Hotkey to equip armor?

[Whome]

I am sure there is one, I just cannot work out what it is. I don't mean shift click, but a key to equip armor from your hotbar, I am sure I have seen someone do it without opening the character menu. Thanking you in advance.

[idiomcritter]

wearing no armor, with armor in the hot bar, right click the highlighted armor piece in the hot bar places the armor on the player.

if armor is on an armor stand, without wearing any armor, right click the stand once, then right click again places it on the player.  so click click, repeat.

thats all i got....  

[Whome]

So right clicking on this just sticks it to my cursor, shift right click moves it to my backpack.....Still not equipping. I did try  with character menu closed too.

Edited July 7, 2025 by Whome

[idiomcritter]

ah, good screenshot, looking at the hot bar, i'm guessing the game is seeing the knife, instead of the armor bit, so need to wheel the hotbar highlight over to the armor?

Spoiler

controls

Hotkeys

Key	Action
X	Swap left/right hand contents. Swaps items between the equipped hotbar slot and the off-hand slot.
0-9	Select hotbar slot
Ctrl + 1-4	Select backpack slot 1-4

Edited July 8, 2025 by idiomcritter

[ponderance]

it feels like there are macros but you can't do much with them.  in fact i've not figured out how to make a macro actually do anything yet at all.  i haven't googled it but i would think we should be able to make a macro put on and take off armor, as long as we keep the slots open it's set to put them in when you take them off

[Professor Dragon]

On 7/7/2025 at 6:41 PM, Whome said:

I am sure there is one, I just cannot work out what it is. I don't mean shift click, but a key to equip armor from your hotbar, I am sure I have seen someone do it without opening the character menu. Thanking you in advance.

With the armour in the active hotbar slot, simply right-click on the ground - or any non-interactable space or block.

How to Quickly Equip and Unequip Armour

Having the first empty Hotbar slot active is key.

EQUIP ARMOUR FROM ARMOUR STAND

• Have the first empty hotbar slot active.
• Right click a piece of armour from the armour stand eg Helmet
  This will move the armour to this active slot.
• Move the mouse to a non-interactable block/space and right click.

This lets you equip up quickly with just six mouse right clicks and minor mouse movement.

EQUIP ARMOUR FROM INVENTORY

• Have only the Inventory (E) open with your armour in any slots.
  Do NOT have a chest, trunk or other storage location open.
• Shift left click a piece of armour.
  This will move the armour to the active slot.
• Move the mouse to a non-interactable block/space and right click.
  TIP: You should be able to point straight at the armour stand, and click right click six times quickly. No mouse movement needed.

EQUIP ARMOUR FROM STORAGE

• Have only the storage open with your armour in any slots.
  Do NOT have your Inventory or any other storage location open.
• Shift left click a piece of armour.
  This will move the armour to the active slot.
• Move the mouse to a non-interactable block/space and right click.

UNEQUIP ARMOUR AND PLACE ON ARMOUR STAND

• Have the first empty hotbar slot active.
• Shift left click a piece of armour on your Character (C) screen.
  This will move the armour to the active slot.
• Move the mouse to point at the Armour Stand and Shift + right click.

UNEQUIP ARMOUR PLACE IN INVENTORY

This one does not have a great sequence.

• Quickly FILL your Hotbar eg Drag some blocks/torches to fill the empty slots.
• Have only the Inventory (E) open with your armour in any slots.
  Do NOT have a chest, trunk or other storage location open.
• Shift left click a piece of armour.
• This will move the armour to the Inventory.
• OR if the Hotbar has Empty slots that you don't wish to fill, click and drag from Character to Inventory.

UNEQUIP ARMOUR AND PLACE IN STORAGE

• Have only the one target storage container open.
• Open your Character (C) sheet.
• Shift left click a piece of armour.
  This will move the armour to the Inventory.
  It does not matter if the Hotbar has empty slots or not.

Professor Dragon.

 

Edited October 17, 2025 by Professor Dragon