Controls

Keyboard and mouse controls for every view. You can rebind keys in Pause › Controls.

Any view

Input	Action	What it does
	Switch view	City View ⇄ Siege View.
	Build View	Enter or leave Build View.
TAB	Free the pointer	Hold to get your mouse back and inspect the HUD.
M	World map	Open the large map. Press again to close.
P	Pause	Settings, audio, video and key rebinding.
ENTER	Chat	Message other players (online).
V	Push to talk	Hold to speak in voice chat.

Siege View (your Titan)

Input	Action	What it does
WASD	Move	Mouse turns the camera and aims. Wheel zooms.
	Slash	Strike combo. Keep clicking to chain hits.
	Special	Your Titan's elemental attack. Some need a second click to confirm.
	Sprint	Hold while moving. Uses stamina. Stepping on vehicles crushes them.
	Smash	Seismic slam: a shockwave through every nearby building.
	Roar	Sonic blast ahead: panics troops and knocks helicopters out of the sky.

Build View

Input	Action	What it does
WASD	Move	Mouse to look. Shift or Ctrl to sprint, Space to jump.
	Place	Build the selected building. Hold to keep placing.
	Break	Hold to take down a building you're aiming at.
	Rotate	Turn the building before placing it.
1 / 8	Pick a building	Choose a hotbar slot, or scroll the mouse wheel.
E	Inventory	Drag buildings between storage and your hotbar. Shift-click to transfer.

City View

Input	Action	What it does
WASD	Pan	Or push the mouse to the screen edge. Hold Shift to pan faster.
	Rotate camera	Hold and drag. Double-click to reset the angle. Wheel zooms.
HOME	Recenter	Snap the camera back to your Titan.
	Select	Click a building, unit or citizen. Drag a box to select troops.
+	Add / remove	Change the current selection.
	Move / attack	Right-click the ground to move, an enemy to attack.
+	Queue	Add waypoints to a route.
G	Guard	Turn guarding back on after a manual order.
X	Stop	Halt troops, hold a Gold Scavenger or let citizens resume work.
H	Shelter	Send citizens into shelters.
CTRL + 1	Save group	Press the number again to reselect the group.

Rival duels

See Rival Duels for the duel controls.

Picture guide

One image per control, made from the game's own HUD icons. Click any image to open it full size.