All hotkeys in Age of Mythology Retold

React quickly to command your armies and lead them to victory in Age of Mythology: Retold.

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When it comes to managing the many units you’ll be using in Age of Mythology: Retold, it helps to move them quickly and effectively across the battlefield. A great way to gain an advantage over your opponent is through hotkeys and bindings.

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With hotkeys, you can navigate your mythological army and explore options for your constructed buildings quickly. You can use them to bring your forces together to target a single point, move multiples of the same unit to a particular location, or purchase upgrades for your armies and workers to improve them.

Clicking the correct key bindings quickly in Age of Mythology Retold can be an art form. We have the full breakdown of what they all do while you’re playing.

Every key binding and hotkey in Age of Mythology Retold

All hotkeys in Age of Mythology Retold
Quickly navigate the battlefield with hotkeys. Screenshot by Dot Esports

The hotkeys for Age of Mythology: Retold are divided into several generic ones, with more specific groupings for the various factions you can play. We’ll focus on the major hotkeys you’ll use in many of the more significant scenarios and battles. If you want to adjust these default choices to ones more specific for your playstyle, you can do this by going to the settings menu and selecting Hotkeys. You’ll want to do this from the Mythology main menu before you start a standard game against another player or AI enemies.

All Command hotkeys

All Command Hotkeys in Age of Mythology
Quickly control your units. Screenshot by Dot Esports

These are the command hotkeys you can use when controlling a unit.

CommandHotkey
Attack movespace
Line Formationa
Box Formations
Spread Formationd
Wedge Formationf
Aggressive Stancez
Defensive Stancex
Stand Groundc
No Attackv
Villager Normal Stanceshift-a
Villager Stand Ground Stanceshift-s
Show Economic Commandsh
Heroize Militaryh
Heroize Citizena
Convert to Gatew
Gather Pointalt-z
Stopalt-z
Garrisonalt-x
Return to Workalt-c
Timeshiftalt-c
Eject Garrisoned Unitsalt-x
Repairalt-v
Seek Shelteralt-c
Patrolalt-v
Delete Selected Unitsdelete
Cancel Formations

All Find and Select Unit hotkeys

Find all units hotkeys in Age of Mythology
Track down any missing units. Screenshot by Dot Esports

You can use these hotkeys to track down particular units you control.

CommandHotkey
Select all Land/Naval Military Unitsshift-space
Select All of the Currently Selected Unitshift-control-space
Select All Idle Villagersshift-.
Find Idle Villager Group.
Find All Idle Fishing Ship Groupmouse3down
Select All Idle Caravansalt-t
Find Idle Caravan Groupmouse3down
Find Idle Land Military,
Select All Idle Land Militaryalt-a
Find Heroalt-d
Select All Heroesshift-alt-d
Select All Idle Warshipsalt-s
Select All Warshipsshift-alt-s
Find Scout/
Find Pharaohp

All Finding Buildings hotkeys

Find buildings hotkeys in Age of Mythology
Locate your major buildings. Screenshot by Dot Esports

These are the hotkeys you can use to find any of your buildings.

CommandHotkey
Find All Production Buildingscontrol-alt-space
Find All Town Centersshift-control-z
Find House or Manorcontrol-q
Find Food Dropsitecontrol-w
Find Gold Dropsitecontrol-w
Find Gold Dropsitecontrol-e
Find Wood Dropsitecontrol-r
Find All Templesshift-control-t
Find All Docksshift-control-y
Find All Marketsshift-control-g
Find All Armoriesshift-control-h
Find All Archery Ranges or Monumentsshift-control-a
Find All Barracksshift-control-s
Find All Stables or Siege Worksshift-control-d
Find All Towersshift-control-c
Find All Fortressesshift-control-v
Find Wondercontrol-n
Find Sky Passagecontrol-j

All General Gameplay hotkeys

General Gameplay hotkeys in Age of Mythology
Unleash your god powers. Screenshot by Dot Esports

You can use these hotkeys while playing the game to use your god’s powers or cancel any queues you’ve prepared on buildings in Age of Mythology: Retold.

CommandHotkey
Cast Godpower 1f1
Cast Godpower 2f2
Cast Godpower 3f3
Cast Godpower 4f4
Cancel All Queued Itemsbackspace
Cancel Autoqueue in all Military Buildingsshift-control-backspace
Find Selectiono
Find Last Notification]
Flare Mini Mapalt-f
Cycle Selected Units (Forward)tab
Cycle Select Units (Backward)control-tab

Menu and Interface Hotkeys

Menu hotkeys in Age of Mythology
Quickly navigate through menus. Screenshot by Dot Esports

You can use these hotkeys in the menus or interact directly with the Age of Mythology: Retold interface.

CommandHotkey
Show Game Menuesc
Hide Game Menuesc
Exit Tech Treeesc
Pause/unpause Gameplaypause
Display Objectives Dialogf6
Display Diplomacy Dialogf7
Quick Save Gamef8
Quick Load Gamef9
Toggle Score Displayf10
Toggle Game Timef11
Screenshotf12
Toggle Friend or Foe Colorscontrol-alt-f
Show Chat Windowenter
Chat Scroll Backwardpageup
Chat Scroll Forwardpagedown
Close Controls Popupesc
Previousq
Nexte

All Camera Navigation Hotkeys

You can use these hotkeys to adjust and move the camera around the map while playing Age of Mythology: Retold.

CommandHotkey
Move Camera Leftarrowleft
Move Camera Rightarrowright
Move Camera Forwardarrowup
Move Camera Backwardarrowdown
Move Camera Forward Leftnumpad7
Move Camera Forward Rightnumpad9
Move Camera Backward Leftnumpad1
Move Camera Backward Rightnumpad3
Move Camera with Mousemouse2down
Camera Zoom Innumpadplus
Camera Zoom Outnumpadminus
Camera Rotate Leftcontrol-arrowleft
Camera Rotate Rightcontrol-arrowright
Reset Camera Rotation and Zoomcontrol-mouse3down
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