# Unable to pick up weapons

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269 "2013-11-25T03:29:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/no1_vern)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269/1 "2013-11-25T03:29:06Z")

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I am playing the campaign, and when I got to the prison level, I became unable to pick any weapon up(I don’t remember having any trouble before this mission). When I shanked the guard, I was supposed to pick up the shotgun, but the game wouldn’t let me.

The caption shows “Hold to pick up weapon” but no key is listed.

I have gone to the configuration screen many times, clearing the key “e” from all the other entries but the interact/use action.

I have closed, and restarted the game about 4 times already and many times verified that the “e” key is my interact/use key - I already know pressing the “e” key activates the switches, but I can NOT pick up any of the weapons. I really need a weapon in the hallway, doing it with just the shank is getting tedious as I keep getting killed.

I have verified I have the latest PC patch, the latest video drivers, and nothing else seems amiss except for being unable to pick up any weapon.

Any help would be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![TiiziiO](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@TiiziiO](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TiiziiO)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269/2 "2013-11-25T20:02:44Z")

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R is the default for me.

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**Author:** ![tarantulae](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@tarantulae](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/tarantulae)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269/3 "2013-11-25T22:44:36Z")

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You need to hit your reload key, not use key. R is the default.

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**Author:** ![no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/no1_vern)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269/4 "2013-11-25T22:47:03Z")

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Edit, you are right, IDK exactly what I was doing wrong, I think that I had the R key bound to another action that was preventing it from being used properly, but I finally got the ‘r’ key to show up in the caption allowing me to pick weapons up.

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**Author:** ![no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@no1\_vern](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/no1_vern)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/unable-to-pick-up-weapons/110269/5 "2013-11-25T23:01:02Z")

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Thanks Tarantulae, you guys really helped me out after I reset the bindings, the ‘r’ key would show in the caption, not the ‘e’ key. Apparently I was wrong with how I had it bound. Again, thanks for helping me.