Arcane Lineage Controls

Arcane Lineage uses keyboard and mouse inputs with a compact HUD. The game does not ship a controls menu — it drops you in and expects you to figure out what B does. This page is the list. Read it before you blame the bar for a key you did not know existed.

Controls are the same on PC and mobile unless noted. Mobile equivalents are listed where the touch interface changes the action.

Movement

• WASD — move your character in town and in the field
• Q — dash across a cleared tile; also used for quick actions in combat menus
• Left Ctrl — toggle location icons on the world map; essential for finding trainers and mats in unfamiliar zones

Left Ctrl is the most commonly forgotten toggle. Left Ctrl is how you find the Warrior trainer when the client refuses to print a quest marker.

Arcane Lineage Controls Guide

Combat inputs

• Space — dodge the enemy timing bar; tap in the yellow window for a full dodge, in the red window for a partial dodge
• Guard (hold) — block a portion of incoming damage when you cannot or choose not to dodge; Martial Artist and Warrior passives reduce chip damage from Guard
• Mouse click — select an attack or skill from the combat menu; can also click the on-screen QTE prompt instead of pressing Space but is slower on mobile

Space is bound for a reason. Do not rebind it until the yellow window is muscle memory.

Character and inventory

• B — open character sheet; shows race name, passive, current stats, and alignment indicator
• I — open inventory; shows equipped gear, consumables, and materials
• K — open skills menu; shows learned active skills, passives, and cooldowns

B is how you read your lineage after spawn. If the name in the corner does not match the race you expected, you rolled something else.

Progression systems

• M — enter the Spirit Domain from a meditation mat; press M again to return to the overworld
• Click the glowing orb in the Spirit Domain — spend Essence to level up and receive stat points
• Click the Soul Tree eye in the Spirit Domain — spend Soul Points on permanent health and damage nodes

M only works on a meditation mat. If pressing M does nothing, you are standing on the wrong floor.

Menu and social

• Esc — open the pause menu; contains settings, save, and quit options
• Enter — open chat; also used to confirm dialogue choices
• P — open the party menu; invite nearby players or accept party requests

Field and navigation

• Tab — toggle the world map overlay; shows your current zone, nearby NPCs, and discovered locations
• Left Ctrl — also toggles the location icons layer when the world map is open

The world map does not fast-travel you. It labels where you are. Left Ctrl icons on the field are more useful for finding a specific trainer or mat than Tab is.

Mobile controls

• Virtual joystick — left side of screen for movement
• On-screen buttons — QTE prompts, Guard, skill selection, and menu buttons
• Tap — tap enemy targets to select them for attacks and skills
• Swipe — swipe to navigate inventory and skill menus

Mobile combat works but is slower for precise QTE timing. Space on a keyboard is tighter than tapping an on-screen button.

Settings worth knowing

• Audio — separate sliders for master, music, SFX, and ambient
• Graphics — quality levels that affect distance and particle effects
• Keybinds — rebind movement and combat inputs; do not rebind Space until yellow is consistent

What the HUD does not explain

The HUD shows health bars, enemy health, skill cooldowns, and the timing bar during combat. It does not explain:

• That the yellow window on the timing bar is a dodge, not a block
• That Guard (hold) is always worse than a clean yellow dodge
• That the Spirit Domain is entered from a mat with M, not from a menu
• That Left Ctrl toggles icons you cannot see any other way

Those four facts are the real controls tutorial. The rest is a reference sheet.

Quick reference card

Key	Action
WASD	Move
Space	Dodge timing bar
Hold Space / on-screen Guard	Block damage
Q	Dash / quick action
M	Enter Spirit Domain from mat
B	Character sheet (race, stats)
I	Inventory
K	Skills menu
Left Ctrl	Toggle location icons
Tab	World map overlay
P	Party menu
Esc	Pause menu
Enter	Chat / confirm dialogue