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
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NumPad9 or U
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→ Move east
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NumPad6
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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
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NumPad7 or Y
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Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Move up
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- 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
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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
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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Use
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Space
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Space
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Dynamic interaction button
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Cancel
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Talk
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C
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C
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Look
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L
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;
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Get
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G
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G
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Interact nearby
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Ctrl + Space
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Ctrl + Space
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Open
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O
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O
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Use ability
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A
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A
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Select target
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Ctrl + T
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Ctrl + T
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Wait
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NumPad5
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NumPad5
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Wait 20
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.
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.
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Wait 100
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Ctrl + .
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Ctrl + .
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Wait a number of turns
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Shift + W
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Shift + W
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Rest until healed
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~
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~
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Rest until morning
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Ctrl + ~
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Ctrl + ~
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Walk
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W
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W
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Auto-explore
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NumPad0
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NumPad0
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Status
Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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Open Inventory
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I or Tab
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I or Tab
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Open Equiptment
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E
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E
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Open Skills & Powers
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P
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P
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Open Character Sheet
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X
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X
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Open Quests
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Q
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Q
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Open Factions
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Shift + F
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Shift + F
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Open Recent Status Page
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Open Tinkering
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K
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Ctrl + K
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Open Journal
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J
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Ctrl + J
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Show Message History
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Ctrl + M
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Ctrl + M
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Open Active Effects
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Combat
Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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Fire missile weapon
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F
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F
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Reload missile weapon
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R
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R
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Throw thrown weapon
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T
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T
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Mele attack nearest enemy
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Shift + A
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Shift + A
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Auto-attack in mele
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Ctrl + A
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Ctrl + A
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Force attack
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\
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\
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Display
Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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Zoom in
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Zoom out
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Toggle sidebar
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/
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/ or ?
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Cycle sidebar mode
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*
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* or Shift + 8
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Toggle terse messages
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System
Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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Help
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F1
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F1 or Shift + ?
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Quit
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Ctrl + Q
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Ctrl + Q
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Load game
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F9
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F9
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Save game
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F5
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F5
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System menu
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Esc
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Esc
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Ignored keys
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Debug
Action
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Default
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Laptop Default
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Notes
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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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See also