Get into the game itself, complete some of the basic "run around the village and greet people" objectives.


Then, you can press ESC to go into the menu. Select the fifth and final tab in the menu, Options is the first selection from the dropdown.

From there, most of the things I tweak in this guide are in Controls, Key Bindings, but I list a few other things too in the other section.

Disclaimer: This guide's based on a QWERTY keyboard layout. If the keyboard you use has a different layout like AZERTY, QWERTZ or ecetera, you'll need to compare the keyboard layouts to to QWERTY to see what your equivalent buttons will be.



Lock On/Change Target changed to T (note: I just use T here because it's an intuitive button for "target" and more importantly, I barely use it. Lock on is awful in Monster Hunter's combat, so not being able to reach the button conveniently isn't an issue)


Guard/Special Weapon Action changed to Ctrl This governs actions like blocking as well as moves like Performance on Hunting Horn, and what you press to Wiredash in the aimed direction in the wirebug aim.


Weapon/Wirebug Reticle (Hold) changed to both middle mouse button and Q as primary and secondary inputs[/b] (order doesn't matter) This governs what you hold to aim Wirebugs and what you hold to use a Silkbind Attack- In my opinion middle mouse is good for traversal, but not ideal in combat if your other mouse buttons are attack buttons. I find Q much easier to press and hold in combat.


Item Bar (Hold)/Reset Camera changed to R This just moves the function around to a perfectly fine, unused key.


Note: Please bear in mind, I don't really use ranged weapons, so this is a control scheme based from a giga casual's perspective. You also don't need to really customise the keybinds of Ranged weapons if you aren't planning on using them, and vice versa for melee weapons.


Lock On/Change Target changed to T Same reasoning as above.


Dash (Toggle)/Sheathe Weapon changed to Shift By default, this bind is EMPTY which is borderline unplayable, sheathing your weapon is an important button and IMO should be consistently mapped to Shift.


Dash (Hold) changed to Ctrl (this way, your Silkbind Attack button to hold is Ctrl. yep, that's the real use of this bind, the name is very misleading) Ctrl is easy enough to reach while pressing either Q or R.


Special Attack (Weapon Drawn)/Silkbind changed to Q Easy button to reach from your WASD hand.


Reload/Load/Remove Coating/Silkbind changed to R "R" is a classic bind for "reload" and more importantly is easy to reach.


Item Bar (Hold)/Reset Camera changed to Z An unused button within reach of the left hand.

Sheathe Settings in Controls should 1000% be Manual Sheathe. Auto Sheathe is terrible! You shouldn't need the game to sheathe for you, especially when it locks you into an animation that might get you killed.


Mouse Wheel Settings 1/2 should be inverted, so 1 is Item Bar and 2 is Action Bar. This allows you to scroll through your Item Hotbar with the mouse wheel, and scroll through your Action Bar instead if you're holding Ctrl (R, with this keybind setup). I don't understand why the game isn't like this by default, TBH. Alternatively, if you run Ranged Weapons, you should make the 2nd Action Bar setting your Ammo/Coatings Bar. (or, if you'd prefer, make that Setting 1, and your Item Bar Setting 2)


In Game Settings, you can turn a Player Silhouette on so you can see yourself while being obscured by monsters.


Hopefully, all these settings create a control scheme that feels a little more intuitive for you, it sure did for me!

So, you've downloaded Sunbreak, have you? A few things about Controls will have changed, here's what I recommend you do.

The primary thing to know about Sunbreak is that the new Switch Skill Swap (SSS) is extremely important and you may have to execute it on short notice in combat. With this current control scheme you can do it with Q+both mouse buttons, but IMO 3 inputs for one move isn't convenient enough for short notice.


Thankfully there is a setting called Multi-Button Action/Switch Skill Swap, which you can press to instantly perform an SSS. For the time being I've bound this setting to V as the primary input, as I've settled with Q and Middle mouse button as my Wirebug binds.

The only downside of this input you should be aware of is that rather than directly doing an SSS, it seems to simulate the triple input, so if your weapon is currently capable of doing a double mouse button attack, but NOT an SSS, you will do the double mouse button attack, which you might not have meant to do.

A method that doesn't have this problem are the radial menus. You can assign SSS to any of these inputs! But this unfortunately needs two separate inputs AND a radial menu slot, which obviously isn't ideal.


You should also be aware of the new Buttons For Wyvern Riding setting in Controls, which allows you to disable attacking from automatically transitioning you into a Wyvern Ride. This feature definitely has downsides, as attacking a WR-stunned monster too much can cancel the Ride opportunity, but IMO once you get the hang of sheathing to trigger the Ride, it's worth the transition to take back some control over your combos, especially in multiplayer where you might wanna leave the Ride as someone else's task, if you just hate the system and want to ignore it, or if you'd rather use Wyvern Ride triggers as a flinch than get the full knockdown. Not necessarily the best fit for everyone, but I recommend it.


Finally, I recommend changing "Display Switch Skill Info" to Dynamic, and "Skill Switch Info Display Time" to 5 seconds. This is the HUD elements that tells you about the moves you've changed via Switch Skill Swap on the fly, and while it might be a useful reminder, you do NOT need it cluttering your vision 24/7, it's way too intrusive for my tastes.