Keybinds

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Horn of the Abyss Only available when the unofficial expansion, Horn of the Abyss, is installed.

New keybinds have been added as Quality of Life changes in the HotA mod.

This list also includes classic HoMM III keybinds as well for completion.


Combat screen:

   W = Wait
   D or Space = Defend
   C = Spellbook
   R = Retreat 
   S = Surrender OR Start combat (during tactics)
   G = Area attack (with gogs and liches)
   Z = Show/Hide turn order bar
   I = Show hero stats permanently
   CTRL + mouse-over creature = See general movement
   SHIFT + mouse-over creature = See exact movement (calculate obstacles)
   Up/Down Arrow Keys – Scrolls combat messages
   Q = Finish combat with Quick Combat

Adventure screen:

   Hold ALT + mouse-over tile = See movement points required to reach tile
   SHIFT + Left Click hero = Make clicked hero the active one
   E = End turn
   Enter = Open hero/castle details
   Z = Sleep hero, W = Wake hero
   G = See den of thieves info
   Q = See quest log
   K = See kingdom overview
   T = Next town 
   H = Next hero
   M = Complete movement
   H + M Spam = Cycle heroes and move them all
   F5 = Toolbar (for enabling grid and other tools)


Castle/hero-trade screen:

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

Castle shortcuts:

   Up/Down Arrow = Cycle to previous/next town
   Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to see global buy menu
   CTRL + Click creature portrait to instantly buy the clicked creatures
   CTRL + Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to instantly buy ALL available creatures
   ALT + Click creature portrait to instantly buy the clicked creatures (Unupgraded)
   ALT + Click castle icon (to the left of income icon) to instantly buy ALL available creatures (Unupgraded)
   G = Open thieves guild info panel
   B = Open marketplace
   Space = Switch heroes
   F10 = Switch garrisons