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Hot Keys

Terran Hot Keys!!

Real-time strategy games often require you to strive to do things as quickly and easily as possible, in as few steps as necessary to save time. Time that is saved can be applied to other duties which will allow you to play much better overall. Starcraft has many hot keys (or keyboard shortcuts) which allow you to do things much faster than clicking the mouse on the proper button. The more you use hot keys, the faster you will find you can get things done. In addition to the standard hot keys for moving and attacking, Terrans have many species-specific shortcuts you might want to learn.

R - Repair.
L - Lift-Off.

Units
S - SCV

M - Marine
F - Firebat
C - Medic
G - Ghost

V - Vulture
T - Tank
G - Goliath

W - Wraith
D - Dropship
V - Science Vessel
B - Battlecruiser
Y - Valkyrie

Buildings
B - Basic Structure.

Then...

C - Command Center.
S - Supply Depot.
R - Refinery.
B - Barracks.
E - Engineering Bay.
T - Missile Turret.
A - Academy.
U - Bunker.

V - Advanced Structures.

Then....

F - Factory.
S - Starport.
I - Science Facility.
A - Armory.

Add-on Buildings
C - ComSat Station (Command Center).
N - Nuclear Silo (Command Center).
C - Machine Shop (Factory).
C - Covert Ops (Science Facility).
P - Physics Labs (Science Facility).

Spells
S - Scanner Sweep (ComSat Station).
T - Stim Pack (Marines & Firebats).
A - Heal (Medics).
R - Restoration (Medics).
F - Optic Flare (Medics).
Y - Yamato (Battlecruisers).
L - Lockdown (Ghosts).
C - Cloaking (Ghosts & Wraiths).
D - Defensive Matrix (Science Vessels).
I - Irradiate (Science Vessels).
E - EMP (Science Vessels).

Specials
L - Load (Bunkers & Dropships).
U - Unload (Bunkers & Dropships).
O - Siege/Tank Mode (Tanks).
I - Use Spider Mines (Vultures).
N - Nuclear Strike (Ghosts).
N - Arm Nuclear Silo.

Engineering Bay

W - Infantry Weapons.
A - Infantry Armor.

Academy

U - U-238 Shells.
T - Stim Pack Tech.
R - Restoration.
F - Optic Flare.
D - Caduceus Reactor.

Armory

W - Vehicle Weapons.
P - Vehicle Plating.
S - Ship Weapons.
H - Ship Plating.

Control Tower(Starport)

C - Cloaking Field.
A - Apollo Reactor.

Machine Shop(Factory)

I - Ion Thrusters.
M - Spider Mines.
S - Siege Tech.
C - Charon Boosters.

Science Facility

E - Research EMP.
I - Research Irradiate
T - Research Titan Reactor

Covert Ops(Science Facility)

L - Research Lockdown
O - Ocular Implants
M - Moebius Reactor
C - Personal Cloaking

Physics Lab(Science Facility)

Y - Yamato Gun
C - Colossus Reactor

Protoss Hot Keys

Real-time Strategy games often requires you to strive to do things as quickly and easily as possible, in as short as steps as possible to save time. Time that is saved can be applied to other duties which will allow you to play much better overall. Starcraft has many hot keys which allow you to do things much faster than clicking the mouse on the proper button. The more you use Hot Keys, the faster you will find you get things done. In addition to the standard Hot Keys for moving and attacking, the Protoss have many Race specific Hot Keys you might want to learn.

Units
P - Probe

Z - Zealot
D - Dragoon
T - High Templar
K - Dark Templar

S - Shuttle
V - Reaver
O - Observer

S - Scout
C - Carrier
A - Arbiter
O - Corsair

Buildings
B - Basic Structure.

Then...

N - Nexus.
P - Build Pylon.
A - Assimilator.
G - Gateway.
F - Forge.
C - Photon Cannon.
Y - Cybernetics Core.
B - Shield Battery.

V - Advanced Structures.

Then....

R - Robotics Facility.
S - Stargate.
C - Citadel of Adun.
B - Robotics Support Bay.
F - Fleet Beacon.
T - Templar Archives.
O - Observatory.
A - Arbiter Tribunal.

Special Abilities
T - Psionic Storm (Templar).
L - Hallucination (Templar).
R - Recall (Arbiter).
T - Stasis Field (Arbiter).
D - Disruption Web (Corsair).
F - Feedback (Dark Archon).
C - Mind Control (Dark Archon).
E - Maelstrom (Dark Archon).

Other
L - Load (Shuttles).
U - UnLoad (Shuttles).
R - Recharge Shields (Shield Batteries).
I - Build Interceptors (Carriers).
R - Build Scarabs (Reavers).

Upgrades
Forge

W - Ground Weapons.
A - Ground Armor.
S - Plasma Shields.

Cybernetics Core

W - Air Weapons.
A - Air Armor.
S - Develop Singularity Charge.

Citadel of Adun

L - Develop Leg Enhancements.

Robotics Support Bay

S - Scarab Damage.
C - Increase Reaver Capacity.
G - Gravitic Drive (Shuttles).

Templar Archives

P - Psionic Storm.
H - Hallucination.
K - Khaydarin Amulet.
M - Mind Control.
E - Maelstrom.
T - Argus Talisman.

Fleet Beacon

A - Apial Sensors.
G - Gravitic Thrusters.
C - Increase Carrier Capacity.
D - Disruption Web.
J - Argus Jewel.

Observatory

G - Gravitic Booster.
S - Sensor Array.

Arbiter Tribunal

R - Recall.
S - Stasis Field.
K - Khaydarin Core.

Zerg Hot Keys!!

Starcraft provides many Hot Keys to help speed up the building and production phases during gameplay. It is to your advantage to learn them. You will find that you can save a lot of time by eliminating the need to move the mouse to click on a command console button. With practice you should be able to control your forces with your mouse while keeping production going with the use of Hot Keys. Listed below are the Hot Keys for the Zerg race:

S - Select Larva
U - Burrow
G - Guardian Aspect
D - Devourer Aspect
L - Morph to Lurker

Units
D - Drone
Z - Zergling
O - Overlord
H - Hydralisk
M - Mutalisk
S - Scourge
Q - Queen
U - Ultralisk
F - Defiler (Drone is D)

Drone Mutation
B - Basic Mutation (Buildings)

Then...

H - Hatchery
C - Creep Colony
E - Extractor
S - Spawning Pool
V - Evolution Chamber
D - Hydralisk Den (H is already used for "H"atchery)

V - Advanced Mutation (Buildings, A is use for Attack and is not available for "A"dvanced)
Then....

S - Spire
Q - Queen's Nest
N - Nydus Canal
U - Ultralisk Cavern
D - Defiler Mound.

Special Abilities
Queen

R - Parasite
B - Spawn Broodling
E - Ensnare
I - Infest Command Center

Defiler

W - Dark Swarm
G - Plague
C - Consume

Upgrades
Because upgrades require more decision making and are not used as often, you might want to learn the building and unit Hot Keys first before trying to learn the Hot Keys to the upgrades.

Hatchery

L - Upgrade to Lair

Lair/Hive

H - Upgrade to Hive
B - Evolve Burrow
V - Evolve Ventral Sacs
A - Evolve Antennae
P - Evolve Pneumatized Carapace

Spawning Pool

M - Evolve Metabolic Boost
A - Evolve Adrenal Glands

Hydralisk Den

M - Evolve Muscular Augments
G - Evolve Grooved Spines
L - Evolve Lurker Aspect.

Spire

A - Upgrade Flyer Attacks
C - Upgrade Flyer Carapace
G - Mutate into Greater Spire

Queen's Nest

B - Evolve Spawned Broodling
E - Evolve Ensnare
G - Evolve Gamete Meiosis

Defiler Mound

G - Evolve Plague
C - Evolve Consume
M - Evolve Metasynaptic Node

Ultralisk Cavern

A - Evolve Anabolic Synthesis
C - Evolve Chitinous Plating