Basic Gameplay
Caves of Qud is a Roguelike, which means that characters are represented by characters on a grid. It is turn-based, so the player is free to think over every move.
External Guides
Control Cheat Sheet (Desktop)
Controls
These actions can be remapped by pressing Escape > Key Mapping > press enter at the action you want to bind, and then the button you want to bind it to. When the game refers to one of the D0-9 keys, it is referring to the numbers that are above the letters. They are not the same as Numpad0-9.
Movement
| Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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| ↑ Move north
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NumPad8
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NumPad8 or K
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| ↗ Move northeast
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NumPad9
|
NumPad9 or U
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| → Move east
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NumPad6
|
NumPad6 or L
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| ↘ Move southeast
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NumPad3
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NumPad3 or N
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| ↓ Move south
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NumPad2
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NumPad2 or J
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| ↙ Move southwest
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NumPad1
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NumPad1 or B
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| ← Move west
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NumPad4
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NumPad4 or H
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| ↖ Move northwest
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NumPad7
|
NumPad7 or Y
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| Action
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Default
|
Laptop Default
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| Move up
|
- or Shift + <
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- or Shift + <
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| Move down
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+ or Shift + >
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+ or Shift + >
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| Move to square
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Ctrl + Enter
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Ctrl + Enter
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| Move to zone edge
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Shift + Enter
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Shift + Enter
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| Move to point of interest
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Backspace
|
Backspace
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| Force attack direction
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Ctrl + NumPad
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Ctrl + NumPad or Ctrl + K/U/L/N/J/B/H/Y
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| Force attack up
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Ctrl + -
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< or Ctrl + -
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| Force attack down
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Ctrl + +
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> or Ctrl + +
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Adventure
| Action
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Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Use
|
Space
|
Space
|
Dynamic interaction button
|
| Cancel
|
|
|
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| Talk
|
C
|
C
|
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| Look
|
L
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;
|
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| Get
|
G
|
G
|
|
| Interact nearby
|
Ctrl + Space
|
Ctrl + Space
|
|
| Open
|
O
|
O
|
|
| Use ability
|
A
|
A
|
|
| Select target
|
Ctrl + T
|
Ctrl + T
|
|
| Wait
|
NumPad5
|
NumPad5
|
|
| Wait 20
|
.
|
.
|
|
| Wait 100
|
Ctrl + .
|
Ctrl + .
|
|
| Wait a number of turns
|
Shift + W
|
Shift + W
|
|
| Rest until healed
|
~
|
~
|
|
| Rest until morning
|
Ctrl + ~
|
Ctrl + ~
|
|
| Walk
|
W
|
W
|
|
| Auto-explore
|
NumPad0
|
NumPad0
|
|
Status
| Action
|
Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Open Inventory
|
I or Tab
|
I or Tab
|
|
| Open Equiptment
|
E
|
E
|
|
| Open Skills & Powers
|
P
|
P
|
|
| Open Character Sheet
|
X
|
X
|
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| Open Quests
|
Q
|
Q
|
|
| Open Factions
|
Shift + F
|
Shift + F
|
|
| Open Recent Status Page
|
|
|
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| Open Tinkering
|
K
|
Ctrl + K
|
|
| Open Journal
|
J
|
Ctrl + J
|
|
| Show Message History
|
Ctrl + M
|
Ctrl + M
|
|
| Open Active Effects
|
|
|
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Combat
| Action
|
Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Fire missile weapon
|
F
|
F
|
|
| Reload missile weapon
|
R
|
R
|
|
| Throw thrown weapon
|
T
|
T
|
|
| Mele attack nearest enemy
|
Shift + A
|
Shift + A
|
|
| Auto-attack in mele
|
Ctrl + A
|
Ctrl + A
|
|
| Force attack
|
\
|
\
|
|
Display
| Action
|
Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Zoom in
|
|
|
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| Zoom out
|
|
|
|
| Toggle sidebar
|
/
|
/ or ?
|
|
| Cycle sidebar mode
|
*
|
* or Shift + 8
|
|
| Toggle terse messages
|
|
|
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System
| Action
|
Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Help
|
F1
|
F1 or Shift + ?
|
|
| Quit
|
Ctrl + Q
|
Ctrl + Q
|
|
| Load game
|
F9
|
F9
|
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| Save game
|
F5
|
F5
|
|
| System menu
|
Esc
|
Esc
|
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| Ignored keys
|
|
|
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Debug
| Action
|
Default
|
Laptop Default
|
Notes
|
| Show reachability
|
|
|
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| Show FPS
|
|
|
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| Toggle animation
|
|
|
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| Show brainlog
|
|
|
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| Wish
|
|
|
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| Give 250000 XP
|
|
|
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| Explore zone
|
|
|
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| Noclip down
|
|
|
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| Noclip up
|
|
|
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| Dismember limb
|
|
|
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| Regenerate limb
|
|
|
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PS4 Controller Setup
Currently, Caves of Qud has no built-in controller setup. However, the controller can be remapped to certain keypresses to simulate it. A detailed post about this is found here.
See also
