Homeworld 3 - All Controls and Keybinds
Homeworld 3 can be a tricky game, especially if you don’t know proper controls. Learn about keybinds from our guide.

guide), you should probably pick the first option; in the case of veterans, the second one may be more tempting. Regardless of your choice, we present you both sets.
Modern input bindings
General
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Focus selected units |
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Focus selected units |
Focus on control group (double tap) |
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Toggle Sensors Manager view |
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Warning: Num 0, not a regular one Focus on most recent gameplay event |
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Cycle to the next stance of the current selection |
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Cycle to the previous stance of the current selection |
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Cycle the formation of the current selection |
Set selected unit(s) to ive Stance |
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Set selected unit(s) to Neutral Stance |
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Set selected unit(s) to Aggressive Stance |
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Set selected units to Delta formation |
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Set selected units to Broad formation |
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Set selected units to X formation |
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Set selected units to Claw formation |
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Set selected units to Wall formation |
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Set selected units to Sphere formation |
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Set selected units to disband their current formation |
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Toggle time-Dilation (rotate middle mouse wheel to change speed) |
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Toggle movement plane |
Unit Abilities
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Attack |
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Move |
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Guard |
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Dock |
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Stop |
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Patrol |
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Harvest/Resource |
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Cloak |
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Repair |
Rally |
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Toggle Chassis orientation |
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Lay mines: box |
Lay mines: sphere |
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Lay mines: wall |
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Special ability 1 |
Special ability 2 |
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Special ability 3 |
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Capture |
Salvage |
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Deploy turret |
Undeploy turret |
Unit selection
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Select unit |
Select all on-screen units of that type |
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Double tap - Select all on-screen units of that type |
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Hold and drag – Bandbox select units |
Add units to selection |
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Add all on-screen units to selection |
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Cycle the current selection’s lead unit type |
Select all Resource Controller units |
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Not bound – only select military units while bandboxing |
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Select the flagship |
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Select all owned military units |
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Select all owned Strikecraft units |
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Select all owned Corvette units |
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Select all owned Frigate units |
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Select all owned Capital units |
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Select all owned Utility units |
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Select all idle Resource Controller units |
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Select all owned units |
Assign control group 1-10 |
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Add selection to existing control group |
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Select control group 1-10 |
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Add control group to selection |
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Remove selection from all control groups |
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Clear all control groups |
HUD elements
Toggle the Tactical Overlay visibility state |
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Toggle display of the HUD UI |
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Toggle Artifact in War Games |
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Activate and cycle Build management |
Toggle Build management |
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Activate and cycle Launch management |
Toggle Launch management |
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Toggle Objectives |
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Toggle Population |
Toggle Gameplay Events |
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Toggle Speech Recall |
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Build batch of units |
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Pause unit production |
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Cancel production of 1 unit |
Cancel production of batch of unit |
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Launch of units of a type/category |
Camera movement
Translate the camera forwards, backwards, left and right |
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Translate the camera downwards |
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Translate the camera upwards |
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Zoom |
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Zoom |
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Camera speed boost (while moving) |
Static Controls
Create ping (multiplayer only) |
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Select unit (hold to select group) |
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Issue contextual order |
Engage camera. |
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Pan camera |
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Enable camera panning (hold) |
Activate context menu |
Legacy input bindings
General
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Focus selected units. |
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Focus selected units. |
Focus on control group (double tap) |
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Toggle Sensors Manager view |
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Warning: Num 0, not a regular 0 Focus on most recent gameplay event |
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Cycle to the next stance of the current selection |
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Cycle to the previous stance of the current selection |
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Cycle the formation of the current selection |
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Set selected unit(s) to ive Stance |
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Set selected unit(s) to Neutral Stance |
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Set selected unit(s) to Aggressive Stance |
Set selected units to Delta formation |
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Set selected units to Broad formation |
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Set selected units to X formation |
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Set selected units to Claw formation |
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Set selected units to Wall formation |
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Set selected units to Sphere formation |
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Set selected units to disband their current formation |
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Toggle time-Dilation (rotate middle mouse wheel to change speed) |
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Toggle movement plane |
Unit Abilities
Attack |
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Move |
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Guard |
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Dock |
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Stop |
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Patrol |
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Harvest/Resource |
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Cloak |
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Repair |
Rally |
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Toggle Chassis orientation |
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Lay mines: box |
Lay mines: sphere |
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Lay mines: wall |
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Special ability 1 |
Special ability 2 |
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Special ability 3 |
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Capture |
Salvage |
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Deploy turret |
Undeploy turret |
Unit selection
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Select unit |
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Double tap - Select all on-screen units of that type |
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Hold and drag – Bandbox select units |
Add units to selection |
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Add all on-screen units to selection |
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Cycle the current selection’s lead unit type |
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Select all Resource Controller units |
|
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Only select military units while bandboxing |
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Select the flagship |
Select all owned military units |
|
Select all owned Strikecraft units |
|
Select all owned Corvette units |
|
Select all owned Frigate units |
|
Select all owned Capital units |
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Select all owned Utility units |
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Select all idle Resource Controller units |
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Select all owned units |
Assign control group 1-10 |
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Add selection to existing control group |
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Select control group 1-10 |
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Add control group to selection |
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Remove selection from all control groups |
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Clear all control groups |
HUD elements
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Toggle the Tactical Overlay visibility state |
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Toggle display of the HUD UI |
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Toggle Artifact in War Games |
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Activate and cycle Build management |
Toggle Build management |
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Activate and cycle Launch management |
Toggle Launch management |
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Toggle Objectives |
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Toggle Population |
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Toggle Gameplay Events |
Toggle Speech Recall |
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Build batch of units |
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Pause unit production |
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Cancel production of 1 unit |
Cancel production of batch of unit |
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Launch of units of a type/category |
Camera movement
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Translate the camera forwards, backwards, left and right |
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Translate the camera downwards |
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Translate the camera upwards |
Zoom |
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Zoom |
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Camera speed boost (while moving) |
Static Controls
Create ping (multiplayer only) |
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Select unit (hold to select group) |
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Issue contextual order |
Engage camera |
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Enable camera panning (hold) |
Pan camera |
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Activate context menu |