Gameplay

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This page describes the different types of gameplay actions that are possible in Arx Fatalis.

HUD

Player Character

Stats

Attributes

Main article: Attributes.

Skills

Main article: Skills.

Other stats

Main article: Stats.

Control modes

Exploration mode

Also know as mouselook mode.

Inventory mode

Also known as cursor mode.

Inventory

Player inventory

The player inventory can be shown by entering inventory mode using Open inventory (I) or Mouselook (L or Right Click).

Backpacks

The player starts with one backpack and can activate up to two additional backpacks by pressing Use (F or Enter) while the cursor is over a backpack item. There are more than two backpack items in the game, but the number of player backpacks is limited to 3.

You can switch between showing only one or all backpacks by pressing Use (F or Enter) while the mouse cursor is over the backpack icon in the bottom right of the HUD. This will also merge stacks of identical Pickpocketingitems if possible.

When showing only one backpack use Action (Click) on the up and down icons.

Sorting

The player inventory can be sorted by using Interact (Double Click) on the backpack icon in the bottom right of the HUD. This will also merge stacks of identical items if possible.

Gold

Any gold picked up by the player is immediately added to the purse , skipping the regular inventory. The total amount of gold carried by the player is shown when hovering the cursor over the purse icon. While you cannot drag collected gold back into the environment or into containers, you can use Interact (Double Click) on the purse and then use Action (Click) on an NPC to give gold to someone.

Quickly picking up items

Items on the ground or in other inventories can be moved to the player inventory using Take (Shift + Click) while the item is under the mouse or cross-hair cursor. For stacks this will move the whole stack to the player inventory.

Secondary inventory

To move all items from another inventory to the player inventory use the pick all button . This button is not available when pickpocketing NPCs.

Closing the inventory

Both the player inventory and secondary inventory are closed when exiting inventory mode using Open inventory (I) or using Action (Click) on the backpack icon in the bottom right of the HUD. Both inventories are also closed when switching to mouselook mode (L or Right Click), combat mode (Tab or Numpad 0) or magic mode (Ctrl).

The secondary inventory can also be closed using the close button , leaving the player inventory open.

Magic

Main article: Spellcasting.

Stealth

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing in Arx Fatalis requires a stealth skill above 50. When a sufficiently skilled player bumps into a pickpocket-able NPC that is not already aggressive, a steal icon will appear in the bottom left of the HUD. If the player gets too far away from the NPC, the icon will disappear again.

Clicking the steal icon will open the NPC's inventory, allowing the player to take items out of the inventory. Unlike with containers and dead NPCs, the inventory will not have the pick all button to take all items while stealing.

If the NPC is aware of the player they will complain and become agressive if the inventory is not fully closed (no part visible anymore) within two seconds. This gives you just enough time to qickly grab an item and close the NPC's inventory before the NPC becomes hostile and the inventory will be closed. If the NPC has not detected the player when you start stealing then there is no time limit.