Fortnite Best PC Keybinds (September 2023) – Controls, Key Bindings

Our Fortnite Best Keybinds Guide walks you through the most popular options for binding your keys on your PC Keyboard! Having the right keybindings is one of the more important aspects of playing the game at a high level. If you aren't comfortable with your keys, you won't have that muscle memory built up and you will make mechanical mistakes. Having the right controls from the start is a good way to set yourself up for getting better at Fortnite.

Once you have a good set of keybindings picked out, you will not want to change these! It should be understood that while having easy-to-access controls is an important starting point, changing them frequently is not going to increase your abilities in the game.

You'll want to play the same set over and over again for many hours to have them down to where you are never thinking about what key you need to press. Pro players have succeeded at the highest level with a variety of different keybindings. So, the specific set isn't the important part, it's knowing them by muscle memory!

Default Fortnite PC Keyboard Controls

Here's a look at the default keybindings for your PC in Fortnite's Battle Royale game mode.

Movement

Updated: April 14

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Combat

Building

Communication

Emote

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Miscellaneous

Vehicles

You can customize your keybindings for each vehicle type, but we're just displaying the general options.

How-to Change Your Keys

Click the Three Lines on top of each other in the top right of the screen. Hit the Settings Options, and look for the Input section. The icon looks like the arrows keys:

From here, you can change any of your keys by clicking on them and then pressing the key you'd like to change it to!

Fortnite Keybind Tips

Here are some general tips about binding your keys! Remember that comfort is the most important aspect of setting up your binds.

• Find the best keybinds that work for your hands!
  • Don't just use a set of keybinds because a particular pro uses them. They might work well for them because they have big hands or longer fingers. If you're particularly young, you might have shorter fingers and struggle to reach certain keys.
• Your pickaxe doesn't need to be bound to a particularly important key. You do take it out quite often, but it's rarely a stressful situation when you do.
  • Some players swap it to a key like X which isn't a normally used bind. This allows you to move your weapon keys to 1 - 5 rather than 2 - 6.
• If you are using Sprint By Default, you can use the Left Shift key for one of your binds. It's a conveniently placed key and is useful for a variety of different options.
• Tab is another key that should be utilized, whether it's for your map or your inventory.
• Consider using Caps Lock as an option, it's severely under utilized and is very reachable. You rarely see anyone using it, when it's one of the closest keys. It can be a good key for your map or inventory.

Fortnite Best Keybinds List

Here's a list of some of the best options for controls and some options that are used by the top players in the game!

Generally Good Keybinds

This is a set that's kind of a general average of a lot of player's keybinds.

Sen Bugha Keybinds

NRG BenjyFishy Keybinds

Aqua Keybinds

Clix Keybinds

These are pretty unique binds, I'd only use them if they feel particularly comfortable to you.

Shroud Keybinds

Ninja Keybindings

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