Arknights Endfield Best HUD Layouts for Combat-Focused and Casual Players

For Arknights: Endfield, combat-focused players want a clean, low-clutter HUD that highlights skills, HP, and enemy info, while casual players benefit from more on-screen guidance and UI hints. You can’t fully drag HUD elements yet, but you can tune camera, effects, and interface behavior to mimic two “layouts.”​

Combat-Focused HUD Layout

Aim for maximum visibility and minimal distractions.

• Camera and visibility
  • Turn Activate Far Camera: On so you see more enemies and AoE zones around you.
  • Set Screen Shake to Low to keep telegraphs readable.​
  • Disable motion blur and heavy post-processing so skills don’t smear your view.​​
• UI emphasis
  • Keep skill icons, HP bars, and lock‑on indicator visible and learn their positions so you can read them with quick glances.​​
  • Avoid shrinking resolution or render scale to the point where text/icons blur; use at least 90–100% render scale on PC and mid-range phones.
• Information density
  • Rely on minimal UI: no need to hide the HUD, but avoid any OS or overlay clutter (Discord, FPS counters) that sits near the center of the screen.
  • Use audio cues and boss VO alongside HP bars so you don’t need extra floating text warnings.

Think “FPS‑style layout”: clean screen, readable ability bar, far camera, low shake.

Casual / Story-Focused HUD Layout

Here you want clarity and guidance, even if the screen is a bit busier.

• Camera and comfort
  • Use Far Camera: On or default distance, whichever feels less overwhelming.​
  • Leave Screen Shake at Medium if you like impact, but lower it if you ever feel dizzy.​
• Visual fidelity vs clarity
  • Keep Medium graphics with good textures and simple effects so cutscenes and environments look nice while staying readable.
• UI emphasis
  • Always keep subtitles and quest/objective tracking visible so you can follow story without checking menus repeatedly.​
  • Don’t hide the HUD; Reddit users note there isn’t a robust “hide UI” toggle for dialogue yet, so let the default layout help you navigate conversations.​

This layout favors comfort and narrative over maximum awareness, which is fine if you’re not pushing hardest content.

Shared HUD Tips for Both Playstyles

• Keep the HUD sharp
  • Prioritize native resolution and higher render scale over fancy effects; sharp text/icons matter more than extra reflections.
• Use audio to support the HUD
  • Set voice and SFX slightly louder than music so you catch cues without staring at the HUD all the time.​
• Avoid clutter from outside the game
  • On PC, position overlays (chat, monitoring tools) at the screen edges, away from your HP, skills, and lock‑on markers, to keep combat information clear.​

Until Endfield adds full HUD editors, these settings give you two practical “layouts”: one tuned for high-clarity combat, and one tuned for comfortable, story-first play, both built on the same core UI.