Keyboard commands
I thought it might be useful to have a master last of all keyboard commands, and how to remember them. When in doubt, think of a verb that describes what you want to do, and then trying typing the first letter of that word. It may seem hard at first, but once you get used to it, it will be in your muscle memory and your fingers will know how to do what ever it is you want to do. I've bolded the very most important ones for a beginner to learn.
You can find all this information out by typing ? in game!
Movement: all movement is relative to the direction you're facing up - move forward down - move backwards - running speed is halved when doing this. left - turn 45° (п/4 rad) left right - turn 45° (п/4 rad) right page up (or num pad 9) - turn 90° (п/2 rad) right page down or end (num pad 1 and 3) - turn 180° (п rad) home (or num pad 7) - turn 90° (п/2 rad) left enter - zoom in or out u - get 'u'p, stand up / - movement menu: run, hide and sneak, stand still, wait, rest until not fatigued, sleep, get up. there are shorecuts for all of these but just use / if you don't remember the shortcuts.
[ctrl] + [direction] (arrow keys or number keys) - move in a direction without turning, for example to take a step to the side or backwards. Running speed is halved while doing this.
Urw movement can take a little while to get used to but once you do get used to it, it will seem really natural. If you would prefer to use a more typical style of movement, where the left key moves you to the left instead of makes you face left, you can set that up in urw_ini.txt, which is in your game folder (click "setup" in the opening screen of the game if you need help finding that). If you enable traditional movement, it will automatically turn you to face a direction when you move in that direction, but there is no way to just glance in a direction like in regular urw movement.
Skills: s - see all skills and select one to use if you don't want to remember these letters: left-alt a - 'a'griculture skill left-alt b - 'b'uilding skill left-alt c - 'c'ooking skill left-alt e - h'e'rblore skill left-alt f - 'f'ishing skill left-alt h - 'h'ideworking skill left-alt i or F4 - r'i'tual skill left-alt l - c'l'imbing skill left-alt m - ti'm'bercraft skill left-alt p - 'p'hysician skill left-alt r - t'r'ap skill left-alt s - 's'wimming skill left-alt t - 't'racking skill left-alt v - sur'v'ival skill (collect branches, make fire, shelter, hole in ice) left-alt w - 'w'eatherlore skill left-alt y - carpentry skill
Inventory related commands: , - pick up
- - pick from adjacent tile
a - 'a'pply a tool (such as a shovel or a loop snare), or container (fill, empty, pour) b - 'b'utcher a carcass d - 'd'rop something shift C - 'C'hat with an NPC (or 'C'ommand an animal/companion) shift D - 'D'iscard something shift E - 'E'at i - 'i'nventory -- look at what you are carrying m - 'm'ove items around with you shift M - 'm'ake items p - 'p'ush items to an adjacent square q - 'q'uaff (drink) something r - 'r'epeat the last thing you did shift T - 'T'ake off something w - 'w'ield a weapon shift W - 'W'ear clothes Esc - close inventory, cancel what you're doing.
Inventory specific commands: + select all items - unselect all items . filter inventory
typing the letter name next to an item, clicking it with the mouse, or using the arrow keys to scroll to it and hitting "enter" selects it. hitting space carries out the action (dropping all selected items, wearing all selected items, etc.)
Looking around: x - e'x'amine an adjacent square
- - examine the space you're standing on
/ or F3 - examine a target you can select with a mouse or arrow keys F6 - map of known areas
Fighting and Running away: h - 'h'ide shift R - 'R'un t - 't'hrow something (an arrow, a rock) X - e'x'change the items in your left and right hand 0 - kick 1 - use weapon in 1st hand 2 - use weapon in 2nd hand 3 - repeat the last attack you made 9 - punch F7 - view your wounds (and treat them) b - 'b'utcher a carcass
Waiting: . - wait one turn - or _ wait until you hit esc to cancel left alt - or left alt _ wait until you are not fatigued anymore shift Z - sleep
Information: shift A - 'A'rmour coverage statistics shift L - 'L'og - view important events that have happened to your character and where they happened. v - access the message log where you can see all the game messages that you've ever received and leave notes for your character shift [P] - character profile ? - list of game commands F1 - unreal world encyclopedia F5 - quest information
Doors: c - 'c'lose a door o - 'o'pen a door
Save and Quit: shift Q - 'Q'uit (and optionally save)
Miscellaneous: 7 - run zoom map maintenance & - enable debug logs
