30 Floors Up Controls & Status Bars

Quick answer

E picks up, opens or talks. F eats or drinks (hold) and unlocks the front door. R looks through the peephole, T hooks the door chain, Q puts an item away, X drops it, 1 to 4 take an item, Tab shows the objectives, B opens the book. H shoves, but only with the Shove pass.

Key facts

InteractE (pick up, open, talk)

Eat / drinkF, hold

Item slots1 to 4 (four slots at the bottom right)

PeepholeR

Door chainT

ObjectivesTab to hide or show

Survival bookB (red book with the Survival Rules)

ShoveH, D-pad left or the SHOVE button, Shove pass only

30 Floors Up Controls — Controls: frame from a player video

Video

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“Roblox Experience 30 Floors Up By Dateline NBC Basic Overview [0 Robux] 👾Discord🔗” by MBT on YouTube.Watch on YouTube

Keys

E
Pick up, open, talk

1–4
Take an item from your 4 inventory slots

F
Eat or drink (hold) · unlock the front door

Q
Put away

X
Drop

R
Look through the peephole

T
Hook or unhook the door chain

Tab
Show or hide the objectives list

Status bars

Health

Your health. Bandages turn up in the apartments (STVELAW's group found several on the first night).

Hunger

Goes down over time. Eat a portion of food (hold F) to refill it.

Thirst

Goes down over time. Drink from a water bottle (hold F); each sip in the video was 0.5 L.

Fatigue

Goes up as the day goes on. Sleep in the bed, couch or mattress you chose.

Stamina

Used for running. There's an Infinite Stamina game pass if you want it gone.

Keys seen in the footage

Key	What it does
E	Pick up, open, talk. Also used to take a bucket from the cabinet and to answer a neighbor.
1, 2, 3, 4	Take the item in that inventory slot.
F	Hold to eat food or drink from a bottle. It also unlocks the front door.
Q	Put the held item away.
X	Drop the held item.
R	Look through the peephole.
T	Hook or unhook the door chain.
Tab	Hide or show the objectives list at the top right.
B	Open the red book; its first page is titled Survival Rules.
H	Shove, only if you own the Shove game pass (Roblox pass description).

The five status bars

The bottom left of the screen holds five bars: Health, Hunger, Thirst, Fatigue and Stamina. In the footage they start close to full and drift apart as the night goes on.

Hunger and thirst go down over time. Eat a portion of food or drink from a bottle (hold F) to refill them; each sip in the MBT video was 0.5 L. Fatigue climbs as the day goes on, and you sleep in the bed, couch or mattress you chose on Night 0. Stamina is used for running, and the Infinite Stamina pass removes that drain.

In the MBT run health read 67 and later 42, so the bar does move during the first day. Bandages turn up in the apartments.

At the front door

Facing the front door gives you three actions: unlock (F), the peephole (R) and the hook chain (T). In the footage the door still reads locked until you unlock it, so on the first night you check the peephole, unlock, open the entrance for Daniel and close it behind him.

The game's own pitch is to stay quiet while zombies fill the hallways, and Daniel's advice on the first night is the same, so use the peephole and the chain before you open up to anyone.

The survival book

Press B to open a red book. Its first page is titled Survival Rules and the next page continues the list. Entries visible on screen include: store water before the taps stop, count tomorrow's food before eating extra today, listen before opening a door, noise travels, and return before exhaustion turns a manageable encounter into a disaster.

A line at the bottom of the second page says rules you learn the hard way will be written there. The first rule matches the first tutorial task, filling the bucket in the bathtub.

Control tips

Hold F, don't tap it, to eat or drink.
Check the peephole (R) before every unlock; the game's objective on Night 0 asks for exactly that.
Tab hides the objectives list if it blocks your view; press it again to bring it back.
You only have four slots, so drop (X) what you don't need and put away (Q) what you're holding.
H only works if you own the Shove pass, and it won't work in cutscenes, conversations, seated or lying down.

FAQ

How do you eat in 30 Floors Up?

Hold F while holding a portion of food. Drinking works the same way with a water bottle. Tinned food needs a can opener first.

How do you look through the peephole?

Press R while facing the front door. The Night 0 objective Lock up for the night asks you to check it.

How do you hook the door chain?

Press T at the front door to hook or unhook the chain.

What does Tab do?

It hides or shows the objectives list.

Which key shoves?

H, or D-pad left or the SHOVE button on controller and mobile, but only if you own the Shove game pass.

How many items can you carry?

Four in the numbered slots at the bottom right, at least in the footage we checked.

Sources

Related guides

Game PassesEvery pass, price and what it does

Food and WaterWater, pantry portions and rations