Controls

The main user interface as of Alpha 21. Also pictured: Debug Tools, top right-hand corner

These keyboard shortcuts are for Stonehearth Alpha 21 and may change in future updates.

With the Latest Update to Alpha 21, users can now rebind their hotkeys! Instructions and example on how to rebind keys from a text editor are located at the bottom of this page.

Menu Controls

Command	Function	Description
C	Shortcut	Menu > Manage Citizen
I	Shortcut	Menu > Town Info
H	Shortcut	Menu > Harvest > Gather
M	Shortcut	Menu > Harvest > Mine Tunnel
N	Shortcut	Menu > Harvest > Mine Block
Z	Shortcut	Menu > Designate Zones
O	Shortcut	Menu > Designate Zones > Stockpile
F	Shortcut	Menu > Designate Zones > Farm
T	Shortcut	Menu > Designate Zones > Trapping Ground
shift+P	Shortcut	Menu > Designate Zones > Animal Pasture
B	Shortcut	Menu > Build & Design > Place Building
shift+B	Shortcut	Menu > Build & Design > Design Custom Building
P	Shortcut	Menu > Build & Design > Place Item
L	Shortcut	Menu > Build & Design > Construct Ladder
R	Shortcut	Menu > Fight & Defend > Town Defense Mode
7	Shortcut	Menu > Fight & Defend > Combat Party 1
8	Shortcut	Menu > Fight & Defend > Combat Party 2
9	Shortcut	Menu > Fight & Defend > Combat Party 3
0	Shortcut	Menu > Fight & Defend > Combat Party 4
shift+L	Shortcut	Menu > Harvest > Loot
\	Shortcut	Toggle Slice Mode
[	Shortcut	Move Slice Mode down
]	Shortcut	Move Slice Mode up
V	Shortcut	Toggle Building Vision Mode
X	Shortcut	Toggle X-Ray Mode
ESC	Shortcut	Game Menu
Shift+1	Shortcut	Bulletin Manager
Alt+z	Shortcut	Toggles UI on/off

Info Dock Controls

These are contextual hotkeys. They activate a button on the Info Dock only if that button exists at the time. The number pressed is the same as the ordering of the buttons from left to right.

Command	Function	Description
shift+1	Shortcut	First Button
shift+2	Shortcut	Second Button
shift+3	Shortcut	Third Button

Speed Controls

Command	Function	Description
1	Shortcut	Speed: Pause
2	Shortcut	Speed: Play
3	Shortcut	Speed: Fast Forward
4	Shortcut	Speed: Super Fast Forward

WARNING: Before you can use Super Speed, you must enable it in your settings, under the gameplay tab. This may or may not majorly impact your game's performance.

Camera Controls

Command	Function	Description
W/A/S/D or Arrow Keys	Shortcut	Camera Move UP/LEFT/DOWN/RIGHT
Space + Mouse Drag	Shortcut	Camera Drag
- or Mouse Scroll DOWN	Shortcut	Camera Zoom OUT
= or Mouse Scroll UP	Shortcut	Camera Zoom IN
Mouse Right-Click + Mouse Drag	Shortcut	Camera Rotate
Q or Shift+Left	Shortcut	Camera Rotate LEFT
E or Shift+Right	Shortcut	Camera Rotate RIGHT
Shift+S	Shortcut	Camera Rotate Down
Shift+W	Shortcut	Camera Rotate Up
J	Shortcut	Follow Hearthling

Item Controls

Command	Function	Description
,	Shortcut	Item Rotate LEFT
.	Shortcut	Item Rotate RIGHT

Debug Controls

Command	Function	Description
Left CTRL	Debug	Overlays Graphics Statistics
Right CTRL	Debug	Show Wireframe View
F1	Debug	Shows Terrain Chunks
F5	Debug	Reload the UI
shift + F5	Debug	Quick Save followed by Quick Load (resets the AI)
F6	Debug	Quick Save
F7	Debug	Quick Load
F9	Debug	Shows Path Finding Engine
F10	Debug	Rendering memory usage
F11	Debug	Shows Interference/Collision

To enable Debug controls, edit the file user_settings.json in the main stonehearth program folder to include the following:

• "enable_debug_keys" : true
• ensure you put a comma after each entry except for last one

Rebinding Keys in a Text Editor

Step 1: Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stonehearth, (Or wherever StoneHearth is located on your computer) and open up "User_settings.json", and "stonehearth.json". Using what is in stonehearth.json as a reference, add a section to user-settings called "user_bindings", and add what shortcuts you wish to change. Then, simply change "combo1". Viola! You've re-binded your keys.

Example code in stonehearth.json

"bindings": {
      "citizen:manager": {
         "combo1": "c", 
         "combo2": ""
      }, 
      "vision:xray:toggle": {
         "combo1": "x", 
         "combo2": ""
      }, 
      "vision:slice:toggle": {
         "combo1": "\\", 
         "combo2": ""
      }, 
      "town:overview": {
         "combo1": "i", 
         "combo2": ""
      },
(more keybindings)
...

Example code in User_settings.json

{
	"user_id" : "cfb2e056-0a85-11e7-a3a9-f8cab8643ca9",
	"user_bindings" : {
      		"citizen:manager": {
        		 "combo1": "c", 
        		 "combo2": ""
      		}, 
      		"vision:xray:toggle": {
        		 "combo1": "x", 
        		 "combo2": ""
      		}, 
      		"vision:slice:toggle": {
         		"combo1": "\\", 
         		"combo2": ""
      		}, 
      		"town:overview": {
         		"combo1": "i", 
         		"combo2": ""
      		}
	},
	"enable_auto_save" : false,
(more user settings)
...