Age of Empires IV hotkeys revealed
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Hop into your Town Center, queue up for a quick chat with your team, and find that damn idle villager who just hung out taking up space. Today we’re happy to take an early look at some of the hotkeys you’ll have in your arsenal to help build your village, manage your army on the battlefield, and help you become a better player at Age of Empires IV.
See the full list below, as well as a detailed image above for quick reference. Save them to memory, keep this guide open in your web browser, or print and post it on your wall for easy reference. Also know that you can remap many of these hotkeys and create multiple profiles to experiment with your optimal settings.
| Default hotkey | Secondary hotkey | Description of hotkey action |
|---|---|---|
| Left click on a drive | N / A | Select unit |
| Double left click on a drive | Control and [ Left Click ] a unit | Select all visible units of the same type |
| Shift and [ left click ] a unit | N / A | Add / remove drive from selection |
| Left click on the ground and drag the mouse | N / A | Bandbox select groups of units |
| Left click on the ground | N / A | Confirm the location of the building or skill |
| Shift and [ left click ] ground | N / A | Queue creation or skill placement |
| Right click on the ground or on the unit with the unit (s) selected | N / A | Issue contextual order to selected units (i.e. move, attack, etc.) |
| Right click on the ground and drag the mouse with the units selected | N / A | Problem facing movement order |
| ESC | N / A | Cancel / deselect drive / game menu / skip NIS. Not reassignable by the user. |
| Control S | ||
| Control + A | Ctrl + K | “Select all units on screen” |
| Control + Shift + A | Ctrl + Shift + K | “[Shift]: Select all units ”: appears as a change message in the Control-A link |
| And with a selected unit | Ctrl + Y | Access the secondary UI panel |
| Camera | ||
| ALT and move the mouse | Caps LOCK | “Rotate the camera (hold)” |
| [ | Num 6 | “Rotate camera 45 degrees counter-clockwise” |
| ] | No. 4 | “Rotate the camera 45 degrees clockwise” |
| Recoil | Num 0 | “Reset camera”: the first press resets the camera rotation, the second press resets the zoom |
| F5 | N / A | “Focus on selected units” |
| Home | N / A | “Follow selected unit” |
| < | ALT + A | “Pan camera left” – Default link reassigned on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| > | ALT + D | “Pan Camera Right” – Default link reassigned on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| / (arrow up) | ALT + W | “Pan Camera Up” – Default link reassigned on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| / (Arrow down) | ALT + S | “Scroll Camera Down” – Default link reassigned on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| Unit management | ||
| Tab | Right arrow | “Scroll through selected units (forward)” “Scroll through selected unit types (forward)” Make sure multiple types of units are selected and Tab with the units selected |
| Control + Tab | Left arrow | “Scroll through selected units (reverse)” Scroll through selected unit types (reverse) Make sure multiple unit types are selected and Control + Tab with units selected NB: you can’t shift-tab because it’s the vapor overlay; ( |
| 0-9 | in one [x1] | “Select control group X” 1x selects group, 2x selects and centers camera in group (or continues according to user settings “Focus on selected unit (s)”) |
| Control and 0-9 [ range above ] | Num X [x1] | “Set Control Group X to the selected unit (s)” Assign group to selected units Note: Setting a control group when no units are selected effectively removes that control group |
| Shift and 0-9 [ range above ] | N / A | “[Shift]: Add group to selection “ Changing this to “[Shift]: Add selected units to group “ Add selected units to group Appears as change message in binding 0-9 |
| F1 | SUBWAY | “Select all buildings of military production” choose the most central selection building using the FindAndCyclePickType setting for the selection type (since Mongolian buildings can move, so following has meaning) |
| F2 | K | “Select all budget buildings” as above |
| F3 | OR | “Select all research buildings” as stated above |
| F4 | P | “Select all the landmarks, wonders and centers of the capitals” |
| F5 | J | Focus on selected units |
| H | L | “Pedal through the urban centers” |
| Control + H | CTRL + L | “Focus on Capital Town Center” Select and center the camera in Capital Town Center |
| ‘(Apostrophe) | ] | “Tour Monk’s Individual Units” (FindAndCyclePickType) Default link reassigned on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| / | [ | “Cycle through individual Scout units” (FindAndCyclePickType) Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| . (Period) | N | “Cycle through Idle Economy” (idle economy include villagers, trade carts, fishing ships, and trade ships, officials (chinese civ)) (IdleVillagerPickType) Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| Control + . (Period) | CTRL + Up arrow | “Select all idle Villagers” Pick all idle villagers (IdleVillagerPickType) Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location (if all idle villagers are selected and made un-idle, Ctrl-. will not change the current selection – as designed) |
| Control + Shift + V | Up arrow | “Select all Villagers” Pick all Villagers (FindAndCyclePickType) |
| Control + Shift + R | Page up | “Return all Villagers to work (from Seek Shelter)” |
| , (Comma) | Down arrow | “Cycle through idle Military units” Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| Control + , (Comma) | CTRL + Down arrow | “Select all idle Military units” Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location |
| Control + Shift + C | CTRL + M | “Select all Military units” |
| Control + F | CTRL + V | “Cycle through Villagers gathering Food” Cycle through groups of villagers gathering Food |
| Control + W | CTRL + B | “Cycle through Villagers gathering Wood” Cycle through groups of villagers gathering Wood |
| Control + G | CTRL + J | “Cycle through Villagers gathering Gold” Cycle through groups of villagers gathering Gold |
| Control + S | CTRL + K | “Cycle through Villagers gathering Stone” Cycle through groups of villagers gathering Stone |
| Shift and [ unit production hotkey ] or click the button | N / A | Production queue of 5 such units |
| Delete (keep) with selected drive | CTRL + = | Delete unit or building |
| Insert | CTRL + – | “Toggle team-based or unique player colors” |
| Communication | ||
| Shift + Enter | “[All] Global chat “ | |
| Get into | / | [Team] Team chat |
| Enter with open chat | N / A | Send chat message |
| Tab with open chat | N / A | Swap between [All] Global and [Team] Team chat |
| Page up | Shift +> | “Scroll through (older) chat messages” |
| Page down | Shift + | “Scroll Chat Messages (Most Recent)” |
| F6 | Ctrl + F | “Toggle player panel and tribute” |
| Space bar | Num Enter | “Focus on the last event” Center the camera on the last notification |
| Control + E then left click | Ctrl + P | “Notify ping” |
| Control + R and then left click | “Attack Ping” | |
| Control + T then left click | Ctrl + D | “Defend Ping” |
| Play | ||
| F10 | ‘ | “Game menu” |
| F11 | Ctrl + T | “Toggle game time display” |
| Single player | ||
| ESC | ‘ | Pause game |
| Pause | N / A | “Pause simulation” |
| F8 | Ctrl + Q | “Quick save” |
| F9 | Ctrl + I | “Fast charge” |
Observer / Play HUD Hotkeys
| Hot key | Secondary hotkey | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Control + U | OR | “Toggle cinematic mode” |
| Control + C | P | “Toggle free camera” |
| Control + F | L | “Toggle Fog of War” |
| – | In one- | “Slower” |
| = | Num + | “Faster” |
| Control +] | Ctrl +. | “See next player” |
| Control +[[[[ | Ctrl +, | “See previous player” |
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