Controls & Key Bindings

Player guide

Find your footing before you set out.

This guide introduces the keyboard and mouse controls planned for Talvaren, from your first steps to combat, conversation and life at sea.

Talvaren keyboard and mouse with three Stitchlings and a Breath of Talvaren. W, A, S, D, the top-row keys 1 through 6, H, Enter and Esc glow gold. The mouse labels LMB, RMB, MMB, scroll and four optional side buttons. — The highlights help you find the keys. Use the guide below to learn each action and customize your controls. Select the image to view it at full size.

Last updated: November 10, 2026.

Fixed keys

Only H, Enter and Esc are fixed. These keys cannot be reassigned.

H: Hello. Say Hello, adding your selected target's name when you have one. For NPC conversation or shopping, greet the NPC from within 2 m.
Enter / Numpad Enter: Chat. Press Enter to type in the selected chat channel. Press Enter again or choose Send to send your message.
Esc: Menu and cancel. Open the menu, release the pointer or cancel the current interaction, depending on context.

Movement & camera

Make these controls your own. The movement and camera buttons below use the default bindings, which you can change in Keybindings.

W / S: Move forward / backward.
A / D: Strafe left / right.
Q / Right Arrow: Turn left / right on foot.
Left Shift / Right Shift: Hold to sprint. Right Shift is an alternate binding.
Space: Jump / swim up.
Left Ctrl: Descend / swim down.
Hold / drag LMB: Orbit the camera without turning your character. Also orbits the view while at the helm.
Hold RMB: Steer your character and view. At a cannon, aim with the right mouse button.
Hold LMB + RMB: Move forward while steering.
Wheel scroll: Zoom the camera.

Mouse labels: LMB is the left mouse button, RMB is the right mouse button, and MMB is pressing the scroll wheel.

Actions & combat

These defaults can be reassigned. Numbered keys use the top number row shown in the illustration.

E: Interact with the world / leave a cannon.
F: Helm interaction / leave the helm.
Tab: Select a combat target.
1: Primary action slot 1, normally Auto Attack.
2 3 4 5: Primary action slots 2–5, used for your class rotation.
6: Primary action slot 6, used for the ranged-action position.
Release LMB: World-click interaction. A click is different from holding and dragging to orbit the camera.
Hold MMB: Block.
Your Dodge binding + direction: Hold a movement direction and use your Dodge binding to evade.

Follow the action shown on your hotbar. Your class, equipment and activity shape the actions on your hotbar.

At the helm: W / S / A / D control forward / reverse / port / starboard. Hold S to slow through a stop into reverse. Use the station hotbar for its contextual actions.

Windows

J: Open / close the Journal.
I: Open / close your Inventory.

Change your bindings

Open Esc → Interface → Keybindings. Make your changes, then choose Apply to save them. Cancel leaves your current controls unchanged.

WASD and the top-row 1–6 keys are remappable defaults.
H, Enter, Numpad Enter and Esc remain reserved.
Keep every action within reach. If you move a binding to another action, give the displaced action a new binding before choosing Apply.
Your keybinding profile is saved on this device.
You can assign actions to the left, right and middle mouse buttons, plus Mouse Back and Mouse Forward.

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