Alchemy Factory Controls & Keybinds Cheat Sheet
Keys by task
| Key | What it does | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Z | Research menu (tech tree) | Beginner guide video |
| E | Open a machine’s inventory or settings; the gear icon sets its recipe | Beginner guide video |
| Left click, held | Insert a whole stack into a machine; also holds while dragging a lift’s top to height | Beginner guide video |
| Right click, held | Quick delete | Demo-to-EA notes |
| Middle mouse | Quick copy of the item you are looking at | Demo-to-EA notes |
| T | Transform: flip processor output side, wall-mount a candle or notice board, reverse a bridge, switch full and quarter floors, change lift direction and input side, mirror machines | Tips and beginner videos |
| R | Rotate; while holding left click on a lift it rotates the top | Beginner guide video |
| X | Delete mode; shift and drag to select an area, look up or down while holding shift to extend, F to confirm; G while in bulk delete also selects connected pipes | Beginner guide video, v0.4.1.3754 |
| B | Blueprint mode; shift-drag to select, F to confirm, H to package, T instead of F to cut and move | FAQ question 4, tips video |
| Q | Blueprint interface (use, export, Workshop upload and subscribe) | FAQ question 4 |
| O | Game Manual with video and text tutorials | FAQ question 5 |
| V | Catalog (click an item to jump to its recipe) and, since April 2026, the daily Ledger | Demo-to-EA notes, v0.4.4.4298 |
| G | Quick-plant a seed in a plot | Beginner guide video |
| F1 to F8 or mouse wheel | Switch between eight quick-access hotbars | v0.4.1.3824 |
| Enter | Open in-game chat (multiplayer) | v0.5.4530 |
| ESC | Menu, including inviting Steam friends | FAQ question 6 |
Hovering over a machine or chest shows its contents as icons, and hovering a hopper shows its throw-input prompts.
Remapping
“Can I remap keys in the game? Yes. Go to Options, Keybindings, click on the key you want to change, then press the new key.” Keybinding customisation arrived with the Early Access build.
Two limits players have hit. The Enter key is taken by the chat window in multiplayer, so it cannot be rebound to interactions. And the 0 to 9 shortcut keys select hotbar slots that fill automatically on research; the answer on the board is to drag and drop from the build menu to rearrange them, or drag an item off the bar to clear a slot.
Blueprint hotbar and reset
Blueprints can be dragged from the Q menu into the hotbar (January 2026), and the settings menu gained a “Delete Floating Items” button in April 2026 for the floating-item bug. A “Reset Points” function for skills arrived in December 2025.
Controller
There is no controller support. On 8 September 2026 a developer replied to the 30-reply request thread that they will explore it after 1.0 but cannot promise it. The platforms page tracks the status.
Sources: Alchemy Factory FAQ (13 December 2025); Demo-to-EA notes (11 December 2025); v0.4.1.3754, v0.4.1.3824, v0.4.2.3924, v0.4.4.4298 and v0.5.4530 notes; MonkeyNutz Gaming beginner guide (11 December 2025, transcript); Timm Plays Games, 50 tips (5 January 2026, transcript); Steam Discussions “Rebind shortcuts” (30 July 2026), “Enter Key Opens Multiplayer Chat Window” (31 July 2026), “How to reorder hotbar?” (8 September 2026), “Controller support?” (8 September 2026).
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