SCROOMS: Full Controls for PC and Mobile (Tap and Key Guide)

SCROOMS is a Roblox game where you tame mushroom creatures called scrooms by playing instruments to them, and it lives on its own Roblox experience page. Everything you do early on runs on a small set of inputs: talking to an NPC, equipping an instrument, tuning it through two quick minigames, and dragging a scroom into a moving catch zone. The controls differ a little between keyboard and touchscreen, and one of those differences matters a lot during the catch.

SCROOMS title screen on a purple background asking the player to press any button to continue — The SCROOMS title screen, waiting for you to press any button before you spawn in.

SCROOMS on PC

PC controls and keybinds in SCROOMS

The hotbar holds the instrument, Equipment Bag, Index and Quest Log. Press E to talk to an NPC (the prompt reads “E Talk”) and G to open the backpack (“Press G to open backpack!”). The mouse handles everything in the two minigames, from the single tuning click to the drag that keeps a scroom in the catch zone.

Input	What it does
E	Talk to a nearby NPC (prompt reads “E Talk”)
G	Open the backpack
5	Ocarina (appears once unlocked)
Left click	Start tuning
Hold left click	Find the frequency, and drag the scroom in the catch zone

The Ocarina appears in hotbar slot 5 once unlocked. Chimes are the game’s currency, represented by a music-note icon in the lower-right corner, and aren’t assigned to a control.

Mobile controls in SCROOMS

On a touchscreen, the keyboard shortcuts are replaced by on-screen buttons and finger gestures. The prompts change wording to match, so the backpack cue reads “Tap to open backpack!” instead of pointing at the G key.

Tap the instrument button to play.
Tap to bring up the tuning gauge.
For the frequency phase, press and move a finger while holding.
Hold and drag a finger to move the scroom during the catch.
Tap the on-screen prompt to open the backpack.

The catch zone moves quickly, and a finger drag on a touchscreen makes small corrections easier than dragging with a mouse. Several mouse attempts in a row can fail where touchscreen catches land, so mobile players have a real advantage during that phase.

Get your instrument from Leo

You spawn into Songkeeper’s Grove and the “Welcome, Tamer!” badge pops for joining the game. A path later leads out of the Grove toward Bluestone Approach, but your first job is right here.

Player approaching NPC Leo in Songkeeper's Grove with the E Talk prompt and catch objective showing — Talking to an NPC, with the “E Talk” prompt ready.

Walk up to Leo, then press E on PC (or tap the prompt on mobile) to start the conversation.

Read through Leo’s dialogue to receive the Wooden Lute, your first instrument. It goes into your hotbar, ready to equip.

Tune the instrument

Tuning runs in two parts. First a circular tuning gauge, then a frequency phase. The official game description notes that you must tune before the Scroom commits, and that a faster Tune Speed makes tuning quicker.

Equip your instrument and play it near Scrooms to draw one in, then click (or tap on mobile) when the “Click to start tuning!” prompt appears to trigger the tuning gauge.

Click to start tuning prompt beside pink smoke near a scroom during the catch objective — The “Click to start tuning!” cue beside the pink smoke marks where to begin.

Watch the circular gauge as its marker moves, then click while the marker is inside the coloured wedge. A hit is rated “Good!” or “Perfect!”.

Hand cue prompting the player to click and start tuning the nearby scroom — The hand cue shows where to click to start the timing meter.

The frequency phase begins with the prompts “Hold to find the correct frequency!” and “Find the right frequency to speed up tuning.” Hold and slide the marker until the jagged red waveform settles into a smooth wave. On mobile, hold and drag a finger to do the same.

Tuning minigame showing a red waveform and a frequency slider with a hold prompt — Hold and drag the frequency slider to resolve the red waveform into a smooth sine wave.

Once the frequency matches, a 3-second countdown runs and the catch begins.

Catch the scroom

Hold and drag to keep the Scroom in the catch zone. Three tutorial popups walk you through the scroom icon, the catch zone, and the progress bar the first time around.

Player selecting the scroom creature icon in the highlighted bottom hotbar slot during the catch — The scroom icon sits in the highlighted bottom slot once the catch begins.

Click and hold the scroom head icon (“This is your scroom, hold to drag it left and right!”). On mobile, hold and drag it with a finger instead.

Catch tutorial showing the scroom icon to drag left or right with a Continue button — The tutorial points out the scroom you drag left and right.

Keep the scroom icon inside the moving catch zone (“This is the catch zone, keep the scroom inside it!”). While it stays inside, the progress bar below fills up.

Bottom timing meter used to keep a nearby scroom inside the catch zone — The bottom meter is where you hold the scroom inside the moving catch zone.

Track the catch zone as it slides across the bar, matching its movement so the meter keeps climbing (“When the bar fills up, you’ll catch the scroom!”). When the bar is full, the scroom is caught.

Player approaching a glowing musical-note scroom with the capture meter at the bottom of the screen — A glowing musical-note scroom with the capture meter active below.

If the scroom icon drops outside the catch zone, the zone turns red and the progress drains. Let it empty and the scroom gets away, with “Your Scroom got away…” appearing on screen, and you can try again.

Scroom icon in the bottom panel as the catch progress bar fills during the objective — The progress bar fills while the scroom stays inside the zone.

Because the catch zone moves quickly, keeping up with the mouse takes small, fast corrections. A finger drag handles those corrections more easily, which is why touchscreen attempts can succeed where mouse drags slip.

Scroom target selected with its capture progress bar partially filled during the catch — The scroom target selected mid-catch, with its meter partway up.

Scroom target selected with capture progress partially filled in the bottom panel — A scroom locked as the target while its capture bar builds.

Retune after a miss

Click when the marker is in the tuning wedge, then hold the mouse to find the frequency; on mobile, tap for the tuning gauge and hold and drag a finger. If your Scroom got away, you can try again by repeating this loop.

Leave the game

To stop playing, open the Roblox menu from the top-left corner of the screen and choose Leave to exit the game.