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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 | Default | Laptop Default |
---|---|---|
↑ Move north | NumPad8
|
NumPad8 or K
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↗ Move northeast | NumPad9
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NumPad9 or U
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→ Move east | NumPad6
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NumPad6 or L
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↘ Move southeast | NumPad3
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NumPad3 or N
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↓ Move south | NumPad2
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NumPad2 or J
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↙ Move southwest | NumPad1
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NumPad1 or B
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← Move west | NumPad4
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NumPad4 or H
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↖ Move northwest | NumPad7
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NumPad7 or Y
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Action | Default | Laptop Default |
---|---|---|
Move up | - or Shift + <
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- or Shift + <
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Move down | + or Shift + >
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+ or Shift + >
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Move to square | Ctrl + Enter
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Ctrl + Enter
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Move to zone edge | Shift + Enter
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Shift + Enter
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Move to point of interest | Backspace
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Backspace
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Force attack direction | 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 | Ctrl + -
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< or Ctrl + -
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Force attack down | Ctrl + +
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> or Ctrl + +
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Adventure
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Use | Space
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Space
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Dynamic interaction button |
Cancel | |||
Talk | C
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C
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Look | L
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;
|
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Get | G
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G
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Interact nearby | Ctrl + Space
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Ctrl + Space
|
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Open | O
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O
|
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Use ability | A
|
A
|
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Select target | Ctrl + T
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Ctrl + T
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Wait | NumPad5
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NumPad5
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Wait 20 | .
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.
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Wait 100 | Ctrl + .
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Ctrl + .
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Wait a number of turns | Shift + W
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Shift + W
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Rest until healed | ~
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~
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Rest until morning | Ctrl + ~
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Ctrl + ~
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Walk | W
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W
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Auto-explore | NumPad0
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NumPad0
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Status
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Open Inventory | I or Tab
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I or Tab
|
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Open Equiptment | E
|
E
|
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Open Skills & Powers | P
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P
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Open Character Sheet | X
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X
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Open Quests | Q
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Q
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Open Factions | Shift + F
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Shift + F
|
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Open Recent Status Page | |||
Open Tinkering | K
|
Ctrl + K
|
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Open Journal | J
|
Ctrl + J
|
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Show Message History | Ctrl + M
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Ctrl + M
|
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Open Active Effects |
Combat
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Fire missile weapon | F
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F
|
|
Reload missile weapon | R
|
R
|
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Throw thrown weapon | T
|
T
|
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Mele attack nearest enemy | Shift + A
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Shift + A
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Auto-attack in mele | Ctrl + A
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Ctrl + A
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Force attack | \
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\
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Display
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Zoom in | |||
Zoom out | |||
Toggle sidebar | /
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/ or ?
|
|
Cycle sidebar mode | *
|
* or Shift + 8
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Toggle terse messages |
System
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Help | F1
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F1 or Shift + ?
|
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Quit | Ctrl + Q
|
Ctrl + Q
|
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Load game | F9
|
F9
|
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Save game | F5
|
F5
|
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System menu | Esc
|
Esc
|
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Ignored keys |
Debug
Action | Default | Laptop Default | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Show reachability | |||
Show FPS | |||
Toggle animation | |||
Show brainlog | |||
Wish | |||
Give 250000 XP | |||
Explore zone | |||
Noclip down | |||
Noclip up | |||
Dismember limb | |||
Regenerate limb |
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.