Total War: Warhammer III Hot Keys Revealed
Summary
- Get your first look at the various Hot Key commands that will help you better control your armies during the Campaign and Battle portions of the game.
- Camera control, troop selection, grouping, and more are all highlighted below.
- Total War: Warhammer III will be available day one with PC Game Pass on February 17.
Your troops are scattered. The legions of Chaos have you surrounded. It’s only a matter of time until the remnants of your broken army are laid to waste. All that’s left to do is succumb to the inevitable defeat.
But it didn’t have to be this way.
If only you had the tools to better manage your troops on the fly. If only you had the opportunity to know how to group your archers and cavalry in a more effective manner. If only… you knew which Hot Keys gave you better control of your army on the field of battle! Well, you came to the right place.
Below are a series of Hot Key commands that will be featured in the upcoming Total War: Warhammer III, available day one with PC Game Pass on February 17. Look these over and save them to memory (or print them out) as you prepare for the upcoming fight with the Realm of Chaos.
Universal
Hot Key Default | Hot Key Action |
---|---|
SHIFT+PERIOD | Select next |
SHIFT+COMMA | Select previous |
SHIFT+BACK | Cancel current selection |
F5 | Standard ping |
ALT+X | Toggle SFX |
ALT+M | Toggle music |
K | Toggle UI |
ALT+K | Toggle UI with borders |
Campaign
Hot Key Default | Hot Key Action |
---|---|
W,A,S,D | Pan camera |
Mousewheel | Zoom camera |
TAB | Strategic map toggle |
HOME | Pan to capital |
CTRL+S | Quick save |
CTRL+L | Quick load |
R | Toggle character move speed |
Mouse Left click on object | Select character/army/settlement |
Mouse Right-click on terrain/target | Issue move/attack order |
Mouse Left-click on terrain | Cancel selection |
Hold SPACE | View/toggle campaign overlays |
MINUS | Show finance |
EQUALS | Show clan |
1 | Show overview |
2 | Show garrison |
3 | Show building browser |
4 | Show recruitment units |
5 | Show recruitment agents |
RETURN/NUM PAD ENTER | End turn |
SHIFT+RETURN/NUM PAD ENTER | End turn (skip warnings) |
H | End turn notification zoom |
CTRL+P | Current selection disband |
CTRL+S | Quick save |
CTRL+L | Quick load |
CTRL+T | Toggle labels |
CTRL+M | Auto merge units |
END | Default camera rotation |
Battle – Keyboard
Hot Key Default | Hot Key Action |
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W,A,S,D | Camera Movement |
E, Q | Rotate Camera |
Insert | Unit Camera (Esc to exit) |
CTRL+A | Select all units |
CTRL+1-9 | Create unit selection group |
1 through 9 | Select group |
CTRL+G | Lock/Unlock group formation |
INS | Follow unit mode/artillery fire mode |
C/V | Pitch camera up/down |
Z/X | Yaw camera up/down |
N | Zoom in |
G | Soft group selected units |
CTRL+G | Hard group selected units |
Y | Open chat |
T | Cycle next spawn zone |
CTRL+B | Select all artillery |
CTRL+I | Select all melee |
CTRL+C | Select all cavalry |
CRTL+M | Select all ranged |
RETURN | Deselect all |
Battle – Mouse
Hot Key Default | Hot Key Action |
---|---|
Left click on unit | Select unit |
Left click on terrain | Cancel selection |
Left hold | Drag select |
Right click | Move / attack unit |
Double right click | Run / charge unit |
Mousewheel | Camera zoom |
Hold mouse wheel | Freelook |
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