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Controls

Keyboard, mouse, gamepad, and touch controls, plus the settings you can change.

Controls in Caramel work with a keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a touch screen. Hover over the bag or teleport button to see its shortcut.

Basic Controls

Action Keyboard and mouse Gamepad
Move WASD or the arrow keys Left Stick Left Stick
Interact (talk, open, pick up, water, harvest) E A
Use the selected item Left Mouse Button Left click X
Cancel Right Mouse Button Right click or Escape B
Pick a toolbar slot 1 to 5 LB and RB
Open the bag menu I Y
Open the world map M Y, then the Map tab
Teleport home H View View
Open the reaction wheel B DPad Left
Open the Store Store icon at the top of the screen DPad Up

Other Actions

Action Keyboard and mouse Gamepad
Continue a conversation Space Space A
Pick a reply 1 to 9, or Up Down then Space Space DPad Up DPad Down then A
Close a window X B
Confirm a dialog Enter X X
Take a photo in camera mode Click the capture button on your toolbar (see Camera) X X
Skip a cutscene C B
Fishing and mining actions Space Space or Left Mouse Button Left click X
Stand up from a seat E B
Plant seeds or place furniture, boosts, or a carried crop on the tile in front of you (hold to plant a row) Space Space X
Rotate furniture while placing it R Y
Throw away a crop you are carrying with the Shovel Delete DPad Down

In menus and shops on a gamepad, B closes the window, X confirms, LB and RB change tabs, the DPad Left and Right move between items, and the DPad Up and Down change pages.

Touch Controls

  • Walk with the on-screen thumbstick.
  • Tap a toolbar slot to pick a tool or seeds.
  • With seeds, furniture, a fishing rod, or a pickaxe in hand, tap the spot in the world where you want to use it.
  • Tap a prompt on screen to interact with it.
  • Use the on-screen buttons to rotate furniture while you place it or to throw away a crop you are carrying.
  • Tap the reaction button to open the reaction wheel.

Settings

Open the bag menu and choose the Settings tab (the gear icon) to change how the game sounds and feels.

Section Setting What it does
Audio Master Volume Sets the overall volume.
Audio Music Sets the music volume. It starts at 50%.
Audio Sound Effects Sets the volume of game sounds.
Audio Ambience Sets the volume of the background sounds around you.
World Cloud Shadows Shows or hides cloud shadows drifting over the ground.
World Camera Shake Turns screen shake on or off for fishing bites, cutscenes, and more.
World Pet Needs Turns the requests your pets make on or off. Turning it off clears any open request.
World Trade Requests Chooses who can send you pet trade requests: Everyone, Friends, or Nobody.
Interface Song Popups Shows a small note when a new song starts.
Interface Confirm Teleport Home Asks “Teleport back to your plot?” before taking you home. It starts off.
Interface Controller Vibration Turns gamepad vibration on or off.
Notifications Harvest Push Notifications Turns notifications about ready crops on or off.
Notifications Chat Announcements Shows chat messages, such as when Maya’s crop shop restocks.

Tips

  • Press H to get home fast. Turn on Confirm Teleport Home if you press it by accident.
  • Hold Shift Shift and click an item in your bag to send it to the first free toolbar slot.

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