The strategy genre is becoming more complex with each passing year. It wasn’t long ago that point-and-click was enough to macro your way through most matches, but shortcuts lead to greater fluidity and functionality these days. Here’s a look at the Frostpunk 2 keyboard shortcuts that will help make your stewardship over the colony easier!
All of the Frostpunk 2 Keyboard Shortcuts
As a tough-as-nails strategy game, Frostpunk 2 benefits from a series of keyboard shortcuts that will allow you greater control over the colony and its survival. Instead of pausing the game and checking each aspect of the menu for a specific function, we recommend you keep this guide open on your phone or a second screen for reference!
- Left ALT — Open the Building Overlay and Economy Preview in the Idea Tree
- Hold L or R Mouse or WASD — Camera move and zoom
- Hold Middle Mouse — Adjust the camera angle
- Hold L Shift and Scroll Up/Down — Adjust the camera’s vertical angle
- 4 — Heat and Fuel Overlay
- 5 — Materials Overlay
- 6 — Food Overlay
- 7 — Workforce Overlay
- 8 — District Proximity Overlay
- Right/Left Bracket — Cycle to your next colony
- Right Mouse — Deselect/Cancel placement
- T — Open the game’s tutorials section
- Spacebar — Pause the game time
- 1/2/3 — Increase/decrease game speed
- ESC — Open the pause menu
- X — Open Frostbreaking
- B — District Construction
- N — Building Construction
- H — Hubs Construction
- R — Open Idea Tree
- C — Open The Council
- V — Frostland View
- Z — Trails Construction
- F — Focus on the City
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Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Succeed
During my playtime with Frostpunk 2, I didn’t use all of the keyboard shortcuts to make life easier, though I probably should have used more than I did. That said, I recommend you learn the various construction shortcuts, such as Frostbreaking and District, Building, and Hub Construction. Learning these four keys will help speed up construction and allow you to expand your settlement more efficiently.
But don’t knock the various overlays, either. Heat and Fuel, Materials, and Food prove exceptionally important to your colony’s survival, so learning the keyboard shortcuts for each will help you expand and acquire resources without constantly pausing the game.
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