Controls
Every default key, mouse action and touch button on desktop, web and mobile, including the keys added for new features.
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This page lists the default controls. Desktop and web share almost the same keys; the few differences are marked. Mobile uses touch buttons instead.
You can change most keys in the options: open them with ' (the apostrophe key), go to INPUT CONTROLS and use KEY MAPPING. DEFAULT KEY MAPPING puts everything back. The same page has camera sensitivity and INVERT CAMERA Y-AXIS.
Mouse and cursor
The game has two mouse modes.
- Look mode: click the game world once. The mouse now turns the camera and the pointer is hidden.
- Cursor mode: press Enter. The pointer comes back so you can click the menu bar, windows and other players. Press Enter again to type in chat, or Esc to go back to playing.
Esc also releases the mouse from look mode. Opening a window (bag, map, journal) frees the pointer by itself and closing it returns you to look mode.
| Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Move (look mode) | Turn the camera |
| Left click | Select a target, attack it, talk to a character, use an object |
| Right click | Use your Nano's power |
| Hold right button and drag | Turn the camera without look mode |
| Wheel | Zoom in and out |
Keyboard: movement and camera
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| W or Up arrow | Forward |
| S or Down arrow | Backward |
| A / D | Sidestep left / right |
| Q or Left arrow | Turn left |
| E or Right arrow | Turn right |
| Space | Jump |
| Home | Autorun on and off |
| = or numpad + | Zoom in |
| - or numpad - | Zoom out |
Camera Up, Down, Left and Right have no default key. You can give them one in KEY MAPPING.
Keyboard: windows and menus
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Nano Com: cursor mode and the menu bar. Enter again: chat |
| I | My Stuff (bag and equipment) |
| J | Journal (missions) |
| M | Map |
| P | |
| H | Help (the game guide) |
| ' | Options |
| F6 | Item Collection |
| Esc | Close the open window, leave cursor mode, or ask to exit |
Chat commands such as /ping are typed in chat. See Chat Commands.
Keyboard: combat, Nanos and items
| Key | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Z | Attack / use target | Same as left click |
| Tab | Web: switch weapon. Desktop: target the nearest enemy | The one key that differs |
| G | Desktop: switch weapon | |
| X | Nano power | Same as right click |
| C | Nano Boost | Uses a Nano Potion on the Nano that is out |
| 1, 2, 3 | Call Nano 1, 2 or 3 | Numpad 1 to 3 also work |
| B | Weapon Boosts on / off | A chat line confirms the change |
| 5 6 7 8 9 0 | Quick slots 1 to 6 | |
| - and = | Quick slots 7 and 8 | Desktop: the main - and = keys. Web: numpad - and numpad = |
| V | Vehicle | Mount or dismount; see below |
Keys added for new features
| Key | Where it works | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| V | Hoverboards and other vehicles | Mount and dismount the vehicle in your vehicle slot |
| V | Cars | Your character opens the door and climbs in or out. Drive with the movement keys: forward speeds up, pulling back brakes |
| V | T-60 Power Armor | Step in through the open back, or step out |
| V | Gold Glider equipped as your vehicle | In the air: opens the wing. On the ground: a gold updraft lifts you and opens it |
| Jump again in mid-air | Gold Glider (Ultra) | Opens the glider when you are falling from a height. W dives, S flares and floats, A and D bank. Jump again folds it |
| Left Shift | Ultra Gold Clockwork Hoverboard | Overwind: a burst of speed from the wound mainspring |
| Jump again in the air | Ultra Gold Clockwork Hoverboard | Second tick: one extra jump per time in the air |
| Hold Jump | Ultra Gold Clockwork Hoverboard | Float |
| L | Fusion Sabers | Opens or retracts the blade of the saber you hold |
| F | Gravy Boat Blaster (The Great Gravy Gobbler) | Switches between turkey legs and gravy. Hold F in gravy mode for the Gravy Tsunami |
| F | Game Boy (desktop) | Switches between playing the Game Boy in first person and running with it |
| Y | Game Boy (desktop) | Takes the Game Boy out or puts it away |
| F10 | SoulSilver (desktop) | Leaves the full-screen game from its title screen or menu and returns to FusionFall |
| R | Pixelmon | Aim and throw at a wild Pixelmon, challenge another player's Pixelmon, or send out and recall your partner |
| [ and ] | Pixelmon | Previous and next party member |
| ~ | Tutorial (desktop) | Offers to skip the tutorial, outside cutscenes |
| Esc | Tutorial (web) | Offers to skip the tutorial |
The Pixelmon keys can be rebound. On desktop they are listed in KEY MAPPING with the other keys; on web they are changed in Pixelmon's own panel.
Peach Creek Showdown
A Showdown match is first person and has its own keys. The Nano, vehicle and Weapon Boosts keys are switched off during a match.
| Key or button | Action |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Aim |
| Left click | Fire or swing |
| Right click | Sword: lunge. Other weapons: zoom while held |
| R | Reload |
| F | Sword guard |
| Space | Jump |
| Tab (hold) | Scoreboard |
| B | Show body on / off (your legs, or only the floating weapon) |
| Space, E or Q | While spectating: next or previous player |
To leave a match, press Esc to free the pointer and click LEAVE MATCH beside Show body, or type /leave. See Peach Creek Showdown.
Ultra first person
Ultra First Person keeps every normal key. Turn it on in ULTRA, PERKS, FIRST PERSON or with /firstperson.
Touch controls (mobile)
The touch buttons appear by themselves on phones and tablets. They work in portrait and landscape.
| Touch control | Action |
|---|---|
| Left joystick | Move |
| Drag on the world | Turn the camera |
| Pinch | Zoom |
| Camera joystick (landscape only) | Turn the camera |
| ATK (hold) | Attack, talk, use target. Dim when there is no target |
| SKILL | Nano power. Shown while a Nano is out |
| JUMP | Jump |
| Nano tiles | Call a Nano |
| MENU | Opens the drawer below |
| In the MENU drawer | Same as key | Action |
|---|---|---|
| BAG | I | Inventory |
| MISSIONS | J | Journal |
| MAP | M | Map |
| SETTINGS | Enter | The game's main menu and options |
| BACK | Esc | Close the open window |
| SWAP | Tab (web) | Switch weapon |
| RIDE | V | Vehicle, car, power armor |
| ITEMS | 5 to 0 | Shows the quick slots; tap one to use it |
| CHAT | Enter, Enter | Shows chat |
| CAM: ON / OFF | Camera follows your movement, or not | |
| BOOST: ON / OFF | B | Weapon Boosts |
| NANO POTION | C | Nano Boost |
| SABER | L | Fusion Saber blade. Shown while a saber is equipped |
| PIXELMON: ON / OFF | Pixelmon on this device |
Buttons that appear only when needed:
| Button | When | Action |
|---|---|---|
| GLIDE / DROP | Ultra, falling from a height | Open or fold the Gold Glider. The joystick steers: up dives, down flares |
| Brass gear | Riding the Ultra Gold Clockwork Hoverboard | Overwind |
| Turkey badge | Holding the Gravy Boat Blaster near the Gobbler | Tap to switch turkey legs and gravy; hold for the Gravy Tsunami |
| SEND / RECALL, PREV, NEXT | Pixelmon is on and you have a partner | The Pixelmon party buttons |
| Arrows and HOLD TO FIRE | In a cannon | Aim, hold to set the power, release to fire |
| SKIP TUTORIAL | During the tutorial | Offers to skip it |
In a Peach Creek Showdown match the normal buttons are replaced:
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Left joystick | Move |
| Drag on the right half | Aim |
| FIRE | Fire or swing |
| JUMP | Jump |
| LUNGE / RELOAD | Sword lunge, or reload for other weapons |
| GUARD | Sword guard (shown with a sword) |
| AUTO | Fires for you while your crosshair rests on an enemy |
| SCORE | Scoreboard |
| LEAVE MATCH (tap, then tap again) | Leave the match |
Where desktop and web differ
| Desktop | Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Target the nearest enemy | Switch weapon |
| Switch weapon | G | Tab |
| Quick slots 7 and 8 | - and = | Numpad - and numpad = |
| Skip tutorial | ~ | Esc |
| Pixelmon keys | Listed in KEY MAPPING | Changed in Pixelmon's own panel |
| Game Boy keys F and Y, F10 in SoulSilver | Yes | Not available |
Tips
- If keys stop moving your character, you are probably typing in chat or in cursor mode. Press Esc.
- B does two jobs: Weapon Boosts in the normal game and Show body inside a Showdown match.
- F does two jobs as well, depending on what you hold: the Gravy Boat Blaster or the Game Boy.
- Your key changes are saved on the device you made them on.
