WASD not working


I have been playing a lot this season. Three level 90+ characters without an issue. However in the past couple days, i have been unable to move. My WASD movement keys have stopped working in-game. Literally every other button functions properly on my keyboard except the WASD keys. If i bind "move up" to left click then it'll work, same with the other directions, but any letter on the keyboard will not work with it. I have tried many things and can't seem to figure it out. When i first open the game and load in, i can move with WASD for maybe a minute or two, but after that the WASD keys stop working and my character is stuck in place, with WASD having no effect but every other key working just fine (I for inventory, P for passive tree, etc... Point and click works fine, controller works fine, but for whatever reason WASD is not responding and it is driving me crazy. Also, this WASD issue is just in POE2, i have tried a few other games and my WASD keys work fine. They work if I type in chat in POE2 as well, just not for movement.
Last bumped on Apr 11, 2026, 8:45:15 AM
I've had the same issue. It only happens when interacting with NPCs. I just spam and it eventually comes back but it's super annoying.
It usually happens when i talk to a NPC or type in world chat. I have to restart my game but it happens every couple minutes.
From what I spotted:

When you are moving while in range to interact with something and you click to interact while at the same time using WSAD, you may lock the movement button that you have used while clicking.
Seems to be consistently locking 2 out of 4 WSAD buttons.
So I'd say clicking Interact while simultaneously pushing at least 2 of WSAD buttons, locks those buttons for a brief moment.
Last edited by Evergrey#7535 on Apr 11, 2026, 3:22:20 AM
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Evergrey#7535 wrote:
From what I spotted:

When you are moving while in range to interact with something and you click to interact while at the same time using WSAD, you may lock the movement button that you have used while clicking.
Seems to be consistently locking 2 out of 4 WSAD buttons.
So I'd say clicking Interact while simultaneously pushing at least 2 of WSAD buttons, locks those buttons for a brief moment.
It also happens when I press the window key or when I press shift+space or alt+D. Feels like anything outside of just running and using abilities triggers it.

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