WASD / ArrowsMove. Ash faces the way he walks.ShiftSprint (uses stamina)Left click / JAttack. Hold for a combo. Ash turns to the closest foe in front of him. Next to someone or something you can use, with no foe close, it talks or opens instead.Right click / KFire breath. Uses your fire meter. It finds the foe in front of you too.SpaceDodge roll. Nothing hits you mid-roll.CJump, once Ash learns how. With wings, hold jump in the air to fly.QDragon Roar, once the meter is fullRDrink a healing draught
Everything else
ETalk, open, rest at a shrine. It never swings.X / ZNext or previous weapon1 to 6Pick a weaponGCall your companionUSkillsM / TabWorld map and fast travelIJournalTSwitch which quest you followLThe log: everything people said, and every tipNSound on or offEsc / PPause
In menus the arrow keys move, Enter picks and Esc goes back. Like aiming with the mouse? Turn on Aim with the mouse in Settings.
Move and fight
Arrow keysMove. Ash faces the way he walks.Right ShiftSprint (uses stamina)Left click / EnterAttack. Hold for a combo. Next to someone or something you can use, with no foe close, it talks or opens instead.Right click / 'Fire breath. Uses your fire meter.Right CtrlDodge roll. Space works too./Jump, once Ash learns how. With wings, hold jump in the air to fly.;Dragon Roar, once the meter is full.Drink a healing draught
Everything else
\Talk, open, rest at a shrine. It never swings.] / [Next or previous weapon,Call your companionUSkillsMWorld map and fast travelIJournalTSwitch which quest you followLThe log: everything people said, and every tipNSound on or offP / EscPause
Got a number pad? 0 rolls, 1 jumps, 2 breathes fire, 3 drinks and its Enter talks. The right-hand keys (WASD and the rest) still work too.
Two thumbs
Drag on the left side to move (the right side if Settings has Handed: Left). Push the stick all the way to sprint.
SLASH attacks. Hold it for a combo. Next to someone or something you can use, with no foe close, it glows and says TALK, OPEN, READ, ENTER or TAKE. Tap it to do that.
JUMP shows up once Ash learns to jump. With wings it says FLY in the air.
FIRE breathes fire. ROLL dodges. ROAR works when its ring is full.
DRINK heals. You can also tap the green flasks at the top.
WEAPON switches weapons once you have two or more.
CALL calls your companion.
The screen
Tap the minimap for the world map. Tap the quest list for the journal.
Missed what someone said? Tap Log above the talking box. The pause menu has it too.
The pause button is at the top right.
Left-handed? Handed: Left in Settings puts the buttons under your left thumb.
One-hand mode in Settings puts every button under one thumb, and Ash swings by himself.
Tips have a little X to close them. Settings can turn tips off.
Settings can make the buttons bigger or smaller.
Playing in Edge on an Xbox? Hold the Menu button and pick Use game controls, so the stick moves Ash and not a mouse pointer. Settings has a fullscreen button for the TV.
New in this version
One button. Attack also talks, opens doors and chests and picks things up when no foe is close. On touch, SLASH says what it will do.
Left-handed play. Settings has Handed: Left: mirrored touch buttons, a left-handed keyboard and southpaw controllers.
Tips you can close. Every tip has an X, and Settings can turn them off.
More weapons. Twin daggers, a spear, a forge hammer, a boomerang and a bow. Each one fights in its own way.
Ember's Trials. Three old dungeons built long ago by Ember, one of Ash's ancestors. Each one wakes a gift in your blood.
Jump. Win it in the Trial of the Leap in Whisperwood. Hop over gaps, fences and pits.
Water stride. The Trial of the Tide on Lake Mirrow. Walk right across the water.
Wings. The Trial of the Sky in the Drakeling Crags. Jump, then hold jump in the air to fly. Press jump again to land.
Skills. Every level gives you a skill point. Spend it on Blade, Flame, Wings or Heart. The Powers page shows every power you have found and how to use it.
Companions. Friends can join you. They follow you, fight with you and chat. People in town notice what you do.
Controllers. PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo controllers work everywhere, even in menus. Settings can go fullscreen for a TV.
Surviving the wild
Follow the gold marker on the minimap and compass to your quest.
Rest at dragon shrines to heal, refill draughts and save. You can fast travel between shrines you have found.
Swings, rolls and sprinting cost stamina. Back off and let it refill.
Red shapes on the ground show where an attack will land.
Hold fire breath on lanterns and Ward stones to light them. Fire also melts snowmen, smokes out bees, and lights fireplaces.
A gold ! means someone has a quest for you. A blue ? means they're waiting for something you have.
Walk up to any door or cave and use it to go inside. Smash pots for coins.
Night is darker and wolves hunt. Chests hold experience for leveling up.
Bog water slows you down. Snow slows you a little too.
Slash a fire bolt to send it back. Knights block from the front.
Click or Space ▸
Choose a Blessing
The fire in your blood grows stronger. Pick one.
World Map
YouQuestShrine you foundShrine not foundEnemy campWard burningWard dark
Tap a blue shrine to fast travel there.
Paused
You fell
The End
The First Flame Falls
The world is still yours to explore.
Your Account
Cloud saves are not reachable from here. Your progress still saves on this device. To use accounts, play at the public game page.
Signed in as . Your story saves to the cloud automatically whenever it saves here.
Arena leaderboard · Normal
Your Journeys
Three save slots. Each journey keeps its own progress, and they all sync to the cloud when you're signed in.
Settings
DifficultyEasy: gentler foes, more healing. Normal: a real fight. Hard: fast, fierce foes.Locked during an Arena run, so the leaderboard stays fair. Change it on the title screen.
MusicMuted. Move the slider to turn it back on.
SoundsMuted. Move the slider to turn it back on.
Damage numbers
ChatterSpeech bubbles from people around town. Story talk always shows.
Touch controlsFor phones and tablets. One hand puts every button under one thumb, on the side set by Handed.
Button size
Auto-attackAsh swings at enemies in reach by himself. On by default in one-hand mode.