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The keyboard shortcuts Dominions 6 documents, grouped by the screen they work on.

Map screen

The main map: province and nation buttons, then the keys that move and filter the view.

e
End your turn and save your orders; in a solo game this also hosts the turn.
t
Open Army Setup for the selected province.
y
Open Army Setup for the commanders who will be in the province next turn.
u
Open Army Setup showing only the patrolling commanders.
r
Open the recruitment panel for the selected province. Provinces you own only.
b
See the mercenary companies on offer and bid on them.
i
Read the province chronicle: its history and past events.
d
Raise the selected province's defence.
f
Open the fortification details for the selected province.
m
Read your start-of-turn messages.
s
Send a message, items or gold to another player.
h
Hide every button and commander so only the map shows.
g or #
Jump to a province by its number.
Shiftm
Set the selected mage to recast the same ritual every turn for as long as the gems last. The mage must be in a province with a laboratory.
Shifto
Set the selected mage to forge the same item every turn. The mage must be in a province with a laboratory.
Ctrlclick
Order a stealthy commander to move openly, which means attacking the province it enters. Click the destination province while holding Ctrl.
Arrow keys
Scroll the map.
Home
Go to your home province.
CtrlHome
Go to your pretender or disciple.
End
Zoom the map to half scale.
Insert
Zoom so the map covers the whole screen.
Delete
Zoom out until the entire map fits.
Page Up or CtrlUp
Zoom in.
Page Down or CtrlDown
Zoom out.
Ctrlf
Open the map filter menu.
Ctrl1
Show or hide flags and forts.
Ctrl2
Show or hide armies.
Ctrl3
Show or hide dominion.
Ctrl4
Show or hide the income box.
Ctrl5
Show or hide thrones and events.
Ctrl6
Show or hide your troops standing in allied provinces.
Ctrl7
Show or hide allied troops standing in your provinces.
Ctrl8
Show or hide the neighbour lines between provinces.
Ctrl9
Show or hide province names.
Ctrl0
Show or hide remote rituals.

Menus

Screens opened with the function keys, and the options menu.

Esc
Open the options menu: music, video, save and quit.
F1
Open Nation Overview: your commanders, provinces and site searches in one place.
F2
Open the score graphs, when the game has them enabled.
F3
Open the Hall of Fame: the heroes with the most battles and kills.
F4
Open the Pretenders list, every pretender in the game.
F5
Open Research.
F6
Open the global enchantments currently in force.
F7
Open your magic item treasury.
F8
Open every magic item you own, stored or carried, and where it is.
F9
Open the Thrones of Ascension.

Army Setup

Selecting units, copying order scripts and recruiting in bulk.

Shiftclick
Queue ten of the unit instead of one. On a unit in the recruitment panel.
Shiftclick
Add the unit to your selection.
Double-click
Select every unit of the same type.
w
Select every unit that has an affliction. Hover the mouse over a squad.
e
Select every unit with two or more experience stars. Hover the mouse over a squad.
Enter
Deselect the units you have clicked.
Ctrl0-9
Store a commander's order script under a number from 0 to 9. Hold the mouse over the script, press Ctrl and a number key.
0-9
Copy a stored order script to another commander. Hold the mouse over that commander's "set battle orders" text.
x
Give a commander the same order again. After you have given that commander an order.
?
Open the game's own list of keys for this screen.

Battle replay

Speed, camera and battle-log keys while you watch a battle.

Arrow keys
Scroll around the battlefield.
Page Up or Page Down
Raise or lower the camera.
Space
Pause the replay.
c
Show or hide the coloured squares marking each team.
g
Show or hide the battlefield grid.
w
Show or hide the wire-frame grid; the battlefield graphics disappear while it is on.
q
Leave the battle replay.
f
Play at fast speed.
t
Play at the fastest speed.
s
Return to normal speed.
z
Play in slow motion, handy at full log detail.
v
Show the combat log of the unit you are viewing.
F1
List all the units in the battle.
F2
Show the weather and the dominion scales.
?
Open the game's own list of keys for this screen.
1 or 2 or 3 or 4
Set how much the battle log says: 1 is least, 4 is most.
+ or -
Scroll the battle log.

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