Options Dialog

This document describes the game client's option dialog (accessible by pressing the "windows" key and selecting "options").

To open the Option dialog, open the System menu and choose Options.

System

Video

Video tab

Video Card

Graphics settings changed. Restart the game to apply the change.

Choices: Varies by Graphics Card model and number of monitors.

• These choices may not be available on every computer.

RES (Resolution)

Lower resolution helps display softer animation. Resolution that is higher than the hardware specification may slow the game play.

This option has no effect in windowed mode, use edge selection to change the size of the game in windowed mode.

Choices: 800*600, 1024*768, 1152*864, 1280*960, 1280*1024, 1600*1200 (widescreen mode: 1280*720, 1280*768, 1280*800, 1680*1050, 1920*1200)

• These choices may not be available on every computer.

Color Depth

The higher the color quality, the sharper and cleaner the game will look. If the settings exceed the hardware specification, however, the game will slow down considerably.

Choices: "It doesn't matter," "Low (16 bit)," "High (32 bit)"

Full-screen Anti-aliasing

High level anti aliasing can generate soft graphics on the screen. Settings exceeding the hardware specification may create issues with the game play. Anti aliasing mode is not differentiated by brand names of graphic card vendors.

Interface Color

Modifies the appearance and transparency of the HUD and windows inside the game.

Color Choices: Sky Blue Glass, Electric Gray, Doll Pink, Gray Thin Grass, Flaming Dev, Ivory, Cherry Pink, Neon Green, Neon Pink, Spring Herbs, Golden Apricot, Urban Man, Old Mustard, Summer Sea

Transparency Choices: Opaque, Translucent, or Transparent (Only 2 will appear depending on the interface color selected)

Brightness

Determines the brightness in full screen mode.

Expand Dungeon Zoom

Dungeon Range of Vision (100% ~ 200%)

Adjusts the maximum Zoom Out value.

Despite what it says, this also affects fields.

Range of Vision

Landscape range of vision (100% ~ 300%)

Adjusts the range of view for the surrounding landscape. You can expand to a maximum of 300%, but expanding may slow the game speed. Changing this option will not influence the vision for other characters, monsters, changing objects (i.e. campfire, seal stone, etc.).

Widescreen Mode

Toggles the ability to select wide screen resolutions in the Resolution drop down.

Note: You can always see the same horizontal distance regardless of height, meaning you will see less vertically the wider you make the game. This can make it hard to see the health of tall enemies.

This option has no effect in windowed mode.

Use Film Style Post Shader

Digital post processing is done to render a movie-like screen. (Some may be unable to choose this option.)

Use Vertical Sync

Synchronize game rendering and monitor frequency. In case of PCs with lower spec, this may lead to minor performance drop.

This option only works in full-screen mode.

Effect

Effect tab

Shadow Effect

High quality setting can minimize wavy lines in the shadow. Setting it higher than the hardware specification may slow the game play.

Choices: "Not Used," "Low," "Normal," "High"

Critical Effect

This is to adjust the flash on the screen for a critical hit and other occasions. Adjust the flash on the screen for a critical hit and other occasions. Please select 'Light' or 'Not Used' if you feel nauseous or tired after playing for an extended period.

Choices: "Not Used," "Light," "Normal"

Water Reflection

Allows the game to display reflection of landscape and characters on the water surface. 'Simple' or 'Detailed' option requires a video card matching GeForce4 Ti or Radeon 8500 class. Using this option can display beautiful images but may slightly slow down the game speed.

Choices: "Not Used," "Simple," "Detailed"

Footprints

This options allows you to see footprints in certain regions.

Choices: "Not Used," "My Character," "My Party Members and I," "All Characters"

Dithering

Enables using low quality colors in patterns to make them appear as high quality colors. Enable this option if your hardware does not support 32bit color.

Full Scene Effect

This option enables a special effect to display the afterimage.

Sky Rendering (Render Heavenly Bodies)

Use the option to see the sun, the moon and the stars. Clouds will appear partially hidden by mountains, resulting in an odd effect. There is little difference in game speed after selecting this option.

Rendering Specular

Use the option to display render specular.

Outline Rendering

In case of experiencing problems with the hardware specification, disabling the Outline Rendering may improve the game play.

Alpha Fog

Makes fog appear semi-transparent. Game speed can be improved a little by disabling this option.

Glow Effect

An example of glow effects turned on and off.

A special effect to render the light source and reflections on objects. Using this option may lower the frame rate a little.

Toggle on and off with the shortcut key.

• This option requires a video card supporting Pixel Shader version 1.1 or higher.

Shadow Blurring

Shadows are blurred to make them appear more realistic.

Sound

Sound tab

Sound Effect Volume

Controls the volume of most in game sounds.

BGM Volume (Background Music Volume)

Controls the volume of the background music.

Instrument Volume (Bard Music Volume)

Controls the volume of players playing an instrument.

• Note that this volume also affects the volumes for previewing songs on the Bard Bulletin Board

Performance Options

All - You can hear everyone singing and playing instruments.

Party Only - You can only hear your party singing and playing instruments.

Myself Only - You can only hear yourself singing and playing instruments.

Using NPC Theme Music

Plays music for each NPC during a conversation.

Using 3D Sound

Game speed can improve a little by disabling 3D sound.

Use Sound FX for Footsteps

Disabling sound FX for footsteps may slightly increase the speed of the game.

BGM Options

Default - No change to BGMs.

Prague FH Ver. - When selected, certain BGMs will be replaced with songs from the 2019 Mabinogi Orchestra Digital Album.

Korean Symphony Orchestra - Plays the Korean Symphony Orchestra version of songs, when available.

Play Background Sounds

Sounds will play even when the game screen is not active.

Performance

Performance tab

Auto Control of Visual Field

Depending on the performance of the client, the visual field may be automatically controlled.

Min. Frame/Sec

Setup the minimum frame from which to begin application of automatic control of visual field.

% Range Reduct.

The minimum ratio for the field that is being set.

Minimize nearby characters

Depending on the performance of the client, nearby characters can be minimized. (Hotkey '0')

Maintain frame

Setup the minimum frame from which to begin minimizing all nearby characters.

Does not minimize party members

When minimizing nearby characters, party members of your own party are excluded.

Demigod Effect

An example of demigod display in "Full Display" and "Simplified."

Choosing to simplify when there are performance issues may help the game run more smoothly.

Choices: "Fully display all characters," "Fully display only my character," "Simplify all characters"

Quick world-entry

Using this option will allow instant loading and therefore decrease the loading time when you enter a wide world. You may enter the world faster, but on low-performance computers, the game frame may drop for a certain amount of time after loading.

Dynamic loading

Adjust the speed of instant loading.

Mini Effects

Short for "Minimize Effects." Using this option will minimize most skill and object effects. Various special effects will be turned off but performance will be increased. It is recommended to reconnect after turning this option on. When taking part in an Iria Raid, accepting the offer to optimise settings enables this option.

Disable Screen Shake

Turn on to remove screen shake effect from skills and monster movement. Does not disable screen shake in cutscenes.

Game

Control

Control tab

Press Esc to cancel skills.

Press ESC to cancel the skill selected when it is on and close the window when it is off.

Press Esc to close window.

Automatic weapon slot conversion

When using skills, it will convert automatically to the slot that contains the necessary weapons.

For example, if a player is armed with a Bow in the auxiliary weapon slot and tries to use Magnum Shot, the player will automatically switch to a bow.

Only works for offensive skills. For example, if the player is armed with a Fishing Rod in the auxiliary weapon slot and tries to use Fishing, it will not switch but instead give off a warning message that the player is not equipped with said weapon in their main slot.

Repeat Playing Instrument

Repeats the Playing Instrument and Song skills.

Enable Hot-Keys

Utilize hotkeys to use items inside the bag.

If this is disabled, you will not be able to use food, potions or feathers in the item bag when the appropriate hotkey is pressed. The items in the bag will be effectively "locked out" until you open the bag and select "use" on the item specifically.

Cursor Targeting

Target enemies adjacent to your cursor.

If enabled, right clicking targets requires a double click for the character menu to show.

Optimum View Angle

Optimizes the camera view angle when the location changes.

Use Skill after Targeting

Use skills on selected target right away.

Display knockdown gauge.

Allows you to see how much you must attack before an enemy is knocked down.

Close info window when Pet/Partners summoned

If enabled, the Pet/Partner information window will close automatically every time a Pet or Partner is summoned.

CTRL-Key Target System

Mouse Cursor

Press CTRL to select and target an enemy nearest to the mouse cursor for an easy click. Press CTRL + TAB to select the target of the current battle.

Current Target

It always selects the current target first. If there's no current target, it'll automatically select the nearest enemy.

Reserve Attack

Not Used

Disables Reserve Attack option. (Not recommended for players that experience heavy lag)

Once

Limit the attack reservation to one time.

Multiple Times

Enables multiple attacks to be queued.

Auto Combat

Toggles Auto Combat on or off.

Flight Options

Pilot with the W, A ,S, and D keys and Space Bar.

Pilot the bird with the W, A ,S, and D keys and Space Bar. Activating this option temporarily disables the commands corresponding to these keys.

Open the Pilot's Manual Upon Takeoff

Opens the pilot's manual upon takeoff.

Tower Cylinder Options

Aiming Mode

When using a Tower Cylinder, aim by moving the mouse instead of by readjusting the camera with the mouse.

View control manual

Opens the Tower Cylinder manual when using the action.

Giant/Nascent Divinity Camera Height Adj.

When enabled, centers the camera's height to better accommodate Giants and some large transformations.

Use Skill Cam

Enable/disable the Falcon/Beast special skills cutscenes and Classic Spirit Weapon Awakening cutscene.

Auto Adjust Font Size in NPC Chat Window

The font size will automatically be adjusted depending on the resolution.

Ignore Skill Use Balloon Icon Click

When enabled, removes the ability to cancel a skill by clicking on the skill balloon that appears above a character's head.

Use Marionette Camera

When enabled, centers the camera on a player's summoned Marionette instead of the player.

Hotkey Settings

Change Hotkey Settings

List of Hotkeys

The following is a list of default keys and a brief description of what it does, not all functions have hotkeys bound to it.

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Default Keys	Function	Description
W	Move Forward	Move your Character forward, depending on your Point of View.
S	Move Backwards	Move your Character backwards, depending on your Point of View.
A	Move Left	Move your Character left, depending on your Point of View.
D	Move Right	Move your Character right, depending on your Point of View.
E	Keyboard Action	This is your interaction key to interact with NPCs, Targets, and other various actions.
C	Character Window	Brings up your Character Window, which contains your stats, damage, age, titles, and anything else pertaining to your character. This is also the window used to look at your Journals, Combo Cards, Keywords, and Commerce Level of each town.
No key	Talent Window	Brings up your all of your Talent Levels, displaying stats gained from each talent and how much exp is require for the next level of the talent, if applicable.
Z	Skill Window	Brings up a list of all skills learned. Displays if a skill can be advanced or not, how much exp a skill has, and what skill could be learned once you go through the required methods.
I	Inventory Window	Brings up your Inventory, which will contain your equipment, quest items, potions, food, and various other items. It also displays your current Gold and Ducats. If other Item Bags are open, these will open as well.
Q	Quest Window	Brings up your Quest window. Here you can view a quest's progress and complete any quest that has all requirements fulfilled. You can also view the quest info by clicking on any quest to view its full requirements, rewards, and progress.
N	Action Window	This brings up a list of all currently known Actions. You can also view and use any Gestures you have learned, as well as Personas. You may also place them in the Hotkey bars for quicker access
P	Party Window	Brings up the Party Window. If you are not in a party, you will bring up the Party Creation Window. You can create 3 types of parties: Normal, Dungeon, and Jam Band. To use the Jam Band, you must acquire the "Jam Session" Action.
]	Transformation Diary	Brings up the Transformation Diary. This is used to transform into a collected creature, check collection progress, or hotkey 100% collected monsters into the hotkey bar. In order to use the diary, you must obtain one from Shamala by simply talking to her with the quest. Rumors of Transformation.
F	Messenger Window	This brings up your Friends List. Here you can manage your list of friends, create groups to organize friends, add or delete friends, change your status and send Notes. You can also check the Guild Members if you are in a guild, as well as manage one if you are the leader. From here, you can also send notes to other people, provided you typed their name correctly. Notes are limited to 200 characters, including spaces. You may also search for guilds and create parties. To send a message to a desired friend, double click their name and a window will pop up. Once you send a message, the other person will receive a "Ping!" sound and a notification at the bottom right corner.
U	Homestead Information Window	Brings up the Homestead Menu. If you have not created one, you can create, provided you reached a total level of 10 and has received a Homestead Ticket. Create a Homestead with a name of your choice. Once created, it will show the Homestead Level, how many Kons has been accumulated, and how many Homestead Stones are remaining. For more information on Homesteads, please visit the Homestead Page.
=	Beauty Shop Information Window	Brings up the Beauty Shop Menu. It will display how many Pons are remaining. You can enter the Beauty Shop to change your looks with out the need of a Character Card. You can also purchase clothing of a limited duration, unlock the style tab for 30 Days, and obtain a bag for storing Style-Only clothing. All items require Pons. For more information, please visit the Beauty Shop Page.
M	Mini Map	Brings up the Mini Map. This map shows everything around you, as well as the locations in that area. There are various quest markers that will also be shown on the map if the Quest Info is enabled. You can also vaguely estimate the location of enemies, switches, and various other things depending on your location.
O	Clock Window	Brings up the in-game Clock menu. This clock display the time it is inside the game. You can view the weather forecast for the next 3 in-game days. You can also set alarms to remind yourself of certain events. You can also set the alarms to be set in real life time as well.
T	Pet Window	Brings up the Pet Window. Here you can find all the Pets you have in the same server your character is in. You can summon one Pet at a time. You can also view how much summoning time is left on a Pet, set the Pet order, and view Partners in the same fashion as Pets. All Pets require NX, or Nexon Cash, in order to purchase them. You can also name them just like naming a character. For more information, see the Pets Page.
L	Message Log Window	Brings up the Message Log Window. You can find a small log of messages that range from players speaking to each other, to system messages regarding skill training to exp gain from monsters. If you are in the "All" tab, you will see various Party Advertisements ranging from asking for party members to buying or selling things.
Backspace (BACK)	Cancel Skill	This will cancel any loaded skill. Loaded skills are any skills loaded above your Character's head.
X	Explore using L-rod	A hotkey for the action L-Rod Exploration. This is learned when equipping L-Rods of any type for the first time. For more information, visit the L-Rod Exploration Section.
` (Grave/Tilde (~) Key)	Change Weapon Set	This is for switching between your weapons. You have two set of Weapon Slots: Main Equipment and Auxiliary (Aux.) Equipment. This is where you place your weapons and switch to them quickly.
Y	Open/Close Helmet	Opens and Closes the face of a helmet, if it is allowed. You can also Hood and Unhood a hood of a clothing or robe. This only works if the item(s) are equipped.
H	Use HP Potion	Uses an HP Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore your Hit Points (HP, also called Life).
J	Use MP Potion	Uses an MP Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore your Mana Points(MP, also called Mana).
K	Use Stamina Potion	Uses an Stamina Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore your Stamina Points (SP, also called Stamina).
Left Ctrl + K	Eat Food	Consumes any food in your inventory, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use these keys to quickly replenish Stamina lost from hunger.
Left Ctrl + J	Use Phoenix Feather	Sets up the Resurrection Action and allows you to revive unconscious players and/or pets. This will use the Phoenix Feathers in your inventory, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up.
Left Ctrl + H	Use Wound Remedy Potion	Uses an Wound Remedy Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use thees keys to quickly restore your Hit Points lost from wounds that can not be recovered by normal potions.
G	Use Antidote Potion	Uses an Antidote Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly recover from Poisoning from Poison Attacks.
Left Alt + H	Use Marionette Potion	Uses an Marionette Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore your Marionette's Hit Points.
Alt Ctrl + J	Use Marionette Repair Kit	Sets up the Repair Marionette Action and allows you to fix your downed, or injured, Marionette. This will use the Marionette Repair Kit s in your inventory, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up.
No key	Feed Pet HP Potion	Quickly feeds your pet an HP Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore its Hit Points.
No key	Feed Pet MP Potion	Quickly feeds your pet an MP Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore its Mana Points.
No key	Feed Pet Stamina Potion	Quickly feeds your pet an Stamina Potion, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly restore its Stamina Points.
R	Mount/Dismount	Quickly mount your pet, if it is mountable. Use this Key to also get off your pet, another player's pet, or a Giant (If allied with Giants).
V	Take Off/Land	Use this key to take Flight if the pet can Fly. For more information, see Flight Page for Pets.
B	B-Bomb Series	Uses a B+ Bomb or an Ice Bomb, starting from the lowest right corner of your inventory and working up. Use this key to quickly use a bomb to give yourself some room.
/ (Slash key)	Speak with Spirit Weapon	If you have a Spirit Weapon, you can chat with it. Here you can view all of its levels, feed it various items, and speak with the Spirit itself. For more information on Spirit Weapons, visit the Spirit Weapon Page.
Space	Combat Mode/Normal Mode	Switches between Combat Stance and Normal Stance. You will automatically enter Combat Mode when you click on any targetable enemy, or by simply clicking on a prop that can be hit.
No Key	Auto POV/Manual POV	Switches between normal Point of View (POV) and automatic POV. When using Automatic POV, the camera is pointed down at an angle and always points North.
No Key	Auto Battle/Manual Battle	Switches between Manual Combat and Automatic Combat. When using Automatic Combat, you will always deal Normal Attacks until you press a skill hotkey or use a skill from the skill window.
\ (Backslash Key)	Open/Close Interface	Hides all windows, included conversation windows. To bring it back, press the key again.
Left Ctrl + P	Open/Close Party Window	Hides all Party Boxes in sight, including Personal Shops. This does not hide Party Advertisements in the chat log. To bring it back, press the keys again.
Left Ctrl + N	Open/Close Character Names	Hides all Names in sight, including NPCs, enemies, and any lingering chat boxes above a player's head and/or enemy dialogue box. To bring it back, press the keys again.
Left Ctrl + C	View the next tab on the Character Window	Switches to the next tab in the Character Window, if it is open.
Left Ctrl + L	Switch tab on the Message Log Window	Switches to the next tab in the Message Log Window, if it is open.
Num + (Number Pad +)	Zoom Out	Increases the Field of Vision.
Num - (Number Pad -)	Zoom In	Decreases the Field of Vision.
Num * (Number Pad *)	Toggle On/Off Advanced Glow Effect	Toggles the Glow Effects, making things brighter or duller.
Left Ctrl + U	Record Video	Automatically records a video of the current screen. It will use the last settings set on the video recorder built into the game.
Tab	Move Targeting	Changes targets to the nearest target around the player.
[	Traveler's Guide	Brings up the Traveler's Guide. This window allows you to teleport to any Moon Gate or Mana Tunnel with a gold fee. It also shows the day of the week, the time, the weather in the area you are in, Part-Time Jobs, Raids, the special events of the day, such as the Jousting Tournament and Fashion Contest, the daily Shadow Missions, and Price's current, as well as next, location.
No Keys	Use skill #(1~9) on the Skill Window	Depending on which tab you are on, it will activate the skill in the corresponding place on that particular Skill Tab.
No Keys	Switch to Skill Window #(1~10)	Changes tab in the Skill Window with the corresponding number.
Left Ctrl + #(1~8)	Change to Quick Slot Tab #(1~8)	Quickly changes the Quick Slot Bar under the F# Number Keys to a corresponding number.
Left Alt + #(1~9 and 0 on the keyboard)	Emoticon Play #(1~10)	Plays a set Emoticon bound to the slot, depending on the number.
Num(1~9 and 0) (Number Pad #1~9 and 0)	Summon #(1~10)(st/nd/rd/th) Pet	Summons a pet in the corresponding slot in the Pets Tab of the Pets Window.
Left Ctrl + Num(1~5) (Number Pad #1~5)	Summon Partner #(1~5)	Summons a partner in the corresponding slot in the Partner Tab of the Pet Window.
No Key	Cancel Pet Summon	Desummons the Pet or Partner that is currently summoned.
No Key	Pet Inventory	Brings up the Pet's or Partner's Inventory, if available.
No Key	Sit down the Pet	Forces the pet to use the Rest Skill, if available.
No Key	Call the Pet	Brings the Pet or Partner to come to your current location. If obstructed by obstacles, it will eventually teleport to you.
No Key	Pet's Adorable Act	Allows the pet to do an action exclusive to the pet?
No Key	Find Pet Personal Store	Brings up the Pet's Personal Shop window in order to search all surrounding Personal Shops around you. You must type an item name, or part of it, in order to have the pet find it.
No Key	Switch to Equipment Slot #(1~3)	Switches to the corresponding equipment slot.

Chat

Chatting tab

Channel Setup

Hide Channel

Hide chat messages from a chat channel (Party, Whisper, Guild, Trade, System).

Show From Default Channel

Display chat messages from the channel across the entire channels.

Set Channel Color

Change the color of the channel message selected. For example, you may change the Whisper color from its default yellow to the Guild channel's default of green. All colors can be re-arranged to the user's preference.

Blacklist Setting

Add

Delete

Etc.

Etc. tab

Show Extra Skill Slot 1

Enables an extra skill slot.

Show Extra Skill Slot 2

Enables a second extra skill slot.

Lock Extra Skill Slot

Locks the extra skill slot.

Locked skills cannot be removed from the window.

Prevents the window from being moved.

Small Skill Icons

Changes the size of skill icons.

Show Secondary Skill Array

Sets up the skill array to show secondary skills.

Show Pet Skill Slot

Displays topmost pet skill slots.

• This is where Pet Perks can be activated.

Use 24-Hour Clock

Use the 24-hour clock to display the current time (for example: 0:00 for 12:00AM, 15:00 for 3:00PM).

Warn if dropping an expensive item

Displays a warning pop-up when dropping an item with a listed NPC purchase value of more than 10,000 Gold.

Allow PVP

Selects the PVP status. (With this option, you may be attacked by the blacklisted user.)

PVP permission between the Paladin and the Dark Knight

Turns on/off Paladin vs. Dark Knight PVP. This can not be activated or deactivated if the user is in a state of transformation.

PVP permission between the Elf and the Giant

Turns on/off Elf vs. Giant PVP. Humans who support Elves can PVP against Giants and against humans who support Giants and vice versa. This option can only be toggled once every 3 minutes in real time.

Allow Equipment View

This allows others to see all equipped clothing, armor, accessories and weapons (including Spirit Weapons) when right-clicking your character. If your equipment is enchanted/upgraded, this will also be visible to others.

Make Journal public

Allows others to compare their Journals with yours.

Summons finish automatically

Allows the summoned pet, partner, or marionette to finish a defeated monster in your place.

Skip all transformation cut-scenes

The transformation movies of the Paladin, Dark Knight, Beast, Demi-God and more are omitted.

Auto Refuse Soulmates

Automatically refuses anyone who asks the player to be soulmates during Doki Doki Events. Option only appears during event.

Hide Quest Info

Hide quest markers and quest arrows.

Lock the Dorcha Gauge in place

This will set the onscreen location of the Dorcha Gauge.

Don't display Today's Tip

This prevents the gameplay tips windows from showing up.

Hide Talent Title Icon

Lock Attribute Marbles

Fix the position of the Attribute UI that shows the attributes' current Stacked status.

Highlight New Items

Newly acquired items will be highlighted to make them easier to spot.

Display Equip Comparison

Displays a tooltip of your currently equipped item so that you can compare stats and abilities.

Quick Equip

Use this functionality to auto equip/remove equipment items quickly with Ctrl + Left-Click.

Disable the Technique Card Display

Press the Alt key to hide the Technique Card that's displayed above the character

Default Window Position

Synchronizes the position of all windows within the game.