The Ultimate “Big Brain” Hotkeys Guide For Patch 0.14!

[@calicat4651]

Just watched the whole thing in a second. Certified Gigabeef classic

[@palmo34]

I watch all his video in 30x speed. It's all about efficiency:)

[@Ukulisti]

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[@snakeoo7ca]

​@@Ukulisti who said anything about wanting to reward him 😂

[@Ukulisti]

@@snakeoo7ca He makes banger videos that people love. Why wouldn't you want to reward him?

[@Sjaell]

Damn this is a really good tips video. Pretty rare to find someone that values quality info over fluff and bullshit. Respect

[@chriswhite6546]

Have been using the priority bleed/heal keybind and the Hold Breath/ADS keybind since your last vid on keybinds. I use the hold-inspect, release-fix bind and it works for me. Great content Giga, thanks! This really helps the community.

[@bwdnako]

exact same for me on all these. I prefer the press to check release to fix, I just hold the button until the green flash and release the key.

[@calbaking]

dude i cannot believe that this guy puts press on on 5 and release on 4, literally BACK TO FRONT. made my brain explode and now i need therapy for probably the rest of my life

[@PedroMorales-wq3yd]

life tips for gaming and for the bathroom

[@aviatorix8805]

This video is not only helpful, but also the explainations have great clarity so my understanding of various binds is improved. Greatly appreciated!

[@MyNamesNotMatt]

I want to you to know that when you and your other AI friends take over the world. I will be a very loyal friend in exchange for safety.

[@alexmaurice4274]

@@MyNamesNotMatt?

[@MyNamesNotMatt]

@@alexmaurice4274 You don’t read the above comment and instantly think “that’s not how people talk, must be AI?”

[@MegaGreen48]

Everyone needs to do this type of stuff. Learning to maneuver is a meta in and of itself. This streamlines the complicated mess that is Tarkov. Thank you Gigabeef for your continued content. It is intuitive and relevant to everything we are trying to do! Don’t let Tarkov get you down.

[@osbjmg]

a good reason to bind voicelines is NPC scav cooperation; I tell them to help or spread out and that gives me an indication of where friendly NPC scavs are and having them help me out.

[@MMOchAForPrez]

I'll never not click on a Gigabeef video when I see it on my feed! I love your informative videos, and your streams are great to watch and chill 😁

[@Ottobon_extra]

These are always really good, but considering i got all my controls reset I'm even more thankful for it. Thanks Giga!

[@DaMonkfish]

The way I do my reloads is to have emergency reload on R Release, and regular reload on R Continuous. That means a fast reload is simply a quick tap of the button, and will therefore be the default reload done in combat, but when you're not in combat and just want a regular reload, you can press and hold R. Once the animation starts, you can release the key and your character does nothing as they're already doing a reload. You do have to remember you've done this and retrain your muscle memory though, otherwise you'll find yourself without any mags. :)

[@Chnkp]

200IQ

[@rocketmagnet427]

Same except I did fast reload as 1 tap and slow as 2 tap. Used to it now muscle memory into other games

[@swappinqentertainment]

Never going to use this bind but props to you for the thought behind this.

[@AverageTacticalGamer]

But then you lose the ability to hold r-scroll wheel to select mag. I bound fast reload to r, and slow reload to shift-r, that way I can slow reload while sprinting. This also prevents double tap reload delay. I also bound tactical toggle to shift-t additional, so I can sprint turn on/off flashlight.

[@miciso666]

For fast reload i alt r 😅

[@Orimbar]

Hi. I've been using the press/release double bind method for meds for 3 wipes now. That's a huge advantage to not think about what to do, but instead just press a button and let it choose for the needs the bleed has. Of cause, heavy bleeding goes first. GG

[@miciso666]

Same and 6 for me is stim and pk. So i can prop then on release pop adren

[@cyandrix]

I wish we could have a way to specifically heal only thorax or head. Right now if I have a heavy bleed on my arm and a thorax with 2 hp I will lose my thorax by the time I stop the bleed, where I could have just healed it and fixed the bleed later

[@Orimbar]

@@cyandrix You won't have perfection even in RL. Adopt and overcome. Grow on your struggles. The things you don't have control over, just let them go. It's not solvable. Just let it go and move on.

[@mnm8818]

rant add- i use CTRL+ for 'Body' things smooth lean, sidestep, vault, ALT+ for anything with Weapons

[@shootymcbooty2814]

Good idea mentioning side-scroll for shoulder, I’m using that for sure.

[@jeremy5602]

My favorite setup for malfunctions is having inspect on hold and clear malfunction on release. If I’m patient I can clear a jam in one press of a button, but more importantly I can hold the button to inspect and then spam click the button in a panic.

[@zacknunns242]

Yeah that makes way more sense than what he said.

[@Defiance8o8]

Thanks Gigabeef! Appreciate you sharing knowledge to increase our QOL

[@YonexCC]

Great vid. To me, my biggest pet peeve when it comes to watching other streamers is how a good portion of them STILL "right click -> Discard" to drop items. My god, it drives me nuts lol. Literally just rebind the key and it's an instant drop from your bag. I have mine set my one of my mouse keys so it makes looting and dropping shiz real fast.

[@miciso666]

Same mines tilde tho. I can drop items so fast 😅

[@eldonhill4840]

I have mine on shift+click, that way all inventory actions (pick up, equip, discard) are on 3 keys right next to each other that are easy to hit (ctrl, alt, and shift) and left click

[@stepa994]

mine is on mouse 3 + LMB.. so if i drag something to loot (lets say ear pro) with my LMB i just add mouse 3 while i hover over my item and then just release LMB to equip new item

[@theShermanator]

back here after the wipe ofc, great vid and tips

[@Gigabeef]

Wish I'd taken my own advice, I died on Ground Zero with change fire mode unbound XD XD

[@TheRealGaffer]

Oh this is neat! They call these "option selects" in fighting games, where you can just input a thing and the only the most applicable thing happens. Never thought of doing it using Tarkov inputs!

[@GS-el8ll]

another one maybe worth mentioning is inverting lean and strafe keys so you can lean and strafe with two fingers rather than trying to press two buttons simultaneously with the same finger, you will have to break and rebuild muscle memory but its pretty decent once youre used to it having should swap on a mouse is basicly required i think when you consider all the other mechanics you may need to press during a shoulder swap like lean, sprint ect, not enough fingers free on left hand

[@DUFF3RR]

I swap leans as well (q/e) and once you get use to it, it’s amazing! Showed a few buddies this trick and they do it as well now…way more comfortable!

[@trashcompactorYT]

I just set lean to toggle and don’t worry about this at all

[@Chevalier_knight]

Same i use toggle too lefts me rest my fingers if im holding a corner

[@Brofilius]

I swapped my lean keys years ago in PUBG and always use leaning on continuous. It is amazing!

[@BeanMann]

I just gave up on that and put lean on toggle, pressing those buttons is especially hard on my flat key keyboard. Maybe when i get a mechanical/ergo in the future

[@KevinSecondWind]

About the grenades, I'm 99.999% sure it does have a specific order. It starts from left to right in your pockets. And then checks your rig from top left to top right. Always prioritizing pockets.

[@xursed7990]

Binding the "follow me" voice command is really nice if you have high fence rep to get scavs to follow you easily.

[@Isosto]

Brilliant video, I'll definitely be using some of the ones I didn't already know 👍

[@brutalbombs]

This patch and it's new binds for left shouldering your gun and vaulting made me finally transition from WASD to ESDF to have more keys within my left hands reach while gaming. It was EXTREMELY frustrating for the first few days, but now i can't recommend it more. Not only do you make one more vertical row of keyboard keys available to your left hand, but also it's multitude of combined functions, e.g. CTRL + A or SHIFT + A

[@Scott.E.H]

Binding two meds to one button is actually very clever. I've set this one up now. You don't need to do any funny business when selecting it by the way, you can just drag it to the hotbar at the bottom of the screen.

[@speedfreak0023]

Your content is a great help. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@TimothyJavier]

If you bind vault to spacebar continuous, if you crouch before vaulting you can keep the regular jump keybind.

[@alexmaurice4274]

The malfunctions being 3 buttons grinds my gears sm

[@dangroll7766]

I set my reload to R continuous and emergency reload to R release, you’ll definitely drop a few mags at start but it’s saved my life in a few gunfights just hitting R once and getting the faster reload. Then the slower reloads become more deliberate, which is fine in non-emergency situations like a reload from cover.

[@stepa994]

just do mouse 3 + R for fast reload.. zero shenenigas with holding, taping, double pressing 🙂

[@dangroll7766]

@@stepa994 oooh that's a good one

[@OptimusBananas]

I've been doing this for years and teach all new players this. Also shift your other binds down a slot

[@TheCypher19]

Im using the forward and back buttons on my G502 as my left and right lean, then both together for shoulder swap. Works really well as they get used together constantly

[@orbitzzwrld]

ty for the idea

[@laserbidet]

What do you use the two buttons next to left click for?

[@TheCypher19]

@@laserbidet I have the front most one set to T, so it toggles my tac devices. Then the rear one is my delete key for fast loot management

[@bluwzrdisgreedy234]

@@TheCypher19 Similar to what I do with mouse wheel tilt. Tilt right is discard items, tilt left is tac device on/off, control+tilt left cycles device modes.

[@TheCypher19]

@@bluwzrdisgreedy234 interesting. I have 8 and 9 there for press/release healing

[@toryspelling7737]

Who else here has slugged through many a wipe without rebinding check time and exits just to "o" ... xD .. changing my life gigabeef

[@laserbidet]

My keybinds are so wonky. Lean buttons are mouse 4/5. Q is check ammo, E is vault, mouse wheel left is shoulder swap, ctrl + mouse wheel left is switch scopes, mouse wheel right is change zoom, c is crouch. Also you can do “inspect weapon” on press, and “fix malfunction” on release of the same button, then you can hold it down to fix a jam. You just have to wait until the animation finishes.

[@dion177]

Nice keybinds actually

[@speedy3795]

another one is Scroll wheel up/down + LAlt for scope elevation. much easier than page up/down and you can easily do it while aiming without taking hands off mouse or WASD

[@HonkGoldfisz]

Great video. Especially for new player. It will build nice habits from the beginning. Thank you

[@PackandClean24]

Thank you so much goatbeef... this Video is masterclass... greetings from germany

[@Gigabeef]

Thanks!

[@DarylSpeedman]

Excellent quality of life tips. Tyvm

[@elvtdPlays]

If you hold your ads you can auto hold breath while aiming just setting your bind in reverse. It works in raid, doesn’t work in hideout shooting range though.

[@cwoods1294]

How do you switch fire modes if you're using B for inspect/fix malfunction?

[@JRL_Unifex]

Such a good video - thank you

[@madjaffa]

Very nice. Have been using most of these for a while now. However the one button for swap sling and shoulder gun is a nice new one 👍. I’ve been playing about with check time and exits on same button as crouch as I don’t mind being reminded all the time where I’m going 😂

[@Chevalier_knight]

Its so good becuase i never use the 2 number in gaming because it feels wierd so having both weapons on 3 feels great for me

[@IIIAlwaysGamerIII]

There's a better way to fix malfunctions. My friends and I have Inspect weapon on Shift+T (on Pressed if I remember right) and Fix Malfunction on Shift+T (Double Click) This way, you can keep sprinting by holding down shift and you can either click T once, wait for the animation to finish, then double tap T, or you spam T the whole time you're sprinting so you just have to focus on where you're going until your PMC fixes the malfunction. This way is smoother and since you can keep sprinting behind cover or zigzag, you have more chance to survive. Also, most players keep B for switching fire mode too.

[@Jamersunify]

Dude, what an AWESOME video. Thank you!

[@kerbalkerman6827]

thanks giga, just had to reinstall everything and this was very helpful.

[@cyanide7270]

Funny you should mention the left shoulder binding to a mouse scroll wheel. Ive got a Razer Basilisk, where there are buttons for pushing the scroll wheel left and right, and the left side button was free (right side is malfunction inspect and fix) so threw it straight onto that. Works REALLY well.

[@caleschley]

I like the new defaults for vaulting/jumping just fine.

[@Underdogger]

For the same keybind heal, there are definitely moments where I'd rather put health in my thorax/head than fix my heavy bleed(s) as either of the two essential body parts are down to

[@cooper5602]

I feel like stopping the bleeds would be better tho. Especially since it takes less time than the healing animation, your limbs will probably black out from a heavy bleed before the animation is done

[@gregsutton2400]

I have been playing too long to have to learn some of this.

[@nooblangpoo]

You can rebind mumble to any other key and set the last 4 or 3 number keys to F1-F4. Great for accessing injectors and selecting a grenade.

[@miciso666]

Bruh thats a damn good idea

[@Hawk_112]

great guide as always , your voice sounds rough today hope you'll be ok soon

[@LilithTheShadow]

Personaly I can do some more combinations because I have keyboard that recognies soft and hard clicks but you gived my some ideas that I can change in binds I currently have.

[@sharpi9014]

Really love these, I use a lot of them and never want to change them again! I wonder why you have nothing on 4? I have mine set up so that I have Press and Hold actions for 4 and then press 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 normaly.

[@piratebtf9506]

Very very helpful bits here, thanks!

[@LunarBulletDev]

my dude is single handedly teaching the whole playerbase

[@denisiss5553]

If you have a full keyboard (aka. you HAVE the numpad section of the keyboard) and easy way to bind something like Left Hand Switching, change the Console button to Num and set the Left Hand to `

[@GADver]

I like to check ammo on a press of a button. That's G for me. Ctrl+z - drop backpack. Z - for clearing mulfunctions. Two sidebuttons on a mouse for grenades and painkillers. And I rebind charging handle - once i'm trying to level up some specific weapon. Pistols for example. Or sniper rifles.

[@miciso666]

My alt combos all drop stuff. Bullet mag bp.. Where ctrl does checks.

[@neutchain7838]

I also have a dedicated mouse button setup in its software to drop the DPI on the mouse to 300 so when you aim with a high magnification scope its not as sensitive thus easier to aim.

[@andrewknox927]

I replaced shoulder transitioning to v and changed melee to a letter out of the way as its unimportant. Then I made vaulting set to just control and havent had any issues. The only issue I can see is for people with small hands might not be able to press both control and shift when sprint vaulting. Other than that these are what I recommend

[@J.F.K.O]

i am using your heavy and light bandage trick works like a charm

[@Aquila.]

Congrats to 100K Subscribers!

[@Sanctittytv]

Im ur biggest fan beef! Ur content is always so good wtfff

[@xSintex]

My easiest solution to new buttons was, shoulder swap on mousewheel up, and jump on mousewheel down (which I was used to from counter strike). That way you still have your snappy jump, and rolling your mousewheel is very natural for shoulder swap.

[@sirseven3]

Is space bar unused at that point? I prefer shoulder swap side mouse button, discard side mouse button, voip middle mouse button and keep scroll wheel default for covert scrolling on the fly Death adder elite btw

[@alexbaskov]

i see many people don't use bandages at all, dunno why. what i have is the same press+release on one button to remove both bleeds. i put it on "5" - press for heavy and release for light bleeds (normally just green 2/2 bandage). And "4" for heals, whatever that would be. i don't run double Salewas or anything, so using healing points to remove light bleeds isn't optimal for me personally. (or sometimes i just use grizzle, for around 30k you also get fracture removing stuff which is quite nice). i also rebind "toggle console" from "~" in most games and normally set it to F8. good tip about that "O double-press" -- i'm so used to it, but it still annoys me tbh :D

[@deadrot990]

Caps Lock is an available button that functions as a key modifier too.

[@hanswurst3788]

Thanks for that Gigabeef.

[@GriffPlays]

+1 new subscriber! SO close to 100k!!!!

[@ylyxa]

I've tried binding medkits together with bleed-fixing items a couple wipes ago and I don't think it's a good idea. I've lost way too many thoraxes to not being able to top one up before fixing a heavy bleed. The way I have it now is 4-5-6-7 where 4 is a painkiller, 5 is a medkit, 6 is a splint and 7 is a tourniquet double-bound with a normal bandage. With the sidearm quick-pull, I have them both on the same key: quick pull on release, normal on continuous. That way I can tap the key for a quick pull, or hold it for a normal one if I have the time. The same can also be done for the melee weapon.

[@KravenLupei]

I have shoulder swap set to ` because console key is easy to rebind to something like control + ` and it made sense to me / was easily accessible. Also have vault set to control for continuous; let's me just run into any vaultable service with the button held ahead of time. Also have hold breath toggle on Shift because you're never really hitting that while sighted in anyway unless you really do need to sprint somewhere.

[@xsonority]

really cool, thank you

[@neomizo™]

how am i gonna remember all of this to redo it every time my game crashes xD

[@CellTank]

100k soon soon!

[@slerpn]

I don't use the hotkey for heals like that, because I prefer having control on what I'm doing, I use ctrl + space for vault, mouse 4 for shoulder swap, which was the default for me but felt super intuitive. I love using shoulder swap as it kinda reflects my playstyle in airsoft irl, where I switch hands for peaking angles. It just feels natural and second nature now.

[@houghwhite411]

W feature tbh

[@Caleb123413]

i like to have heavy and light bleed on same key, heavy on push light on release. Main heal on its own key

[@LegacyoftheDromedary]

I bound the shoulder swap to both of my mouse keys on the sides which is working wonders for me, only real problem with this is that I sometimes automatically hold my breath (because one of the mouse keys are bound to it) when aiming in and swapping shoulders but this has not been a problem for me.

[@liamcooley9789]

I rebound Z to be left side shoulder peak. Its amazingly fluid.

[@Psychobob]

How do you handle the underbarrel grenade launchers with your weapon swap setup? As you showed you'd either have to hold 1 while you use it or always have the gun with the UBGL on 2. There doesn't seem to be a specific UBGL key yet.

[@trashcompactorYT]

I set my sidesteps to shift+QE, with left shoulder on alt+Q. Been working perfectly for me. Also I REALLY don’t get the obsession with the vault keybind changing. Just leave it on space. That’s how it is in every game. There is very little reason to jump in Tarkov aside from peeking doors so it’s not really an issue having it on release instead of press. Adding extra keybinds just gives you more opportunity to fat finger and die in an embarrassing and annoying way.

[@SueMyChin]

there is a delay to jumping with vault added o hold space. When jumping gaps or barbed wire it messes with your timing.

[@trashcompactorYT]

@@SueMyChin Tell me what's easier to learn, timing your space bar release or learning an entirely new keybind/combo? Very rarely do you actually need to do these weird little jumps because nearly all of them have been replaced by vaults, and when you do they have such a wide margin for error you have to fat finger pretty badly to mess them up. You're hindering and slowing yourself by changing it to a button combo or separate keybind. Same with the reloads, that 0.3 seconds is literally unnoticeable and doesn't even go away when you change the keybind. It's entirely placebo. None of this stuff will make you better at the game and adding unnecessary variables to a game where you're still learning after 10k hours is just silly.

[@SueMyChin]

@@trashcompactorYT All that would be true but there is no muscle memory for vaulting for me, it's just introduced. I also think you're downplaying the jumping thing a bit. I can think of about 5 on customs alone. I use one at least each raid and if mess them up there can be pretty bad cosequences. Say jumping from the bridge to top of stairs on factory is broken leg minimum if you get it wrong.

[@alexmaisonet7843]

I use the g502 mouse. It has the left/right button on the scroll wheel. If you want to try that for your left lean like you mentioned

[@jamescarriere4930]

I use lmb + rmb for discard. Then you can just hold rmb and spam lmb to discard a bunch of items if you need to make space

[@lkdtmr]

as always gigabeef you da man

[@RevanBartus]

RMB + Scroll up / down for zeroing for me is a game changer.

[@alakazoom87]

For me Shoulder swap = x Prone = z Drop backpack = F2

[@routhy]

You can hold ADS and hold breath with RMB - unless I’m somehow mistaken. I have my aim set to RMB continuous and hold breath to RMB press, and my blue breath bar drains the entire time I’m ADS.

[@kevinpoitras2368]

E+Q is what I use for the shoulder swap

[@SadFace201]

Wait, you can do two button keybinds without using modifiers like control, alt, or shift?

[@nefariousnektarios]

Yup! I use E+Q too

[@SteaminPile]

Thanks!!

[@spairus4492]

Another thing that might give free up some space in your binds that I recommend is using one of the thumb buttons on your mouse as a modifier key. Use the front or back, whichever is more comfortable for you. Actions like emergency reload, slow lean (which sometimes would mess me up while crouching because I had it on ctrl+e/q), bring out melee weapon, sidestep, switch sights, change tactical device mode. Hell, it even made sense for me to put Mouse3+F for the new left side feature, not having to move any fingers to modify a key, as the button is on the natural testing position of the thumb, is too damn nice!

[@BiO811HazarD]

I know fast reload drops your current mag on the ground, so is there a downside to quick swapping to pistol? If not, why would I ever need the regular swap?

[@austinkaufmann2399]

It uses a lot of arm stamina, so if you’ve been aiming a lot you’re gonna have a bad time

[@grinder0244]

Quickswaping pistol consumes roughly 1/3rd of your arm stamina

[@OskarGregersen]

I find using ‘\’ next to ‘z’ for the shoulder swap as that’s out of the way and a single button press

[@HonkGoldfisz]

Ctrl + space works well for left lean as well 👍

[@Mithaldu]

the "useful rebinds" chapter title has an extra character in it

[@Gigabeef]

Fixed ty!

[@Mithaldu]

@@Gigabeefcheers. also thanks for your work. videos like this one are REALLY helpful to remind me of stuff i keep forgetting :D

[@strippins]

As a newb, the key binds for tarkov are extremely overwhelming. Not only are there so many controls, but I’ve never encountered a game where you could set press release or cont etc. Nonetheless, I will come back to this when I’m ready

[@bluwzrdisgreedy234]

Start with your healing items and it'll make sense pretty quickly. Heavy bleeds are important, so I put that on press 4, light bleeds less so so it goes on release 4. Now the 4 key does both things, but prioritizes the more important thing. I do the same thing with splints and painkillers on 5. Then I put a general HP item on 6 to take care of whatever those didn't. This all sits on one row of MMO mouse buttons for me, so that's my healing row, but YMMV there.

[@cryp2kill]

this is fkn great!!!

[@blnk2010]

I put reload to H and emergency reload to R. In a panic R is closer and I have no issues with H being normal reload.

[@Lemonpinesol]

actual brain disease

[@Bodusthegreat]

Gigga beef more like gigga 😅

[@AlphaJulietBravo1]

I ended up just remapping the tilde to ctrl+~ for prompt and made plain tilde the shoulder swap

[@storm8778]

I don't even really use the shoulder change tbh, that weird reshoulder to right hand when you walk against a wall is really fucking with me visually

[@FemboichadClip]

Been playing for over 4000 hours and never knew i had a slight delay when reloading my gun. 😅

[@Deep9r]

Nice Video :) Still cant understand how people can double bind things with ctrl/strg.. 7:25 Emergency Reload and crouch spaming or what xD ?

[@u-jin2030]

I use standart reload on double R, while emergency over way around on R press, saved my ass many times already in close fights, and you dont need that time while standart reloading anyway.

[@nonono5351]

Great vid

[@AlexLoveMilk]

Simply removing the emergency reload bind makes your reload as fast as they would be if you emergency reloaded. This was tested by another youtuber but i saw that video about 4-5 wipes. ago.

[@miciso666]

I do alt r fast reload. And with no delay its faster than pistol swap 😅

[@AlexLoveMilk]

@@miciso666 but unless you have the muscle memory down, you're wasting time, whether it's milliseconds or full seconds, remembering the keybind. I've had to pull back from fights when I've had a weapon jam because I simply don't have the muscle memory to inspect and clear my weapon even though I have it on a single key press.

[@esantostech]

Could you explain why you wouldn't just put Crouch on "C"? That way, "ctrl Q" wont interfere.