Controls (Skyrim)
Default Controls
Controls can be altered in the settings menu. These are the default ones.
| Menu | Xbox | PS3 | PC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left hand |  |
 |
M2 (right) |
| Right hand |  |
 |
M1 (left) |
| Sprint |  |
 |
Alt |
| Shout/Power |  |
 |
Z |
| Move |  |
|
W A S D |
| Look |  |
|
Mouse |
| Sneak (toggle) | (Press) |
(Press) |
Ctrl |
| Toggle Third/First Person | (Press) |
(Press) |
F |
| Toggle Walk/Run | N/A | N/A | Caps Lock |
| Wait |  |
 |
T |
| Journal |  |
 |
J |
| Activate |  |
 |
E |
| Character Menu |  |
 |
Tab |
| Ready |  |
 |
R |
| Jump/Rear |  |
 |
Space |
| Pick Up | (Held) |
(Held) |
E (Held) |
| Favorites | D-Pad U/D | D-Pad U/D | Q |
| Quick Keys | D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu,
Hold to assign) |
D-Pad L/R (Hold to assign) | 1-8 |
Quick Keys and dual Wielding
XBOX – To assign a Quick Key on the Xbox 360;
- Add the spell or weapon to the favorites menu,
- Open the favorites menu (Using D-Pad U/D)
- Highlight the item to be used on a quick key
- Hold the D-Pad Left or D-Pad Right button until a number appears next to to the item selected (1 and 2 for the respective buttons)
Spells
Press the quick key a second time to dual-wield spells Spells will default to the left hand, Weapons to the right one.
Melee Weapons
Melee Weapons can’t be dual-wielded using quick keys. Unless it’s a stackable weapon, pressing the quick key a second time will only replace for the previous weapon.
Some enchanted weapons are stackable at first but if the charge levels become different they cease to be stackable and the quick keys can no longer be used for dual-wielding.
Bows
Bows are unsheathed, equipped, and sheathed, unequipped, as other weapons – by pressing the sheath/unsheath button (default, R, on PCs). To remove an arrow from a loaded bow without shooting it, press the sheath/unsheath weapon button. Hold down the right hand button to ready an arrow; how far the arrow will go – how far back the string is drawn – is determined by how long the right mouse-button is held (up to some maximum which appears to be a few seconds holding – this may be dependent on Marksman level). The arrow will be shot at the point in the center of the cross-hair when the r-button is released.
For people that have one, here is a link to the Kinect Voice Commands. Kinect
Third Person Camera Control
- On the Xbox and PS3, the camera can be controlled by holding down the right analog stick and moving the left analog stick.
- On PC, the zoom is controlled by the scroll wheel.
Trivia
- PC version allows for Screenshots of the game; the Print Screen key is usually found on the top right hand section of the keyboard. (If you are a Mac user, instead press: Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 3 then release. This tool gives you a screenshot of Skyrim). The files are labeled Screenshot#.bmp, and written in a deeply buried subdirectory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim, for example. Using a Find tool for Screenshot*.* can help locate the files. Any simple graphics program, such as Paint, can then be used to edit and save as PNG files for common usage – as, for instance, writing and editing in this wiki. PS3 and Xbox 360 players can’t take screenshots without a capture card.
- PC An easier method is to use the Ctrl + Print Screen command to create a Screenshot on the “Clipboard” which can then be pasted into any program using the Ctrl + V (paste) command.
- PC version has built in Xbox 360 controller support, allowing for those with the Xbox 360 Common Controller to seamlessly transition between Mouse and Keyboard and a Controller.