Windrose Keybinds: Keyboard, Mouse and Gamepad Reference

A pirate ambush leaves you washed up on a forgotten island with little more than a knife and the will to plunder. The next thing standing between you and a real captaincy is muscle memory. Knowing exactly where every action lives on your input device speeds up combat, building and ship handling considerably. This reference lays out every default Windrose binding for both keyboard plus mouse and the Xbox-style gamepad layout.

Since the Early Access launch, keyboard and mouse bindings are fully customizable from the in-game settings. Gamepad bindings, on the other hand, are still locked to defaults. Windrose Crew has confirmed that broader controller remapping is on the roadmap for a future patch.

Whether you are running solo on a fresh save or coordinating with a crew on a Windrose dedicated server, the lists below cover everything you will use day to day.

Keyboard and Mouse Bindings

On Foot

• Move forward / back / left / right: W / S / A / D
• Sprint: Shift
• Jump: Space
• Dash: Ctrl
• Walk: Caps Lock
• Interact: E
• Target lock: T
• Change target: Left Bracket [ or Right Bracket ]
• Light attack: Left mouse button
• Heavy attack: Middle mouse button
• Block: Right mouse button
• Aim: Alt
• Fire: Left mouse button
• Reload: R
• Remove weapon: Hold R
• Special attack: F
• Use items 1 through 8: number keys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Shovel, next mode: X
• Shovel, previous mode: Z

Building

• Toggle build mode: B
• Open catalog: Right mouse button
• Place block: Left mouse button
• Quick build: Hold left mouse button
• Rotate piece: Scroll wheel forward or backward
• Building options: Q
• Toggle destroy mode: Middle mouse button
• Destroy block: Left mouse button
• Camera mode: V
• Snapping mode: P
• Shift block: Z
• Rotation step: L

Menus and Story Mode

• Game menu: Escape
• Inventory: Tab or I
• Map: M
• Discovery: G
• Adventure: J
• Recall ship: K
• Previous tab: Q (or A as secondary)
• Next tab: E (or D as secondary)
• Confirm operation: Space
• Decrease value: Z
• Increase value: X
• Story, first page: Q
• Story, previous page: A
• Story, play or pause: Space
• Story, next page: D
• Story, last page: E
• Story, close: Escape

At the Helm

• Speed up: W
• Slow down or reverse: S
• Turn left: A
• Turn right: D
• Camera mode: F
• Toggle shanty: B
• Next shanty: N
• Begin boarding: Space
• Leave helm: E
• Interact from ship: Space
• Aim cannons: Right mouse button
• Fire cannons: Left mouse button
• Select cannonballs: 1
• Select chain shots: 2

Gamepad Bindings (Xbox Layout)

PlayStation users can mentally map these to the equivalent face button. The layout below mirrors the Xbox cluster used by the in-game prompts.

On Foot

• Basic movement: Left analog stick
• Look around: Right analog stick
• Sprint: Press left analog stick or hold B
• Jump: A
• Dash: B
• Interact: X
• Secondary interaction: Hold X
• Target lock: Press right analog stick
• Light attack: Right Bumper
• Heavy attack: Right Trigger
• Block: Left Bumper
• Aim: Left Trigger
• Reload: Y
• Switch action slots: Hold Y
• Special attack: Left Bumper + Right Bumper
• Game menu: Menu button
• Remove weapon: Hold Menu button
• Use item 1: Left D-pad
• Use item 2: Up D-pad
• Use item 3: Down D-pad
• Use item 4: Right D-pad
• Inventory: View button
• Open map: Hold View button

Building

• Toggle build mode: B
• Open catalog: Y
• Place block: Right Trigger
• Quick build: Hold Right Trigger
• Rotate: Right Bumper or Left Bumper
• Building options: Menu button
• Toggle destroy mode: Left Trigger
• Destroy block: Right Trigger
• Camera mode: Press right analog stick
• Move up: Up D-pad
• Move down: Down D-pad

At the Helm

• Speed up: A
• Slow down or reverse: B
• Camera mode: Press right analog stick
• Toggle shanty: Hold Y
• Next shanty: Press left analog stick
• Begin boarding: Y
• Disembark captain: X
• Interact from ship: Y
• Aim cannons: Left Trigger
• Fire cannons: Right Trigger
• Select cannonballs: Left Bumper
• Select chain shots: Right Bumper
• Use item 1: Left D-pad
• Use item 2: Up D-pad
• Use item 3: Down D-pad
• Use item 4: Right D-pad

Tip: if you plan to spend most of your time at sea, rebinding shanty toggle to a comfortable thumb position pays off. Nothing kills morale faster than fumbling for the wrong key while a rival ship closes in.