30 Cool PUBG Mobile Tips and Tricks to Get that Chicken Dinner
Ever since it launched for mobile earlier this year, PUBG Mobile has been an absolute sensation with over 50 million downloads on the Play Store. However, while fun, PUBG Mobile isn’t a game that’s easy in any way. There are a lot of players, and if you’re relatively a beginner at PUBG Mobile, or battle-royale games in general, we have some great tips and tricks to help you score that chicken dinner.
PUBG Mobile Tips and
Tricks:
Game Settings
Landing Spots
Positioning in
the Final Moments
Miscellaneous
PUBG Tricks
Game Settings
Before
even getting into a game, there are a couple of settings you should
double-check, and adjust in order to get a better performance, and to make it
easier to score kills.
1. Select Third Person View or First Person
View
Choose between third person view, and first person view. PUBG
Mobile’s latest update has brought the ability for players to choose between
first person view and third person view. Before you start the game, you can tap
on the game mode button just below ‘Start’ and choose between ‘TPP’ (third
person), or ‘FPP’ (first person).
2. Adjust Graphics Quality
Adjust the graphics quality according to your phone’s
capabilities. PUBG Mobile does this automatically, but if you feel like your
game is lagging or dropping frames, you can lower it further, and vice-versa. A higher
graphics quality setting will definitely make it easier to spot other enemies,
but if your phone starts lagging or dropping frame, make the trade-off and opt
for a higher frame-rate instead.
3. Turn on Peek and Fire
In Settings (the settings cog on the top-right), go to Basic. Here, turn on ‘Peek & Fire.’ This allows you to peek from behind cover, allowing you to take shots without exposing too much of yourself. Keep in mind, you’ll still expose your head, so use it with caution.
3. Turn on Peek and Fire
In Settings (the settings cog on the top-right), go to Basic. Here, turn on ‘Peek & Fire.’ This allows you to peek from behind cover, allowing you to take shots without exposing too much of yourself. Keep in mind, you’ll still expose your head, so use it with caution.
4. Use Gyroscope for Aiming Down Sights
PUBG Mobile brings the ability to use your smartphone’s
gyroscope to aim. This can be incredibly helpful when aiming down sights, or
when you’re scoped in since you’ll be able to move your phone to aim at enemies
instead of having to touch and drag on the screen. To enable gyroscope, simply
head into Settings and then Basic.
5. Check if Aim Assist is On
Check that ‘Aim Assist’ is turned on for
easier aiming. Aim assist is required on a touchscreen phone (usually) because
aiming on a touchscreen isn’t nearly as accurate as aiming with a mouse is. A
spot-on aim will help you take out enemies quicker and will also help in
close-quarter-gunfights.
6. Enable The Left
Side Fire Button
In Settings -> Basic,
enable the ‘left-side fire’ button to easily shoot with the left hand
while aiming with the right. This is very handy in scoped
shots. Without the left-side fire button, you’ll find yourself aiming and
shooting with the same hand, which, believe me, is really difficult.
7. Enable Auto-open
Doors
Also inside Settings
-> Basic enable ‘Auto open doors’ to quickly
get inside buildings without having to constantly tap the
door button. Do note that you’ll have to tap the button to close the door.
8. Adjust the Size
and Position of Controls:
9. Turn on
Auto-adjust Graphics
In Settings -> Graphics,
you can also turn on ‘Auto adjust graphics’ to ensure
a consistent frame-rate while playing. This
basically means that if your phone starts over-heating, or if the battery gets
low, PUBG Mobile will automatically adjust the graphics quality to compensate
for it.
Landing Spots
Best Landing Spots in
Miramar
If you’re new to playing on the desert
map ‘Miramar,’ you might be looking to find out what the best places to land in
are. Well, Miramar has a bunch of places you can land in to get the best loot.
However, each of these places come with a certain degree of risk, so make sure
you’re ready for gunfights.
1. Most loot, very
high risk:
·
Hacienda del Patron (just above San Martin in the middle of
the map)
·
Pecado (slightly to the south-west of San
Martin, between Power Grid and Graveyard)
2. More loot, high risk:
2. More loot, high risk:
·
Prison (on the south-west edge of the map, on
the very corner)
·
Campo Militar (on the north-east corner of the map)
3. Good loot, low
risk:
·
Minas Generales (to the south west of San Martin)
Best Landing Spots in
Erangel
1. Most loot, very
high risk:
·
Military Base (South of the map)
·
Prison (East edge of the map)
2. More loot, lower
risk
·
Severny (North of the map)
·
Pochinki (Middle of the map)
3. Decent loot, very
low risk
·
Bunkers near ‘Shelter’ — my personal favorite place to
land.
Positioning In the
Final Moments
When you’re near that chicken dinner,
the circle is usually pretty small, and one mistake could send you back to the
lobby.
1. Play on the Edge
If you have a 4x or 8x scope, position
yourself on the edge of the play zone where the blue circle is the nearest to
the white. This will give you a complete view of the play zone,
while vastly reducing the chances that a player might be coming from behind
you.
2. Shoot to Kill
If you spot someone and they haven’t
spotted you, only take the shot if a kill is
guaranteed, otherwise you’ll just end up giving away your position.
Since you’ve spotted them, you have ample time to take the perfect shot — aim
for the head, and shoot in bursts until the player is dead.
3. Don’t Go in Guns
Blazing
If only two other people are left alive, keep hidden and let
them fight it out, and then kill the remaining one player.
Miscellaneous PUBG
Tips and Tricks
1. Turn off Mission
Impossible Background Music
PUBG recently teamed up with Mission
Impossible: Fallout to bring MI themed missions to the game, along with the
Mission Impossible theme music in the background. While some people may love
the new background music, if you’re not especially a fan of it you can turn it
off by heading into Settings and going to Audio.
You’ll find the option to disable the Mission Impossible ‘BGM’ here.
2. Change Quick Chat
Messages
Quick chat is a very useful tool in
squad games, especially if used correctly. While the default quick chat
messages in PUBG Mobile are pretty good, you may want to change them to suit
your team’s playing style. To do this, simply go to Settings
and then to Quick Chat. Here you will be able to delete the
messages you don’t want to use, and put in alternative messages instead. It’s
pretty useful. However, you can’t write your own messages, so you’ll have to
make do with the options provided by PUBG Mobile. To be fair, there are a bunch
of options, so it shouldn’t be too much of an issue.
3. Use Headphones to
Hear Enemy Footsteps
Most shooter games, be it CS: GO,
Fortnite, or PUBG make use of directional audio that you can leverage to be
more aware of your enemies’ locations. While the stereo-front-firing speakers
on your phone may be good enough, put on a pair of headphones. This will help
you in not only hearing distant gunfire, but also footsteps of an approaching
enemy so you’re not taken by surprise. It might not sound like much, but it
makes a pretty big difference.
4. Survive Inside the
Red Zone
The PUBG map frequently marks random
regions as red zones. If you find yourself inside one, I’d suggest you get out
quickly or else you’ll find yourself stuck in an airstrike of sort that will
most likely kill you. However, if you’re in a place from where getting out is
not easy, your best bet is to get inside a building. This way you’ll be able to
survive the red zone.
5. Use the Map
Whether you like playing in Miramar, or
whether you like the foliage in Erangel, if you really want to be a good
player, use the map well. The map is updated with new safe-zones, and
red-zones, so keeping a close eye on the map can be helpful. The map in PUBG
Mobile also shows the direction of gunfire, footsteps, and vehicles which can
help you get to know where enemies are, and if they’re coming towards you.
6. Make the Red Zone
Your Strategic Friend
This isn’t something you’ll be able to
do often, but some times the red zone can actually be a friend to you. If
you’re inside a building when the bombs start dropping, you can do two things:
·
Make
use of the noise to cover up your steps and gather any loot lying around inside
the building.
·
You’ll
most likely see some players running away, which makes them easy killings for
you. Plus, if you spot a player, you can risk it and use the cover of the
bombing noise to flank them without them being able to hear your footsteps over
the commotion.
7. Mute Annoying
Team-mates
Unless you’re playing with your friends,
the squad mode will often pair you up with people where at least one of them is
an annoying prick constantly singing and screaming into their mic. With the
latest PUBG Mobile update, you can mute individual team-mates by tapping
on the speaker-icon. This will open up a menu with all your
team-mates’ names on it, simply tap on the speaker icon next
to the team-mate you want to mute and that’s it. Now focus
on the game.
8. Hide Inside
Vehicles
Sitting in the co-driver seat of a vehicle keeps it off, allowing you to hide inside without
alerting other players to your presence. They’ll still be able to see you, but
unless you parked your vehicle in the middle of the desert, there’s no reason
for most players to suspect that a player may be sitting inside a vehicle and
not driving it.
9. Look Around
without Moving
You can hide behind corners and use
the ‘eye-button’ to look around the corner without exposing yourself.
This is a handy trick that can help you spot enemies without letting them spot
you.
10. Heal Like a Pro
While healing, you can move for 0.5
seconds without cancelling the action. When in a hurry, start
moving when there’s 0.5 seconds of the heal left, giving you a headstart.
This comes in handy when the circle is closing up behind you and you need to
run quickly, or when you’re taking a short healing-break in the midst of a
firefight.
11. Use Energy Drinks
and Painkillers
Energy drinks and painkillers auto-heal you for a duration of
time, and also give you a speed-boost, so use them often and as needed. Most healing
equipment like bandages and health packs won’t heal you past 75%. Only the
med-kit can heal you up to 100% and that’s very rare. Energy drinks and
painkillers take their time to heal you, but they’ll take you up to 100% so
make sure you use them often.
12. Don’t Stay Still,
You’ll be a Sitting Duck
Staying still too long will make you
easy pickings for a sniper; always keep moving, and take cover whenever you
need to stop. The battleground in PUBG always has a bunch of players with
snipers, and a lot of these players are good enough to take you out with a
single head-shot. So keep moving.
