This is a list of the default controls/keybindings.
Default keybindings
| Keyboard/mouse | Function | Other function/note |
|---|---|---|
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Move Camera | Not re-bindable |
| Esc | Escape Menu / Close Menu | Not re-bindable |
| W | Move Forward | |
| S | Move Backward | |
| D | Move Right | |
| A | Move Left | |
| → | Turn Right | |
| ← | Turn Left | |
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Primary Fire | Use Hand Equipment / Vehicle Horn / Take Photo in Photo Mode |
 |
Secondary Fire | Split Item / Return to Build Menu / Toggle High Resolution Photo Mode |
| R | Weapon Reload / Ammo Wheel / Change Build Mode | |
| E | Interact | Quick Switch |
| Space | Jump / Vehicle Handbrake | Toggle automatic Craft Bench crafting / Focus Build Menu search |
| C | Crouch / Toggle Camera in Vehicle | |
| ⇧ Left Shift | Sprint | Hold To Sprint can be enabled in the Controls section |
| Tab ↹ | Inventory | |
| Alt + |
Ping | |
| B | Flashlight / Vehicle Headlights | |
| V | Resource Scanner / Toggle Recording in Vehicle | Hold to change scanned resource |
| M | Open Map | Unlocked in Tier 1 |
| Q | Build Menu / Vehicle Menu | |
 up |
Rotate Hologram Right / Increase Photo FOV | |
| down |
Rotate Hologram Left / Decrease Photo FOV | |
| Left Ctrl | Snap To Guide Lines / Toggle Mass Dismantle | |
| F | Dismantle | Hold Ctrl to enter mass-dismantle mode |
| ↵ Enter | Open Chat | |
| T | Emote Wheel | |
| P | Open Photo Mode | |
| click |
Toggle Photo Mode UI Visibility / Building Eyedropper | |
| O | Open Codex | |
| N | Open Quick Search | |
| G | Cycle Nobelisk Ammunition / Clear Vehicle Path | |
| Alt + up |
Cycle To Next Hotbar | |
| Alt + down |
Cycle To Previous Hotbar | |
| X | Customizer | |
| Left Alt + Hotbar Slot |
Map Marker Mode / Quick Apply Material in Hotbar Modifier | See below |
| button 4 |
Toggle Specified Multi Select Dismantle | See below |
| Ctrl+C | Copy Factory Clipboard | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste Factory Clipboard | |
| H | Holster Equipment / Hide Currently Building/Dismantling + Building Requirements UI | |
| 1 | Shortcut 1 | Relevant Item 1 |
| 2 | Shortcut 2 | Relevant Item 2 |
| 3 | Shortcut 3 | Relevant Item 3 |
| 4 | Shortcut 4 | Relevant Item 4 |
| 5 | Shortcut 5 | Relevant Item 5 |
| 6 | Shortcut 6 | Relevant Item 6 |
| 7 | Shortcut 7 | Relevant Item 7 |
| 8 | Shortcut 8 | Relevant Item 8 |
| 9 | Shortcut 9 | Relevant Item 9 |
| 0 | Shortcut 10 | Relevant Item 10 |
| § / ` / ~ | Open/expand console | Not re-bindable |
| Alt + ↵ Enter / F11 |
Toggle Fullscreen | Not re-bindable This may result the game to be displayed at a non-native resolution when maximized |
Keyboard controls can be rebound in settings.
- Pressing Space while driving a Truck or Explorer will perform a drift.
- Holding down Resource Scanner V opens up a selection wheel, allows selection of the target resource.
- Holding down Emote T allows selecting the emote to perform.
- The Map is only accessible after it has been researched in Tier 1.
- Crouching while running will perform a slide.
- Crouching before jumping will result in a higher and longer jump, especially if have the Blade Runners equipped.
- Approaching a Resource node and interact E to start manual mining. To do AFK hand mining, open the Inventory Tab ↹ while E is held down, then let go.
- While equipping a Nobelisk, holding down
allows them to be thrown farther. - Photo Mode can be used as binoculars by zooming in .
- Ctrl + F will enter Mass Dismantle mode, where up to 50 structures can be highlighted to be dismantled simultaneously. Letting go and pressing Ctrl while aiming at an already highlighted building will toggle deselecting, for as long as the key is held.
- Holding button 4 while dismantling will only mark buildings of the same type as the first building that was selected.
- Holding Left Ctrl while building will align the building in a straight line, or snap to the next building.
- Pressing in build or dismantle mode while aiming at a building will copy that building, but not its configuration.
- All building shortcuts are only for buildings and vehicles in the Build Menu or Customizer materials and colors. They are not for equipment and consumables.
- These can be assigned by hovering over a building/vehicle in the Build Menu and pressing the keybind.
- These might not work for some keyboard layouts. This can be fixed easily by manually rebinding each key.
- There are 10 rows of hotbar, use Alt+ to cycle through them.
- If a Customizer material is bound to a hotbar slot, Left Alt + that hotbar slot will change all buildings in the hotbar to use that material.
- In the Esc Menu, clicking the 'Respawn' kills the player, should the player get stucked.
- In the Inventory window Tab ↹ as well as containers, splits a stack into halves. Holding down on the stack enables custom splitting using a slider or number inputs, as well as allow to view the item in the Codex.
- The N Quick Search is also a simple single-line calculator (see below).
Combination functions:
| Keys | Function |
|---|---|
| + ⇧ Shift |
Transfer the clicked item (or single stack) between opened inventories / quickly equip equipment |
| + Ctrl |
Transfer all of the clicked items of same type between opened inventories |
Controller (gamepad)
The game natively accepts controller input. However, without Steam compatibility layers, there is no customization available (unless config files are edited) and the functionality is very limited, making it effectively impossible to play the game normally.
These keybinds may not apply for the Steam Deck, as it does use the Steam compatibility layers.
| Controller | Function |
|---|---|
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Move Camera (not in vehicles) |
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Movement (cursor in some menus) |
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Escape Menu (close some menus) |
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Codex |
| click |
Open Map |
 |
Interact |
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Jump / Vehicle Handbrake |
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Weapon Reload / Change Build Mode |
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Open Inventory |
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Resource Scanner / Toggle Recording in Vehicle |
 |
Build Menu / Vehicle Menu |
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Secondary Fire (Hi-Res Photo Mode, cannot split stacks) |
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Primary Fire |
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Ping |
 |
Flashlight |
  |
Change Held Item |
These controls were tested on an Xbox 360 controller.
In-game calculator
The Quick Search in-game N also serves as a simple calculator. The following operators are supported:
.: Decimal+ - * /: Arithmetic^: Exponentiation / Power of%: Remainder( ): Parenthesissqrt( ): Square root
Other roots are possible using fractional exponentiation such as 8^(1/3)=2. The calculator enforces the order of operations.[1]
References
History
- Patch 0.7.0.0 Undocumented Change: Gave additional function to H. During Build Mode Q and Dismantle Mode F using Key H will "Hide on the HUD" the Currently Building/Dismantling + Building Requirements UI.
- Patch 0.6.0.0 Added holster functionality for the currently equipped Hand Slot. Default keybinding is H
- Patch 0.5.0.0 Some default shortcuts have been changed:
- Default Flashlight keybinding is now B
- Default Map keybinding is now M
- Default Codex keybinding is now O
- Customizer was assigned to X
- Patch Closed Alpha 4: Photo mode P introduced
- Patch 2018-10-17: Introduced
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