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Fix Wuthering Waves Crashing or Showing a Black Screen on PC

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Answer

If Wuthering Waves opens but then crashes or stays black, record whether audio continues and when it happens. Check current notices, confirm the PC meets the requirements and has enough free storage, then verify the game files through Steam or Epic Games Launcher. Install Windows and graphics-driver updates and test without one optional overlay. Keep the exact result for Kuro Games Support.

Guide steps8 steps
  1. Describe the visible symptom
  2. Check Wuthering Waves notices
  3. Check the PC and free storage
  4. Restart Windows and the launcher
  5. Verify the game files
  6. Install Windows and graphics updates
  7. Test without one optional overlay
  8. Send Kuro Games a focused report
  9. If it still does not work

Describe the visible symptom

Note whether the window is black with audio, black without audio, or closes to the desktop. Record whether it happens before the login screen, after selecting a character, or while loading a world.

Check Wuthering Waves notices

Open the official Wuthering Waves site and review current news or maintenance notices. Wait if Kuro Games reports a matching service or update problem.

Check the PC and free storage

Compare the PC with the current requirements. Steam lists 64-bit Windows 10, 16 GB of memory, DirectX 12 hardware, and 150 GB of available storage as the minimum. An SSD is recommended.

Restart Windows and the launcher

Close the game and launcher completely, restart Windows, reopen the same launcher, and test once. If the black screen has audio, press Alt+Enter once to compare windowed and full-screen display.

Verify the game files

For Steam, open Library > Wuthering Waves > Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity of game files. For Epic Games Launcher, open Library, choose Manage beside the game, and select Verify.

Install Windows and graphics updates

Install pending Windows updates and the current driver from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, or the PC maker. Restart after the installation. Avoid unofficial driver packs and individual DLL downloads.

Test without one optional overlay

Close one overlay, recorder, filter, or hardware-monitoring tool and retest the same scene. Keep antivirus enabled and change only one optional program at a time.

Send Kuro Games a focused report

If the crash or black screen remains, contact Kuro Games using the support address on the official site. Include the point of failure, whether audio continued, Windows version, graphics card and driver, launcher, and checks already completed.

If it does not work

  • If Windows itself restarts or shows a blue screen, stop treating it as only a Wuthering Waves problem and diagnose the Windows or hardware error.
  • If the game works after one overlay is closed, update that program or leave its overlay disabled for Wuthering Waves, then restore unrelated apps.
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