Dark Space Arena

Flight Manual

Pilot Controls

Flight

HOLD

Hold the left button — fly toward the cursor.

Combat

Click a foe — lock target, no shots yet.

×2

Press SPACE with no lock — locks the nearest foe and opens fire.

SPACE

Toggle fire — start/stop your salvo. Lock stays; only an enemy EMP breaks it.

Systems

AShield

EEMP

RCloak

FArea

CClass

XLaser

VAnti-shield

Shield blocks · EMP cuts locks · Cloak 10s · Area burst · Class = Dash / Heal · Laser (X) / Anti-shield (V) steals the target's shield.

Emotes

F1EZ

F2GG

F3LOL

F4😏

Comms & Nexus

T

Chat — type a message to the match.

J

Jump portal (hub) — dive into the nearest Nexus gate in range.

←→

Spectate — when downed in a squad Nexus, switch the teammate you follow.

Eject

B

Return to orbit — forfeit the match.

FAQ

Arena Rules

Game Modes

Modes

1V1

Duel — 2 pilots, one on one.

2V2

Teams of 2 — 4 pilots, two squads.

3V3

Teams of 3 — 6 pilots.

4V4

Teams of 4 — 8 pilots.

FFA

One for All — 4 pilots, every ship for itself.

Match Flow

BO5

Best of 5 — first to 3 round wins takes the match.

R2+

Draft — from round 2, pick 1 of 3 augment cards between rounds. The round's loser gets better odds.

A shrinking deadly zone pushes everyone toward the center · an Elite drone spawns from round 2 (kill it → team buff) · mines & pickups (heal / damage) appear over time.

Ranked

ELO

Win to climb — every match updates your ELO and the leaderboard.

New room

New Room

Your name

Room name

Mode

Password

Settings

Language

Audio

Master100

Music28

SFX70

Display

FPS / Ping

Graphics

Key bindings

Click a binding, then press a key or mouse button (Space, wheel, right-click, side buttons). Lock = left-click a ship · Fire toggles your salvo.

Leaderboard

Top Pilots

Click a pilot to view their profile.

Training

Your ship

Bot ship

Difficulty Deadly zone Elite NPC

Shop

Spend credits earned in combat.

Ship skins

Packholo — premium holographic skins

Laser colors

Shield-absorber ammo

Support drones

Orbiting drones. Equip a laser (adds damage) or a shield (adds shield) in each — active in Nexus. Cosmetic in arena.

Drone designs — premium cosmetic skins

Titles and weapons (rocket launcher, ammo) coming soon.

Equipment

Active ship — click to fly it live

Owned skins — click to equip / unequip

Ranked

Account