Sons Of The Forest – How To Hotkey

Hotkeys can make things a lot easier for players in Sons Of The Forest. While the game is hyperrealistic, always digging through your inventory to grab an item can be tedious.

So, if you’re also wondering how to set up a hotkey to equip important items quickly, you’ve landed on the right page!

How To Set Hotkey For Items and Weapons In Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest allows you to assign hotkeys to your most important items to equip them quickly without going through your whole inventory. To assign hotkeys, all you have to do is: 

1. Press I (mouse) or down D-pad (controller) to open your inventory.
2. Hover over any of the items you want to assign a hotkey to. You will see a small checkbox type of box pop up over that item.
3. If that box is empty, you can assign it a hotkey by pressing any number between 1 to 9.
4. Once you have set all your hotkeys, close your inventory.

Now, as you play the game, you can press any of the hotkey numbers from 1 to 9, and the assigned item will switch with the one in your hand.

This is way quicker and safer than having to lay down your inventory and decide what you want to pull out over a cup of tea while a mob of bewitched creatures is already chasing you.

Thanks to your hotkeys, you will always have your most important weapon and items at the push of a button.

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Best items to Hotkey in Sons Of The Forest

In the dangerous environment of Sons Of The Forest, a player must be ready to act fast and make quick decisions to survive. To give yourself the best chance of beating the game, you should hotkey these essential items:

• Guns
• Medicine
• Snacks
• water flask

This is how you can hotkey your weapons and items in Sons Of The Forest. We really appreciate how Endnight Games considered this demand of the players, just like they did for the prequel, The Forest.