Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse PC Controls: Every Keyboard and Mouse Key, How to Rebind Them and the Controller Layout

On PC, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse uses keyboard and mouse controls by default, and the settings screen lists their default keys and lets you rebind them. Movement sits on W/A/S/D, left mouse is Attack, right mouse is Arcane Whip, and the parry lives on a single key once the game hands it to you.

Quick answer: Attack is left mouse, Arcane Whip is right mouse, Cast Spell is R, Holy Light (the parry) is C, and Heal is held on X. View them under Settings > CONTROLS > KEYBOARD AND MOUSE. To rebind one, select its row there, press Enter and press the new input.

Default keyboard and mouse controls

The KEYBOARD AND MOUSE tab lists 18 bindings in total: four movement keys, the main action keys, four Observe keys for moving the view, and Interact, Heal, Map, and Equipment. Only the two mouse buttons are used during play.

Controls settings menu with Keyboard and Mouse tab selected, listing key bindings for movement, combat actions, interaction and map. — The KEYBOARD AND MOUSE tab with every default key.

Action	Default key
Move – Up / Left / Down / Right	W / A / S / D
Jump	Space
Dodge	Shift
Attack	Left mouse button
Cast Spell	R
Arcane Whip	Right mouse button
Holy Light	C
Observe – Up / Left / Down / Right	Arrow keys
Interact	E
Heal	X
Map	Tab
Equipment	Esc

Heal, Holy Light (parry), and Arcane Whip keys

Hold X to heal; tapping it has no effect. Keep the key down for roughly a second to drink a potion. When Rose is low on health, a “HEAL X” notice appears above her.

Rose in the sewers with a Heal X banner above her and the Press R to cast a spell tutorial at the bottom of the screen — The HEAL X banner shows over Rose at low health. Hold X to drink a potion.

Holy Light is assigned to C and also serves as your parry. Activate it just before an attack connects to block the blow. You unlock Holy Light later in the story, not at the beginning.

Arcane Whip is the right mouse button, while the left mouse button is your standard Attack. Cast Spell sits on R, and spells draw from mana that you rebuild by attacking enemies.

Where to find the key bindings

Press Esc to open the Equipment menu, use Q and E to move to the SYSTEM tab, then select SETTINGS. You can also reach the settings screen straight from the main menu.

The SYSTEM tab of the in-game menu with the Settings option highlighted — The SYSTEM tab, where Settings sits alongside Tutorials, Last Save, and Main Menu.

On the settings screen, use Q and E to move across the six tabs to CONTROLS. The tabs run CONTROLS / ACCESSIBILITY / GAMEPLAY / VIDEO / AUDIO / LANGUAGE.

In CONTROLS, use 1 or 3 to move between the sub-tabs. The numbers appear to the left and right of the names CONTROLLER and KEYBOARD AND MOUSE, respectively. Choose KEYBOARD AND MOUSE.

Each line pairs an action with its assigned key; an ornate frame at either end marks the selected line. The footer lists the keys for this screen: Alt resets the selected line, R resets all lines, Delete discards unapplied edits, Space applies them, and Backspace exits the screen.

Changes on this screen take effect once you apply them with Space. The footer spells out these options as “ALT DEFAULT SETTING (SELECTED)”, “R DEFAULT SETTINGS”, “REJECT MODIFICATIONS DELETE”, “APPLY THE CHANGES”, and “CLOSE”. For Video, Audio, Accessibility, Gameplay and Language options, see every Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse setting explained.

How to rebind a key

Go to the CONTROLS tab and select the KEYBOARD AND MOUSE sub-tab, which sits on key 3. Move to the row for the action you want to change, such as CAST SPELL. An ornate frame appears at either end of the selected row. Press Enter.

The Keyboard and Mouse tab of the Controls settings with the Cast Spell row selected — Select a row on the Keyboard and Mouse tab and press Enter.

A dialog opens titled “BIND A NEW INPUT” with the line “Press an input to associate to the action CAST SPELL.” and “Current input: R”. Press the input you want to assign. Pressing the same key again, such as R, keeps the binding unchanged.

The Bind a New Input dialog over the Keyboard and Mouse tab, asking for an input for Cast Spell with the current input R — The dialog asks for a new input and shows the current one.

Press Space to apply the changes. Alt resets the selected row to its default, R resets every row to default, Delete rejects modifications, and Backspace closes the screen.

Controller layout

The CONTROLLER sub-tab uses Xbox button names. The same mappings apply to a PlayStation pad through matching positions. First launch asks you to “CHOOSE A BUTTON TO CONFIRM WITH” (A or B) before the brightness card, and a “USE B TO VALIDATE” checkbox sits on the tab with the line “A to validate, B to cancel” under it.

First launch screen asking to choose A or B as the button to confirm with — On first launch the game asks which controller button confirms: A or B.

Action	Xbox	PlayStation
Move	Left stick (D-pad alt.)	Left stick / D-pad
Jump	A	Cross
Dodge	B	Circle
Attack	X	Square
Cast Spell	Y	Triangle
Arcane Whip	RT	R2
Holy Light	LT	L2
Interact	RB	R1
Heal	LB	L1
Observe	Right stick	Right stick
Map	View button	–
Equipment	Menu button	–

Both Motion sensitivity and Eye sensitivity are sliders set to 0.75 by default.

The Controller tab in the Controls menu with the Move binding row highlighted — The Controller tab, showing the default pad bindings and sensitivity sliders.

In-game control prompts

Near the start of the Bank of the River Seine and Paris Streets sewer sections, on-screen prompts introduce the controls one at a time. The opening prompt asks you to attack using the left mouse button.

A dungeon corridor with the on-screen prompt showing the mouse button to attack an approaching enemy — The attack prompt appears as an enemy closes in on Rose in the sewers.

The spell tutorial reads “PRESS R TO CAST A SPELL. SPELLS REQUIRE MANA TO CAST. RECOVER MANA BY ATTACKING ENEMIES.” It can show alongside the “HEAL X” banner when Rose is at low health.

Jump has two extensions. Holding Space during a jump carries you further.

A platforming section with the prompt to hold the Spacebar during a jump to jump further — Holding Space during a jump extends the distance Rose covers.

Jumping against a wall briefly clings Rose to it, so you can press Space to leap off.

The wall-cling tutorial prompt instructing you to cling to a wall and press Space to leap off — The wall-cling prompt: jump into a wall, hold on, then press Space to spring off.

On a thin platform, a banner over Rose reads “DROP S + [Space]”: hold S and press Space to drop through it.

The drop prompt showing S plus the jump button to fall through a wooden platform — The drop-through prompt: hold S and press Space to pass through a thin platform.

Sliding pairs a direction with the Dodge key. The tutorial explains that “SLIDING ALLOWS YOU TO SQUEEZE THROUGH NARROW PASSAGES, PASS THROUGH ENEMIES, AND REPOSITION ROSE OUT OF HARM’S WAY DURING COMBAT.” Interact prompts name the key directly, such as “INTERACT E” at a lever.

The slide tutorial prompt telling you to hold a direction with the dodge key to slide through gaps — The slide prompt: hold a movement direction with the Dodge key to squeeze Rose through gaps.

Keys on cards, dialogue and tutorial prompts

Cards and clues continue with Enter. The card “The Fallen” shows “Continue” with an Enter icon, and the clue panel “A Lever for the Well” carries the same Continue Enter footer. Dialogue boxes, such as the spirit speaking, show no key, and they advance with Enter.

The Fallen tarot card on a black screen with a Continue prompt showing the Enter key — Cards continue with Enter.

Use Q and E to move between tutorial pages; the first Tarot tutorial is one example, and both icons appear at the bottom. To exit a tutorial, press Backspace, identified as “Close” in the footer.

A Tarot tutorial page about the tarot deck with Q and E icons to turn pages and Close on Backspace at the bottom — Tutorial pages turn with Q and E and close with Backspace.

Under the banner “New clue about The Fallen”, Esc is displayed. Press Esc to bring up the Equipment menu; the clue appears in its Tarot tab.

Rose on the Paris Streets rooftop under a New clue about The Fallen banner that shows the Esc key — The clue banner shows Esc, which opens the Equipment menu.

Map screen keys

Open the map with Tab in game, or through the MAP tab of the Esc menu. The bottom bar lists its keys: the up and down arrows “UNZOOM/ZOOM”, the right mouse button “GO TO UPPER MAP”, R “FOCUS ON ROSE”, and Backspace “CLOSE”. The zoom bar runs through three levels, WORLD, AREA, and SUB-AREA.

The Map screen for the Bank of the River Seine with a gold diamond marker at the riverside boat — The map screen for Paris Streets: Bank of the River Seine, with its key bar along the bottom.

A box in the bottom right shows “[Space] PLACE/ERASE MARKER” and “0/50 REMAINING MARKERS”. The marker tutorial reads: “Placing a MARKER on a secret or an unreachable location allows you to return to it later. Press [Space] while hovering on the map to place a marker.” The map itself fills in as you explore, so you can retrace your steps.

Map marker tutorial card reading Press Space while hovering on the map to place a marker — The marker tutorial: Space places or erases a marker on the map.

Menus are keyboard-only

On the main menu, the settings screen, and the Esc menu tabs, mouse clicks do nothing. You move with the keys the footers show.

W/A/S/D to “NAVIGATE”
Enter to “SELECT” (the Tarot tab shows Enter as “CONSULT ARCANA”)
Backspace to “CLOSE”
Q and E to switch tabs

Some confirm buttons need Enter held rather than tapped. On the first-launch screens, a “CONTINUE” button shows a round ring around the Enter icon, and the ring fills over about two seconds while you hold Enter. A tap does nothing there.

PC to PlayStation key reference

If you are following instructions written with PlayStation buttons, this table lines up each action with the PC keyboard and mouse control. Interact is also the key you hold to absorb an Arcana after a boss.

Action	PC	PlayStation
Jump	Space	Cross
Dodge / slide	Shift (with a direction)	Circle
Attack	Left mouse	Square
Cast Spell	R	Triangle
Arcane Whip	Right mouse	R2
Holy Light / parry	C	L2
Interact	E	R1
Heal (hold)	X	L1
Map	Tab	–
Equipment menu	Esc	–

Keep left mouse for Attack, right mouse for the whip, C for the parry, and held X to heal when the banner appears over Rose.