Verified for: The Tempered Update · Tested 2026-10-23 · ab7ac3d26ac3

Asciilands guide

Controls

Updated Tested

The current client defines these keys on the action bar, the build dock, and the game menu. Settings offers Preset Classic and Preset Third Person, and any binding can be changed. The itch.io page still says Tab opens the pack. This page follows the client.

Checked against field-guide.js and the play page at script ab7ac3d26ac3 on 2026-10-23. The itch.io page still says: WASD move, Shift run, mouse to look, click to act, Esc menu, Tab pack. Where that list and the client disagree, use the client. Tab is the disagreement: the action bar uses I for Inventory.

Action bar

KeyLabel
BBuild
GBorders
IInventory
KMarket
TTown
MTravel
OSettings

K is labeled Market on that bar. The game menu calls the same section Trade. This wiki has no market page. M is labeled Travel on the bar and Map in the menu.

Build dock

The dock under the build label reads:

InputAction
ClickPlace
RRotate
XSalvage
EscFinish

The build script also accepts the mouse wheel to rotate, and right-drag to look. X switches the mode to salvage. The visible word is salvage, not demolish.

Move and use

Client Help, under Controls, says these defaults:

InputAction
W A S DMove
SpaceJump
ShiftSprint
ClickLook around, and gather
AltFree the cursor
FUse a nearby station, door, or chest, or gather fiber
Left clickGather from trees, rocks, and fiber plants. Hold to keep gathering
EscOpen or close the menu

Help says movement bindings can be changed under Settings, then Controls.

Game menu

KeySection
CCrafting
JJournal
PMagic
LCompanion
NSocial
HHelp
KTrade

Storage is in that menu without a default key in the list we read. Admin is omitted here. Magic, the journal, and companions are named so the keys are findable. This wiki does not explain them yet.

Settings

Controls has two buttons: Preset Classic and Preset Third Person. Under them: “Click a binding, then press a key. Escape cancels.”

Getting Started uses these keys for the field guide. Building uses the dock. Gathering uses click and F.