Skull and Bones — PS5 & PS5 Pro performance
Technical analysis last updated
Skull and Bones on PS5 presents a huge disparity between visual modes. Performance mode targets 60fps at a low native 720p upscaled to 1440p via FSR 2, which suffers from heavy pixelation, motion blur artifacts, and poor post-processing quality. Quality mode operates at a native 4K at 30fps with limited RTXGI ambient occlusion on ships, providing vastly superior image clarity at the cost of noticeable input latency during navigation.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 5
Skull and Bones on PS5 offers a choice between native 4K at 30fps in Quality mode and native 720p at 60fps in Performance mode. Quality mode delivers vastly superior image presentation and limited RTXGI, but control latency is heavy. Performance mode provides smoother frame rates but image quality suffers greatly due to FSR 2 upscaling artifacts and quarter-resolution effects.
Quality Mode
PS5UnverifiedNative 4K image quality with cleaner image stability, reduced reflection noise, and limited RTXGI ray tracing affecting ship ambient occlusion.
PS5 vs PS5 Pro
Side-by-side comparison of graphics modes, resolution and technical features.
A side-by-side comparison requires verified graphics-mode data on both PS5 and PS5 Pro. It appears here as soon as both versions are analysed.
Known issues
Visual corruption in the St Anne hub where a mirror-like water shader was incorrectly applied to land surfaces, creating extreme specular glare and unwanted lens flares.
The prompt to disembark during the tutorial section fails to appear, blocking progress until the game is restarted.
In-game text and voice chat features completely fail to operate.
Video analysis
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- UnverifiedDigital Foundry evaluates Skull and Bones across platforms, revealing a stark trade-off on PS5 between a responsive 60fps Performance mode with dire 720p internal resolution and bad FSR 2 artifacts, vDigital Foundry2024-02-24
Digital Foundry evaluates Skull and Bones across platforms, revealing a stark trade-off on PS5 between a responsive 60fps Performance mode with dire 720p internal resolution and bad FSR 2 artifacts, versus a crisp native 4K Quality mode at 30fps marred by heavy control latency.
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Frequently asked
Answers built from the verified data on this page.
What frame rate does Skull and Bones run at on PS5?
On PS5, Skull and Bones offers 1 graphics mode: Quality Mode targets 30 FPS at 4K.
What is the PSFoundry Score of Skull and Bones?
Skull and Bones scores 70/100 on PS5. The PSFoundry Score measures technical performance only — frame rate, image quality, graphics modes, visual features, responsiveness, loading and stability — not how good the game is.
Patch history
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The players' verdict
Recent player impressions of how the game runs on PS5 and PS5 Pro.
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