day, check out our guide to the best pirate games to scratch that swashbuckling itch for 2023.
Want to make sure your rig can bring you that horizon? Take the Skull and Bones system requirements test over on PCGameBenchmark to answer the question… Can I run Skull and Bones?