Keybinds

Includes keybinds added by Horn of the Abyss and the HD Mod.

Adventure Screen

• A = Miscellaneous options menu (View World, Puzzle Map, Dig, Scenario Information, Replay Opponent Turn)
• B = Cancel movement
• C = Cast spell
• D = Dig
• E = End turn
• G = Den of Thieves
• H = Next hero
• I = Scenario Information
• K = Kingdom Overview
• L = Load Game
• M = Move hero along selected route
• N = Restart Game
• O = System Options
• P = Puzzle Map
• Q = Quest Log
• R = Show the Dimension Door range around the center of the screen.
• S = Save Game
• T = Next town
• U = Toggle Underground/Overground
• V = View World
• W = Wake hero
• Z = Sleep hero
• F5 = Toolbar (for enabling grid and other tools)
• 1 or 2 = Select option in message windows with a choice (Treasure Chests, Schools of Magic, Schools of War, etc.)
• Alt + Shift + Left Click hero = Dismiss hero
• Hold ALT + mouse-over tile = See movement points required to reach tile
• Hold ALT + Left Click hero/town icon = Move hero/town to top of the list
• SHIFT + Left Click hero = Make clicked hero the active one
• SPACE + Hero is selected = Revisit tile hero is at (not when pressed, but when released)
• Enter = Open hero/castle details

Town Screen

• B = Marketplace
• D (after clicking a unit) = Select a slot to divide the stack into (identical to holding Shift while clicking another slot)
• G = Thieves' Guild
• M (when recruiting creatures) = Select minimum/maximum quantity of creatures to recruit
• S / Space = Switch heroes
• T = Tavern
• Z / F10 = Switch garrisons
• 1 / 2 + Space = In the Tavern, select a hero using 1 and 2 and recruit them using Space
• 1 - 4 + Space = In the University, select a skill using the number keys and buy it using Enter or Space
• 1 - 8 + Space = In recruitment windows, select a creature using the number keys and recruit them using Space (only works if the <UI.RecruitDlg.AutoSet> tweak is enabled)
• Left Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to see global buy menu
• CTRL + Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to instantly buy ALL available creatures
• ALT + Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to instantly buy ALL available creatures (unupgraded)
• CTRL + Click specific creature portrait to instantly buy the clicked creatures
• ALT + Click specific creature portrait to instantly buy the clicked creatures (unupgraded)
• Alt + Shift + Left Click hero = Dismiss hero
• Up/Down Arrow = Cycle to previous/next town

Combat Screen

• A = Autocombat
• C = Spellbook
  • A = Adventure map spells tab
  • C = Combat spells tab
  • Arrows (← →) = Flip pages in the spellbook
  • ESC / ENTER = Exit the spellbook
• D / Space = Defend
• F = Creature spell (e.g. with Faerie Dragons) 
• G = Area attack (with Gogs and Liches) / Creature spell (e.g. with Faerie Dragons) 
• H = Open Combat Log (press ESC, SPACE or ENTER to close it)
• I = Toggle hero stats
• L = Load game
• O = Combat options, which opens a separate menu:
  • L = Load game
  • M = Main Menu
  • R = Restart scenario
  • ESC / ENTER / SPACE = Exit Combat Options
• Q = Finish combat with Quick Combat
• R = Retreat
• S = Surrender
• T = Show current troop info (turned off by pressing ESC, ENTER or SPACE)
• W = Wait
• Z = Toggle on / off the turn order bar
• CTRL + Mouse-over creature = See general movement
• SHIFT + Mouse-over creature = See exact movement (calculate obstacles)
• ALT = Switch modes. Creatures can have one of the following types of modes: "melee" vs "ranged" for creatures that can shoot (such as Lizardmen), "cast spell or use ability" vs "move or attack" (for creatures that can cast spells or use abilities on corpses or terrain (such as Sandworms, Archangels or Dreadnoughts), or "attack and return" vs "attack without return" (used exclusively by Harpies and Harpy Hags).
• Up/Down Arrow Keys – Scrolls combat messages
• F6 = Toggles hex grid display
• F7 = Toggles mouse shadow display
• F8 = Toggles movement shadow display

Hero Trade Screen

• Q = Swap armies and artifacts
• X / F11 = Swap artifacts
• Z / F10 = Swap armies
• CTRL + Left Click creature = Make 1 stacks, or remove 1 stacks
• CTRL + ALT + Left Click creature = Move clicked army to castle/other hero
• CTRL + SHIFT + Left Click creature = Fill empty slots with 1 stacks
• ALT + Left Click creature = Merge all stacks into clicked creature
• SHIFT + Left Click creature = Split creature into even stacks (you can do multiple clicks to divide the stack further)
• SHIFT + ALT + Left Click creature = Dismiss creature
• SHIFT + ALT + CTRL + Left Click creature = Move all army except 1 of the clicked creature to castle/other hero

Hero Management Screen

• CTRL + 1 - 9 = Create an equipment preset
• 1 - 9 = Equip artifacts from an equipment preset
• SHIFT + Click on the item slot = Shows available items from backpack for given artifact slot