The default controls for Dark Souls III on PC are a little… meh. Here’s a quick guide to getting the game to feel as smooth and natural as possible on a mouse and keyboard.
Here’s a quick cheat sheet for reference:
Move
Walk – Left Alt
Move – WASD
Dash/Roll – Space
Jump – Click Mouse Wheel
Camera
Lock-on – Q
Switch Equipment
Switch Spells – Mouse Wheel Up
Switch quick items – Mouse Wheel Down
Switch R weapon – Extra Mouse Button 1
Switch L weapon – Extra Mouse Button 2
Attack
Attack – Left Click
Strong Attack – Shift+left click
Attack – Right Click
Strong Attack – Shift+left click
Use item – R
Interact – E
Two-hand Weapon – Tab
Menu
Open Menu – Esc
Gesture – G
Confirm – E
Cancel – 1
Function 1 – Q
Function 2 – R
Function 3 – T
Sort – X
Open Help – Right click
**UPDATE:** Patch. 1.03 removed the need to enter the config menu every time you load a save before it will implement your custom bindings.
