Surviv.io for Newbies

Welcome to Surviv.io! Surviv.io is a popular top-down battle royale game in which players spawn on an island and gear up to fight each other to be the last one standing and win the chicken dinner. As well as having outstanding mechanics and game knowledge, players must choose from a variety of different weapons, armor, clothing, and utility items in order to outplay their opponents and survive.

If you have questions, ask them on this page, and we will try to answer as soon as we can. Just do not ask questions on other pages unless you put it in the comments section.

Questions & Answers
Q: How do you win?

A: You win if you or someone on your team is alive when everyone else is dead. Q: How do you pick up items?

A: Just press the F key while on the item you want. This keybind can be changed.

Mobile: Auto loot is on. To pick up most items, walking over them is sufficient. To change weapons, tap the icon.

Q: Where can I get ammo?

A: The common ammo types (9mm, 12 gauge, 5.56mm and 7.62mm) can be found almost everywhere. Other ammo types, however, are harder to find; they only spawn from their respective gun or from Large Ammo Crates. The .45 ACP ammo only spawns in certain events.

Q: How do I use consumables?

A: The easiest way to use a health item is to left click the item, but you can also use the 7, 8, 9 and 0 keys to use Bandages, Med Kits, Sodas and Pills respectively. These keybinds can be changed.

Q: How do you send emotes?

A: Right click and hold, then drag your mouse toward one of the four Emotes. Hold C while doing this to send team pings, which will show up where your cursor is. These keybinds can be changed.

Mobile:  Click the little surviv icon on the corner, then select an emote

Q: How do you make a server?

A: There is currently no custom server feature in surviv.io. There are semi-private twitch servers that have very few people on them, however they are no longer updated to the newest features.

Q: How do you drop items?

A: Right click on the item you wish to drop. This works on any of your items except for Fists, your 1x scope, your current Backpack, or your current outfit. Outfits can only be dropped if you swap it for another.

Mobile: Hold the item you wish to drop. Green ammo is hard to drop on some devices.

Q: I keep getting killed right away, I need help!

A: Feel free to visit the Surviv Help Center for tips and tricks on how to improve at the game.

Q: How do you get an rare weapons?

A: There is no guaranteed way to get rare weapons like the M249 and AWM-S, especially because it is exceedingly rare. Your best bet is to play the game for a long period of time.

Q: Can you get killed by an airdrop?

A: Yes, If you stand right under it. If you are in duos or squads, you will only get knocked, unless your team is all knocked or dead.

Q: How do you change keyboard bindings?

A: Go to the Main Menu page and press the keyboard button on the bottom left of the page.

Q. Are events permanent?

A. Events are not permanent, they usually last for about 4 days.

Q. What are Airdrops?

A. Air Drops are special crates dropped from the skies by shooting a flare gun, or dropping randomly within the safe zone, giving you rare loot.

Q. What are Air Strikes?

A. Air Strikes were added in the update and would appear in 50v50 when large groups of enemies were in a specific area. They would appear on the map as a yellow nuke at the center of a yellow circle that marked where the Air Strike would occur. In the desert update Strobes were added that would call in Air Strikes where they were thrown.