Mordhau: Controls, Keybinds & Graphics

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MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

Other Mordhau Guides:

Keybinds and Controls

The best settings for optimal performance and visibility.

Controls

Move Forward – W
Move Backward – S
Move Left – A
Move Right – D
Look Up – Mouse Y
Look Down – Mouse Y
Turn Left – Mouse X
Turn Right – Mouse X
Spectator Fly Up – E
Spectator Fly Down – Q
Strike – Left Mouse Button
Jump – Space Bar
Sprint – Left Shift
Parry – Right Mouse Button
Feint or Parry – None
Feint – Q
Stab – Mouse Wheel Up
Crouch – Left Ctrl
Use – E
Drop – G
Kick – F
Cycle Camera – P
Weapon Mode/Reload – R
Fire – Left Mouse Button
Ranged Cancel – Right Mouse Button
Right Strike – None
Right Upper Strike – Mouse Wheel Down
Right Lower Strike – Thumb Mouse Button
Left Strike – None
Left Upper Strike – None
Left Lower Strike – None
Flip Attack Side – None
Right Stab – None
Left Stab – None
Mute Target – K
Battlecry – V
Suicide – End
Primary Spectator Action – Left Mouse Button
Secondary Spectator Action – Right Mouse Button
Tertiary Spectator Action – Middle Mouse Button
Equip Slot 1-9 – (Number Keys 1-9)
Holster – 0
Choose 1-9 – (Number Keys 1-9)
Vote Yes – Page Up
Vote No – Page Down
Show Scoreboard – Tab
Show Chat – Y
Show Team Chat – U
Show Team Select – M
Show Profile Select – B
Show Emote Menu – X
Show Voice Menu – C

Mordhau’s default control scheme aka “240 system” isn’t great coming from chivalry or as a new player, it’s quite unintuitive IMO.

In order to disable the 240 control scheme:

Go to “controls” > uncheck all tickboxes

Under keybinds change the following:

Feint – Q
Right mouse button – Parry
Right strike – left mouse button
Fire – Left mouse button (make sure this is bound or you cant spawn dont overwrite above)
Left upper strike – Thumb mouse button if you have one
Left lower strike – Thumb mouse button if you have one
Flip attack side – Left Alt

Graphics

Depending on FPS you may want to tweak you graphics settings. Personally, I play on mostly low settings to achieve maximum FPS – especially in Frontlines.

Under the “Game” tab:

Head bob – 0
Ragdoll limit – Lower is better. I use 3
Ragdoll stay time – Lower is better. I use 3

Under the “Video” tab:

Anything with [IMPORTANT] has a big impact on FPS or visibility

DISABLE V-SYNC – Even if you have a 60Hz Monitor you should always be aiming for 120fps

Resolution Scale – Adjust this based on FPS. If you are getting enough FPS you can turn this up to 1.1 or 1.2 for a sharper picture. Leave on 1 if not getting consistant frames or on Frontlines
Frame rate limit – 120 if on a 60Hz monitor, 143 on a 144hz monitor. Lower based on framerate (if you’re getting 54 FPS max then make it 50 for example)
Field of View – 101, obviously
Antia-aliasing – Off (especially if using higher than 1 screenscale) [IMPORTANT]
Texture quality – Adjust based on GPU VRAM size (6gb+ = Ultra) (4gb = High) etc.
Effects – Low
Shadow Quality – Low (Medium is fine, again I use for FPS)
Indirect Shadows – Off
View Distance – Low
Post process – Low [IMPORTANT]
Foliage Density – Low [IMPORTANT]
Character Qaulity – Low
Character Cloth – No Cloth [IMPORTANT]
Ragdoll Qaulity – Low [IMPORTANT]
Screenspace Reflections – Off [IMPORTANT]
Motion Blur – Off [IMPORTANT]
Bloom – Off [IMPORTANT]
Ambient Occlusion – Off [IMPORTANT]
Lens Flares – Off [IMPORTANT]

Still Getting Low FPS

Removing Shadows

Make sure you have followed the above graphics settings to your liking before doing the bellow as you cannot update graphics setting in-game after this..

Press windows key + R > type %appdata% > press OK
Exit /Roaming then into /AppData > go to Local/Mordhau/Saved/Config/WindowsClient/ open GameUserSettings.ini
CNTRL + F and look for sg.ShadowQuality=1 change to sg.ShadowQuality=0
Save, go to .ini file > right click > properties > set to “Read Only”

Using this method will not work with Mordhau open, make sure it is closed with the desired graphics settings already saved.

nVidia:

Under manage 3d settings > program settings > add mordhau, > set virtually pre-rendered frames to 2 or 3 (higher = more FPS but also more input lag)
Power management mode – Prefer maximum performance
Texture Quality – Performance
V-Sync – Off
Anti-Aliasing – Off
Make sure drivers are up to date

ONLY USE IF GETTING BAD FPS

Open Console – type r.MipMapLodBias 4 (0-10, 10 being worst looking but best FPS)

Source: Steam