How to play guide for Caves of Qud

This page will serve as a basic how to play guide for . While there is very little information available at this time, we urge you to check back often, as new information is being added all the time! Feel free to edit this guide with any tips, tricks, and suggestions.

Before looking at these guides, make sure Ten Things You Should Do When You Start to Play is read by either pressing '?' or reading it on this very wiki.

External Guides

 * Basic Qud Gameplay FAQ
 * A hindren's guide to Qud
 * Video Playlist by Big Simple

Text Version
This is a local copy of this.

Basic Gameplay
is a Roguelike, which means that characters are represented by characters on a grid. It is turn-based, so the player is free to think over every move.

Controls
These actions can be remapped by pressing Escape > Key Mapping > press enter at the action you want to bind, and then the button you want to bind it to. When the game refers to one of the D0-9 keys, it is referring to the numbers that are above the letters. They are not the same as Numpad0-9.

Basic Directionals
On laptop: (todo)

PS4 Controller Setup
Currently, has no built in controller setup. However, the controller can be remapped to certain keypresses to simulate it. A detailed post about this is found here.

Tips and tricks

 * Early Game Checklist