Cave Story: The Desolate



Introduction

Display

How to play | Gameplay

Story | Characters

Hardware requirements | Troubleshooting

Credits

*Guide for controllers is at the bottom of this page

Title Screen

Where you can configure settings and initiate gameplay.



Move up/down I/K|Up/Down Arrow Keys
Change volume for Music/SFX J/L|Left/Right Arrow Keys
Go forward Z
Go back X

Action

Basic controls for most situations in the game.

Note: Jump height is affected by holding down the jump button.



Move left/right J/L|Left/Right Arrow Keys
Search/Interact K|Down Arrow Key
Jump Z
Fire weapon X
Open inventory Q
Pause Enter
Quit Backspace

Conversation



Continue conversation Z

Inventory

Where you can manage your items and weapons that you collect throughout the game.

There are some rules to how the inventory works.

Example: The Vulcan Revolver and Energy Cannon shown in this screenshot can be switched without having to individually move them to their designated sections, because they are from the same section of the inventory.

This means you cannot swap the Machine Gun and Energy Cannon shown in this screenshot, because they are in different sections.

Inventory Sections

Personal Special items that cannot be trashed. Weapons in this section can have their ammo reloaded at a restore point.
Items Normal items that can be trashed. Weapons in this section must have their ammo bought to reload them. Healing items are also located here.



Open/Close Q
Select/Place/Consume Healing Item Z
Trash item X

Store

Where you buy weapons and items.



Move cursor IJKL/Arrow keys
Select/Buy Z
Go back X

Pause



Pause/Unpause Enter
Quit Backspace