Picking Up Items & Switching Weapons - Call of Duty | AntMag

Approach items or weapons and press the F key to pick them up or swap them with your current weapon in Call of Duty.

Approach items or weapons and press the F key to pick them up or swap them with your current weapon in Call of Duty.

Approach items or weapons and press the F key to pick them up or swap them with your current weapon in Call of Duty.

Approach items or weapons and press the F key to pick them up or swap them with your current weapon in Call of Duty.

Call of Duty

Picking up items and switching weapons

Learn how to pick up items and switch weapons in Call of Duty by pressing the F key. Drop your current weapon to grab a new one.

By teroqim·Originally published: May 2004·Updated May 2025·10 min read·Multi-source verified

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Walkthrough

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Approach an item or weapon on the ground.
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Press the F key.
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If it is a weapon, you will automatically drop the weapon you are currently holding and then pick up the new weapon from the ground.

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