Sprint Toggle - Setting / Accessibility Option

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• 23 Nov, '25
  stjella

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  I am in so much pain from no toggle, please add and save my hands

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• 28 Jan, '24
  K

  For someone with rheumatoid arthritis or any form of finger instability this is a must and not just a novelty. I can't use sprint as is for longer sessions.

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• 29 Jan, '24
  De4dlnside System

  "please add toggle sprint" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-24), including upvotes (54) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 03 Feb, '24
  Brian Dudley

  My son was born with one hand and cant hold sprint and move at the same time. Please add this feature

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• 04 Feb, '24
  Vorundor

  Also make sprint stop once your character slows down. Now if you are sprinting, it takes a while for the character to not be in the sprinting state. You have to hang at a standstill for a while for sprint to disengage.

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• 28 Apr, '24
  RLD

  Absolutely ridiculous! It's s2024 get with the program. Not having an accessibility option like toggle sprint is BS.

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• 18 May, '24
  Matt

  I have to say this should have been one of the early accessibility features. I have trigger finger/arthritis in my pinky, and makes holding shift quite painful.

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• 01 Aug, '24
  DragonsDusk

  I agree can we PLEASE have a toggle to sprint?

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• 12 Sep, '24
  JSepe

  Wild to have no toggle sprint in 2024. Not going to play cramping up constantly holding that down.

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• 09 Nov, '24
  tristan

  yes please. confused how this game does not have toggle sprint. i toggle sprint on every other game. holding sprint is highly uncomfortable to me.

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• 09 Nov, '24
  Zizerak Merged

  I like that you can toggle crouch and sneak but sprinting id like to be able to just hit shift once to toggle sprinting rather than hold shift.

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• 11 Nov, '24
  Frog System

  "Shift Toggle" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-11-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 15 Nov, '24
  Sharj Merged

  Toggable shift for running :D
  I'm kinda lazy so I'd want a toggable running button

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• 22 Nov, '24
  Toast System

  "Toggable shift run" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-11-15), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 25 Dec, '24
  Ray Merged

  my pinky hurts like a bitch

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• 03 Jan, '25
  GM Nevermore System

  "Toggle sprint please" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-12-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 13 Jan, '25
  Jason

  In addition to tingling sprint, please add a toggle/auto forward movement option. Since exploring is a big part of the game, holding down “w” is also painful after a while. Autorun is a popular mod for Ark, and Neverwinter has it as a permanent feature. In addition to the reduced wear on your fingers, it allows having a drink with the left hand while heading along the road steering with the mouse only.

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• 23 Jan, '25
  Trenton Hyde Merged

  There should be a toggle option for sprint so MnK players don't have to break their fingers sprinting everywhere.

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• 24 Feb, '25
  Toast System

  "Keybind" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-01-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 11 Mar, '25
  Fruit

  This would be a really good and important QoL upgrade. My pinkie hurts during longer play sessions.

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• 17 Mar, '25
  Ghost

  This is already kind of a thing on controller, but it has a flaw in that there is a delay when you stop moving before the game decides that you are no longer sprinting. So, for example, if you run up to the edge of a cliff intending to stop briefly and then slowly walk to the ledge, you instead stop briefly and then sprint full speed over the side.

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• 13 May, '25
  bones

  there used to be a hidden setting to toggle sprint in the .json, but it looks like it's been removed with the thralls of twilight update. would love to see it returned or implemented properly into the game. :)

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• 14 May, '25
  Lena

  Please add a sprint toggle!

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• 15 Jul, '25
  Jakob Kableman

  Please, if your programmers have developed their UI properly, then it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to actually implement this feature... GET IT DONE!! MY LITTLE FINGER HURTS!

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• 24 Jul, '25
  Drakula87 Merged

  It will be cool, if the sprint key lock until you continuously running and switch back to walk if stop the moving. (like with controller)
  
  Thanks. :-*

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• 24 Jul, '25
  Toast System

  "Tap Sprint Lock" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-07-24), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 29 Aug, '25
  SOLIDShift

  I and many other gamers have hand and wrist pain and I would really appreciate an accessibility option for this PLEASE

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• 11 Nov, '25
  martijn kleijn Merged

  i would like to just have to press sprint and being able to keep springing without holding down the button im hoping for some like toggle to mode to either keep pressings sprint or just press it once and let the character run till either the stamina runs out or by pressing shift again to stop sprinting. i am aware of the 4 options u have with deciding how to interact with the sprint button but none seems to be a real dedicated toggle button

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• 14 Nov, '25
  RepetitiveStressInjury

  Resurfacing this as a need. I'm shocked that this, as an issue, has been raised in feedback for almost two years - with LITERAL medical issues as severe as missing limbs being shared in the comments for evidence of said need - only to be ignored. While Wake of Water is an impressive feat that deserves praise, simple accessibility features that can borderline be ableist/ageist being ignored for almost two years is frankly unacceptable to me.

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• 02 Dec, '25
  Flameborn

  Workaround: Set the sprint key to 'W' too and you will always run (instead 'press' set to 'hold' and it will start a sec. later). When you run out of stamia you will run normal and the stamina regain.

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• 03 Dec, '25
  Flameborn

  function is in the game but not visible in ui ... you can edit the "enshrouded_user.json" in your "c:\<user>\save games\Enshrouded" folder.
  search with a text editor for "Sprint" >> "gameplay": "Sprint" ... under this section comes "toggle": false .. turn this to true and it will toggle on / off when you press shift.

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• 04 Dec, '25
  Vapok System

  "toggle to keep sprinting without holding the shift button" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-11-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 31 Dec, '25
  PaulJ

  Seconding this. This is a legitimate QoL feature that's already present in many games, and the implementation should not be difficult (it's literally an option setting between hold down vs toggle).
  
  I understand needing to filter through quality suggestions, but honestly there aren't THAT many. I'm usually away for a couple weeks, then I go back to this site and it only takes me a day or two to get caught back up to where I was. I hope the team considers prioritizing QoL fixes like this over gameplay stuff.

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• 11 Feb
  Dick Merged

  You had the ability to toggle sprint in the game. Why was this feature removed randomly?

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• 11 Feb
  Toast System

  "Bring toggle sprint back" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-02-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 26 Feb
  DragonsDusk

  I know I already left a comment but having just read that controller players are ASKING for a HOLD because they have toggle, I've no idea why keyboard and mouse still do not have this. No, I'm not a programmer, so maybe it's more complicated than I realize but if controller is toggle, why isn't ours?

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• 12 Apr
  PickleNinja Merged

  Can you please add a toggle sprint? Why are we trying to change the wheel in games now a days. I would rather not get carpel tunnel surgery in my pinky because I have to hold down sprint all the time. None of your pull-down options even make sense for this anyway.

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• 13 Apr
  Kira System

  "TOGGLE SPRINT?" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-04-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 21 Apr
  Francisco

  I have just installed the latest update, spent 10 min re-investing my skill points, and then noticed the toggle to sprint is no longer active (it was never a possible given functionality, but when I started playing a few months ago I had to figure out how to do it or else my experience would be terrible, and I found out that it was a simple as opening the enshrouded_user.json with the Notepad and changing the word False with True, somewhere along the lines.
  So I tried to do that once again just now and now it's not possible???......What baffles me the most is, how can a game in 2026 not have the functionality to change from hold to toggle in sprinting by default? Are we in 1996 or something? Please fix this issue, I'm beyond mad.

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• 01 May
  momo

  every time i return to this game, the lack of toggle to sprint is a serious annoyance and hindrance to me playing. i have wrist and hand pain, as do many gamers, and many people for many other reasons! i don't understand why devs seem to actively not want this feature in the game for mouse and keyboard? this is such a simple quality of life feature in a game, if the devs are thinking "oh it takes away from X, Y experiences in our game" ??????? what experiences are you referring to other than causing a portion of your playerbase actual physical pain from this? i mean, this is a game that involves a lot of running. i don't think it's an unreasonable ask tbh - it takes away from my immersion to feel pain from having to hold the button, and i haven't been able to really get into the game because of this. i started a new game to check out what's new and immediately i can't get a sprint toggle, i don't even want to invest time because i KNOW i can't play this for that long.

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• 12 May
  Dex

  PLEASE add this, its so uncomfortable holding spring forever

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• 05 Jun
  Violet Merged

  For people with disabilities and arthritis, this is a must have!!

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• 08 Jun
  Kira System

  "TOGGLE SPRINT" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-06-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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