As you navigate the dangerous and mysterious desert terrain of Sons of Forest, you must equip yourself with the best weapons to defend yourself against the many threats that lurk around every corner. However, when you’re trying to get close to a weak-hearted Virginia, or when you’re doing your best not to irritate a cannibal Brute, you might want to unequip your weapon. How to do this isn’t as obvious as it is in real life, so this is how you can unequip your weapons in Sons of the Forest.
Unequipping your weapon in Sons of the Forest
The process is simple and straightforward: just press the “G” key on your keyboard. When you press “G”, any item you are holding in your right hand will not be equipped. If the item is a weapon or similar item, it will be returned to your inventory. If you want to remove it later, just press “I”.
Be careful! Most unarmored items can fall to the ground when you unequip them. Also, if you run out of inventory space, your weapon will drop instead of returning to your inventory.
You can manually remove the weapon from your backpack to play it safe. Press “I” to access your inventory, click on your backpack, hover over the weapon and right click to remove the item.
Related: How to heal in Sons of the Forest
How does the Sons of the Forest Quick Select feature work?
Many players are still looking for hotkey support in-game. With mutants and cannibals coming from left to right, you definitely want quick access to your weapon, knife, or other weapon. However, Endnight Games replaces your standard hotkey with the Quick Select feature. You can select any tools or weapons you have packed in your inventory by pulling out your backpack. The only problem with this feature is of course dark environments like caves. If you can’t spot the items offered by your backpack, just press “L” and activate your flashlight.
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