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Basic Controls

Game: Sons of the Forest

Below, you’ll find the Sons of the Forest controls for Keyboard and Mouse and both PlayStation and Xbox controllers.

Note that all of the controls are remappable: go into the Controls tab of the Settings menu, then scroll down to Button Assignments. There, you can select the action you want to modify, either by left-clicking or by highlighting it and pressing playstation x button/button xbox a v2. The button assignment will then read “Press any key…” and count down from 5 — at this point, press the desired button you want to assign to the selection action to reassign it.

If you make a mistake while remapping and want to reset everything (rather than figuring out what you did wrong) you can press the “Reset” button, found at the top of the Button Assignments.

Control
Mouse + Keyboard
PlayStation
Xbox
Move Character
WASD
playstation button left stick all directions
button xbox leftstick
Crouch
Left Control
playstation r3
button xbox rightstickpress
Drop
G
playstation circle button
button xbox b v2
Inventory
I
playstation down button
button xbox dpad down
Jump
Spacebar
playstation triangle button
button xbox y v2
Lighter
L
playstation left button
button xbox dpad left
Reload
R
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Run
Left Shift
playstation l3
button xbox leftstickpress
Take
E
playstation x button
button xbox a v2
Dismantle
C
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Utility (GPS/Walkie)
Unassigned
playstation right button
button xbox dpad right
GPS Tracker
M
Unassigned
Unassigned
Walkie Talkie
T
Unassigned
Unassigned
Book
B
playstation up button
button xbox dpad up
Rotate Right
R
playstation r1 button
button xbox rightbumper
Rotate Left
Q
playstation l1 button
button xbox leftbumper
Primary Action
Left Mouse
playstation r2 button
button xbox righttrigger
Secondary Action
Right Mouse
playstation l2 button
button xbox lefttrigger
Interact
Left Mouse
playstation l2 button
button xbox lefttrigger
Alternate Interact
Right Mouse
playstation r2 button
button xbox righttrigger
Place Element
Left Mouse
playstation r2 button
button xbox righttrigger
Toggle Place Mode
Right Mouse
Unassigned
Unassigned
Tertiary Action
Middle Mouse
playstation options button
button xbox menu
Sleep
Z
playstation x button
button xbox a v2
Save
E
playstation circle button
button xbox b v2
Skip
S
playstation triangle button
button xbox y v2
Reset
Unassigned
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Select
E
playstation x button
button xbox a v2
Back
Backspace
playstation circle button
button xbox b v2
Cancel Structure
X
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Toggle Book Mode
X
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Book Flip Next Page
Right Mouse
playstation r1 button
button xbox rightbumper
Book Flip Previous Page
Left Mouse
playstation l1 button
button xbox leftbumper
Place
C
playstation square button
button xbox x v2
Cycle Grab Bag Category
Q
playstation l1 button
button xbox leftbumper
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