New to Helbreath

Moving

After this page you will know how to walk, run, stop, turn around and pick things up.

Walking

Left Click on the ground. Your hero walks there. Hold the button down and your hero keeps following the mouse.

You can also walk with the keyboard: W up, S down, A left, D right. Press two at once to go diagonally. On a French keyboard the letters are different, but the keys are in the same place. Want other keys? Press Ctrl+F and change them.

The character walking toward the mouse pointer on open ground.
Left Click the ground and your hero walks there.

Running

Running is faster. There are two ways to run:

  • Hold Shift while you move.
  • Press Ctrl+R once. Now you always run. The game says Converted to running mode. Press Ctrl+R again to go back to walking. To walk while it is on, turn on Shift to walk in F12 → Gameplay and hold Shift.

Stamina comes back by itself, a little every 12 seconds.

Two close-ups of the green stamina bar side by side: one full, one nearly empty.
Left: a full green bar, you can run. Right: an empty one, you walk and you miss.

Stopping and turning

Right Click does a lot in this game. Out in the world:

  • Right Click anywhere and your hero stops.
  • Right Click while standing still and your hero turns to face the mouse.

You will use this all the time. If your hero is walking somewhere you did not mean to go, Right Click.

Picking things up

Monsters drop things on the ground. Players call these things loot.

To pick something up, stand on top of it and Left Click your own hero. Your hero bends down and takes it. A Right Click on yourself never picks anything up: it goes to the monster your body is covering, so you can still hit a small one standing right behind you.

The character standing on a dropped item, mouse pointer on the character.
Stand on the item, then click your own hero.

Some things you never need to pick up:

  • Gold goes straight into your bag when a monster drops it.
  • Big potions go straight into your bag too, as long as there is room; the small ones fall to the ground for you to pick up. A potion is a small drink that fills one of your bars.
  • The best loot does not fall on the ground at all. It waits for you in a list. The Items and money page shows you where.

How far can you go?

You start in a place called the Beginner Zone. Walk around. You will find monsters, and two gates that lead out. The Your first hour page tells you what the gates do — do not walk through one by accident. The game asks you first, so read before you answer.

Try it now

  1. Left Click somewhere and walk there. Then try W A S D.
  2. Hold Shift and run. Watch the green bar go down.
  3. Right Click to stop. Right Click again to turn around.
  4. Press Ctrl+R, run a little, then press it again.

Type a name or a word. Every page of the wiki is searched, in full.

Or jump straight to