Phantom Blade Zero Controls for PC and Controller (Full Key Bindings)

Phantom Blade Zero on PC uses a mouse-driven combat layout. Attacks and blocking sit on the mouse buttons, and most other actions sit on keys around WASD. Controller players get the same set of actions on the face buttons, bumpers and triggers. You can remap many keyboard actions, but not all of them. The rest of the options are covered in our Phantom Blade Zero best PC settings guide, and the four modes in Phantom Blade Zero difficulty modes explained.

Quick answer: Light attack is Left Mouse, heavy attack is F, block is hold Right Mouse, and dodge is Left Shift. To rebind keys, go to Settings > Controls > Button Bindings and pick Custom 1 or Custom 2.

Phantom Blade Zero keyboard and mouse controls

These are the default bindings from the Primary column of the in-game key table. The game groups them the same way: Exploration, Camera, Combat, Combat Assist and Menu Controls.

Dark settings menu with a Controls tab listing camera, sensitivity and vibration options and a highlighted Custom 1 row. — The Controls tab of the Phantom Blade Zero settings menu, with camera inversion, camera sensitivity, and vibration options above the Button Bindings section, where Custom 1 is highlighted.

Action	Default key
Exploration
Run	W A S D
Walk	Left Alt
Sprint	Hold Left Shift
Crouch	C
Jump / Special Movement	Space
Mind’s Eye	V
Camera
Rotate Camera	Mouse movement
Lock On	Middle mouse button (wheel click)
Switch Lock-On Target	Scroll wheel while locked on
Combat
Light Attack	Left Mouse
Heavy Attack	F
Execute	E
Special Skill 1	Hold Right Mouse + F
Special Skill 2	Hold Right Mouse + Left Mouse
Block	Hold Right Mouse
Dodge	Left Shift
Power Surge	Q
Phantom Edges	Left Ctrl
Combat Assist
Switch Weapon	1
Switch Phantom Edge	2
Use Lower Medicine	R
Use Upper Medicine	T
Menu Controls
Open Character Menu	I (Esc also works)
Open Map	M (secondary: Tab)
Interact / Talk	E
Confirm	Space (secondary: Enter)
Back	Esc (secondary: Backspace)
Next Line	Mouse click
Switch Main Tab	Q / E
Switch Subtab	Z / C

Movement also works on the arrow keys, which are set as the secondary binding for Run. You can keep moving while you hold Block. Phantom Edges are your secondary weapons. The two medicine keys use separate quick slots, one upper and one lower.

Phantom Blade Zero controller controls (PlayStation and Xbox)

Action	PlayStation	Xbox
Move	Left stick	Left stick
Walk	Push left stick lightly	Push left stick lightly
Sprint	Hold R1 while moving	Hold RB while moving
Jump / Crouch	Cross	A
Lock On	Press right stick	R3
Light Attack	Square	X
Heavy Attack	Triangle	Y
Execute	Circle	B
Special Skill 1	Hold L1 + Triangle	Hold LB + Y
Special Skill 2	Hold L1 + Square	Hold LB + X
Block	Hold L1	Hold LB
Dodge	R1	RB
Power Surge	L2	LT
Phantom Edges	R2	RT
Switch Weapon	D-pad left	D-pad left
Switch Phantom Edge	D-pad right	D-pad right
Lower Medicine	D-pad down	D-pad down
Upper Medicine	D-pad up	D-pad up
Character Menu	Options	Menu
Map	Touchpad	View

As on keyboard, you can move while holding Block. For controllers the game offers Controller Preset 1-3.

Controls settings menu with camera inversion toggles, sensitivity sliders at 50, vibration options and button binding entries. — The Controls settings tab in Phantom Blade Zero, with Vertical Camera Sensitivity selected and set to 50 under General Control Settings.

How to rebind keys in Phantom Blade Zero

The Default Preset can’t be edited. Custom changes go into one of two custom keyboard and mouse layouts.

Open Settings and go to the Controls tab. Scroll down to Button Bindings.

Under Control Scheme, switch from Default Preset to Custom 1 or Custom 2. The options are labelled “View and edit Custom Keyboard & Mouse Layout 1/2”.

Pick an action in the key table and assign a new key. Each action has a Primary column and a Secondary column, so one action can have two keys.

Use the buttons at the bottom of the table as needed. Unbind Key clears a binding, Restore Defaults resets the layout, and Back leaves the screen.

Combat key binding list showing Light Attack, Heavy Attack, Execute, special skills, Block, Dodge and Power Surge keys. — The Combat section of the Keyboard & Mouse controls shows Block on a mouse button, Dodge on Shift and Power Surge on Q, along with the attack and Special Skill bindings.

Some bindings are locked and can’t be changed in any layout:

Movement (W A S D and the arrow keys)
Camera rotation
Switch Lock-On Target
The Special Skill 1 and Special Skill 2 combinations
The menu confirm, back and tab keys

Phantom Blade Zero camera, vibration and lock-on settings

The Controls tab also has these options next to the bindings:

Invert Camera X-Axis and Y-Axis, both Off by default
Horizontal and Vertical Camera Sensitivity, from 1 to 100 with a default of 50
Controller Vibration (Normal), Movement Vibration (On) and Trigger Effect Intensity
Auto-Switch Lock-On, Auto Lock-On When Attacking and Combat Assist When Unlocked

The camera sensitivity sliders affect the mouse and the controller alike. The game labels them “Applies to both mouse and controller”, so changing them for one input changes them for the other.