Key Bindings

Key Bindings

The following are the basic keys enabled in Terasology for you to interact with the world. There are additional keys with Debug Features enabled

• [W,A,S,D] - Movement
• [E] - Activate/Use (Chest, TNT, Door, etc)
• [Q] - Throw held (block) item (hold down to charge for a longer throw!)
• [Space] - Jump
• [Double Space] - God mode (fly / no-clip)
• [Shift] - Hold to run
• [Left click] - Activate left click action (default = place block)
• [Right click] - Activate right click action (default = remove block)
• [Mouse wheel up/down] - Cycle through toolbar slots
• [1..0] - Change the active toolbar slot
• [I] - Toggle inventory screen
• [F] - Toggle viewing distance (near, moderate, far, ultra)
• [Tab] - Toggle developer console
• [Escape] - Show/hide the game menu screen
• [F3] - Toggle debug mode and information
• [F4] - Different debug metrics
• [F5] - Show block picker GUI element
• [F9] - Toggle SSAO
• [F12] - Take a screenshot

Key Combinations

• [Q + Right click] Start Crafting mode
  • for more crafting controls, see Crafting System

Debug Features

These keys are only active if the player first uses F3 to enter debug mode

• [Arrow up/down] - Adjust the current time in small steps
• [Arrow left/right] - Adjust game time in greater steps
• [P] - Activate first-person player camera
• [O] - Activate animated spawning point camera
• [H] - Hide user interface
• [R] - Wireframe mode
• [K] - Kills the player

Inventory

For short cuts in the inventory, see Inventory.

Other keyboard layouts

There are two commands available in the commandline to change the keybindings. The supported keyboard layouts are AZERTY and NEO 2 layout.

• Use /AZERTY to set the bindings fitting the azerty layout:
  • Z : forward
  • S : back
  • Q : left
• Use /NEO to set the bindings to fit the neo 2 layout:
  • V,I,U,A : moving
  • L : use item
  • G : inventory