Starbound Keyboard Controls [PC] Layout
- June 8, 2024
- Keyboards
Table of Contents
Game Window hotkeys
| Hotkey | Game Window | Description | Menu Icon |
|---|---|---|---|
| [C] | Crafting Window | Crafting Schematics are listed and allows access to | |
| crafting. Crafting windows are colored blue. |
[I]| Inventory/Armor| Inventory storage, tech and armor equip screen, pet storage. Inventory windows are colored green.|
[J]| Quest Journal| List of active, completed, and failed quests and details. The quest window is colored red.|
[L]| Codex| List of available books, journals and documents. Codex windows are colored yellow.|
| Starbound Songbook| Lists imported songs that can be played with
instruments. The songbook window is colored yellow.|
[Esc]| Options Menu/Quit| Settings to adjust volume, resolution, camera zoom
and toggle speech bubbles|
Movement and Interaction Hotkeys
[W A S D]| Movement| Directional movement keys|
---|---|---|---
[Space]| Jump| Allows the player to jump in the air. Jump height depends on
planet gravity levels.|
[E]/[Middle] mouse click| Interact| For interacting with objects including
opening doors, turning on lights, sitting on furniture, sleeping in beds,
opening crafting interfaces and more.|
[Left] mouse click| Select foreground objects| For interaction with
objects/blocks in the background layer using the Matter Manipulator, Paint
Mode, or block placement|
[Right] mouse click| Select background objects| For interaction with
objects/blocks in the background layer using the Matter Manipulator, Paint
Mode, or block placement|
[Left]/[Right] mouse click| Attack| Attack with selected weapon, some weapons
have unique attacks for both left and right click|
[Shift]| Select a single block| For interaction with a single block area using
the Matter Manipulator, Paint Mode, or block placement|
[R]| Matter Manipulator| Toggles the Matter Manipulator|
[Y]| Paint Mode| Toggles Paint Mode|
[T]| Wire Mode| Toggles Wire Mode|
[N]| Scanning Mode| Toggles Scanning Mode|
[Alt]| Status Button| Highlights objects the player can interact with and
displays Nametags.|
[X]| Swap Between Hotbars| Changes the active hotbar|
[Z]| Deselect Items| Deselects currently held item so nothing is selected|
[Q]| Throw Item| Throws the currently selected item or object onto the ground,
useful for quick trading with other players|
[1-6] or [Mousewheel]| Hold Hotbar Item| Selects items in the corresponding
slot on the hotbar|
[Shift + Click]| Quick Move Item| Deposits or withdraws clicked item to or
from inventory|
[Right] mouse click| Take One Item from Stack| selects one of the quantity in
the clicked stack of items|
[Shift + Right] mouse click| Split Item Stack| selects 1/2 of the quantity in
the clicked stack of items|
[F11]| Toggle Fullscreen| Useful when alt-tab-ing.|
[F12]| Screenshot(with steam overlay)| Takes a picture of your screen.(saved
in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\”user-
id”\760\remote\211820\screenshots)|