Controls

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Control Cheat Sheet (Desktop)

Controls

These actions can be remapped by pressing Esc and selecting the Key Mapping option. Press Enter at the action you want to bind, and then the key 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. Actions below with no listed key are by default unassigned.

Movement

Action	Default	Laptop Default
↑ Move north	NumPad8 or ↑	NumPad8 or K
↗ Move northeast	NumPad9 or Shift + →	NumPad9 or U
→ Move east	NumPad6 or →	NumPad6 or L
↘ Move southeast	NumPad3 or Shift + ↓	NumPad3 or N
↓ Move south	NumPad2 or ↓	NumPad2 or J
↙ Move southwest	NumPad1 or Shift + ←	NumPad1 or B
← Move west	NumPad4 or ←	NumPad4 or H
↖ Move northwest	NumPad7 or Shift + ↑	NumPad7 or Y

Action	Default	Laptop Default
Move up	- or Shift + <	- or Shift + <
Move down	+ or Shift + >	+ or Shift + >
Move to square	Ctrl + Enter	Ctrl + Enter
Move to zone edge	Shift + Enter	Shift + Enter
Move to point of interest	Backspace	Backspace
Force attack direction	Ctrl + NumPad	Ctrl + NumPad or Ctrl + K/U/L/N/J/B/H/Y
Force attack up	Ctrl + -	< or Ctrl + -
Force attack down	Ctrl + +	> or Ctrl + +

Adventure

Action	Default	Laptop Default	Notes
Use	Space	Space	Dynamic-use interaction button. Talk to creatures, interact with furniture, open doors, or pick up items- the game will take a best guess at what you're wanting to do.
Cancel
Talk	C	C	Converse with a creature occupying the nearby tile specified.
Look	L	;	Take a look at various creatures and objects in your vicinity. Simply looking at engraved or painted objects, shrines, village monuments, or even tattooed villagers can reveal village histories, sultan histories, and historical site locations.
Get	G	G	Open a list of items available for picking up on the tile you are currently occupying.
Interact nearby	Ctrl + Space	Ctrl + Space	Interact with a creature or object occupying the nearby tile specified.
Open	O	O	Opens an openable object (door, chest, bookshelf, etc.) occupying the nearby tile specified.
Use ability	A	A	Opens a list of your abilities, and skills, granted through mutations, cybernetics, or skill point advancement. Lets you select an ability for immediate use, or assign a key to an ability for easy access.
Select target	Ctrl + T	Ctrl + T	Target a specific object or creature. You will still need to force attack to damage targeted non-hostile creatures as well as walls and other occluding objects.
Wait	NumPad5	NumPad5	Wait for one turn.
Wait 20	.	.	Wait for 20 turns.
Wait 100	Ctrl + .	Ctrl + .	Wait for 100 turns.
Wait a number of turns	Shift + W	Shift + W	Wait for a specified number of turns.
Rest until healed	~	~	Rests until health is fully regenerated, or until a hostile creature comes into view.
Rest until morning	Ctrl + ~	Ctrl + ~	Rest until morning if no hostile creatures are nearby.
Walk	W	W	Walk in a specified direction until damage is taken, an impassable object is reached, or a hostile creature comes into view.
Auto-explore	NumPad0	NumPad0	Automatically explore the current zone- will dig through walls to fully explore the zone if digging tools are equipped. Will stop if a hostile creature is spotted, you become hungry, or if you take damage.

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
Open Quests	Q	Q
Open Factions	Shift + F	Shift + F
Open Recent Status Page
Open Tinkering	K	Ctrl + K
Open Journal	J	Ctrl + J
Show Message History	Ctrl + M	Ctrl + M
Open Active Effects

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
Zoom out
Toggle sidebar	/	/ or ?
Cycle sidebar mode	*	* or Shift + 8
Toggle terse messages

System

Action	Default	Laptop Default	Notes
Help	F1	F1 or Shift + ?
Quit	Ctrl + Q	Ctrl + Q
Load game	F9	F9
Save game	F5	F5
System menu	Esc	Esc
Ignored keys

Debug

Action	Default	Laptop Default	Notes
Show reachability			Displays all tiles the player is able to walk to in the current zone. Does not display correctly in the Yd Freehold. Does not take into account tiles accessible via adjacent zones, or tiles accessible only by phasing or digging.
Show FPS			Displays the current FPS as well as the number of objects currently rendered, and the total amount of objects created.
Toggle animation			Toggles actively playing tile animations, will instead play tile animations a frame at a time with every turn you pass. Does not toggle non-tile-exclusive animations, such as flames from campfires and torches, and ambient drifting sands in the salt deserts.
Show brainlog
Wish			Opens the Wish prompt.
Give 250000 XP
Explore zone			Gives the player a full, unobstructed view of any zone entered. Press the assigned key again to toggle this effect.
Noclip down			Descend one stratum, regardless of the availability of a way down.
Noclip up			Ascend one stratum, regardless of the availability of a way up.
Dismember limb			Randomly dismember a limb.
Regenerate limb			Randomly regenerate a lost limb.

See also

• System requirements