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

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

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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