Escape from Tarkov Complete Controls Guide

With Escape from Tarkov probably being the most complicated first-person shooter game on the market, memorizing and mastering the controls can take years or even a decade of constantly playing the game. The game’s hyper-realism focus separated it from all competitive shooters and, at the same time, created hundreds of buttons to press. Here’s the complete controls guide to Escape from Tarkov, including a section for the most useful keybinds to remember for beginner and veteran players.

All Controls Guide for Escape from Tarkov

Most Useful Escape from Tarkov Controls to Know

Since there are so many controls to memorize in Escape from Tarkov, we’ll start with a short list of the most important keybinds that don’t come naturally to players:

As an Escape from Tarkov player for more than half a decade, I found these keybinds to be the most useful and forgettable keybinds when playing, with an emphasis on that Fix Weapon Malfunction button.

Here are the rest of the controls, separated into different categories.

Movement Controls Table

Combat Controls

Inventory Management Controls

Communications and Emotes Controls

Miscellaneous Controls

They might introduce more controls in the future as the game becomes more complicated with every wipe. Just imagine the Tripwires and the ability to cut them off with Multitools and other equipment as an action or keybind.