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DayZ keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 12/29/2018 on https://defkey.com/dayz-shortcuts

DayZ is a survival game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive. It
is the standalone successor of the mod with the same name. DayZ is released
for Windows in December 2018 and will be released for Xbox One and
PlayStation 4 in early 2019.

DayZ has 76 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Movement
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W                       Move Forward
Up arrow                Move Forward
S                       Move Backward
Down arrow              Move Backward
A                       Strafe Left
Left arrow              Strafe Left
D                       Strafe Right
Right arrow             Strafe Right
Q                       Lean Left (double-tap to toggle)
E                       Lean Right (double-tap to toggle)
Left Ctrl               Walk/Jog (hold for temporary; double-tap to toggle)
Left Shift              Run (hold for temporary)
Space                   Jump
C                       (hold / push) Stand
C                       (basın) Crouch
C                       (hold) Prone


General
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Tab                     Toggle Inventory Screen
~                       Toggle Hotbar (Hide/View)
[0 - 9]                 Hotkey Slots
Right click             Lower/Raise Item in Hands
G                       Throw Item in Hands
Left click              Flashlight On/Off
Alt                     Free Look
*                       Free Look
-                       Zoom out
+                       Zoom in
Enter                   Toggle Between 1st Person (1PP) and 3rd Person (3PP) Perspectives
V                       Toggle Between 1st Person (1PP) and 3rd Person (3PP) Perspectives
Middle click            (hold) Zoom
Wheel up and wheel down View Available Actions
Left click              Use / Action
Num 0                   Weapon view
.                       Command view
B                       Binoculars
N                       Night vision
M                       Map


Weapons
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Left click              Fire Weapon (Firearms) / Swing Weapon (Melee)
Right click             (stable branch) Use Optics
Left Shift              (experimental branch) Use Optics
Middle click            (experimental branch) Use Optics
Left Ctrl               (hold) Hold Breath
R                       Chamber New Round (weapon)
X                       Toggle Weapon Firing Mode
Right click             Raise Weapon
Ctrl + Space            (Stable branch) Toggle Raise Weapon
Page Up                 Zeroing - Up
Page Down               Zeroing - Down


Vehicles
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W                       Accelerate
Up arrow                Accelerate
S                       Slow Down
Down arrow              Slow Down
A                       Turn Left
Left arrow              Turn Left
Down arrow              Turn Right
Right arrow             Turn Right
Q                       Shift Down One Gear
E                       Shift Up One Gear
Left Shift              Turbo


Communication
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/                       Use Text Chat
Caps Lock               Hold to speak in voice chat. Double-tap to toggle voice chat on/off
F1                      Hello
F2                      Hands Up (Wave) (Stable branch)
F3                      Sit Down (Stable branch)
F3                      Heart (Experimental branch)
F4                      Frig off
F5                      Surrender (Stable branch)
F6                      Point (Stable branch)
F6                      Magnifique (Experimental branch)
F7                      Thumbs Up (Stable branch)
F7                      Point (Experimental branch)
F8                      Facepalm (Stable branch)
F8                      Taunt elbow (Experimental branch)
F9                      Silent (Stable branch)
F9                      Thumbs Up (Experimental branch)
F10                     Die
F11                     Suicide


Additional gestures
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By default, these gestures aren't bound to any key but you can assign them.

Heart (Used to be bound to replace Frig Off during Holidays)

Salute (Non-functional in 0.62, functional in 0.63)

Sit Down (Alternate, named SIT_B)

Timeout

Point at Self

Watching

Stop

Listen

Move

Down

Come

Nod Head

Shake Head

Shrug

Look at Me

Think!

Facepalm

Thumb Down

Dance

RPS (Rock Paper Scissors)

Camp? (Cooking with stick animation)

Clap


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