New Players

How to Play

New here? Just read "Before You Start" and "Basic Controls" first, and come back for the rest as you play. All keys below are defaults, and you can change every one of them in the game.

Before You Start

The game is on Windows PC for now. Follow these four steps to get in.

  1. 1
    Download and run the installerThe first time you run it, it asks where to install (you can pick another drive). Once installed, you'll find "Old Days" on your desktop. If you see "Windows protected your PC", click "More info" → "Run anyway". After that, each launch only downloads changed files. If your game version gets too old, it'll tell you to restart from the desktop shortcut, so just do that. To uninstall, go to Settings → Apps; it'll ask whether to keep your single-player worlds.
  2. 2
    Open Steam, then the gameThe game signs you in with your Steam account automatically, no password needed, and takes you straight into the official world. If Steam isn't running the game will tell you; open Steam, sign in, and restart the game.
  3. 3
    First time: create a new accountThe first time you sign in with Steam, the game asks: new players press "Create new account". If you played before with a Discord account, press "Link on website", sign in to the website with Steam and link Discord on your profile page. Your inventory, worlds and records come back; then return to the game and press "I've linked it".
  4. 4
    Check your progress on the websiteSign in to the website with Steam. Your profile page shows your Adventure Level, achievements and Adventure Guide progress, and lets you link Discord.

Basic Controls

These are the default keys. You can change all of them in Settings.

Movement
Forward / Back / Left / Right
W/S/A/D
Jump
Space/Wheel down
CrouchScroll-wheel crouching is a small hop (scroll duck)
Left Ctrl/Wheel up
Walk (slow)
Left Shift
Look around
Move mouse
Other
MenuParty, duels, expressions, the building tutorial, reporting and respawning when stuck are all here. Pick with the number keys, or hold Alt to click with the mouse
F2
Room list / Settings
Esc
Distance ruler (measure gaps / height differences)
H
Toggle first / third person
F6
Toggle fullscreen
Alt+Enter

World

A borderless open world to mine, build, farm and raise animals.

Building Tutorial →Shapes, rotation, size, materials and tools in one place. In the world, press F2 → 4 "Building Tutorial" to follow along step by step.Combat Guide →Adventure Level, classes and class advancements, combat mode (~) skills, gear upgrades, and how to beat the seven bosses.
Mouse
Gather / Attack
LMB (hold)
Toggle combat / build modeBuild mode = dig, build, gather. Combat mode = your hotbar becomes the skill bar: 1~4 use skills, 5 drinks a healing potion, 6 eats food; LMB only attacks (no digging) and RMB doesn't place blocks
~
Place / UseOpening chests, eating, drawing a bow, fishing, tilling and feeding animals are all right-click. Right-click a sign to open a text box, then press Enter when done. Right-click a banner with an empty hand to paint your own design (16×16, no dye needed)
RMB
Pick the block you're looking at
Z
Free the mouseHold Alt and click an item in your inventory or hotbar to share it in chat; hold Alt and click an item name in chat to see its info
Alt (hold)
Items
Inventory / CraftingHover an item to see its tooltip. In your inventory, right-click a stack to pick up half, then left-click another slot to drop it there (right-click places one at a time)
B
Hotbar
1 ~ 9
Drop held itemCtrl+G drops the whole stack. With your inventory open, hover a slot and press G to drop one, or Ctrl+G to drop the stack. Q is skill 1 while holding a class weapon.
G
Sneak
Shift (hold)
Riding
MountHold a Saddle and right-click a horse / donkey to saddle it (you'll see the saddle on its back), then right-click with an empty hand to ride
RMB
Forward / BackYou move in the direction your mount is facing. You can look around freely with the mouse without changing direction
W/S
Turn left / rightTurning has momentum: the faster you go, the slower you turn
A/D
Dismount
Shift
Building
Build toolsSingle / Line / Wall / Stretch / Arc / Copy / Paste. Stretch = click two corners and fill everything in between as one big piece (like a whole slope); materials scale with size
C
Break all connected blocks of the same kindBreaks face-to-face blocks of the same material and shape together, up to 64
Q (hold)+LMB
Change shapeTap to switch to the next one, hold to open the shape wheel; Shift+V goes backward
V
RotateShift+R rotates the other way
R
Stand up (flip forward 90°)In advanced build mode it switches the rotation axis; Y changes the rotation step
T
Scale up / down
]/[
Change scale axisAdvanced build mode only
X
Distance ruler
H
Reset shape
Backspace
Undo
Ctrl+Z
Flatten ground with a ChiselHold a Chisel (Crafting Table: Iron Ingot + Stick) and right-click the ground. The first click locks the height, and anything you click nearby within 15 seconds gets flattened to the same height. Shift + right-click smooths it instead. Shaved-off soil turns into Dirt; use Dirt to fill holes
RMB
Dig and BuildYou can dig and build anywhere in the world, with no borders. Tools have tiers, and better tools can mine harder stuff.
CraftingYour inventory has 36 slots. Use a Crafting Table and Furnace to make more advanced stuff. Chests hold 27 slots.
FarmingSeeds and saplings grow slowly in real time once planted. Crops have 7 growth stages.
AnimalsTame them, breed them, and keep them in a fenced pen.
SurvivalKeep an eye on your health, hunger, fall damage and oxygen underwater. You can also wear armor. Wolves and zombies come out at night.
BedsSleep in a bed to skip the night. It also sets your respawn point next to the bed.
CampfiresCook food on it, up to 4 items at a time, done in 30 seconds.
Land ClaimsPlace a Land Flag to claim the 48 × 48 area around it, so other players can't build, break or dig inside. Right-click the flag to add friends, give them one of three permission levels (enter / open chests and farm / build and break), expand the area, or stop monsters from spawning. The longer you play and the higher your level, the bigger your claim can get. Land claims never expire.
MoreBows, fishing, redstone contraptions, TNT and enchanting are all in. There's also a day/night cycle and weather.
  • Your position is saved when you log off, so you'll be right where you left off next time.
  • If you die, you respawn next to your bed or at the spawn point.

Chat, Parties & Duels

Keys
ChatUp to 120 characters per message
Enter
Switch between all / party channelWhile typing
Tab
Close chat
Esc
Voice (push to talk)
K
Expressions / Actions (hold)Move the mouse toward the one you want and let go: happy, laugh, dance… everyone can see it
N
Music: next / previous stationAuto (changes with the situation) / each of the four tracks as its own station / Shuffle / Off. Adjust the volume in Settings → Sound Effects
./,
  • Not in a party: anyone within 50 blocks can hear you.
  • In a party: your teammates hear you no matter how far away they are, like a walkie-talkie. Set Settings → Voice → "Who Hears Me" to "Party only" so only your party can hear you.
  • In settings you can change "Voice Mode" to "Open mic" so you don't have to keep holding the key.
Party / Duel (pick from the F2 menu, no commands needed)
F2 → 1 → 3Invite nearby players to a party. Just pick them from the list, up to 8 players.
F2 → 1 → 1 / 2Accept or decline when someone invites you. Invites show at the top of the screen for 60 seconds, and pressing F2 then takes you straight to the reply.
F2 → 1 → 4Leave the party.
F2 → 1 → 5The party leader can remove members.
F2 → 7 → 3Challenge a nearby player to a 1v1 duel: bring their health to zero to win. Nobody dies and nobody drops items.
F2 → 7 → 1 / 2Accept or decline when someone challenges you to a duel (also shown for 60 seconds).
F2 → 7 → 4Surrender and end the duel. It also ends automatically if you're too far from your opponent for more than 10 seconds.
F2 → 3Use it when you're stuck and can't get out: you go back to your respawn point (and drop items, just like dying).
F2 → 8Invite Steam friends: opens your friends list. Click "Invite" and they can join directly, no IP needed (you need to launch the game from Steam).

Host a Room with Friends

After signing in you go straight into the Official World. To host a separate room with friends, press Esc in game to open the room list. It has three tabs.

RoomsBrowse rooms other players have hosted, quick join, or host your own.
ProfileClick your name in the top-left to see your character, achievements and the Character Creator.

Host Your Own Room

Mode
World: host your own world on your own PC so friends can connect and play together.
World
Continue a world you've hosted before, or start a new one.
World Name
Name it whatever you like. You can also change it later in Room Settings under "Your room". Your save won't be lost.
Keep Running
With this checked, the world keeps running after you close the game. To shut it down, go back to the Lobby and click "Close Server".
Max Players
Self-hosted worlds hold up to 10 players (about what a typical PC can handle).
Password (optional)
Letters and numbers only. Password-protected rooms are marked "Password", and Quick Join skips them automatically.
How friends join
If you launch the game from Steam, friends can click "Join Game" in their Steam friends list, or you can invite them in-game with F2 → 8. They join directly, no IP to type and no router setup.
Room List Keys
Previous / next tabCtrl+Shift+Tab / Ctrl+Tab also work
Q/E
Search rooms
Ctrl+F//
Select room
↑/↓
Join the selected room
Enter
Open the room list (in game)
Esc
Cancel loadingOn the loading screen
Esc
  • Use "Official World" in the top-right corner to head back anytime.
  • The world and everyone's inventories are saved on the host's PC. If they shut it down, friends can't join until it's back up.
  • Worlds with "Keep Running" checked still show at the top of the room list after you restart the game, so you can jump straight in or shut them down.
  • In a room, hold Tab to see who's there, right-click to free the mouse, then click a name to report them.
  • Chat shows a message when someone joins or leaves the world or room.

Settings & Key Bindings

VideoMouseControlsHUDNetworkSound EffectsVoice
  • Go to Esc → Settings → Controls to rebind keys. Each action can have up to 2 keys.
  • Esc itself can't be rebound.
  • "Realistic Graphics (experimental)" under Video makes the ground, blocks, water and furniture look realistic. It's heavier on your graphics card, so turn it off if the game gets laggy.