Fledgling

Moving & flying

• WASD / arrowshop about · steer in the air (the numpad 8456 works too; keys follow your keyboard layout)
• Shiftdash on the ground
• Spacehop · tap in the air for a wingbeat
• hold Spacekeep flapping & climb (costs breath)
• let gowings spread — you glide for free
• Shift in the airtuck & dive (W+Shift for speed)
• S in the airflare: slow right down, land softly
• hold X in the airfold your wings and drop straight down onto whatever is below · let go to glide again
• landingComing in slow near a perch? The bird helps you land on it.

Doing things

• Etalk to animals · ring the bell · make a wish · rest in the nest · start the ring race
• Cchirp — everyone hears it · from the Condor's saddle it's a roar
• 🦅the Condor (200 worms at Magpie's): land on its back or E beside it to ride — 1.85× as fast, breath never runs out, C screeches like an eagle; E (or two quick Space taps) hops off and it waits where you left it
• Jjournal: places, treasures, friends, games, flockmates
• Zthe map: a painting of the valley with you on it, your nest, the places you know (and a ? for the ones you don't), other birds, the balloon · click a place you know and the compass heads for it
• Kwardrobe: plumage, accessory, colour — everyone sees your new look · more to wear at Magpie's Trinkets by the farmhouse (E at the stall, paid in berries)
• Lbirds of the valley: who's fastest round the Grand Circuit, most feathers, best at tag…
• Pphoto mode: HUD off, free camera (mouse, wheel, WASD/QE, [ ] lens), Space saves a postcard
• eatworms, berries and seeds to grow a longer breath
• the counterstop left, under your breath ring: pink worm = worms to spend · purple berries = berries to spend (at Magpie's Trinkets by the farm; the journal keeps your lifetime totals) · gold feather = golden feathers found (of 7) · blue egg = painted eggs found (of 5) · 🪵 = sticks in your beak. Tap or hover one and it says so
• find7 golden feathers (soar forever) · 5 painted eggs (a flower crown) · 5 soft things to carry home and line the nest

With other birds

• E near a birdpreen them — hearts, breath restored; preen back for best friends
• T near a birdtag! they're it — catch someone by touching them, no tag-backs. Shift+T sits you out (nobody can tag you; if you're it the game ends); T near a bird puts you back in
• 1234emotes: wave · bow · twirl · dance
• Gping: drop a marker where you're looking — a pin in your colour with your name; everyone sees it for 8 s, on the compass and the map too (three at a time; on a phone, hold a finger still on the left of the screen, or the 📍 button)
• chirp togethertwo chirps within a breath of each other = a duet ♪♪
• fly closeformation: share the wind — sink slower, breath returns
• rest togetherin the nest: a huddle ♥
• Grand Circuit16 gates round the valley — the meadow remembers its fastest flyer

Camera & chat

• compassthe strip at the top: landmarks, the nest 🪺, other birds as a dot in their colour (🔥 for whoever is it) — distance under the one you're facing, and the nearest bird's name; the letters under the tick say which way you face, and 🏠 at the right end is the way home once you're far from it. Under the clock, how many other birds are in the meadow — hover or tap the line for a chip per bird: name, colour, how far (◂ ▸ when they're behind you)
• mouselook (click the game to grab it, Esc or Tab lets go · Tab grabs it again)
• wheelzoom · V first-person
• Enterchat · M mute · O settings · H this help · N what's new
• Shift+Mmusic on/off — Burke's Paper Cranes in the Rain loops softly under the birdsong (also in settings)

On a phone: left half = move, right half = look · tap right = hop/flap, hold = climb, let go = glide · hold a finger still on the left = ping · buttons for talk, chirp, tag, ping, emotes and help.