Controls

All keyboard and controller bindings are organized into the same categories you’ll find in the mod settings menu under Keybindings. To customize them, open the settings (Ctrl+M on keyboard, LT+Start on Xbox, or L2+Options on PS5) and drill into the action you want to change.

You can press F1 (or LT+Back on Xbox / L2+Create on PS5) at any time to see context-sensitive help showing all controls available on the current screen.

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Navigate Up	Up Arrow	D-pad Up or Left Stick Up	Move focus up
Navigate Down	Down Arrow	D-pad Down or Left Stick Down	Move focus down
Navigate Left	Left Arrow	D-pad Left or Left Stick Left	Move focus left
Navigate Right	Right Arrow	D-pad Right or Left Stick Right	Move focus right
Select	Enter	A / X	Click UI elements and confirm some popups
Cancel	Backspace	B / Circle	Cancel some popups or go back
Accept	E	Y / Triangle	End turn, confirm selected cards, confirm some popups
Pause / Back	Escape	Start / Options	Pause menu (in-game), save slots (main menu)
Peek	Space	Left Stick Click	Visually see some obscured screens through others (not useful with a screen reader)

Buffers

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Buffer Next Item	Ctrl+Up	Right Stick Up	Move forward through current buffer
Buffer Previous Item	Ctrl+Down	Right Stick Down	Move backward through current buffer
Next Buffer	Ctrl+Right	Right Stick Right	Switch to the next available buffer
Previous Buffer	Ctrl+Left	Right Stick Left	Switch to the previous available buffer

Run Information

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Announce Gold	Ctrl+G	RT+A / R2+X	Announce current gold
Announce HP	Ctrl+H	LT+A / L2+X	Announce current HP
Announce Boss	Ctrl+N	RT+B / R2+Circle	Announce current act boss
Announce Relic Counters	Ctrl+R	RT+Back / R2+Create	Announce relic counter values
Top Panel	T	X / Square	Jump to top panel (relics/potions); on the timeline, jump to the first available epoch
View Deck / Tab Left	D	LB / L1	View deck; on screens with tabs, switch to the previous tab; decrease ascension level
View Exhaust / Tab Right	F	RB / R1	View exhaust pile; on screens with tabs, switch to the next tab; increase ascension level
View Map	M	Back / Create	Open the map screen

Combat

General

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Announce Block	Ctrl+B	LT+B / L2+Circle	Announce current block
Announce Energy	Ctrl+Y	LT+X / L2+Square	Announce current energy
Announce Powers	Ctrl+P	LT+Y / L2+Triangle	Announce active powers
Announce Intents	Ctrl+I	RT+Y / R2+Triangle	Announce enemy intents
Announce Summarized Intents	Alt+I	RT+X / R2+Square	Announce summarized enemy intents
View Draw Pile	A	LT+LB / L2+L1	View draw pile
View Discard Pile	S	RT+RB / R2+R1	View discard pile
Release Card	Down Arrow	—	Drop a held card (the current beta removed this action from the game; use Cancel to put a card back there)

Pile Readouts

Quickly speak the card count and contents of a pile without opening its screen. Keyboard only — the controller is out of usable buttons; use the pile view screens there instead. Read Deck works anywhere in a run (shops, the map, rest sites); the other four answer “not in combat” outside a fight. Draw pile and deck contents are read alphabetically so the readout doesn’t reveal the hidden draw order.

Action	Keyboard	Function
Read Draw Pile	Alt+A	Speak the number of cards in your draw pile and their names
Read Discard Pile	Alt+S	Speak the number of cards in your discard pile and their names
Read Deck	Alt+D	Speak the number of cards in your deck and their names
Read Exhaust Pile	Alt+F	Speak the number of exhausted cards and their names
Read Hand	Alt+H	Speak the number of cards in your hand and their names

Creature Status (1–12)

Announce the status of a combatant by position. Each slot has its own binding so you can rebind individually.

Slot	Keyboard
1–9	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
10	0
11	- (minus)
12	= (equals)

Combatant Intent (1–12)

Announce the intent of a combatant by position. Each slot has its own binding.

Slot	Keyboard
1–9	Shift+1 … Shift+9
10	Shift+0
11	Shift+-
12	Shift+=

Combatant Powers (1–12)

Announce the powers of a combatant by position, in the same format Announce Powers (Ctrl+P) uses for your own character. Slot numbers match Creature Status and Combatant Intent, so index N is the same combatant across all three.

Slot	Keyboard
1–9	Alt+1 … Alt+9
10	Alt+0
11	Alt+-
12	Alt+=

Map

Route Summary

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Route Summary	Ctrl+Space	LT+Right Stick Down / L2+Right Stick Down	Summarize all routes from the focused map node onward

Starting from the node the map reviewer is focused on (and counting that node itself), this checks every possible route to the end of the act and announces, for each room type, the fewest and the most rooms of that type any single route can contain — for example “Elite 1 to 3, Shop 0 to 2, Rest Site 2, Monster 5 to 8”. Types are announced in this order: Elite, Shop, Rest Site, Unknown, Monster, Treasure, Ancient. The boss is not announced since every route ends there, and a range like “Shop 0 to 2” means some routes skip shops entirely while others pass up to two.

Points of Interest

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Previous Point of Interest	, (comma)	LT+Right Stick Left / L2+Right Stick Left	Jump to previous point of interest
Next Point of Interest	. (period)	LT+Right Stick Right / L2+Right Stick Right	Jump to next point of interest
Toggle Point of Interest Mode	\ (backslash)	LT+Right Stick Up / L2+Right Stick Up	Toggle between reachable and all points of interest

Markers

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Toggle Current Marker	/ (slash)	—	Mark or unmark the current map node
Clear All Markers	Ctrl+Shift+/	—	Remove all map markers

Mod

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Help	F1	LT+Back / L2+Create	Show context-sensitive help for the current screen
Mod Settings	Ctrl+M	LT+Start / L2+Options	Open mod settings menu
Reset Bindings	Ctrl+Shift+R	—	Reset all mod keybindings to defaults
Force English	Ctrl+Alt+E	—	Switch the game (and mod) language to English — a rescue hotkey for when the game is stuck in a language you don’t read
Jump to First Element	Home	—	Jump to the first focusable element on the current screen
Jump to Last Element	End	—	Jump to the last focusable element on the current screen
Dev Console	` (backtick)	—	Open the developer console
Report Issue	F2	—	Open an issue-reporting prompt

Always-On Hotkeys

These bindings are not part of the keybinding tree and cannot be rebound — they’re special hotkeys that work even when accessibility is turned off so you can flip the mod on without sighted help.

Action	Keyboard	Controller	Function
Toggle Accessibility	Ctrl+Shift+A	—	Turn the mod on or off (requires a game restart to take effect)

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