Controls | Basics Assassin's Creed (PC) Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
There are two main control modes in the whole game: Low Profile and High Profile. The first one is any activity, which does not provoke other people's negative reactions. High Profile is basically opposite to Low Profile and activating it (right mouse button) can make an assassination visually far more interesting but is sure to bring nearby guards to attention and result in an all-out fight or a chase through the city.
 Low Profile
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Using Low Profile for the same activity will not bring as much attention and your mission can be finished more discretely.
Here is a list of basic activities and buttons for both gamepad and keyboard respectively:
Buttons gamepad/keyboard | Activity | Low Profile | High Profile - push a right trigger/RMB |
Left analogue stick/ W,S,A,D | moving | walking | running |
Right analogue stick/mouse | moving a camera | - | - |
Button under the left analogue/C | adjusting a camera | - | - |
Left trigger/F | targeting | - | - |
Right triger/RMB | High Profile actions | - | - |
Y/E | head | Eagle Vision/Synchronization | Eagle Vision |
X/LMB | weapon | attack | attack |
B/Shift | hand | gentle push | tackle, grab |
A/Space Bar | legs | blend | sprint, jump |