Shortcuts
Advisors
Advisors
F1 Domestic Advisor
Alt+F1 Split Colonies
F2 Financial Advisor
F3 Civics Advisor
F4 Foreign Advisor
F5 Military Advisor
F6 Technology Advisor
F7 Religion Advisor
Shift+F7 Corporation Advisor
Ctrl+E Espionage Advisor
F8 Victory Status
F9 Demographics
F10 Capital City
F11 Globe View
F12 Civilopedia
BUG Mod
BUG Mod
Alt+Ctrl+O BUG Option Screen
Alt+Ctrl+F1 BUG Help (external)
Alt+M, Alt+Ctrl+R Create reminder
Alt+L Start/Stop logging
Alt+E Create manual log entry
Alt+B Log battle statistics
Alt+X Toggle dotmap edit mode
Ctrl+X Show/hide dotmap
Alt+G Regenerate the map
Alt+Ctrl+G Start/Stop MapFinder
Hold Alt while hovering the mouse over a unit icon in the plot list to highlight its possible moves on the map.
Camera
Camera
Ctrl+Left Arrow Lock camera angle 45 o CW
Ctrl+Right Arrow Lock camera angle 45 o CCW
Alt+F Satellite view
Alt+O Change perspective
Alt+Ctrl+F Flying camera mode (enable in INI file)
Shift+Left Arrow Rotate camera CW
Shift+Right Arrow Rotate camera CCW
Page Up Zoom camera in
Page Down Zoom camera out
City Screen
City Screen
Enter Exit city screen
Alt+add item to build queue Build item indefinitely
Ctrl+add item to build queue Add to beginning of queue
Shift+add item to build queue Add item to end of queue
Ctrl+(#) Save a production queue. Load w/same key
Insert Open nearest friendly city screen
Middle mouse button Exit city screen
Numpad arrows Cycle through cities
Click Fwd, Back mouse buttons Cycle through cities
Game
Game
Alt+D Change player name/email
Alt+Q Retire (give up)
Ctrl+W Access Worldbuilder
Ctrl+Z Enter "chipotle" Debug Mode
Home, End Cycle through cities
Insert Open nearest friendly city screen
Enter Cycle units, end turn
Ctrl+S Save game
Ctrl+L Load game
Shift+F5 Quick save (Single player only)
Shift+F8 Quick load (Single player only)
Ctrl+M Turn music on/off
Ctrl+O Options menu
Esc Exit current screen/open menu
Ctrl+Tab Chat/Event Log
Shift+D Contact Civ popup
Shift+Enter Force turn to end
Pause Pause game/pauses turn timer
Print Screen Take Screenshot
\ Cycle to previous unit
Ctrl+C Set all units of same type as active
Enter Cycle units, end turn
, (comma) Cycle to previous unit (same tile)
. (period) Cycle to next unit (same tile)
/ Cycle through active workers
Map
Map
P Ping the map
Alt+I Remove interface
Ctrl+I Minimize interface
Ctrl+B Toggle bare map on/off
Ctrl+R Flag resources on/off
Ctrl+T Turn grid on/off
Ctrl+Y Turn tile yields on/off
Ctrl+K Turn stability overlay on/off
Mouse
Mouse Shortcuts
Alt+click on city bar Select all player's cities
Alt+click on Civ in score display Declare war on that Civ
Alt+right-click a tile Move all units from same tile to selected tile
Ctrl+click on city bar Select all cities on same continent
Ctrl+click on Civ in score display Open trade window with that Civ
Ctrl+roll mouse wheel Cycle units on tile
Shift+click any city bars Select multiple cities (to change production)
Shift+right-click any city bars Set rally point for multiple cities
Shift+click on city bars Select those cities to change queue
Shift+click any tile Open context menu for that tile
Shift+Right Click city bars Set rally point for those cities
Roll mouse wheel Zoom in/out
Click+hold left and right mouse buttons Drag map
Click+hold right mouse button over enemy Display combat odds
Click any tile Center the map on that tile
Click Fwd and Back mouse buttons Cycle through units on the same tile
Multi-Player
Multi-Player
Tab Chat to team
Scroll Lock Voice chat to team
Shift+Scroll Lock Voice chat to all
Ctrl+Scroll Lock Voice chat in Diplomacy screen
Shift+Tab Chat to all
Units
Units
B Bombard
B Build City (Settler)
C Center on unit
E Explore
F Fortify
G Go-to mode
I Intercept
L Load (onto ship)
S Sentry (wake for enemy)
U Unload (from ship)
W Wait (move later in turn)
Alt+Click Group all units together
Ctrl+(#) Bind selected group or unit to number
Ctrl+Click Group same type together
Shift+Click Tile context menu
Shift+P Pillage
Space Skip turn for unit
Delete Delete unit
Numpad 5 Center on unit
Numpad arrows Use numpad to move units
Air Units
B Air bomb mode (cities/tiles)
R Recon mode
S Air strike mode (enemy units)
Alt+R Rebase
Work Boats
F Build fishing nets
O Build offshore platform
Shift+W Build whaling boats
Workers
A Automate
H Build camp
I Build farm (irrigate)
K Build workshop
L Build lumbermill
M Build mine
N Build trade network
Q Build quarry
R Build road/railroad
T Build cottage
Alt+C Remove forest/jungle
Alt+R Road-to mode
Ctrl+F Build fort
Shift+Ctrl+C Improve nearest city
Shift+P Build pasture/plantation
Shift+W Build watermill (river), windmill (hill), winery (wine), well (oil)