Inventory
Open your inventory with I on desktop. It holds everything you carry and contains the crafting tab, where you can build items from your materials.
Minimap
Open the map with M. The minimap colours areas you have not explored yet, so it doubles as a guide to where resources are still plentiful. Levelling the Perception skill unlocks more map abilities and more zoom.
Hotbar
Drag crafted items and tools from the inventory to your hotbar so they are one press away. Blocks and machines you place come from the hotbar.
Crafting tab
Press an item in the crafting tab to craft it. If an item is greyed out you are missing either a skill level or an ingredient.
Chat and commands
Chat is used for talking to other players and for slash commands like /mute and /sp. The full list is on the chat commands page.
The launcher
You start the game from DeepworldLauncher.exe. It checks for updates, shows a progress bar, and has a REPAIR FILES button that re-verifies every game file. More in troubleshooting.
Good to know: this guide covers Deepworld’s core gameplay. The revived game has new content and some details, numbers and features may differ from the original. The Deepworld Discord always has the latest.
Updated 2026-09-29. Need help? discord.gg/deepworld