Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Best Keybinds

Games with dedicated controller button and and key remapping are becoming more and more common, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 comes with more than 100 different keybind options for keyboard and mouse. You can also remap every button if you're using a controller to cater to your preference or accessibility reasons. It's easy to do, and it's a welcome dedication to the huge Call of Duty audience's various needs.

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The best keybinds will thus be those that make the game faster, easier, and more comfortable to control. Historically, there have been controller and keyboard and mouse setups that excel at making players' lives easier, and you'll discover some today.

How To Rebind Keys And Remap Controller Buttons

Accessing the keybinds and controller button mapping settings is fairly simple. PC players will have additional options they can tweak, meaning more screens to navigate through, but once your each the binding menus, changing things is straightforward.

First, open the main menu. Then, select Quick Settings to open the settings screen and navigate to either Keyboard and Mouse or Controller, depending on your control scheme.

For keyboard and mouse players, go to the Keybinds tab at the top let of your screen, underneath the "Keyboard & Mouse" heading.

From there, you can select a pre-built preset or customize each key by selecting the bind and pressing the Delete key to clear it, then inputting your new bind.

Controller players should navigate down to the Controller settings menu, directly beneath the Quick Settings tab. Open the Button Layout menu, accessible form the Inputs section.

The Edit Button Layout screen lets you choose between a preset or remap each action to whichever button on the controller you want. Navigate to the button you want to change, press the bottommost face button, and then whichever button you want to map the action to.

Best Keyboard And Mouse Keybinds

There are more than 100 different keybinds you can change in Black Ops 6, but only a few dozen you'll use regularly. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with every function you can rebind, but the following changes can help optimize your gameplay for the basics.

Keybind

Default Bind

Updated Bind

Prone/Dive

Left Control

Z or X (will need to rebind Push to Talk or Field Upgrade)

Crouch/Slide

C

Left Control (will need to rebind Prone/Dive)

Next Weapon

Mouse Wheel Up/Down

1 and/or 2

Melee/Finishing Move/Body Shield

V

A Side Mouse Button (if available)

Lethal Equipment

E

G

Tactical Equipment

Q

F

Interact

F

E

Ground Vehicle - Previous Seat

No bind

Left Control

Air Vehicle - Previous Seat

No Bind

Left Control

Scoreboard - Enable Cursor

Right Mouse

Q

This new keybinds setup is designed to accommodate players familiar with other titles that use different binds for things like Prone, Crouch, etc. The defaults are fine for PC Call of Duty veterans, but there are enough other FPS titles out there with Prone linked to X and Crouch to Left Control that it bears noting in this context.

The Next Weapon and Melee bind changes are to ensure your fingers remain on the most important controls — those for moving and shooting — while still offering easy access to their functions.

The remaining changes are optimizations for finger movement distance, helping you stay close to WASD while still having smooth transitions for your equipment, interactions, and so on.

Best Controller Setup

A controller is a less complicated control scheme than a keyboard and mouse. As such, there are only so many ways to alter the button layout without completely redefining how the game feels on the sticks. For that reason, you'll find two possible layouts here: one simple rebind and one more complicated.

Black Ops 6 has seven pre-built controller layouts based on setups players have historically favored. Start with one of those and adjust as necessary.

Simple Controller Remap

The simplest controller button layout change you can make is to change from Default to Tactical, a swap that's almost as old as the Call of Duty series itself. The process is simple:

• Change Melee to pressing the right stick
• Change Stance/Slide/Dive to Circle to the rightmost face button (the set of four buttons on the right side of your controller)

In practice, the Tactical setup helps with you go prone during a firefight more easily (doing a drop shot), and you can do so accidentally if you grip the controller too tightly. A panicked drop shot has saved the life of many a player over Call of Duty's history.

More Complex Controller Setup

The following, more complicated rebind is an extension of Tactical, maintaining stance change on the right stick and melee on the rightmost face button. The other changes account for moving the aim down sight button for players who prefer to keep their index finger on the bumpers and middle finger on the triggers.

Keybind

Default Bind

Updated Bind

Change Stance/Slide/Dive

Right Face Button

Pressing Right Stick

Melee

Pressing Right Stick

Right Face Button

Aim Down Sight

Left Trigger

Right Bumper

Lethal Equipment

Right Bumper

Left Trigger

Mark Location/Ping Wheel

D-pad Up

D-pad Left

Fire Mode/Emotes and Spray Menu

D-pad Left

D-pad Up

All Default Keybinds On Keyboard And Mouse

Controllers have far fewer potential etsups, so we've cataloged all the default bindings here.

Bind Name

Default Bind

Jump/Stand Mantle

Bottom Face Button

Change Stance/Slide/Dive

Right Face Button

Interact/Reload

Left Face Button

Switch Weapon/Armor Plate

Top Face Button

Fire Weapon

Right Trigger

Aim Down Sight

Left Trigger

Lethal Equipment

Right Bumper

Tactical Equipment

Left Bumper

Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus

Press Left Stick

Melee/Finishing Move/Body Shield

Press Right Stick

Mark Location/Ping Wheel

D-pad Up

Cycle Scorestreaks/Inventory

D-pad Down

Fire Mode/Emotes and Sprays Menu

D-pad Left

Scorestreaks/Gobblegums

D-pad Right

Thanks to the additional options possible on keyboard and mouse, there are dozens of individual bindings. We've cataloged all the default options here.

Bind Type

Bind Name

Default Bind

Default Alt Bind

On-Foot Movement Keybinds

Move Forward

W

N/A

Move Backward

S

N/A

Move Left

A

N/A

Move Right

D

N/A

Auto Move Forward

H

N/A

Jump/Stand/Mantle

Space Bar

N/A

Prone/Dive

Left Control

N/A

Change Stance/Slide/Dive

Side Mouse Button

N/A

Crouch/Slide

C

N/A

Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus

Left Shift

N/A

On-Foot Movement Advanced Keybinds

Walk

N/A

N/A

Sprint

N/A

N/A

Tactical Sprint

N/A

N/A

Open Parachute

Space Bar

N/A

Cut Parachute

C

Left Control

Stance Up

N/A

N/A

Stance Down

N/A

N/A

Slide

N/A

N/A

Dive

N/A

N/A

Mantle

N/A

N/A

Last Stand Give Up

C

Space Bar

Change Camera Side

N/A

N/A

Switch to 3rd Person View

J

N/A

Parachute Free Look

Q

N/A

Center View

N/A

N/A

Look Up

N/A

N/A

Look Down

N/A

N/A

Look Left

N/A

N/A

Look Right

N/A

N/A

On-Foot Combat Keybinds

Fire Weapon

Left Mouse

N/A

Aim Down Sight

RIght Mouse

N/A

Reload

R

N/A

Next Weapon

Scroll Wheel Down

2

Weapon Mount

T

N/A

Fire Mode

B

N/A

Melee/Finishing Move/Body Shield

V

Side Mouse

Lethal Equipment

E

N/A

Tactical Equipment

Q

N/A

Field Upgrade

X

N/A

Armor Plate/Drop Item

G

N/A

Interact

F

N/A

On-Foot Combat Advanced Keybinds

Previous Weapon

Scroll Wheel Up

1

Interact/Reload

N/A

N/A

Focus

N/A

N/A

Change Zoom/Scope Actions

N/A

N/A

Switch to First Weapon

N/A

N/A

Switch to Second Weapon

N/A

N/A

Switch to Melee Weapon

N/A

N/A

Weapon Inspect

I

N/A

Body Shield

N/A

N/A

Finishing Move

N/A

N/A

Detonate C4

N/A

N/A

Thermal Vision/Flashlight

N

N/A

Scorestreak 1

3

N/A

Scorestreak 2

4

N/A

Scorestreak 3

5

N/A

Scorestreak 4 (Extra)

6

N/A

Last Earned Scorestreak

K

Vehicle Keybinds - Ground Vehicle Movement

Move Forward

W

N/A

Move Backward

S

N/A

Turn Left

A

N/A

Turn Right

D

N/A

Drift/Handbrake

Space Bar

N/A

Lean Forward

C

N/A

Lean Backward

Left Shift

N/A

Next Seat

X

N/A

Previous Seat

N/A

N/A

Auto Drive Forward

H

N/A

Center Camera/Free Look

Q

N/A

Jump

E

Side Mouse 5

Boost

Left Shift

N/A

Ground Vehicle Combat

Fire/Detonate

Left Mouse

N/A

Zoom

Right Mouse

N/A

Previous Weapon

Mouse Wheel Up

1

Next Weapon

Mouse Wheel Down

2

Lean Out/Lean In

V

Side Mouse 4

Climb on Roof

T

N/A

Horn

G

N/A

Air Vehicle - Movement

Move Forward

W

N/A

Move Backward

S

N/A

Turn Left

A

N/A

Turn Right

D

N/A

Ascend

Space Bar

N/A

Descend

C

Left Control

Next Seat

X

N/A

Previous Seat

N/A

N/A

Auto Fly Forward

Air Vehicle - Combat

Fire

Left Mouse

N/A

Zoom

Right Mouse

N/A

Use Flares

Q

N/A

Previous Weapon

Scroll Wheel Up

1

Next Weapon

Scroll Wheel Down

2

Horn

G

N/A

Missile Scorestreaks

Missile Fire/Detonate

Left Mouse

N/A

Missile Boost

Left Shift

N/A

Slow Down Missile

Right Mouse

N/A

Overlay Keybinds

Scoreboard

Tab

N/A

Enable Cursor (Press Show More to Change)

Right Mouse

N/A

Map

M

Caps Lock

Ping

Middle Mouse

N/A

Text Chat (Last Used Channel)

Return

N/A

Text Chat (Match Channel, press Show More)

N/A

N/A

Text Chat (Team Channel, press Show More)

N/A

N/A

Text Chat (Party Channel, press Show More)

N/A

N/A

In-Game Statistics

`

N/A

Overlay Advanced Keybinds - Map

Center Map

V

Side Mouse Button 4

Toggle Legend

B

N/A

Zoom In

Mouse Wheel Up

=

Zoom Out

Mouse Wheel Down

-

Overlay Ping

Middle Mouse

N/A

Delete Pings

T

N/A

Overlay Advanced Keybinds - Ping

Ping Wheel

Left Alt

N/A

Danger Ping

N/A

N/A

Overlay Advanced Keybinds - Emotes and Spray

Emotes/Sprays Menu

U

Num Pad 5

Emote 1

Num Pad 2

N/A

Emote 2

Num Pad 4

N/A

Emote 3

Num Pad 6

N/A

Emote 4

Num Pad 8

N/A

Spray 1

Num Pad 1

N/A

Spray 2

Num Pad 3

N/A

Spray 3

Num Pad 7

N/A

Spray 4

Num Pad 9

N/A

Overlay Advanced Keybinds - Loadout Selection

Change to Loadout 1

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 2

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 3

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 4

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 5

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 6

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 7

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 8

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 9

N/A

N/A

Change to Loadout 10

N/A

N/A

Menu Action

Launcher Menu

F1

N/A

Social Menu

F2

O

Settings Menu

F3

N/A

Loadout Menu

F6

N/A

Push to Talk

Z

N/A

Menu Advanced Keybinds - Shortcuts

Dismiss Menus

F4

N/A

Mute Microphone

F11

N/A

Mute Sound

F11

N/A

Disconnect from Channel

F9

N/A

Settings Quick Search

F

N/A

Keyboard Preview

P

N/A

Notification Quick Action

F5

N/A

Dismiss Notification

Backspace

N/A

Menu Advanced Keybinds - Navigation

Unbind Key

Delete

N/A

Confirm Selection

Space

N/A

Bad

Side Mouse 4

N/A

Navigate to Prevoius Tab

Q

N/A

Navigate to Next Tab

E

N/A

Navigate Up

W

Up Arrow

Navigate Down

S

Down Arrow

Navigate Left

A

Left Arrow

Navigate Right

D

Right Arrow

Navigate Next

Tab

N/A

Open Contextual Menu

Left Alt

N/A

Side Navigation Pips

4

N/A

Menu Advanced Keybinds - Menu Action

Menu Action 1

R

Menu Action 2

5

Menu Action 3

1

Menu Action 4

2

Menu Action 5

3

Menu Action 6

B

Menu Action 7

C

Menu Action 8

G

Menu Action 9

T

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