Controls
ANKOU is played with keyboard and mouse; controllers are not supported. Every gameplay action can be rebound in Settings › Controls (see below).
Keys are identified by their position on the keyboard, not by the printed letter: on a QWERTY keyboard the “move forward” key is W, on an AZERTY keyboard it is Z, in the same spot. When Discord (or your browser, on discord.com) allows it, the game shows your own keyboard’s letter in the controls menu and in on-screen prompts.
Default controls
Movement
| Action | QWERTY | AZERTY |
|---|---|---|
| Move forward | W or ↑ | Z or ↑ |
| Move back | S or ↓ | S or ↓ |
| Left | A or ← | Q or ← |
| Right | D or → | D or → |
| Jump | Space | Space |
| Crouch / slide | C or Ctrl | C or Ctrl |
| Sprint | Shift | Shift |
- Slide: press crouch while sprinting.
- By default, crouch is set to Toggle (one press to crouch, another to stand up); sprint lasts a few seconds before it needs to recover (longer with Marathon).
Combat
| Action | QWERTY | AZERTY |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | LMB | LMB |
| Aim | RMB | RMB |
| Reload | R | R |
| Knife | V or Mouse 5 | V or Mouse 5 |
| Lethal grenade | G | G |
| Tactical grenade | Q | A |
| Shield | 4 | ' (4 key) |
- Aiming is set to Hold by default (you aim while the button is held).
- With a precision scope, holding Shift holds your breath for a few seconds: your aim steadies (see Attachments).
- Mouse 5 is the front side button of the mouse.
- The shield key works once you have built one (see Buildables): it takes the shield out or puts it away. With the shield in hand you cannot fire, and the knife becomes a shield bash.
Weapons
| Action | QWERTY | AZERTY |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon 1 / 2 / 3 | 1 2 3 | & é " (1, 2, 3 keys) |
| Next weapon | X or mouse wheel | X or mouse wheel |
| Previous weapon | mouse wheel (no key by default) | mouse wheel (no key by default) |
| Inspect weapon | I | I |
On AZERTY there is no need to hold Shift: only the key’s position matters. The 3rd weapon slot only exists with the Mule Perk.
Interaction
| Action | QWERTY | AZERTY |
|---|---|---|
| Use / buy | F | F |
| Korrigan’s Gumball | B | B |
| Team vote: accept | Y | Y |
| Team vote: refuse | N | N |
Most interactions are done by holding F: buying a weapon or ammo, opening a door, rebuilding a barrier, drinking a Perk, opening the Mystery Box, using the Forge of Ys, reviving a teammate, picking up a part… The on-screen prompt always shows the key and the action. B uses the gumball in your pocket (see Korrigan’s Gumballs). Y and N answer the team vote before an extraction (Extraction); the rest of the time they do nothing.
Interface
| Action | QWERTY | AZERTY |
|---|---|---|
| Scoreboard | Tab (hold) | Tab (hold) |
| Chat | T or Enter | T or Enter |
| Pause | Esc or P | Esc or P |
- The scoreboard stays up while you hold the key: each player’s points, kills, headshots, downs, revives and latency, plus the state of the buildables and of your gumball pack.
- Chat opens at the bottom of the screen: Enter sends, Esc cancels. While it is open, your keys no longer control your character.
- The pause menu gives access to Resume, Settings, Scoreboard, Map wiki, End game and Leave game. In solo it really pauses the match; with others, the match keeps running. In solo, the match also pauses on its own if your connection falls behind (FAQ and troubleshooting).
Fixed keys
These shortcuts cannot be rebound:
| Where | Key | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Menus | F | Opens / closes the Friends panel (not in a match or in the Hideout’s 3D bunker). See Friends and invites. |
| Menus | ↑ ↓ or W S, Enter | Move through the main menu and confirm. |
| Menus | Esc | Close a window or panel, go back. |
| Battle Pass | ← →, ↑ ↓ | Change tier; switch between the free and Premium tracks. |
| End of match | Space, Esc, Enter | Speed up the summary; Enter then leaves the screen. |
| Guided tour | → or Enter, ←, Esc, Tab | Next step, previous step, skip the tour; Tab moves between the bubble’s buttons. See Levels, ranks and prestige. |
| In a match | Click in the window | Capture the mouse (“Click to enter the game” / “Click to resume”). |
| Invite received in a match | Esc | Open the menu to answer the invite. |
| Wiki | / or Ctrl + K | Jump to the wiki search. |
As a spectator
When you are dead or joined mid-match, you watch your teammates until the next round:
- LMB: next player; RMB: previous player;
- Space (jump): switch between first-person and over-the-shoulder view.
Rebinding keys
In Settings › Controls, actions are sorted into five groups: Movement, Combat, Weapons, Interaction and Interface. Each action accepts two keys.
- Click a key slot: “Press a key…” appears.
- Press the key you want, or click with a mouse button (left, middle, right, side buttons).
- Esc cancels; Backspace or Del clears the slot.
If the key was already used by another action, it is removed from that action and the game tells you (““X” was removed from: …”). Default controls restores every original key. The mouse wheel always switches weapons.
Controls are saved on this device: the Discord app and discord.com in a browser each keep their own settings.
In Settings › Gameplay, you can set aim and crouch to “Hold” or “Toggle”, turn on auto sprint, adjust sensitivity (and ADS sensitivity), invert the Y axis and change the field of view. See Settings.
Ctrl is a crouch key. On a QWERTY keyboard, crouching while moving forward gives Ctrl + W, the shortcut that closes the tab when you play on discord.com in a browser: during a match, the browser asks you to confirm before closing. If that bothers you, remove Ctrl from the “Crouch / slide” action and keep C.
Checked against the game on November 10, 2026