If you’ve found your friends and grouped up, you may be struggling not to target them. This guide will tell you How To Disable Auto Target Lock In Atlas, as this feature is automatically enabled when you start the game and can make melee combat needlessly confusing at first.
When you are fighting, you may notice a small icon that hovers over your target. This focuses your perspective and attacks on that target. This works fine if it’s the target you actually want to attack, but if it’s not, it’s a pain.
How To Disable Auto Target Lock In Atlas
If you are noticing a hovering reticle over allies and other targets you don’t want to kill, you have two options. You can press Alt, which changes the current target, or you can venture into the options. If you head into the main menu of the options screen, look to the lower right.
As highlighted in the image above, there is an option called Automatic Melee Combat Lock. This is enabled by default. If you turn this off, you will no longer automatically lock onto the nearest target and can instead use Alt to target an enemy you are facing.
Found a creature or animal in Atlas that you want to make your own? This How To Tame Creatures On Atlas guide will cover a very simple but effective technique at taming creatures you encounter with methods that work well on both PvE and PvP servers.
So you've claimed your territory, begun building a house but there's no doorframe? This guide will tell you How To Place Doors In Atlas, which uses a very simple toggle mechanic in the game that lets you switch out between the different items you can craft.
So you've finally built a raft and headed out to the open sea, but you're going the wrong way. This guide will tell you How To Control & Change Raft & Boat Direction In Atlas, as although it's a very simple system, if you don't know where to look, it can be confusing.
Stuck at level 8 in Lawless or Freeport zones in Atlas? This guide will tell you How To Get Past Level 8 In Atlas as restrictions are in place that limit the amount of experience points you earn and the levels you can reach in the starter areas, known as Freeports and Lawless zones.
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