Steer: ←/→ or A/D. On a phone or tablet, use the glass ◀ ▶ buttons bottom-left (or hold either half of the screen).
Touch controls: ◀ ▶ bottom-left. BOOST, ITEM, BRAKE and JUMP bottom-right. Use two thumbs: steer and boost at the same time. Hold BRAKE and steer to drift.
Jump: ↑ or J, or the JUMP button. Hop over barriers and grab the leaf arcs in the air. Not on loops, half-pipes, flips or just before a gap.
Bumping: karts shove each other sideways. Lean in to bump a rival, and watch the edge: a hard bump there runs you off the road. A shield blocks bumps.
Boost: Space or W, or the BOOST button. Holding off fills Patience: wait longer for a bigger burst.
Brake + drift: Shift or ↓, or BRAKE. On its own it slows you. Hold it while steering to drift, then let go for a kick.
Items: hit a red Kiribako box, then press E/X or tap the ITEM box. Fake leaf drops behind you, Shard fires ahead, Patience 🔺 shields you, Sato swirl 🌀 chases the leader.
Lore: find every Lore Map and Ancient Rune in a run to unlock a lore card for your Codex.
Worlds: start at The Still Pond. Finish a level in the top 3, ahead of at least one rival, to open the next world.
Grow: finishing earns XP. Rank up from Tadpole to Keeper for Core paints and boosts.
P pauses · M or 🔊 mutes · sound starts when you tap Play.