Controls

This is a list of the default controls/keybindings.

Default keybindings

Keyboard/mouse	Function	Other function/note
	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
	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 a selection wheel, allows selection of a target resource.
• Holding down Emote T allows selecting the emote to perform.
• The Map is only accessible once 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 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 throwing 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 or 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 stuck.
• In the Inventory window Tab ↹ as well as containers, splits a stack in half. 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
	Move Camera (not in vehicles)
	Movement (cursor in some menus)
	Escape Menu (close some menus)
	Codex
click	Open Map
	Interact
	Jump / Vehicle Handbrake
	Weapon Reload / Change Build Mode
	Open Inventory
	Resource Scanner / Toggle Recording in Vehicle
	Build Menu / Vehicle Menu
	Secondary Fire (Hi-Res Photo Mode, cannot split stacks)
	Primary Fire
	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
• ( ): Parenthesis
• sqrt( ): Square root

Other roots are possible using fractional exponentiation such as 8^(1/3)=2. The calculator enforces the order of operations.

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