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Set up controls for your first session

Quick answer

Open the new campaign tab in Hotkeys and check the commands for your campaign units. Practise a small set of reliable actions before using the client’s larger 24-unit selection group.

Checked 20 Oct 2026 · after patch 3.0.1 (19 Oct 2026)

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Reforged 3.0.1 live again since October 19 (hotfix build 24371) · official release and lore sources checked October 31, 2026 UTC. Research checked 20 Oct 2026. Updated 20 Oct 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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4 steps

Before you start

  • The updated client.
  • A safe opening section or practice situation.
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Build a control scheme you can remember

Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 to live on October 19; its hotfix post that day lists build 24371. The 3.0.1 changes described here now apply to the live game. Kingy has not retested them in an installed client.

Patch 3.0.0 adds a campaign-specific hotkey tab and raises the selection ceiling from 12 to 24 units.

Our recommendation is to start with movement, attack, stopping, selecting your important units and the abilities currently available to you. Use the labels and tooltips in your installed client. A copied multiplayer layout may not cover a campaign-only unit.

Test one binding at a time. A familiar key is only useful if it triggers the intended action with the intended unit selected.

Version 3.0.1 changes the multiplayer Forsaken Paladin hotkey from F to Y and fixes user hotkeys displayed on inventory buttons. Check your own custom bindings after updating.

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Practise a short command loop

Use this as a practice routine. It is not an optimized mission opener or a claim about how a specific encounter must be won.

  1. Select a small group and move it to a visible point. Confirm which units received the order.
  2. Select the unit whose ability you want, read the targeting requirements, and test the action in a safe situation.
  3. Practise separating a vulnerable unit from the rest of the force. Do not wait until a chaotic fight to learn how your selection behaves.
  4. Return to your main selection and check the current objective. Expand the group only when the smaller loop feels comfortable.
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Diagnose missed commands

After a command fails, check selection, target type, range and the ability’s displayed resource or cooldown requirements. Read the error feedback before assuming the keybind is broken.

Keep your initial layout simple. If two actions feel easy to confuse, move one and test again. Comfort matters more than copying a layout designed around someone else’s hand position.

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Silverpine Sprint braking in 3.0.1

Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 to live on October 19; its hotfix post that day lists build 24371. The 3.0.1 changes described here now apply to the live game. Kingy has not retested them in an installed client.

Blizzard’s October 7 release notes for 3.0.1 build 24342 add Spacebar as a brake key in Silverpine Sprint. The race also has more fences, wider run-off areas and slower rival drivers. These changes are live again since 3.0.1 returned on October 19; a winning route, remapping behavior and installed-client test remain unconfirmed.

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Sources · 5Official · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Research checked 20 Oct 2026
Warcraft III: Reforged official site ↗Official feature body read in an anonymous browser October 31 UTC: Undercity origins, prologue, Definitive Edition, multiplayer Forsaken Paladin, World Editor and Windows/Mac availability. The banner does not establish a hardware support matrix. Use the current purchase article and Battle.net product terms for Collection availability; no exact cutoff hour is established.Official ·
Version 3.0.0 · build 24268 patch notes ↗September 12 launch notes identify 3.0.0 build 24268 and its campaign, graphics, selection, hotkey, network and editor baseline. Blizzard restored live version 3.0.0 on October 8; the rollback notice does not state a build number. 3.0.1 returned to live on October 19 (see the October 19 hotfix post); use patch301 for the 3.0.1 changes.Official ·
Version 3.0.1 · build 24342 patch notes ↗October 7 release post for 3.0.1 build 24342, re-read October 31 UTC. Lists the older-save incompatibility warning with chapter/act progress retained, campaign/equipment balance, talent-reset tomes, graphics, multiplayer Paladin and editor fixes. Live was rolled back to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 re-deployed on October 19 (hotfix post: build 24371); Blizzard has not posted separate notes for the re-deployed build. No installed-client test, complete stat audit or named Apothecarium Supplies repair.Official ·
Warcraft III: Reforged hotfixes · 3.0.1 build 24371 (October 19) ↗Staff post 28 in Blizzard’s live hotfix thread, read October 31 UTC. Says a hotfix has been deployed for version 3.0.1 build 24371 and lists one fix: a crash when transferring resources to other players in the Korean locale. It does not restate the October 7 notes, mention saves or say what else differs from build 24342. No installed-client test.Official ·
Version 3.0.0 Restored — October 8 ↗Staff post 1 by Kaivax was re-read October 31 UTC. It states that live Warcraft III was restored to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 remains on PTR pending re-deployment in the coming weeks, allowing players additional time to finish Acts before the save-compatibility change. This inspected staff post gives no exact return date, rollback build number or guaranteed save recovery. No installed-client test. Superseded on October 19, when Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 (see the October 19 hotfix post).Official ·

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