Codex-Tutorials-Gameplay

Tutorials covering gameplay basics.

## **Controller Map**

* LS Button - Belt (Hold)/Use Belt Item (Tap)
* Y Button - Toggle God Mode (Hold)
* Menu Button - Menu (Tap)/Notifications (Hold)
* X Button - Map (Hold)/Quick View (Tap)
* RS - Rotate Camera
* B Button - Command Follower (Hold)
* A Button - Dash (Tap)
* RG Button - Grab

## **Combat Difficulty**

Combat difficulty can be adjusted at any time in Game Settings. Select the level that best suits you, whether you want to explore with little opposition—or, if you dare—to take on all that the realms have to offer.

Story is tailored for a light challenge, as your foes are both weaker and less lethal. The default difficulty, Balance, is for those familiar with action games seeking strategic combat.

Wrath is tailored for those looking for an extreme challenge. Enemies are both more formidable and more punishing, requiring both deep understanding of the systems and skillful play.

## **Collecting Items**

Useful items are often found stashed away in chests or other vessels. Furthermore, vanquished foes often leave behind loot for you to claim.

To pick up an item, press and hold LG/RG Button, then release while holding the item near your hip to store it in your inventory.

It may be possible to upgrade this ability later in your adventures to make collecting items even easier.

## **Consuming Items**

To consume a potion or food, hold the item and gently raise it to your mouth. In the Inventory menu, you can select the item and release it on a party member.

Your loyal followers can also receive potion or food. Simply toss it to them if they're standing nearby.

## **Hurdle and Slide**

At times, you encounter obstructions in your path. To hurdle over obstacles, get close to the obstacle and press A Button to vault over it. Look for the glowing indicator that shows the path forward.

At other times, you’ll see crevices that have just enough room for you to slide under. As you approach these crevices, press A Button to swiftly slip under them.

Where you look is just as important as when you start your move. The glow will shine a golden hue when you are in the prime position to hurdle over or slide under the obstacle.

## **Climbing**

To jump up onto a short ledge, stand next to it and press A Button. You can also use your hands to grab and pull yourself up. To jump down, stand next to the ledge and press A Button.

To scale taller cliffs, grab onto marked handholds on the wall, using hand over hand movements to traverse vertical spaces. You can also grab ahold of a rope, chain, or ladder rung to climb it.

To quickly scale up or down a rope, chain, or ladder, grab ahold of the orange cloth tied to either end of the object. This also works on long staircases.

## **Belt**

Your belt allows you to readily access up to five unique items of your choosing without navigating your entire inventory.

To assign an item to the belt, drag and drop an item onto one of the belt slots. This can be done from the inventory or within the belt menu.

To access the belt while exploring, click and hold the Left Stick like a button. To consume or deploy an item, grab it from one of the belt slots, or aim and press A Button. Alternatively, you can also click once on the Left Stick to instantly consume or deploy your first belt item.

## **Wall Run**

When there’s no easy path forward on foot, you may have to wall run to get across gaps and move forward.

Walls afford the ability to run along them will have light scuff marks, showing the wear and tear from previous adventurers. When you approach them you will see the path glow blue. To run on these walls, approach them until the blue highlight turns yellow, signaling that you are well positioned to run on them, and tap A Button.

As you perfect your technique and timing, you will learn that where you are looking as you run is just as important as when you start your wall run.

## **Basic Godly Powers**

God altars allow you to bridge the divide between the material and ethereal plane. Place your hands upon an altar to activate the ability to switch between your mortal and godly forms. Hold Y Button to switch forms.

Divine Sight allows you to see objects that can be manipulated while in your ethereal godly form. Hold LG/RG Button to grab a nearby object.

## **Divine Reach**

Use the power of Divine Reach to take hold of large-scale objects from distances greater than before. Reach out and hold LG/RG Button to grab an object.

The object must be imbued with divine energy in order to reach it across the ethereal plane of existence.

## **Cosmic Projector**

Use the Cosmic Projector to leave a recorded image of your avatar for other guardians to discover. Avatars can be used to hint at valuable knowledge across the divide. You can discover and earn additional emotes during your adventures.

While holding the Cosmic Projector, hold B Button to bring up the Placement Beam, then release it while aiming at a valid location. This will spawn a copy of your avatar at that location based on your current hero and their equipment loadout.

To customize your avatar further, hold B Button on your placed avatar to display a bevy of customization options, including emotes. Use the left and right arrows to rotate the avatar in place.

## **Grapple**

Grapple to anchors to pull yourself towards them, or in certain cases, to pull objects down.

It is also possible to grapple items to collect them more easily from a distance.