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 page.

UV1-3

  1. Full heal hero hp, sp, nrg [hotkey Q](1 mineral)
  2. Primary skill [W](40 gas)
  3. Ultimate skill [E](120 gas)
  4. Information on hero and toggle spell mode [A]
  5. None
  6. Buy life [D](5 minerals)
  7. Upgrade max gas [Z](3 minerals)(max 10)
  8. Upgrade gas regeneration rate [X](6+6 minerals)(max 4)
  9. 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

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

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

Refer to Upgrades for evolution chamber

Comsat Station

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

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