Dungeon team for early accounts — 2026 edition

Spent most of the weekend on this and I am still not sure I understand it. I tested it across a couple of sessions and the difference was smaller than the forums made it sound.

The thing that keeps tripping me up is that everyone assumes you already know the basics, and the wiki is out of date. Let me know if more detail would help.

Agreed on most of this, except verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Not the answer you want, but verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Slightly different take — the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Agreed on most of this, except nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

In my testing, nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Others may have a cleaner method.

I went through this last month. the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Slightly different take — check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

From experience, the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Agreed on most of this, except the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Worth checking first: do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

Let us know which part worked.

Had the exact same issue. that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Adding to the above: temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Slightly different take — verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Had the exact same issue. ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Quick correction to the above: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Agreed on most of this, except the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.