Warning

Last update: Do not use emulators anymore unless you don't have any better options

Go to here instead for PC Edition!

Due to version 3.3.1 and forward miHoYo can't upload x86 libs to Google Play anymore, this resulting heavy CPU hungry and may crash at anytime on all Android emulators as game libraries have to go through ARM translation. Attempting to disable "Enable native bridge" in Apps compability will result instant app crash as there is no x86 libs anymore. Performance issue and solution

Android Emulator

If you want to play Houkai 3rd at maxed settings 60 fps then playing on emulator should be a better choice than playing on mobile devices.

System Requirements

CPU: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with 2 CPU cores or more (4 cores recommended)

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7730 / Nvidia Geforce GT 740 or higher (Not support for Intel GPU as they are too buggy)

RAM: 4GB

Memory: having at least 4GB free space (both emulator + game)

Hardware virtualization: AMD-V or Intel VT-x must be enabled in BIOS settings

Android Emulator

The game now require at least Android 5.0 so emus lower than that can't install the game. We highly recommend Mumu 2.x as they have best performance. If you can't use Mumu then you can use BlueStacks instead.

We don't recommend TGB, LDPlayer, Nox Player and Memuplay as those have very bad performance and may cause rendering issues, not suitable for playing HI3.

MuMu 1.16.3 (Android 4.4): Official link or Google Drive

MuMu 2.x (Android 6.0): test or offline installers (3rd party website, use at own risk)

BlueStacks 4 (Android 7.1): Official website

Tested PC configuration result

Intel Pentium G630

4GB RAM

AMD Radeon HD 7730 2GB / AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB

Tested game version: 2.0

Result: Capable of 720p60 max settings for HD 7730 2GB, 1440p60 for RX 550 2GB, may sometimes lag when in large areas and horde fights due to single-thread CPU hungry.

Tested configuration 2 (Desktop)

Intel i5-3470 3.3GHz with water cooling block

8GB RAM

AMD RX 550 2GB / NVIDIA GTX 1050ti 4GB / NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB

Tested game version: 3.1

Result: Capable of 1080p60 for RX 550 2GB, 4K60 for GTX 1050ti and GTX 1060, may sometimes lag when in horde fights due to single-thread CPU hungry.

Tested configuration 3 (Gaming laptop)

Intel i7-8750H with 3.7-3.9GHz clock

8GB RAM

NVIDIA GTX 1050ti 4GB

Tested game version: 3.1

Result: Capable of 4K60 for GTX 1050ti, may sometimes lag when in horde fights due to single-thread CPU hungry.

Please use newer Mumu instead, this old version will not get any support as miHoYo is transitioning to newer Android version. This guide still applicable for Mumu 2.x

Add this address to your hosts file to block forced update, the file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

127.0.0.1 mumu.nie.netease.com

Change Android language to English

Open the Setting app

Find the Language & Input button

Press Language button at the top

Then change Language to English

Keyboard pre-configured profile for Mumu

This profile is optimized for combat with 16:9 ratio, widely used in many fighting games.

There are 2 versions 1.16.3 and 2.x

Download profile here:Google Drive

After downloaded the profile, rename the downloaded file to one of these names depending on the server you are playing.

Server Filename CN JP com.miHoYo.bh3rdJP TW com.miHoYo.bh3tw KR com.miHoYo.bh3korea SEA com.miHoYo.bh3oversea Global com.miHoYo.bh3global

Finally put it to [Your installed location]\Nemu\EmulatorShell\keymap_config\ for 1.16.3 or [Your installed location]\emulator

emu\EmulatorShell\keymapII_config for 2.x and start the game.

Key configs

WASD: moving character

J: Normal attack

K: Evade / Block

L: Ulti / Trigger button

I: Weapon skill

U: Stage skill

1: Switch top character / activate team skill

2: Switch bottom character / Activate team QTE

Tab: Activate ELF ulti

`: Pause

Controller support

Mumu and BlueStacks does have native controller mapping support but not connecting controller to Android system.

If Android emus doesn't detect controller, you can use Steam to trick the emu to detect controllers.