Age of Empires IV is a real-time strategy video game. It comes from the developer studio, Relic Entertainment in partnership with World’s Edge and publisher Xbox Game Studios. It is the fourth installment of the Age of Empires series. The game is exclusively available on the Windows platform. Age of Empires 4 is one of the most popular and grandstanding RTS games today.
This article is a list of all the Age of Empires hotkeys. The game is a real-time strategy game. Likewise, real-time strategy games require high ‘APM’ – actions per minute. This is where hotkeys and shortcuts come in.
Hotkeys & Shortcuts for Age of Empires 4:
Hotkeys
Select a unit – Left Click a unit
Select all visible units of the same type – Double Left Click a unit or Control and [ Left Click ] a unit
Add/Remove unit from selection – Shift and [ left click ] a unit
Bandbox select groups of units –
Left Click ground and drag mouse
Confirm building or ability placement –
Left Click ground
Issue contextual order to a select unit(s) (ie. Move, Attack, etc) – Right Click ground or unit with a unit(s) selected
Queue building or ability placement – Shift and [ left click ] ground
An issue facing move order – Right Click ground and drag mouse with a unit(s) selected
Cancel / Deselect / Menu – ESC key
Controls
Select all units on screen – Ctrl + A / Ctrl + K
[Shift]: Select all units on screen – Ctrl + Shift + K
Access secondary UI panel – Y (with a unit selected) / Ctrl + Y
Camera Controls
Focus on a select unit – F5
Follow selected unit – HOME
Game Menu Controls
Game Menu – F10
Toggle Game Time Display – F11 or `
Game Save Controls
Quicksave – F8
Quick load – F9
Unit Management
Cycle through selected units (forward) – Tab / Right arrow
Cycle through selected units (backwards) – Ctrl + tab / Left arrow
Control groups – Ctrl + 0-9 to set, then press 0-9 to select. Also works with the NUM key
Select all Military buildings – F1 / M
Focus in capital Town Center – Ctrl + H / Ctrl + L
Cycle through town centers – H / L
Select all Research buildings – F3 / O
Cycle through individual Monk units – ` (apostrophe) / ]
Select all Landmarks, Wonders, and capital Town Centers – F4 / P
Cycle through individual Scout units – / or [
Select all Economic buildings – F2 / K
Cycle through all Idle Economy units –. (period) / N
Villagers Management
Select all idle Villagers – Ctrl + . (period) / Ctrl + up arrow
Select all the Villagers – Ctrl + Shift + V / Up arrow
Return all the Villagers to work – Ctrl + Shift + R / PgUp
