==================================== Age of Empires IV keyboard shortcuts ==================================== First published at 11/3/2021 on https://defkey.com/age-of-empires-4-shortcuts Age of Empires IV is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios. It is the fourth installment of the Age of Empires and released on October 2021 for Windows. Age of Empires IV has 124 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. General ------- Left click (on a unit) Select unit Double click (on a unit) Select all visible units of same type Ctrl + Left click (on a unit) Select all visible units of same type Shift + Left click (on a unit) Add/Remove unit from selection Left Click ground and drag mouse: Bandbox select groups of units Left click (on ground) Confirm building or ability placement Shift + Left click (on ground) Queue building or ability placement Right click (on ground or on selected units) Issue contextual order to selected unit(s) (ie. Move, Attack, etc) Right Click ground and drag mouse with unit(s) selected: Issue facing move order Esc Cancel / deselect unit / game menu / skip NIS. Not user remappable. Control + A Select all units on screen Ctrl + K Select all units on screen Control + Shift + A “[Shift]: Select all units” – Appears as shift message on Control-A binding Ctrl + Shift + K “[Shift]: Select all units” – Appears as shift message on Control-A binding Y (with a unit selected) Access secondary UI panel Camera ------ Alt + Move the mouse Rotate camera (hold) Caps Lock Rotate camera (hold) [ Rotate camera 45 degrees counter-clockwise Num 6 Rotate camera 45 degrees counter-clockwise ] Rotate camera 45 degrees clockwise Num 4 Rotate camera 45 degrees clockwise Backspace Reset camera – 1st press resets camera rotation, 2nd press resets zoom Num 0 Reset camera – 1st press resets camera rotation, 2nd press resets zoom F5 Focus on selected unit(s) Home Follow Selected Unit < Pan camera left – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Alt + A Pan camera left – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location > Pan camera right – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Alt + D Pan camera right – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Up arrow Pan camera up – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Alt + W Pan camera up – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Down arrow Pan camera down – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Alt + S Pan camera down – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Unit management --------------- Tab Cycle through selected units (forward) / Cycle through selected unit types (forward) Right arrow Cycle through selected units (forward) / Cycle through selected unit types (forward) Ensure multiple types of units are selected and Tab with units selected. Control + Tab Cycle through selected units (reverse) / Cycle through selected unit types (reverse) Left arrow Cycle through selected units (reverse) / Cycle through selected unit types (reverse) Ensure multiple types of units are selected and Control + Tab with units selected Note: Can't do shift-tab because it’s the steam overlay. [0 - 9] Select Control Group X 1x selects group, 2x selects and centers camera on group (or follow depending on user setting “Focus on selected unit(s)”) Control + [0 - 9] Set Control Group X to selected unit(s) / Assign group to selected units Note: Setting a control group when no units are selected effectively removes that control group. Shift + [0 - 9] Add Group To Selection / Add Selected Units to Group F1 Select all Military Production Buildings M Select all Military Production Buildings F2 “Select all Economy Buildings” as above K “Select all Economy Buildings” as above F3 “Select all Research Buildings” as above O “Select all Research Buildings” as above F4 Select all Landmarks, Wonders, and Capital Town Centers P Select all Landmarks, Wonders, and Capital Town Centers F5 Focus on Selected Unit(s) J Focus on Selected Unit(s) H Cycle through Town Centers L Cycle through Town Centers Control + H Focus on Capital Town Center Ctrl + L Focus on Capital Town Center ‘ Cycle through individual Monk units ] Cycle through individual Monk units Note: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location. / Cycle through individual Scout units [ Cycle through individual Scout units Note: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location . Cycle through Idle Economy (idle economy include villagers, trade carts, fishing ships, and trade ships, officials (Chinese civ)) N Cycle through Idle Economy (idle economy include villagers, trade carts, fishing ships, and trade ships, officials (Chinese civ)) Note: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location Control + . Select all idle Villagers Ctrl + Up arrow Select all idle Villagers Note 1: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location. Note 2: If all idle villagers are selected and made un-idle, Ctrl + . will not change the current selection – as designed. Control + Shift + V Select all Villagers Up arrow Select all Villagers Control + Shift + R Return all Villagers to work (from Seek Shelter) Page Up Return all Villagers to work (from Seek Shelter) , Cycle through idle Military units Down arrow Cycle through idle Military units Note: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location. Control + , Select all idle Military units Ctrl + Down arrow Select all idle Military units Note: Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location. Control + Shift + C Select all Military units Ctrl + M Select all Military units Control + F Cycle through Villagers gathering Food Ctrl + V Cycle through Villagers gathering Food Control + W Cycle through Villagers gathering Wood Ctrl + B Cycle through Villagers gathering Wood Control + G Cycle through Villagers gathering Gold Ctrl + J Cycle through Villagers gathering Gold Control + S Cycle through Villagers gathering Stone Ctrl + K Cycle through Villagers gathering Stone Shift and [ unit production hotkey ] or click button: Queue production of 5 units of that type Del (hold with unit selected) Delete unit or building Ctrl + = (hold with unit selected) Delete unit or building Insert Toggle Team-based or Unique player colors Ctrl + - Toggle Team-based or Unique player colors Communication ------------- Shift + Enter [All] Global chat Enter [Team] Team chat Enter (with chat open) Send chat message Tab (with chat open) Swap between [All] Global and [Team] Team chat Page Up Scroll chat messages (older) Shift + > Scroll chat messages (older) Page Down Scroll chat messages (newer) Shift + < Scroll chat messages (newer) F6 Toggle Players & Tribute panel Ctrl + F Toggle Players & Tribute panel Space Focus on last event Num Enter Focus on last event Control + E then Left click Notify Ping Ctrl + P Notify Ping Control + R then Left click Attack Ping Control + T then Left click Defend Ping Ctrl + D Defend Ping Game ---- F10 Game Menu ` Game Menu F11 Toggle game time display Ctrl + T Toggle game time display Single-player ------------- Esc Pause game ` Pause game Pause Pause Simulation F8 Quick Save Ctrl + Q Quick Save F9 Quick Load Ctrl + I Quick Load Observer/Replay HUD ------------------- Control + U Toggle cinematic mode U Toggle cinematic mode Control + C Toggle free camera P Toggle free camera Control + F Toggle fog of war L Toggle fog of war - Slower Num - Slower = Faster Num + Faster Control + ] View next player Ctrl + . View next player Control + [ View previous player Ctrl + , View previous player Source: news.xbox.com Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 8, 2021 Defkey © All rights reserved.