Grand Blue: How to Change Keybinds in Roblox

Grand Blue ships with a keyboard layout that borrows from every other Roblox pirate game, and it does not suit everyone. Q for dash and F for block are fine until you play with a claw grip, or until Left Control fights with something your mouse software already uses. The game has a proper rebinding screen, so you do not have to live with the defaults.

Quick answer: Click the gear icon in the top-left corner to open Settings, switch to the Controls tab, click the action you want to change, then press the new key. The binding updates immediately, and Reset to defaults undoes everything.

Rebind a key from the Controls tab

Load into a server in Grand Blue and look at the top-left corner of the screen. Click the gear icon labeled Settings. Do this while you are standing somewhere quiet, not mid-fight.

Cursor hovering over the highlighted Settings gear icon in the top-left menu bar — The Settings gear sits in the top-left menu bar and opens the tabbed options panel. Image: Eternal Pose

The Settings panel opens on General, with tabs for Codes, Graphics, Interface, and Controls running alongside it. Select Controls. Every rebindable action and its current key are listed there.

Click the action you want to change, then press the key you want to assign to it. The row updates to show the new key, so there is no separate save or confirm button to hunt for.

Close Settings and test the bind in an open area away from enemies. Move, dash, and block once each. If a quest tracker is sitting on the right side of the screen, it does not block input, but it is worth collapsing so you can see your character clearly while you test.

Player character standing in the town plaza with The Hoarder quest panel open on screen — An open town area with a quest panel showing is a safe place to test new binds. Image: Eternal Pose

Grand Blue default keybinds

Before you start moving keys around, it helps to know what you are moving. These are the defaults the Controls tab starts with, plus the standard movement and attack inputs.

Action	Default key
Move	W, A, S, D
Interact	E
Light attack	Mouse button 1
Heavy attack	Mouse button 2
Skills	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Dash	Q
Block	F
Run	LeftControl
Equip / Unequip	V
Menu	M
Backpack	Tab
Shift Lock	LeftShift
Player List	Backquote

Note: Grand Blue is in Early Access, so a patch can move an action or add a new one. The list inside the Controls tab is always the current truth, not any layout you memorized last week.

Reset to defaults if a bind breaks

At the bottom of the Controls tab there is a Reset to defaults button. It wipes every custom bind at once and puts the original layout back, which is the fastest fix if you double-assigned a key or cannot remember what you changed.

It is all or nothing. There is no per-action undo, so if you only want one key back to normal, rebind that single row by hand instead of hitting the reset button.

Find the default controls in the Logbook

There is a second place to read the control list, and it is useful when you have changed enough keys that you no longer trust your memory. Press M to open the Menu. That panel is also where your character screens live, including trait slots and reroll controls.

Character screen showing empty Trait 1 to 3 slots, Trait Storage, and reroll buttons — The Menu also holds the character screen with trait slots, trait storage, and reroll options. Image: Eternal Pose

From the Menu, open the Logbook and select Tutorial. The Tutorial book has a chapter list and a search field, and the Controls entry inside it spells out the standard layout.

Open Tutorial book in the Logbook showing chapter list, controls entry, and a search field — The Tutorial book inside the Logbook lists chapters and the default controls, with a search field at the top. Image: Eternal Pose

When a rebound key does not work

Most “broken bind” reports are not binds at all. Run through these before you touch the Controls tab again.

Chat or a text field has focus. Press Escape or click away, then try the key again.
You are locked in an animation. Nothing registers until the current move finishes.
No weapon or style is equipped, so attack inputs do nothing. Equip it and close the menu.
A skill was learned but never assigned to a slot, or it is still on cooldown.
Two actions share the same key. Open Controls and check the list for a duplicate.

Interaction is its own case. The interact key only fires on whatever prompt is currently highlighted, so at a busy dock or in a crowded plaza you may need to shift position until the right NPC or object is selected. Read the objective text before you confirm anything that spends currency or rerolls.

The Hoarder quest objective highlighted on the right, asking the player to talk to the troubled civilian — A tracked objective naming the exact NPC to talk to, which is the prompt your interact key should target. Image: Eternal Pose

On mobile, the game uses on-screen touch buttons rather than the Controls tab, and there is no confirmed controller layout at the moment. Whatever the platform, the fastest sanity check after a rebind is the same one: walk into an empty patch of ground, press each key you changed once, and watch what the character does. If dash, block, and sprint all fire, the layout took.