Terraria is all about the adventure and survival. In order to maximize the fun and the skill, you need to feel in control. The control is on your keyboard or the controller connected to the PC. As a PC-first game, Terraria is very well suited to play with a keyboard so we’ll go over the basic controls in this article so you can see what it is all about when it comes down to the keyboard and buttons.
To switch up controls and bind different keys, do it either through the main menu or during a pause in the game.
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W |
Climbs ropes, inverts gravity, and utilizes other potion effects. |
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A |
Moves the character LEFT. |
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S |
Climbs down, drops |
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D |
Moves the character RIGHT. |
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E |
Uses Grappling Hook. |
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Space |
Jump, double jump, hold down to fly or glide if the right items are equipped. |
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ESC |
Open up the inventory, crafting, equipment and allows Save & Quit (Single Player) or Disconnect |
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ALT+Enter |
Toggles screen Fullscreen/Windowed mode. |
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Enter |
Opens up the chat |
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Num 1-0 |
Select an item in the binded hotbar. |
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F9 |
Switch between light modes |
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F10 |
Toggles FPS counter |
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F11 |
Toggles HUD. |
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F12 |
Takes a screenshot (Steam). |
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LMB |
· Use currently equipped tool or item · Use items from the inventory (If Autopause is turned off) · Shift+Click to trash, deposit into chest or sell an item. · Craft/buy items · Move items around the inventory |
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RMB |
· Interact with the scenario (doors, switches, NPCs) · Drop items from the inventory · Hold to craft/buy multiple items · Pick up one item from a stack |
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MMB up or MMB down |
· Inventory Closed: Scroll between items in the Hotbar · Inventory Open: Scroll between available crafting recipes |
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J |
Quick use first Mana Potion. |
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H |
Quick use first Healing Item. |
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B |
Quick use all Buff potions. |
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T |
Throw current item in the character‘s hand (drops item from inventory). |
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LShift And Hold |
Automatically selects whatever item is appropriate for the area you have your cursor over (e.g. a pickaxe if over rock). If cursor is over empty space or out of range, It will default to whatever light source is appropriate (torches in air, glowsticks/Flare Gun in water.) |
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Tab |
mini map/overly map/no map. |
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M |
Full screen map. |
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(=/+) |
Zoom In Map. |
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(-/_) |
Zoom Out Map. |
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Page Up |
Decrease transparency of the overlay map. |
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Page Down |
Increase transparency of the overlay map. |
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R |
quick use the first Pet summoning item |