This page covers controls and keybinds for Avowed.
During combat[]
Triggers[]
- While holding a single one-handed or two-handed weapon, pushing the right trigger on console (left mouse button on PC) performs a normal attack with the weapon.
- While dual wielding (wands, pistols, one-handed weapons), the right trigger (right mouse) attacks with your right hand, while the left trigger (left mouse) attacks with your left.
- Holding down the applicable trigger charges up a power attack for as long as the trigger is held, and releasing it performs the attack.
- Holding the left trigger while a grimoire is equipped will ready the grimoire, allowing you to cast one of four spells with the face buttons (ABXY).
- Holding the left trigger while a shield is equipped will perform a block with your shield.
Directional pad[]
The directional pad is used to quickly perform preassigned actions. This includes casting learned spells and abilities (excluding grimoire spells), commanding companions to cast their learned abilities, consuming potions.
Actions may be mapped from the radial menu or the inventory mid-combat.
Bumpers[]
The right bumper is used to ready the currently-assigned throwable.
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The radial menu is core to the controls in Avowed. It can be accessed by holding down the left bumper, which pauses the game and fans out a series of (up to) 12 options that the player can select from, which are actions including consuming items, casting abilities, and issuing commands to companions. An option may be selected by using the left thumbstick.
The text at the top of the menu shows the currently selected option, like "Equip <item>", or the currently selected sub-menu and the amount of options it contains.
Slots within the radial menu may be freely populated from the inventory screen, and from the radial menu itself. From within the menu, an action can be bound to one of four directions on the directional pad. Throwables are always equipped to the right bumper when bound via the radial menu.
Several sub-menus are available, which categorize and extend the amount of actions that the menu can hold:
- Food
- Healing and Essence Food
- Healing Food
- Essence Food
- Throwables
On console[]
Control layout[]
| Input | Actions | ||||||||
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| Xbox | General | Grimoire | Radial | Container | Dialogue | Abilities | Character | Inventory | |
| A,B,X,Y | |||||||||
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Jump | Use Bottom Grimoire Ability (While LT Held) | Accept / Confirm / Yes | ||||||
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Use Right Grimoire Ability (While LT Held) | Back / Close / No | |||||||
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Interact / Talk / Open / Cancel Throw (While RB Held) | Use Left Grimoire Ability (While LT Held) | Ready Ability | Take / Take All (Hold) | Dialogue History & Lore | Toggle Attributes Tooltip | Drop | ||
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Switch Loadouts | Use Top Grimoire Ability (While LT Held) | Toggle Tooltip | Respec Abilities | Reset Points | ||||
| Bumpers | |||||||||
 LB
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Open Radial Menu (Hold) | Close Radial Menu (Release) | Previous Section | ||||||
 RB
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Ready Throwable (Hold) / Release Throwable (Release) | Next Section | |||||||
| Triggers | |||||||||
 LT
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Swing/Fire Off Hand Weapon (Press or Hold) / Ready Shield or Grimoire (Hold) | Previous Ability Tree | Equip Off Hand (Weapons) / Equip Left | ||||||
 RT
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Swing/Fire Mainhand Weapon (Press or Hold) | Next Ability Tree | Equip Main Hand (Weapons) / Equip Right (Rings) | ||||||
| DPad | |||||||||
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Use Directional Action | Bind Ability | Navigate | ||||||
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| Thumbsticks | |||||||||
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Player Movement | Navigate / Select | |||||||
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Camera Movement | Scroll | Rotate Paperdoll / Scroll Details | ||||||
| LSB
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Toggle Stealth | Toggle Paperdoll Crouch | |||||||
| RSB
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| Menu Buttons | |||||||||
 Menu
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Open Menu | ||||||||
 View
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