Astral Shards
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Controls

Mouse

  • Left click on the ground – walk there. A click on a rock, a roof or a fence leads to the nearest place beside it where one can stand.
  • Left click on an enemy – attack: the hero walks into weapon range and strikes until the target is dead. Over an enemy the cursor becomes a sword.
  • Left click on a townsperson, chest or bag – talk, open, pick up.
  • Ctrl + click – attack someone who is not an enemy (where heroes may fight).
  • Click on your own or another hero – pick them as your “friend”: helping spells land on them.
  • Wheel – zoom the camera in or out.

Keyboard

KeyWhat it does
W A S DDirect movement
Q / ETurn the camera
1 … 0, −, =Upper row of the spell bar
F1 … F12Lower row of the bar
TAuto-attack on or off
HReturn to town
CHero sheet
IBag
BSpellbook
JQuest journal
EnterWrite in the chat
EscapeCancel aiming, close a window, menu

Aiming

Spells cast “on the ground” (walls, the cloud, teleport) first show their shape on the ground and the line of their range. A left click or the same key again casts; a right click or Escape cancels. A place out of reach or out of sight is marked red. Teleport by its key goes at once to where the cursor is.

Radar

A click or a drag on the radar (the round minimap) moves the camera there, not the hero – to look around. A right click on the radar or any order to the hero brings the camera back.

The numbers on these pages come straight from the game's data and follow every version of it. Made by twixon