How to Hotkey items in Sons of the Forest

Here's how to sort out your Hotkey items in Sons of the Forest

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Sons of the Forest has finally allowed Steam to recover from its unmatched levels of success upon launch, and as new players to the series are jumping into the game, many of them are asking: How to Hotkey items in Sons of the Forest?

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Sons of the Forest is an open-world survival horror game, where you are tasked with locating a missing billionaire. However, all is not what it seems. The game is made much harder at the start by its hotkey system which differs largely from most of the games in its class.

There’s also been an update to the game to make item hotkeys much easier on keyboard & mouse.

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How to hotkey items in Sons of the Forest

A hotfix to Sons of the Forest has added a much requested feature into the game. Traditional quick keybinds are here – more like how it originally worked in The Forest. Many players were quick to point out that they wanted it back, especially when caught fumbling around with items while being chased by a cannibal. Perhaps this is was something the developers were waiting on and just wanted to see the initial reaction as a little test. Either way, it’s nice to see it back in the game. This is available for keyboard users, utilizing the number keys to switch between weapons.

Here’s how to hotkey items in Sons of The Forest:

• Open your inventory (default bind: I).
• Hover over any weapon, tool, or item and press the hotkey you want to assign it to (numbers 0-9).
• Put away your inventory by pressing ‘I’ again and press the assigned number hotkey to quickly switch.

Using your backpack without using keybinds

The original hotkey system in Sons of the forest differs from most games. In your larger inventory, you have a backpack, it’s that backpack that serves as your hot bar.

The backpack in Sons of the Forest serves as your hotkey. To access it, simply hold down the I key. Once your backpack is out, you can quickly swap between items.

The purpose of hotkeys is to enable easy switching between items of your choosing. To do this, open your inventory by tapping the I key and then right-click on your backpack. This will add random items to it.

To remove specific items from your backpack, highlight them and right-click. To add items to your backpack hotkey, you can also right-click them.

A good hot bar setup can really make the game easier in certain situations, as you don’t have to fumble around for items whilst being attacked.

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How to access hot bar items in Sons of the Forest

Selecting your hotkey items in Sons of the Forest is easy.

All you need do is simply hold the I key and your character will hold the backpack up in front of themselves. All that’s left to do then is select the item you want from the backpack.

With this system, you must ensure you set your backpack up for the situations that you are heading into. With caves you may need light objects and a rebreather, fighting you may need weapons and a grenade or two. Surviving in Sons of the Forest is all about the setup.