How to play
Five minutes to learn, a long time to master. Start in Training: it never uses up your free matches.
Battle Royale in 6 steps
- Pick your drop. Click the map. Towns have more loot and more fights; open fields are quiet.
- Loot up. Open crates with F. Rarer weapons glow gold. Grab armour plates; you carry up to three.
- Plate up with V. It slows you right down, so do it behind cover.
- Shield. Hold G to raise a deflector that blocks fire from the front. You can still shoot, but every shot drains it.
- Watch the zone. It burns. After the second circle closes, a supply drop lands with legendary gear. Everyone sees the beam.
- Stay alive. Downed? Crawl to cover and call for help. A teammate holding F next to you brings you back.
Commanders & Generals
Generals spend cash on units, towers and strikes, and give orders to their five commanders. Commanders pilot a mech each, capture points and protect the push.
- Hold more points than the enemy to drain their score.
- Commanders can request barrages, UAVs and supply pods from their General.
- Wrecks drop cash. Engineers collect it faster.
- The General can jump into any AI-piloted mech mid-match.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard & mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Move | WASD | Left thumb |
| Aim and fire | Hold left mouse to aim, release to fire | Hold FIRE and drag |
| Called shot (pick head, arms, legs) | Hover a part, or right-click to lock | Tap the part |
| Deflector shield | Hold G | SHIELD |
| Plate up | V | PLATE |
| Jump / dodge | Space / Shift | JUMP / DODGE |
| Power down to repair | H | REPAIR |
| Interact, revive | F (hold to revive) | USE |
| Switch weapon | Q E or 1 2 | SWAP |
| UAV, airstrike, barrage | Z X C | Item buttons |
Tips from the veterans
Fight from high ground.
Hills add range and vision. Take them first.
Trees hide you, gunfire doesn't.
Bots and players hear shots from far away. Pick your moment.
Strafe at range.
Rounds take time to arrive. Moving sideways makes them miss.
Break legs first.
A mech without legs can't chase you or run from the zone.
Shield, then plate.
You can't plate behind a shield. Duck behind cover, plate, then raise it again.
Power down to heal.
Shutdown repairs hull and limbs fast, but you're a sitting duck. Do it in foliage.