Musket Testing Guide: First steps when you join

When you first load in, take a moment to set up before heading into combat. Two quick actions cover everything you need to get oriented.

1. Open Customize press the Customize button in the top left to change your outfit and rifle before anything else.
2. Check your tools press the backtick key (`) to see every tool available to you, so you know what you are carrying.

The musket does not fire the moment you click — it uses a two-step sequence. Bayonet fighting is a separate mode you switch into with its own keys.

1. Make ready click once to bring the musket up.
2. Present press F to move into the firing position.
3. Fire click again to send the shot.
4. Attach bayonet press B to fix a bayonet onto guns that support it.
5. Enter bayonet mode press X to switch from shooting to close-quarters bayonet combat.
6. Aim down sights press Q to look through the sights for a more precise shot.

Cannon loading follows a strict five-step order. The swabbing steps are easy to forget under pressure, but both are required.

1. First swab swab the cannon to clear the barrel before you do anything else.
2. Choose your shot take a round shot, canister, or blank from the ammo box depending on what you want to do.
3. Load click the barrel to push the ammunition in.
4. Second swab swab the cannon again after loading.
5. Man and fire click the knob to take control of the cannon, use W, A, S, D to aim, then press F to fire.