Hotkeys
There's plenty of hotkeys to navigate Dominions 5 through the keyboard or access otherwise hidden functions. Most of them can be found in-game by pressing ?
at different screens. This page tries to list all of them.
On the map screen
Key | Function |
Misc |
b | bid for mercenaries |
c | view casualty report |
d | recruit province defence |
e | end turn |
f | fort info |
h | hide menu |
i | show province history |
m | read messages |
o | temple and dominion |
r | recruit units |
t | transfer units |
ctrl+t | transfer units among selected commanders |
v | view battle |
y | transfer units among those going to selected province |
Commanders |
a | select / deselect all |
n | next |
j | previous |
+,- | scroll |
return | deselect all |
>,< | grow or shrink commander tokens |
shift click | select range |
ctrl click | add to (or remove from) selection |
alt click | add all of same type |
alt+shift click | add all of same magic skills |
ctrl+home | select pretender |
alt+home | select prophet |
Statistics and magic screens |
F1 | nation overview |
F2 | score graphs |
F3 | hall of fame |
F4 | pretenders of the world |
F5 | research |
F6 | global enchantments |
F7 | magic resource treasury |
F8 | magic item treasury |
Map View |
right click | select province |
arrows | scroll map |
home | go to capital |
end | zoom x0.5 |
ins | zoom to cover whole screen |
del | zoom to view entire map |
pgup,ctrl+up | zoom in |
pgdn, ctrl+down | zoom out |
#,g | go to province number |
Map Filters |
1 | flags and forts |
2 | armies |
3 | dominion |
ctrl+3 | dominion candles |
4 | income box |
5 | thrones & events |
6 | my troops in allied provinces |
7 | |
8 | province connections |
ctrl + 8 | show impassable province connections too |
9 | province names |
ctrl + 9 | province numbers |
0 | labs, temples and magic sites |
Unit Orders |
space | menu |
A | reanimate, call spirits |
B | blood hunt |
C | cast ritual spell |
D | defend |
E | break siege |
F | forge item |
G | call god |
I | assassinate |
J | seduce |
K | blood sacrifice |
L | pillage |
M | monthly ritual |
O | monthly forge |
P | preach |
Q | capture slaves |
R | research |
S | search for magic sites |
T | storm castle |
U | summon allies |
V | pool blood slaves |
W | wait |
X | patrol |
Z | send all blood slaves to lab |
click map | move or sneak to province |
ctrl + click map | move to province (don't sneak) |
alt + click map | set multi move destination |
On the Army Setup screen
Key | Function |
Unit Selection (Hold mouse over a squad) |
a | select all units in a squad |
c | select all crippled units in a squad |
d | select all diseased units in a squad |
e | select all experienced units in a squad |
l | select all limping units in a squad |
s | select all starving units in a squad |
w | select all wounded units in a squad |
alt+click | select all of same type |
double click | select all of same type |
shift+click | select a range of units |
ret | deselect all units |
Battle Orders (Hold mouse over a battle order) |
a | attack |
c | cast |
d | advance and cast |
e | fire and keep distance |
f | fire |
g | guard commander |
h | hold and attack |
j | hold and fire |
n | none |
r | retreat |
s | stay behind troops |
x | repeat last order (for commanders) |
q/del | delete orders |
ctrl + 1-9 | copy order |
1-9 | paste order |
ctrl + s | view saved orders |
Battle Order Targets |
A | archers |
C | closest |
M | large monsters |
N | no special target |
R | rear |
Misc |
p | put selected units in garrison |
z | hide/show researchers |
Tab | show afflictions |
< | zoom down |
> | zoom up |
esc | exit screen |
On the Transfer item screen
l | put in the lab |
d | delete item |
Undocumented hotkeys
Network games list: Hover mouse over a game and press delete to remove it from the game list.
Map: Ctrl+m: show movement costs at each province.
Map: Ctrl+o: move commander to province number.
In combat: Ctrl+c: Show combat round and position info.
Selecting an age for a new game: e, m and l chooses early, middle and late ages.
In the Lab Shift+drag to move items around.
Frequently Asked Questions