How to reload and refill magazines

Reload loop: vendor to inventory

Reported beta procedure. The linked source includes inventory screenshots; use them to compare the interface in your build.

1. 01

   Prepare ammunition

   Choose a compatible magazine and ammunition at the vendor. Carry a spare and matching loose rounds, with enough backpack space.

2. 02

   Swap magazines

   Press R in the reported default layout. The incoming magazine keeps its own remaining rounds.

3. 03

   Refill in cover

   Open inventory with Tab. Drag matching loose rounds onto a partial or empty magazine and allow the refill to finish.

If you are still empty

Troubleshooting checklist:

Make the next attempt useful

Editorial troubleshooting: change one thing at a time. Note the current build, weapon, ammunition label and before/after round counts. A short capture showing the input and result is more useful than a report that reload “does not work”. Avoid trying to diagnose inventory behavior while exposed to combat.

What remains untested

We have not recorded this procedure in the released build. Repacking duration, interruption behavior and default bindings still need a dated capture. The linked screenshot guide is a beta reference, and a different current interface should take precedence.

Where the rounds come from in the first place

This page starts once you already own ammunition. Buying it is a separate problem with a separate vendor, and the commonest failure there is buying the wrong thing entirely: Ammo Supplies are a building resource that reloads FOB emplacements and will not put a round in your rifle. That distinction, the infantry-vendor purchase order, and how a FOB itself gets restocked are on their own page.

Ammo Supplies vs loose ammo, and where each is bought →

Common questions