The short answer
Drink the Ocean uses keyboard and mouse only. WASD moves, the mouse looks around, holding the left mouse button drinks, and E picks up, talks and reads. Shift runs, Space jumps, Escape pauses, Q uses the auto-sell charm and F throws a sponge bomb.
That list is not guesswork: it is the control panel printed inside the game's own pause menu, which is the fastest place to check bindings after an update.
Verified bindings
| Target | Action | Input | When it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drink | Drink (hold) | Left mouse button | Hold rather than tap. Only works within range of water. |
| Jump | Jump | Space | Also the key that skips the opening camera shot. |
| Look around | Look around | Mouse | The camera turns freely, which is how you aim the straw at water. |
| Move | Move | W A S D | Used on the beach, on exposed seabed, and inside the shallows. |
| Pause | Pause | Escape | Opens the menu that lists these bindings, plus Resume, Settings and Main Menu. |
| Interact | Pick up, talk, read | E | One key covers the free straw, treasure, the merchant and the map board. |
| Run | Run | Shift | Useful for carrying a full bag back to the merchant. |
| Sell anywhere | Sell anywhere (Auto-Sell Charm) | Q | Bound to an item rather than a base action, so it may depend on owning the charm. |
| Sponge bomb | Throw the Sponge Bomb | F | An item shortcut. What the bomb does was not tested in this pass. |
Two shortcuts that are not basic controls
The pause menu lists Q and F under the same heading as movement, but their labels give them away: Sell anywhere (Auto-Sell Charm) and Throw the Sponge Bomb both name an item. That suggests the bindings only do something once you have the item, which is a different kind of control from walking or jumping.
The pause screen also shows a RAINCOAT badge next to the menu buttons. What the raincoat changes was not tested, so this page records that it exists rather than inventing an effect for it.
Control questions
How do you drink in Drink the Ocean?
Hold the left mouse button while you are within range of water. Tapping it, or aiming at water from too far away, will not drain anything.
Is there a controller or mobile control scheme?
The Mana listing lists keyboard and mouse only and describes the platform as desktop browser. No gamepad or touch scheme is documented on the official page.
How do you sell treasure without walking back?
The pause menu binds Q to Sell anywhere (Auto-Sell Charm). Because the label names a charm, assume it requires that item rather than working from the first minute.
Sources and references
- Drink The Ocean — official Mana listing
Source for genre, mode, player count, input, platform and the developer-written description of drinking, treasure, the merchant and the shipwreck.
Accessed - Play Drink The Ocean on Mana
Official browser entry point. The desktop-only notice and the embedded build (1.0.4 with a WebGL fallback) were observed here on 2026-11-15.
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