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Adventurer's Guide

Basic controls

Basics

 

Xbox

 

1: Left trigger
2: Left bumper
3: Left stick
4: Press down on the left stick
5: D-Pad
6: Press down on the right stick
7: Right stick
8: A button
9: X button
10: B button
11: Y button
12: Right bumper
13: Right trigger
14: Menu button
15: View button

 

 

Playstation

 



1: L2
2: L1
3: Directional Pad (D-Pad)
4: Left Stick (LS)
5: Press Left Stick (L3)
6: Press Right Stick (R3)
7: Right Stick (RS)
8: X button
9: button
10: ○ button
11: △ button
12: R1
13: R2
14: OPTION
15: Touch Pad

 

 

Character Creation
Xbox PlayStation  
A X Select
B Close/Cancel
LB, RB L1, R1 Change selection
RS Camera Control
LS Move selected area
Y + LS △ + LS Rotate highlighted area
A + LS X + LS Transform highlighted area
X + LS □ + LS Change the scale

 

 

Combat (Default)
Xbox PlayStation  
LS Move Character
RS Camera Movement 
LT L2 Sprint
LB L1 Block/Combat Action 2 
RB R1 Main Attack 
RT R2 Secondary Attack
R3 Stow Weapon
B Kick (Combat Action 1) 
X Grapple
Y Interact
A X Jump

 

 

Non-combat (Default)
Xbox PlayStation  
LS Move Character
(Hold) LT  (Hold) L2 Interact with other players
LT L2 Sprint 
LB L1 Crouch, sit
L3 Auto Run
RS Camera Control 
R3 Draw Weapon 
(Hold Down) RS Adjust Camera Position 
A X Jump 
Y Interact with NPC’s

 

 

Camera Controls
Xbox PlayStation  
(Hold Down) RS Adjust Camera Position
D-Pad Move Camera Up, Down, Left or Right
RS Zoom in and out
Observe Mode
LS Move Camera
RS Rotate Camera Viewpoint
LT + LS L2 + LS Quick Camera Move
A + LS X + LS Move Camera Faster (Camera Sprint X: Change Camera Speed 
X Lock/Unlock Camera Movement
RB + RS R1 + RS Decrease Camera Moving Speed
RT + RS R2 + RS Increase Camera Moving Speed
B Close

 

Observe Mode

To access observe mode, you will need to either lean against a wall (by backing your character up to a wall) or to sit down (by standing on the edge of something and pressing LB). By pressing and holding the ‘Y’ button, you will activate the free camera,

 

Disable UI

In order to disable the UI, you will first need to add the option to your ring menu, and then select it from there. This will allow you to take screenshots without the UI being over the top of it.

 

 

Social Actions

Social Actions (such as emotes) are able to be equipped in your ring menu for faster quicker access. For more information about the ring menu, check the Ring Menu section.

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