Bacon May Die Controls: Strike, Dash, Roll, Shoot and Skills

Bacon May Die looks like a button masher, but the whole fight runs on four directions. The game does not have a separate attack button: the arrow keys (or WASD) move, strike, jump, dodge and shoot depending on whether you tap, double-tap or hold them. This guide lists every input the game itself teaches, using the wording from its tutorial and shop text.

The Basic Training checklist

The first mission is called Basic Training. It asks for a fixed set of actions before it lets you go:

• 5 strikes (Press ARROWS or WASD to STRIKE)
• 3 jumps (Press UP to JUMP)
• 3 dodges (Press DOWN to DODGE)
• 3 shots (Hold direction key to SHOOT)

When it is done the game says Good job! It's time for the real battle! Finishing the tutorial also counts toward the Grad Cap item, so it is worth doing once even if you already know the keys.

Keyboard inputs

Action	Input
Strike	Tap LEFT or RIGHT (the pig turns and hits that way)
Jump	UP (the stats screen counts double jumps too)
Roll / dodge	DOWN
Dash	Press LEFT or RIGHT twice
Shoot	Hold LEFT or RIGHT
Throw a grenade	Hold UP and press BACK
Cast an active skill	Hold DOWN and press FORWARD while rolling
Talk to a shop NPC	UP (for example, Press UP to change weapons)

Because tap and hold share the same key, a short press gives a melee hit and a longer press starts firing. If you keep shooting when you meant to punch, let go of the key sooner.

Touch controls

On a phone or tablet the same moves are mapped to the screen. Tap the left or right side to strike, swipe UP to jump and flip, swipe DOWN to roll, swipe left or right to dash, and hold a side of the screen to shoot. Grenades are thrown with a backwards swipe: LEFT on the right half of the screen, or RIGHT on the left half.

Two players on one keyboard

The main menu has a 2 PLAYERS button for local co-op. The game's page on Poki gives the split: player 1 uses the arrow keys and holds Left or Right to shoot, and player 2 uses W, A, S, D and holds A or D to shoot. Co-op keeps its own Coop Stats screen, separate from your solo Survival stats.

What the game counts

The Statistics screen tracks how you fight, and many of those counters unlock items later. Among them are Ground Rolls, Dashes, Jumps, Double Jumps, Shots Fired, Attacks Blocked, Projectiles Deflected, Grenades Thrown, Skills Used and your best Combo. If you want a certain unlock, it helps to know which of these it reads, since you can steer your play toward it. Deflecting 25 projectiles, for example, unlocks the Shuriken.

Skills are a later layer

The roll-cast input above only matters once you own a skill. The shop lists active skills named Rocket Rain, Saw Roll, Sword Throw, Bee Attack and Anvil Drop, plus passive ones such as Crit Damage, Crit Hits, Roll Speed, Dash Freeze and Quick Draw. The game limits how many passives you can equip at once and warns you when you hit that limit.