**Gateway** //and Comsat//

The bread and butter of UV series. Almost guaranteed that without using gateway you cannot have a smooth run. Note that the layout of gateway changed in UV4. For more information also refer to the [[upgrades|Upgrades]] page.

**UV1-3**

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  - Full heal hero hp, sp, nrg [hotkey Q](1 mineral)
  - Primary skill [W](40 gas)
  - Ultimate skill [E](120 gas)
  - Information on hero and toggle spell mode [A]
  - //None//
  - Buy life [D](5 minerals)
  - Upgrade max gas [Z](3 minerals)(max 10)
  - Upgrade gas regeneration rate [X](6+6 minerals)(max 4)
  - Upgrade Tesla [C](shorten cooldown)(2+2 in UV1, 3+3 in UV2&3 minerals)(max 5)

**UV4**

//Some revamped heroes in UV4 will have a permanent black screen when clicking on info; click [X] again in gateway to turn it off//

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  - Full heal hero hp, sp, nrg [hotkey Q](1 mineral)
  - Cast 40 Spell [W](40 gas)
  - Cast 120 Spell [E](120 gas)
  - Toggle spell mode [A] //for heroes with toggle option//
  - Cast 20 Spell [S](20 gas)
  - Cast 80 Spell [D](80 gas)
  - Restore (remove negative status) hero [Z](1 mineral)
  - Information on hero [X] //makes screen dark for revamped heroes; press [X] again to turn off//
  - Cast 200 Spell [C](200 gas)

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In UV4 some buttons were moved to Evolution Chamber and Comsat Station:

Refer to [[mechanics:upgrades|Upgrades]] for evolution chamber

**Comsat Station**

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  - //None//
  - Toggle auto spawn-in (hotkey [W]) //default on; when turned off your units and hero will go to storage area at bottom of screen//
  - //None//
  - //None//
  - Scan [S](20 energy)
  - Donate ore to another player [D]
  - Upgrade scan energy regen speed [Z](5 minerals, max 2)
  - Toggle Auto Hotkey [X] //your hero, civilian and tech buildings get automatically assigned to a hotkey//
  - //None//

//UV4: Caster units loaded in transport in storage (pre-spawn) area will not get full energy when spawning in//