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.
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
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
These are the command hotkeys you can use when controlling a unit.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Attack move | space |
| Line Formation | a |
| Box Formation | s |
| Spread Formation | d |
| Wedge Formation | f |
| Aggressive Stance | z |
| Defensive Stance | x |
| Stand Ground | c |
| No Attack | v |
| Villager Normal Stance | shift-a |
| Villager Stand Ground Stance | shift-s |
| Show Economic Commands | h |
| Heroize Military | h |
| Heroize Citizen | a |
| Convert to Gate | w |
| Gather Point | alt-z |
| Stop | alt-z |
| Garrison | alt-x |
| Return to Work | alt-c |
| Timeshift | alt-c |
| Eject Garrisoned Units | alt-x |
| Repair | alt-v |
| Seek Shelter | alt-c |
| Patrol | alt-v |
| Delete Selected Units | delete |
| Cancel Formation | s |
All Find and Select Unit hotkeys
You can use these hotkeys to track down particular units you control.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Select all Land/Naval Military Units | shift-space |
| Select All of the Currently Selected Unit | shift-control-space |
| Select All Idle Villagers | shift-. |
| Find Idle Villager Group | . |
| Find All Idle Fishing Ship Group | mouse3down |
| Select All Idle Caravans | alt-t |
| Find Idle Caravan Group | mouse3down |
| Find Idle Land Military | , |
| Select All Idle Land Military | alt-a |
| Find Hero | alt-d |
| Select All Heroes | shift-alt-d |
| Select All Idle Warships | alt-s |
| Select All Warships | shift-alt-s |
| Find Scout | / |
| Find Pharaoh | p |
All Finding Buildings hotkeys
These are the hotkeys you can use to find any of your buildings.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Find All Production Buildings | control-alt-space |
| Find All Town Centers | shift-control-z |
| Find House or Manor | control-q |
| Find Food Dropsite | control-w |
| Find Gold Dropsite | control-w |
| Find Gold Dropsite | control-e |
| Find Wood Dropsite | control-r |
| Find All Temples | shift-control-t |
| Find All Docks | shift-control-y |
| Find All Markets | shift-control-g |
| Find All Armories | shift-control-h |
| Find All Archery Ranges or Monuments | shift-control-a |
| Find All Barracks | shift-control-s |
| Find All Stables or Siege Works | shift-control-d |
| Find All Towers | shift-control-c |
| Find All Fortresses | shift-control-v |
| Find Wonder | control-n |
| Find Sky Passage | control-j |
All General Gameplay hotkeys
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.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Cast Godpower 1 | f1 |
| Cast Godpower 2 | f2 |
| Cast Godpower 3 | f3 |
| Cast Godpower 4 | f4 |
| Cancel All Queued Items | backspace |
| Cancel Autoqueue in all Military Buildings | shift-control-backspace |
| Find Selection | o |
| Find Last Notification | ] |
| Flare Mini Map | alt-f |
| Cycle Selected Units (Forward) | tab |
| Cycle Select Units (Backward) | control-tab |
Menu and Interface Hotkeys
You can use these hotkeys in the menus or interact directly with the Age of Mythology: Retold interface.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Show Game Menu | esc |
| Hide Game Menu | esc |
| Exit Tech Tree | esc |
| Pause/unpause Gameplay | pause |
| Display Objectives Dialog | f6 |
| Display Diplomacy Dialog | f7 |
| Quick Save Game | f8 |
| Quick Load Game | f9 |
| Toggle Score Display | f10 |
| Toggle Game Time | f11 |
| Screenshot | f12 |
| Toggle Friend or Foe Colors | control-alt-f |
| Show Chat Window | enter |
| Chat Scroll Backward | pageup |
| Chat Scroll Forward | pagedown |
| Close Controls Popup | esc |
| Previous | q |
| Next | e |
All Camera Navigation Hotkeys
You can use these hotkeys to adjust and move the camera around the map while playing Age of Mythology: Retold.
| Command | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Move Camera Left | arrowleft |
| Move Camera Right | arrowright |
| Move Camera Forward | arrowup |
| Move Camera Backward | arrowdown |
| Move Camera Forward Left | numpad7 |
| Move Camera Forward Right | numpad9 |
| Move Camera Backward Left | numpad1 |
| Move Camera Backward Right | numpad3 |
| Move Camera with Mouse | mouse2down |
| Camera Zoom In | numpadplus |
| Camera Zoom Out | numpadminus |
| Camera Rotate Left | control-arrowleft |
| Camera Rotate Right | control-arrowright |
| Reset Camera Rotation and Zoom | control-mouse3down |
