FINAL FANTASY VI

FINAL FANTASY VI

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Final Fantasy VI's Default PC Controls
By mothcub ♡
A quick and easy reference guide for the default controls in the PC/Steam version of Final Fantasy VI.
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Introduction
Quite a few times playing this version of the game I've found myself needing a specific control and totally confused about what it could possibly be, frantically tapping miscellanous keys and freaking my computer out, and unable to open the FF6 launcher whilst playing the actual game - so it's for this reason that I decided to make an easy-to-reference guide listing all the controls.
Keyboard Controls
Here are the default keyboard controls, taken from the launcher's manual.

esc
open main menu (outside of battles), switch targeting type (enemy/ally)
left shift
zoom in/out of map, browse party members in menu (not battle), toggle targets (one/all), switch to another party (on multiple party missions)
x
toggle auto-battle (on/off), switch targetting type (enemy/ally), open mission objective
space
pause (battle only)
backspace
back/previous screen, get off chocobo/airship, toggle sprint (on/off)
enter
confirm (menus), talk, search, interact, get on airship, advance airship
right shift
toggle run away from battle (when not on target selection), allow airship to strafe (hold), toggle auto-battle (on/off), switch targeting type (enemy/ally), open mission objective, browse party members in menu (not battle), toggle targets (one/all), switch to another party (on multiple party missions)
arrow keys
movement, menu navigation, blitz sequences
Controller Defaults
Here are the default controller settings (I used the diagram from the manual PDF for this so that you can easily see the layout of the controls).

Control Remapping Tip
Just an extra note: If you are remapping controls, avoid changing 'enter' to a letter/number/symbol key, because if you do this, every time you confirm a character name it will always add the mapped letter/number/symbol to the end of the name.

That's how I ended up playing the entire game with Terra named "Terraa". Don't be like me.

Happy playing!
28 Comments
Arkatoreus 8 Aug @ 1:33pm 
Left shift does not work when trying to target your team. Have the spell ready then press esc.
CoryStar 24 Nov, 2023 @ 7:18am 
@Owl With a Gun, did you ever discover how to attack your own team?
Owl With a Gun 29 Mar, 2023 @ 7:05pm 
How do you use attacks on your own team?
simpson20782 24 Dec, 2022 @ 6:38pm 
@csc1977 yeah, when you click play, start the launcher instead of the game so you can edit the controls.
csc1977 5 Aug, 2021 @ 8:25pm 
Is there a way to configure the keyboard buttons way you want ?
asedt 18 Jun, 2021 @ 11:40am 
Thanks!
01_echo_01 21 Apr, 2021 @ 7:16pm 
thanks for the guide!
mothcub ♡  [author] 19 Mar, 2021 @ 5:15pm 
That's great news! Happy gaming :-)
Phoenix 19 Mar, 2021 @ 2:01pm 
Hi mothcub I love your art and your epic collabs with Big Joel and now thanks to your helpful guide I can more easily share one of my favorite games ever with the love of my life YEAH
mothcub ♡  [author] 3 Jan, 2021 @ 3:25am 
Oh of the game? idk lol