Stronghold 2: Steam Edition – Keyboard Controls & Shortcuts

Dominate the battlefield and build your empire efficiently with this guide to Stronghold 2: Steam Edition’s keyboard controls and shortcuts.

General & View Controls

• Pause Game : P

• Adjust game speed: + / – (Numeric keypad)

• Screenshot : ALT & Q (or default steam shortcut)

• Scrolling around the map : S, W, A, D and Cursor keys

• Zoom in & out of map: Spin mouse wheel forwards or backwards or use R & F

• Rotate map: Hold down the middle mouse button and move the mouse or use Q & E

• Rotate Buildings: With building selected, spin mouse wheel forwards or backwards, or use R key

• Top Down View: Spacebar

• Interface Panel On/Off: TAB

• Cycle Estates: . (Period Key) <Numeric Keypad> (Cycles through your estates)

• Keep: K*

• Granary: G*

• Barracks: B*

• Mercenary Post: N*

• Monastery: O*

• Market: M*

• Treasury: T*

• Siege Camp (Cycle): J (Cycles through all your available siege camps)

• Locate your Lord: L

• Cycle through all Lords: SHIFT & L

• Setting Up Multiple Waypoints: Hold down SHIFT and left click

• Bookmarking Locations: CTRL + ALT + 0 to 9: Pressing CTRL & ALT & 0 to 9 creates a bookmark fo the current location on the map. Press ALT and the appropriate number to return to this location.

Troops

• Grouping Troops: Select a group of troops and press CTRL & 0 to 9 and then press 0 to 9 to locate them.

• Unit selection: Units can be added or removed from a selection by holding down the SHIFT then left clicking on them. Multiple units can be added to a selection by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging a box around them. Double clicking on a unit will select all unit type visible on the screen.

• Select Units of Same Type: Double-click on a troop to select all units of the same type visible on screen.

• Troop Assembly Points (Barracks, Mercenary Post, Engineers Guild, Monastery): 1 & 7. You can create assembly points for each troop type in the barracks panel & mercenary post. Open the barracks or Mercenary Post (B or M) then press 1 – 7 and you will be able to place a flag. The troop you create from the building will walk to the flag. You can set assembly points for other building types such as the engineer’s guild.

Building Walls

• Select Single Thickness of wall: Z

• Select Double Thickness of wall: X

• Select Triple Thickness of wall: C

• Select Wooden wall: V

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