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