How to pin and cast spells on a controller

Follow the complete prompt

1. In the spell book, look for the little pushpin icon on the song you want to use. Pinning keeps its notes on screen.
2. Start the spell from your flute or spell control. The reporting player used RT to bring up the prompt.
3. Follow the notes, then complete the mana action. That player had missed the A input and received no usable prompt until they pressed it.
4. Use the shown conduct or confirm input to finish the cast. Their controller showed X.

The source is one player’s successful demo sequence, not a verified layout for every controller.

There is a later shortcut

Eastshade says a song that reaches learned mastery in the music minigame can be cast directly from the spell bar by clicking the flute. That is an optional later convenience. A pinned note reminder helps with normal casting before then.

If the song plays but nothing happens

Casting and assigning a target are separate actions for tilling, mining and chopping. Once the cast moves into cursor mode, move the cursor and queue a target before confirming. The tilling guide explains that developer-confirmed step.

A stuck right-stick tutorial or remapped Menu/View input

Version 1.04b adds protection against the “Use right stick to position” tutorial soft lock and fixes a View or Menu remapping bug. Update first if either matches your failure. Keep the game’s current prompts as the authority for bindings: these notes do not replace every demo button with one universal layout, nor prove that all disappearing planting plots are fixed.