Underkeep Controls: Movement, Items and Active Skills

Use Options > Controls as the source of truth for your current bindings. The launch-period player guide reports useful defaults, but saved settings and input devices can differ.

Common default actions

This is a compact reference to the current player guide, not a verified controller button map.

Configure for your party

1. Open the Controls settings.
2. Locate the action you actually need rather than trying unrelated keys.
3. Check whether a custom binding replaced the reported default.
4. Consider assigning comfortable per-hero Attack and Use Skill keys.
5. Confirm the binding with a safe action before entering a difficult encounter.

The guide reports that panels, quick save/load, rest and round skipping can also be rebound. Use the game’s menu to inspect conflicts instead of assuming two actions can share a key safely.

Movement versus turning

In a grid crawler, changing facing and moving sideways are different commands. Test them in a safe space so an intended sidestep does not turn the party toward a threat.

When an input seems broken

Check whether combat movement is locked, a skill is on cooldown or a requirement is missing before diagnosing the keyboard or controller. A command can be received correctly while the game state prevents its action.