Movement: Arrow keys or WASD to move
Move: drag anywhere on the LEFT half — the stick follows your thumb
Cast: tap a spell slot to arm it · drag the RIGHT half to aim — release to cast · pull back to the start to cancel
Wait: . (period) to skip a turn
Wait: tap your own tile
Potion: Q to drink a health potion
Potion: tap the ! button
Regions: Walk onto a map edge to cross into a connected region. Deeper regions carry higher Danger — tougher foes, better loot.
Interact: E to talk to an adjacent wanderer (☺) or open an adjacent chest (▣). NPCs and chests block your path — walking into them does nothing; only E acts.
Interact: tap the E button to talk to an adjacent wanderer (☺) or open an adjacent chest (▣)
Marks: M to leave a sign or cairn at your tile (persistent across reloads)
Marks: ⋯ menu → Marks — leave a sign or cairn at your tile (persistent across reloads)
Help: ? or H to toggle this manual · Esc to close
Class: C to choose or preview a class — Warrior, Mage, or Cleric (a new adventurer is prompted to pick one)
Class: ⋯ menu → Class — Warrior, Mage, or Cleric
Skills: K to open your skill tree and spend skill points as you level up
Skills: ⋯ menu → Skills — spend skill points as you level up
Beacons: In the dark regions, stand by a beacon (Ψ) and press F to feed it. When enough wanderers feed it, it lights — pushing back the Dark for everyone.
Beacons: In the dark regions, stand by a beacon (Ψ) and use ⋯ menu → Beacon to feed it. When enough wanderers feed it, it lights — pushing back the Dark for everyone.
Fullscreen: ⋯ menu → ⛶ Fullscreen (on iPhone: Share → Add to Home Screen, then launch from the icon)
Combat: Walk into an enemy to strike it. Enemies only aggro when they have line of sight (LOS) to you. A dangerous foe flashes and marks the tiles it's about to strike — you have a beat to move.
Dash: Space blinks you a few tiles along your heading with a brief moment of invulnerability (i-frames) — dodge a telegraphed blow, then punish. Short cooldown.
Dash: tap » to blink a few tiles along your heading with a brief moment of invulnerability (i-frames) — dodge a telegraphed blow, then punish. Short cooldown.
Block: Hold Shift to raise your shield — it soaks a telegraphed blow while your guard is up, draining stamina. Release to lower it.
Block: hold ⬡ to raise your shield — it soaks a telegraphed blow while your guard is up, draining stamina. Release to lower it.
Abilities: aim with the mouse, then press 1–3 to cast your class abilities once you've chosen a class.
Abilities: tap a slot to arm an ability — drag the right half to aim, release to cast.
Items: Pick up health potions and swords. Open your inventory to equip or drink what you carry.
Tiles: # = wall · . = floor · @ = you · & = other wanderers · g/o/T/a/s = enemies
Multiplayer: Co-op only — when you cross paths with another wanderer in a region, you'll see them. There's no chat — wanderers meet in silence. Watch your HP!
Arrow keys: select · E/Enter: equip · Esc/i: close
tap an item to select · tap it again to equip or drink
Esc / m: close
Esc / c: close
Esc / k: close
Esc / E / click: close