It seems that Housemarque may have accidentally forgotten to disable some developer features, as players have discovered a way to unlock Returnal cheats using a keyboard.

The news comes from Reddit, which details how to unlock cheats in Returnal using a keyoard. No doubt this isn’t intentional and will most likely be patched out in an upcoming update. As of current, this does work on update 1.003.

How to Use Cheats in Returnal – Works up to Update 1.003

• Press & Hold shift, control, alt 1 to 0 drops your current level weapons.
• Press & Hold shift, control, 8 instantly takes you last place ( First Cycle)
• Press & Hold shift, control, 4 instantly takes you back to ship. DO NOT USE 3 or 7 freezes.
• 1,2,5,6,9,0 Doesn’t do anything.

A more detailed explanation from the Reddit post:

…Drop Weapons… Press & Hold Shift, Control, Alt.

Then press 1 to 0 to drop diffrent weapons from the Game at current weapon proficiency.

(On Death, you can now start with your preferred weapon of choice)

…Ship Respawn (Keep everything)…

Press & Hold Shift, Control.

Then press 4.

This will respawn you at the ship with current health, money, keys, artefacts, adrenaline level and weapon proficiency. You can also buy another set of weapon proficiency, health upgrade and artefacts at shop area once you Respawn. …..

So simply..

Start Game and Pick Weapon of Choice (Perks, Attributes)

Level Weapon Proficiency and Drop Weapon again for upgraded version.

Reach Shop, buy Health Upgrade, Weapon Proficiency or Artefacts you want or need.

Then Respawn at ship and repeat until your happy with your build.

Now, enjoy Returnal and the Grind. Hope this helps players who don’t have the time, encountered crashes or just find game a bit challenging.

DO NOT USE 3 or 7 freezes when holding (Shift and Control Only). 1,2,5,6,9,0 Doesn’t do anything.

Important Update  – Thanks to [ImportanceActual3540]

Do not use Ship Respawn (Shift, Ctrl & 4) after Biome 3, or during Biome 4. (Unless you’ve already beaten the Game.)

You return too Ship Location in Biome 1, with no way to return too last Biome you reached.

A pretty cool find if you ask us, though again, it’s likely goping to be patched very quickly.