Kal Online is a mouse and keyboard game, and the default layout puts most of the interface on single keys. The publisher's guide pages list the mouse controls, the hotkey table, the screenshot shortcut, the battle settings and the interface windows in one place.
Mouse controls and battle
- Left mouse button: click a target to attack.
- Tab: aim at the nearest target. Press it again to change target during battle, and press esc to cancel the aim.
- The backtick key, located next to 1 on the keyboard: the attack action.
- 1 to 0: use the skill in the quick slot. Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+0 switch the quick slot page.
- Automatic Skill: use a skill with a number key without a mouse click, on or off.
- Automatic Attack: change from skill attack to normal attack after MP runs out, on or off. Magician and Archer cannot use it, and some Knight and Thief skills are not applied either.
- F1 opens help. F2 to F12 open the macro slots.
- T opens the Private Shop, I opens Inventory, H opens the Ancient Animal window, P opens Party, Z runs, X rests, Q opens Quest, C opens Information, S opens Skill, F opens Community, V opens Honor.
- G opens the Guild window, M opens the Navigator, the comma key opens the Map, and the period key saves your location.
- Alt+V shows the name. The left and right square bracket keys open the chat macro setup and the chat window setup.
- Esc opens the option button, where all menus can be checked.
- Press F12 during play and a screenshot is saved in the screenshot folder inside the KalOnline folder.
- The numbered interface shows Job, Level, Nick Name, MP, HP, the target info window, the menu window, the quick slots, the message window, the chatting window, the EXP bar and the Ancient Animal slot.
- The menu window shows character info, inventory, skills, party, mission and map, and it is where the game settings are changed.
- The chatting window shows normal chat in white and whispers in blue, and it classifies the chat group options.
- The EXP bar fills the lower gauge first, then the upper gauge increases by one box, and 10 boxes lead to a level up.
- You can learn skills from the master NPC in Narootuh, the beginning village, once you reach the proper level. A skill needs level at least 1 to be used.
- Open the skill window with the skill icon in the upper right corner or with the S key, then drag the skill icon onto a quick slot and press the number.
- For sucking souls, select the number and click the right mouse button.
- Chat commands can be checked with the Chat Command button in the chat window, and selecting one registers it in the chat window automatically.
- Auto navigation moves you to an NPC automatically once you have completed a quest. The button sits at the lower left of the quest mission table.
- It cannot be used while you have accepted a quest and are playing a quest in progress.
- Once you complete a quest and click Auto navigation, you go to the NPC automatically.