Controls
| Action | Default Key | Steam/Xbox Controllers |
| Move around | WASD | Left Stick |
| Look around | Move mouse | Right Stick |
| Fire | LMB | Right Trigger |
| Block | RMB | Left Trigger |
| Jump | Space | B Button |
| Run | Left shift | Left Bumper |
| Barrel roll | RMB + Space / WASD | Left Trigger + B Button |
| Interact (use, pickup etc) | E | A Button |
| Use Hotbar Slot Item | 1-8 | Dpad Up (Dpad Left or right to switch) |
| Open inventory | I / Tab | Y Button |
| Move in Inventory Area | Left/Right Bumper | |
| Split Stack | Left Trigger + A Button | |
| Move/Drop Stack | Right Trigger + A Button | |
| Repair Tools | Right Stick down in Crafting Area | |
| Toggle minimap | M | Menu/Select Button |
| Zoom map | . / , | In mini map Left/Right Trigger |
| Move map | Left Stick | |
| Select map marker | Dpad Up/Down | |
| Place map markers | A Button | |
| Remove map markers | B Button | |
| Toggle map markers | Dpad Right on marker you want to toggle | |
| Zoom camera in | Mouse scroll up | |
| Zoom camera out | Mouse scroll down | |
| Toggle chat box | Enter | |
| Submit | Enter | |
| Cancel | Escape | |
| Screenshot | F12 | |
| Hide interface | Ctrl + F3 | |
| Auto Walk | Q | |
| Sit | X | X Button |
| Sneak | Left crtl | Left Stick Click |
| Secondary Attack | Middle Mouse Button | Right Bumper |
| Boss Power | F | Dpad Down |
| Settings/Exit Menu | Esc | Start/Menu Button |
| Toggle Hide/Show Weapon/Shield | R | Right Stick Click |
| Toggle Building Snap Placement | Shift | Left Bumper |
How to make a weapon?
- Press [E] to pick up branches and stones that are on the ground.
- Press [I] to open inventory and crafting screen.
- Crafting a Club from wood or a Stone axe from wood and stone.
How to craft?
The player will need a Hammer. Place a workbench and create a Repair Shack to be able to craft more items. Press [E] when prompted when looking at the workbench to access. You can also craft in your inventory by pressing [E].
How to sleep?
Build a campfire, then create a simple shack. The campfire should be outside or have proper ventilation. Then place a bed inside.
How to unlock recipes?
- For more details, check: Items List
New recipes will be unlocked once the player has discovered all the necessary types of ingredient to craft them. (That is, you may not have enough of one or more of the ingredients to use the recipe immediately on unlocking it.)
How to build?
- For more details, check: Building
The player can build using a hammer within the working area of a workbench.
What to eat?
- For more details, check: Food
The player can eat harvested or prepared foods to increase maximum health and stamina, and provide healing over time. The best source of healing in the early game is honey.
How to hunt deer?
Sneak until you get close and strike as fast as you can with the most damage. Alternatively the player can use a spear or a crude bow with wooden arrows.
How to tame boars?
- For more details, check: Taming Boar
Build a pit or enclosure and lure/trap two boars inside; feed them until they become tame.
How to go back home?
- For more details, check: Portal
The player can claim a bed to set their new spawn point.
What to do after dying?
- For more details, check: Death
When you die, the player's possessions will stay in your grave. The player can return to their grave and retrieve their lost items. Move your cursor to the grave and press [E] to open the storage. Once the storage is completely empty, the player will receive the Corpse Run buff, which makes them very difficult to kill for a short period, allowing them to re-equip themselves.
How to stop freezing on the mountain?
You need to build a shelter with a heat source. The campfire is the only early alternative here. Frankly, you shouldn't be on the mountain in the early game unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
Later, players can craft Frost resistance mead or wear armor that grants resistance to Frost to remove the debuff.
Helpful Tips
- DO NOT leave the meadows until you collect proper resources. Look at the top right of the minimap to determine what biome you are in. You will begin in the Meadows; Black Forest is challenging for an early stage player; Swamp, Mountain, and Plains are suicidal. Stay out of Burial Chambers until you have developed some skill in melee. Stay out of Troll Caves until you are confident you can take on a troll at close range.
- Keep an eye on the progress of the sun and don't get caught out at night. The spawn rate of enemies increases considerably, and more powerful variants of common enemies appear. If you can't make it home, try to find an out of the way place to spend the night, such as a small island just off the coast.
- Remember that being wet is a debuff and rain is your enemy. Fog and mist, too, though they won't wet you. The things hunting you probably have better sight than you do.
- Collect and kill everything you can. If you gather a surplus of materials, store them for later use in wooden boxes -- these are weatherproof. Nearly everything has a use -- even Greydwarf Eyes are used to make portals later in the game. In particular, save any biologicals such as raspberries, blueberries, yellow mushrooms, and especially thistle -- they grow back in time, but you can't cultivate them and you'll need lots later on. Flint is a good resource to hoard as well; the flinthead arrow is the best in the early game and sovereign against trolls.
- If you survive a troll attack, see if the troll did you any good without intending to. Occasionally, trolls will break down hardwood trees giving access to Fine Wood, or even smash up formations of copper ore, both of which require bronze tools to harvest otherwise. Fine Wood can also be harvested early by cutting down softwood trees to fall on the hardwood trees (birch and oak), and then rolling the trunks against boulders on the ground until they break up.
What to do next?
Check out the Progression guide for more information.
