Iron Tide

Xbox controller

Left stickSteer. Push up / down for engine speed D-pad ▲ ▼Engine telegraph Right stickAim. Aim assist sets the range on any ship under the crosshair; push up / down to set it by hand. Pause + RB changes assist strength RTFire main guns (hold) LTHold for gunsight zoom RBTap: lock on / release. While locked, flick the right stick left or right to switch targets. Hold: point secondary guns at a target; hold again to switch to the next target, and again after the last for free fire LBTorpedoes. Hold to see the spread and lead on your target, release to fire ADepth charges BSwitch shells AP / HE XFire mode (sub: change depth) YSpotter plane (+15% gun range while up). Beside a crippled ship: Y starts a boarding fight, then Y again each time the needle is in the green D-pad ◀ ▶Smoke screen · Emergency repair L3Engine boost R3Ship special (when charged) A B X YSkip the slow-motion camera. Pause + X turns it off MenuPause (Y in the pause menu opens photo mode)

Hold View for tactics

View + D-pad ◀ ▶Take command of another ship View + D-pad ▲ ▼Squadron orders View + ALay mines View + BTorpedo decoy View + XStar shell over the aim point View + YSend a taunt to the other players View + RBCall the Kraken (once per battle) View + LBSound your horn

Carrier and submarine

RT · BCarrier: launch strike · dive or torpedo bombers X · LBSub: surface, periscope, deep · torpedoes

On this screen

D-pad · APick a ship · set sail X · Y · BChange mode · time of day · sea LB · RBDifficulty · graphics L3 · R3Number of players (the last choice is Online) · sound: voice and music LT · RTBots on or off · mutator roulette Right stickSpin and zoom the ship in port ViewShipyard Pads 2 to 4D-pad picks that player's ship, A sets sail

Online

L3 to Online · AOpen the online lobby. Host a game for a four-letter room code, or join a friend's D-pad ▲ ▼ · ◀ ▶Lobby: move between rows · change ship, mode or a code letter A · B · XLobby: choose · back · random captain name View + D-padIn an online battle: quick chat (follow me · need help · nice shot · focus my target) LB · RBWatching a full room: switch which captain you follow. Right stick turns the camera

Co-op

Sail alongsideA downed teammate is dead in the water for 25 seconds. Stay next to them for a few seconds to get them back up Same targetTwo captains hitting one ship within a second each do 25% more damage (crossfire) XOn the results screen: watch the replay of the best moment

Players 2 to 4 in battle

Sticks · RT · LBSame as player 1: steer, aim, fire, torpedoes YHorn. View + Y taunts, View + RB launches your earned weapon (cruise missiles, airstrike, orbital laser, tactical nuke), or calls the Kraken D-pad ◀ ▶ · L3Smoke · repair · boost

Power-ups (sail over them)

GreenNuke shell on your next salvo Orange · CyanCluster shells · railgun (hold fire to charge) Red · YellowHoming torpedoes · overdrive speed Blue · PurpleShield bubble · cloak Full speedBuilds the ram meter. Ram at full charge for a mega ram

Keyboard and mouse

W / SEngine telegraph A / DRudder MouseAim. Click or Space to fire (hold) ShiftHold for gunsight zoom (wheel: magnification) TabLock target / next target ILaunch your earned weapon from kills (or call the Kraken) 4Point secondary guns at the locked or aimed-at ship (again to release). Middle mouse works too EscSkip the slow-motion camera (or click). K turns it off F · GTorpedoes (hold F to see the spread and lead, release to fire) · Depth charges RSwitch shells AP / HE VFire mode (sub: change depth) Z X C TSmoke · Repair · Boost · Spotter plane (+15% gun range) Right-drag · Q/ELook around N · OTake command of another ship · squadron orders H · J · LLay mines · torpedo decoy · star shell BBoard a crippled ship alongside, then B each time the needle is in the green U · I · YTaunt · call the Kraken · horn 3Ship special (charges as you deal damage) Online buttonHost or join an online battle with a room code 5 6 7 8Online quick chat: follow me · need help · nice shot · focus my target P then Photo modeFreeze time and fly the camera around any ship Drag · wheel (menu)Spin and zoom the ship in port K · M · PAction camera on/off · Mute · Pause