Last Updated on 21 November, 2020
All the Dayz Keyboard Controls: Movement, General, Weapons, Vehicles, Communication, hidden gestures, and reconfigure controls
How to reconfigure the controls?
From the in-game menu press “Esc” > Configuration Menu > Controls
Dayz Keyboard Controls – Movement
- W – Move Forward
- S – Move Backward
- A – Strafe Left
- D – Strafe Right
- Q – Lean Left (Q x2 = Toggle)
- E – Lean Right (E x2 = Toggle)
- Left Control – Walk OR Jog (Hold OR x2)
- Left Shift – Run (Hold)
- Space – Jump OR Vault
- C – Crouch
- Hold C – Prone
Dayz Keyboard Controls – General
- Tab – Inventory
- ~ – Hotbar / HUD
- 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – Hotkey slots
- Mouse Right button – Lower OR Raise item in hands
- Mouse Left button – Flashlight
- G – Throw or Hold Item in hands
- Alt OR * – Free look
- Enter OR V – Change First OR Third person view
- L – Night Vision
- Mouse Middle button (Hold) – Zoom
- Mouse Left Button OR F – Use OR Action
Dayz Keyboard Controls – Weapons
These Keyboard Controls are weapon exclusive
- Left Mouse Button – Swing weapon if Melee OR Fire weapon if Firearm
- Right Mouse button – Get your weapon ready
- Scroll whell (Mouse) – Use zoom
- Left Control (Hold) – Hold Breath (improves aiming)
- R – Reload
- X – Toggle weapon firing more
- Page Up – Zeroing Up
- Page Down – Zeroing Down
- F – Use a Firearm as a melee weapon
Dayz Keyboard Controls – Vehicles
These Keyboard Controls are vehicle exclusive
- W OR Up arrow – Accelerate
- S OR Down arrow – Slow Down
- A OR Left arrow – Turn left
- D OR Right arrow – Turn right
- Q – Gear -1
- E – Gear +1
- Left Shift – Turbo
Dayz Keyboard Controls – Communication
- / – Enables Text chat
- Caps lock – Hold = speak in voice chat | Doube tap = enables or disables voice chat
- Up arrow – Your voice volume
- F1 – Hello
- F2 – Hands up
- F3 – Sit down OR Heart
- F4 – Fuck off
- F5 – Surrender
- F6 – Point OR Magnifique
- F7 – Thumbs Up OR Point
- F8 – Facepalm OR Taunt Elbow
- F9 – Silent OR Thumbs Up
- F10 – Die
- F11 – Suicide
Hidden gestures
There are more gestures, but if you want to use them you have to replace them by one of the previous:
- Heart
- Salute
- Sit Down
- Timeout
- Point at self
- Watching
- Stop
- Listen
- Move
- Down
- Come
- Nod Head
- Snake head
- Shrug
- Look at me
- Think
- Facepalm
- Thumb down
- Dance
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Cooking with stick animation
- Clap
