The wait is finally over, as the long-anticipated MMO-ARPG has arrived on our PCs with great success already. So if you want to jump into the brand new free-to-play multiplayer game that is already breaking records, you'll need to make sure your PC is up to the task...

Lost Ark launched last week to millions of anxiously awaiting players. Thankfully, the developers revealed the official PC specs for minimum, recommended (1080p), as well as both 1440p and 4K resolutions, and luckily for us the system requirements don't look very demanding at all.

With that in mind, let's take a look at the official Lost Ark PC system requirements...

Lost Ark Minimum system requirements

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 [Intel Core i3-6320 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200]*
• RAM: 8GB
• GPU RAM: 1GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6850
• DX: 9
• Storage: 50GB+

Lost Ark Recommended system requirements - 1080p

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 [Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400]*
• RAM: 16GB
• GPU RAM: 2GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 560
• DX: 11
• Storage: 50GB+

Lost Ark Recommended system requirements - 1440p

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 [Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400]*
• RAM: 16GB
• GPU RAM: 8GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
• DX: 11
• Storage: 50GB+

Lost Ark Recommended system requirements - 4K

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 [Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400]*
• RAM: 16GB
• GPU RAM: 8GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800
• DX: 11
• Storage: 50GB+

*Some specs only listed a certain series of hardware, so we have picked out the closest matching components based on the hardware specs provided. - Let us know if you think there are any closer matching specs!

In order to run Lost Ark at the recommended graphics settings on your PC at 1080p resolution you will need at least a GTX 1050 or RX 560 graphics card paired with either a Core i5-6600 or Ryzen 5 1400 processor to meet the recommended specs. You will also need 16GB of RAM.

To run Lost Ark on Low settings your PC will need a GTX 460 or Radeon HD 6850 GPU at the minimum, with a Core i3-6320 or Ryzen 3 1200 CPU paired alongside it. System memory for the minimum specs is 8GB.

As ever, remember you can always check out how well your PC can run the Lost Ark System Requirements here, where you can check benchmarks and performance from other users. Compare your graphics card to the Lost Ark GPU benchmark chart and we also have a Lost Ark Frames Per Second system performance chart for you to check.