Hot Keys (also known as Shortcuts) are a secondary way of playing DarkOrbit alternatively to using the mouse (besides having to move.) It is recommended to use some of these shortcuts being a more efficient and agile way due to the time it takes for a mouse click to be here and there.

Hot key listEdit

• Control/Command - Fire selected laser type
• Spacebar - Fire selected missile type
• Scrollbar - Increase/decrease distance of drones from ship
• 0-9 - Allocated shortcuts via the Shortcut Bar
• H - Hide/Show all windows
• F - Shows FPS counter
• L - Log Out
• J - Jump Portal
• C- Change configuration
• E - Activate or Deactivate your P.E.T.
• R - Set P.E.T. to guard mode
• M,Y - Drop one selected mine