What is ‘Lost Ark keeps crashing’ issue in Windows 10?
In this post, we are going to discuss on “How to Fix Lost Ark keeps crashing issue in Windows 10”. You will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Lost Ark’ game: Lost Ark is massively multilayer online action role-playing game (MMOARPG) designed & developed by Tripod Studios and Smilegate’s game development subsidiary Smilegate RPG. This game is available for Microsoft Windows OS based devices. This game has been fully released in Korean region on December 4, 2019. It’s open beta test (OBT) in Russian region and it has started its closed beta test (CBT) registration in Japanese region in June 25, 2020.
However, several users reported they faced ‘Lost Ark keeps crashing’ issue on their Windows 10 computer while trying to launch and play ‘Lost Ark’ game. This issue indicates you are unable to launch and play ‘Lost Ark’ game in your Windows computer for some reasons. There could be several reasons behind the issue include corruption or missing game files relating to ‘Lost Ark’ game, interference of other third-party applications or background processes/programs and other reasons.
Another possible reason behind the issue can be corrupted or outdated graphics card driver. Updating graphics card driver to latest driver version can fix graphics and gaming relating issues, and improve performances as well. So, graphics card driver update is necessary in this case. This issue can be occurred due to interference of your third-party antivirus/firewall program installed in your computer. You can disable your antivirus/firewall temporarily in computer in order to fix the issue. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Lost Ark keeps crashing in Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix ‘Lost Ark keeps crashing’ with ‘PC Repair Tool’
‘PC Repair Tool’ is easy & quick way to find & fix BSOD errors, DLL errors, EXE errors, problems with programs/applications, malware or viruses issues, system files or registry issues, and other system issues with just few clicks. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 2: Verify and repair Lost Ark game files
You can repair missing or corrupted game files relating to Lost Ark game in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Steam Client’ in Windows 10 PC and go to ‘Library’, right-click on ‘Lost Ark’ and select ‘Properties’
Step 2: In ‘Properties’ window, click ‘Local Files’ tab, and click ‘Verify integrity of game files’ button. Wait to finish scanning and repairing process and once done, restart Lost Ark game and check if it works.
Method 3: Kill unnecessary background programs/processes
Some programs/processes that can cause interference while gaming and block the game from functioning computer, so you can disable or close these processes in order to fix the issue.
- Anti-virus tool
- Anti-spyware software
- VPN software
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) clients
- Video/Voice chat applications
- Stream applications
- IP filtering/blocking programs
Step 1: Press ‘CTRL + SHIFT + ESE’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Task Manager’
Step 2: Under ‘Processes’ tab, find and right-click on unnecessarily running program, and select ‘End Task’ option to close the program/process. Repeat the same step to close all other unnecessarily running process. Once done, restart the Lost Ark game and check if it works
Method 4: Update graphics card driver
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and expand ‘Display Adapters’ category
Step 2: Right-click on your graphics card and select ‘Update Driver’. Follow on-screen instructions to update driver and once done, restart your computer to see the changes
Download or reinstall graphics card driver update in Windows 10 [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers including graphics card driver using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 5: Update Windows 10 OS
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Update & Security > Windows Update’ and click on ‘Check for updates’ button
Step 2: Download and install all available updates in computer and once updated, restart your computer to see the changes.
Method 6: Disable your third-party antivirus/firewall temporarily
You can disable your third-party antivirus/firewall program in your computer temporarily in order to fix the issue. If disabling antivirus didn’t work for you, then you can uninstall your antivirus completely in order to fix the issue.
Method 7: Disable Lost Ark Overlay
Step 1: Open ‘Steam Client’ in Windows 10 and go to ‘Settings > In-game’
Step 2: Deselect ‘Enable the steam overlay while in-game’ option and hit ‘Ok’ button to save the changes
Step 3: If you are not facing random crashes for other steam games, you can disable Steam overlay only for Lost Ark game. To do so, go to ‘Library’ in Steam Client, find and right-click on Lost Ark game, and select ‘Properties’
Step 4: Under ‘General’ tab, untick ‘Enable the steam overlay while in-game’ option, save the changes and restart the game and check if it issue is resolved.
Method 8: Perform clean boot
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘msconfig’ in ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘System Configuration’
Step 2: Click ‘Services’ tab, select ‘Hide all Microsoft Services’ checkbox and hit ‘Disable All’ button
Step 3: Now, click ‘Startup’ tab, and click ‘Open Task Manager’, In ‘Task Manager’, right-click on each item one-by-one and select ‘Disable’ option and then hit ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’ button on System Configuration window. Restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 9: Try a different server
This issue can also be occurred due to some issue with Lost Ark game server you trying to play with. You can try different game server and creating a new character in Lost Ark game, and check if it works for you.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Lost Ark keeps crashing in Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
