Controls

This page was last verified for Vintage Story version 1.18.7.

Vintage Story primarily uses mouse and keyboard input for controls. All controls listed here are defaults. These can be changed via the in-game settings.

Toggleable options

By default, both of these options are on.

Option	Effect
Toggle Sprint	On: Sprinting is toggled using the Run key - tap once to enable, and tap again to disable sprinting. Off: The Run key must be held down to run.
Mouse modifiers locked to Sneak/Sprint	On: Mouse actions are modified by the Sneak or Run keys you have bound. Off: Mouse actions modifiers can be separately bound. These default to Shift (for "sneak-click" actions) and Ctrl (for "sprint-click" actions).

List of controls

Movement controls

Key	Action
W	Move forwards
S	Move backwards
A	Move left
D	Move right
Shift	Sneak
Ctrl	Run
Space	Jump
G	Sit down

The "sneak" control is also used to activate certain items in the off-hand slot, such as shields .

Mouse click modifiers

Only visible if "Mouse modifiers locked to Sneak/Sprint" is set to off.

Key	Action
Shift	Shift-click. Changing this sets a different modifier key that must be held for any Sneak + Mouse button interaction, typically referred to as "sneak-click".
Ctrl	Ctrl-click. Changing this sets a different modifier key that must be held for any Run + Mouse button interaction, typically referred to as "sprint-click" or "run-click".

Actions

Key	Action
E	Open backpack and crafting inventory
C	Open character inventory
Q	Drop one item from the active hotbar slot
Ctrl + Q	Drop all items from the active hotbar slot
F	Select tool/clayforming mode. Allows players to switch between different tool modes, such as the prospecting pick modes, or switch between different clayforming modes.

In-game help and overlays

Key	Action
Ctrl + V	Show/hide coordinates and compass
Ctrl + B	Show/hide block and entity info overlay
Ctrl + N	Show/hide interaction info overlay

User interface

Key	Action
Esc	Pause game and Settings
F4	Show/hide HUD
F5	Camera toggle. Switches between first-person, third-person and overhead camera
-	Zoom out. Only applies in third-person camera mode
+	Zoom in. Only applies in third-person camera mode
Left Alt	Lock/unlock mouse cursor
T	Chat: begin typing
.	Chat: begin typing a client command. See List of client commands
/	Chat: begin typing a server command. See List of server commands
Tab	Chat: show/hide chat dialog
Ctrl + M	Open macro editor
F11	Toggle fullscreen mode
F12	Take screenshot. By default, screenshots are saved in C:\Users\user\Pictures\Vintagestory as a .png file
Ctrl + F12	Take mega screenshot

Hotkeys

Key	Action
X	Swap left/right hand contents. Swaps items between the equipped hotbar slot and the off-hand slot.
0-9	Select hotbar slot
Ctrl + 1-4	Select backpack slot 1-4

Creative mode

These only apply when playing in creative mode.

Key	Action
F1	-1 fly/move speed
F2	+1 fly/move speed
Shift + F1	-0.1 fly/move speed
Shift + F2	+0.1 fly/move speed
F3	Cycle fly mode. These are no flying, flying, and flying with no collision (noclip).
Space + Space	Fly mode on/off (double tap)
F4	Show/hide meta blocks

Debug and macros

Key	Action
Alt + F3	FPS graph
Ctrl + F3	Debug screen and FPS graph
Ctrl + F1	Reload world
Alt + F1	Reload shaders
Alt + F2	Reload textures
Alt + F8	Compact large object heap
Alt + F9	Recompose all dialogs
Alt + F10	Cycle dialog outline modes
Ctrl + F10	Toggle tick profiler

Unlisted controls

These controls cannot be rebound, and are not listed in the Controls menu in Settings.

Key	Action
Left mouse button	Primary interaction key
Right mouse button	Secondary interaction key

The primary interaction key allows players to:

• Break blocks
• Use equipped tools
• Attack with equipped weapons
• Draw back ranged weapons (when held)
• Select objects in menu screens, such as the inventory, character inventory, and creative inventory

The secondary interaction key allows players to:

• Place blocks
• Open storage containers
• Open firepit menus
• Eat equipped items (when held)
• Place items in a fruit press
• Remove items from a forge
• Pick up objects on the ground, such as sticks, loose stones, and placed wearable containers

When modified by the Sneak key (or the Shift-click modifier), the secondary interaction key allows players to:

• Place loose stones, flint and obsidian for knapping
• Place clay on the ground for clay forming
• Place items in a forge
• Place wearable containers on the ground
• Extract honeycomb on a placed bowl

When modified by the Run key (or the Ctrl-click modifier) and the Sneak key (or the Shift-click modifier), the secondary interaction key allows players to lean applicable items against a two-block high wall.

See also

• Creative mode
• Macro