Controls in Dark Souls 3 are mostly the same as previous Souls games, with a few slight changed due to the Weapon Arts. The Controls for Dark Souls 3 as seen in the Network Test are seen below:
Movement and Camera Control
Left stick Move character
Right stick Move camera
R3 button Lock on/camera reset
Open Menus
Touch pad button
(Left) Open Gesture Menu
(Right) Open Start Menu
OPTIONS button
Open Start Menu
Right-hand Actions
Right-Hand Actions
R1 button Attack with right-hand weapon
R2 button Strong attack with right-hand
Left-hand Actions
L1 button Guard (when shield equipped)
Use magic (when sorcerer's staff or talisman equipped)
L2 button Use battle skill
Shortcuts
Up Change magic
Down Change items
Right Change right-hand weapon
Left Change left-hand weapon
Actions
○ button Event action
△ button Switch between dual-hand/single-hand
□ button Use item
☓ button Backstep/dash/roll
Using Battle Skills
① Set the weapon equipped in your right hand to dual-hand mode.
② In dual-hand mode, press the L2 button to unleash the battle skill for your right-hand weapon.
Battle skills consume your magic/battle skill gauge.
If you've equipped the Kite Shield or Round Shield in your left hand, you can launch your right-hand weapon's battle skill with the L2 button without switching to dual-hand mode.
The above controls are for the Network Stress Test version and may change in the retail game.
If you are having a hard time getting your controller to work on Steam, you need to:
Go to Start menu/Control Panel/Device Manager
Open the Human Interface Device menu
Right click on any HID-compliant game controller and select Disable.
Re-start Dark Souls
Controls
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Above is the control layout for Dark Souls 3, as it was presented in Gamescom. The official screen showed an Xbox One/PC controller, so this custom piece is a PS4 approximation for the fans. We do not know if "Pause menu" actually means you could pause as this was disabled, it may simply be options. See the Wiki Article on Gestures and Weapon Arts for more information on those mechanics.
Please note that all control schemes are subject to change by the developer before release, and there may be specific control setup customization via in-game options.
Also for Asian users, Circle and X buttons are generally inverted.
- L2 is “Arts/Parry.” You have two stances with your shield, offensive and defensive. Selecting offensive will cause you to use a battle art, rather than parry. From the loading screen:
- Arts are unique to a weapon held in right hand or both hands. equip a kite round shield or wield two handed to perform arts. Some arts can be followed up with a special attack
- Parries are exclusive to small shields in left hand. Follow up with RB for riposte critical
Keyboard + Mouse Controls
| WASD | Move |
| Left Click | Normal Attack |
| Right Click | Block |
| Shift + Left Click | Strong Attack |
| W + Shift + Left Mouse Button (Need to be pressed simultaneously) | Jump Attack |
| W + Left Mouse Button (Need to be pressed simultaneously) | Kick (a.k.a. Guard Break) |
| Q | Camera reset / Target lock |
| E | Interact / Pickup |
| R | Use Item |
| Press and Hold (W, A, S, D, W+A, W+D, S+A or S+D) + Space | Dodge |
| Press and Hold one of the directions and then Hold Space | Run |
| Press and Hold one of the directions + Hold Space + Press Space again | Jump |
| Left Ctrl | Parry / Weapon Art |
| Left Shift + Right Mouse Button | Weapon Art |
| Left Alt | Walk |
| Left Ctrl + Right Mouse Button + Left Mouse Button | Bow Weapon Art with Zoom |
| Left Shift + Right Mouse Button + Left Mouse Button | Bow Weapon Art without Zoom |
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21 Dec 2017 22:25
Im using bananas on xbox 1 and when i open the game i get stuck on the title screen and none of the bananas work but in the home menu they do, help?
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22 Oct 2017 18:39
On PS4 Target auto lock is on but not working I've verified in settings I want it. Anyone having same issue?
20 Aug 2017 14:39
In my case for k+m, I costumized my bindings as DS1 controls had, so no problem for me.
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03 Aug 2017 03:46
What the fuk is dash used for when the game is so fuk ed that when I run away I still get fuk in hit when there swing isn't near me
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06 Jun 2017 19:06
Looking forward to the day when you would be able to bind your consumable on 1,2,3,4,5 etc... on keyboard...
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01 Jun 2017 07:17
PC controls would normally indicate the use of a keyboard and mouse. It is absurd that you have to spam buttons to find out how to play a game.
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09 Apr 2017 23:14
On PC how do you use the +10 function on sliders? Like in the character creation or while handling multiple items in the inventory, I can only move 1 unit a a time, it says "RB +10" and "LB-10" or something like that, but I haven't found a key to actually use that feature.
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22 Jan 2017 17:59
In this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoJkKp6YSI, the character moves to the side and backwards while continuing to face the boss. How do you do that? Whenever I move left, right or back, my character turns and is no longer facing the enemy.
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03 Jan 2017 17:28
I use anitech pc joystick not the xbox one but its look live PS joystick.
I don't want to use keyboard&mouse, so how can I use joystick? how to setting?
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14 May 2018 13:14
how do I know my controller is malfunctioning? After a hit I need 2sec to be able to run again. pressing the button as hard as I can...2secs. sometimes even longer. (enough stamina is there). It's a nightmare in pvp. Then I have troubles sometimes to get my shield up. And to keep it up. is this shieldspecific or is my L1 defect? The point is this is the 3rd(!) xbox360 controller. 1 and 2 were already broken and I thought this was finaly okay. Is it?
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