Controls

PC controls, Doctor, and Reset Experiment

PC keys from the 5 November 2026 recording: Hands on 0, throw with right-click or F, Doctor on V, and the press Start/stop prompt on E.

PC controls, Doctor, and Reset Experiment

PC keys from the 5 November 2026 recording: Hands on 0, throw with right-click or F, Doctor on V, and the press Start/stop prompt on E.

What this page covers

These bindings come from on-screen hints in a 5 November 2026 PC recording of place 135264274035761. The developer lists mobile, tablet, desktop, console, and motion-control VR. Those other layouts were not in the recording, so use the prompts on your own device. Update 2.5 also announced a UI rework, and Update 4 has not started yet.

PC actions

Action Input When it applies
Select Hands 0 Hands is the numbered hotbar slot in the recording
Grab, then drop Click, then click again Hands selected and a subject targeted
Throw Right-click or F While you are holding the subject
Holding distance Mouse wheel While Hands is in use
Doctor V Opens the condition view
Ragdoll X Right-side Ragdoll control
Build B Right-side Build control; a Build Mode pass also exists
Spawn G Right-side Spawn control
Hydraulic press E Contextual Start/stop prompt at the press
Fire the Pistol Click Pistol selected
Hand the Pistol over E Near a subject, with the Pistol selected

Self Damage is a labeled control in that recording, but no keyboard shortcut was established for it.

The top right showed Maps, Rewards, Servers, and Settings. The left sidebar showed Weapons, Shop, Events, Sandbox, and Journal, plus a seasonal Halloween button. The right side showed Doctor, Ragdoll, Self Damage, Reset Experiment, Build, and Spawn.

A grab, move, and throw

  1. Press 0 for Hands.
  2. Aim at a ragdoll and click to grab it.
  3. Walk to the test spot and scroll to set the hold distance.
  4. Click again to drop, or right-click or F to throw.
  5. Press V if you want the Doctor view of the landing.

Bin Day asks for a ragdoll thrown from the top of the office building into a bin. A drop somewhere else does not match that badge text. No published angle or strength setting was found.

Doctor

The recorded Doctor view lists Health, Blood, Awareness, Pain, Shock, and Heart, a body diagram, and a What Happened history. Select a body part for its details. A healing action was not demonstrated in that 5 November footage. A later guide describes Doctor Mode as an inspection and treatment tool. If your panel shows a heal control, follow that label; do not assume every injury or mutation is reversed.

Reset Experiment

A beginner walkthrough farms kills with the shotgun, then turns Doctor mode off and uses Reset Experiment to bring the subjects back. A second walkthrough says that if the reset does nothing while you are still inspecting, leave Doctor mode and try the reset again. Reset restores the scene. It does not rebuild a custom placement for you. Check the subjects before you fire again.

Press test

  1. Carry a ragdoll to the yellow-and-black hydraulic press with Hands.
  2. Scroll it into place and click to release it.
  3. Use the E Start/stop prompt on the machine.
  4. Press V and compare the Doctor history with the subject's earlier state.

No damage number for the press was published.

If the keys do not match

Read the hint on your current screen. A mobile button, a controller glyph, or a menu that moved after the UI rework is not a broken copy of this table.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ragdoll Research?

It is a free Roblox physics sandbox by Ragdoll Shenanigans. Ragdolls react to players and to each other, can fight, and can be squished, thrown, crashed, and injected with mutations that unlock journal entries. Weapon variants unlock by playing. The root place is 135264274035761.

Are there working codes?

No developer-published code string was found in the game description, the Ragdoll Shenanigans events, or the pass listing checked on 11 November 2026. A code button was also not confirmed in recorded gameplay. That is not proof a code can never exist. Do not treat Daily Rewards, group rewards, journal pages, or weapon unlocks as codes, and do not use codes from a different ragdoll game.

How do I discover a mutation?

On the recorded PC layout, open Test Chamber 01 and press one labeled mutation button. Watch the body change, then look for a green NEW JOURNAL PAGE message and open Journal on the left. The readable panel labels are Wings, Long Arms, Big Head, Tentacles, Diamond, Long Legs, Bug, and Plant. A walkthrough describes unlocking a matching syringe after a discovery.

When is Update 4?

The developer event City and Elementals is scheduled for 14 November 2026 at 18:00 UTC through 16 November 2026 at 18:00 UTC. The listing includes new guns and melees, elemental abilities, a weapon-progression rework, a City map, more vehicles, secret quests, avatar clothing and props, a lollipop melee and silly accessory bundle, multiplayer improvements, and bug fixes. The start time is still in the future as of 11 November 2026, so those lines are not live instructions yet.

Can I create a VIP server?

The Roblox experience record checked on 11 November 2026 has VIP server creation turned off. The root place metadata also lists a one-player cap, while a second place is named {Multiplayer Server} Ragdoll Research and the developer description says full multiplayer. Use the in-game Servers menu rather than a private-server purchase.