Here you can choose what information should be displayed. For example if you want to see in game range indicators. (Those red circles when you pick up an unit.)

Here you can change how the game should behave for unit deployments.
Switch between jump / dash function.
Lock / unlock mouse to windows screen.
Choose the direction of the dropped unit. (mech direction / cursor direction)
Accessiblity: Makes shine the outer border of the cursor if you easily loose sight of it.

Here are more advanced options.

(for default keymap)


WASD ------------- mech movement

Shift --------------- transform between air and ground mode

Mouse1 ---------- Attack

Mouse2 ---------- Primary Abilitiy

Mouse3 ---------- Secondary Abilitiy

Mouse4 ---------- Alternative Ability

Space ------------ On ground - Jump / Dash (Costs energy) /
In air - Fast Grab (empty) / Fast Drop (not empty)

E ------------------ Deploy waiting unit / Place “Gather here Marker”

P ------------------ Auto attack (auto targets, no mouse control)


Number Keys(1-8) -------------- hotkeys for corresponding units’ built and wait command

“ ------------------------------------ Repeat last unit built and wait

Tab -------------------------------- Change to alternate Loadout

Backspace ----------------------- Cancel current ly build unit in queue

Function Keys(1-4) ------------- Ability Hotkeys


R ------------------------------------- Capture

T -------------------------------------- Attack

X -------------------------------------- Fallback

F -------------------------------------- Follow

C -------------------------------------- Hold position

Ctrl ------------------------------------ Command key
*Ctrl + E ------------------------------ Ask to place “Gather here Marker” on cursor. (Click to confirm)
*Ctrl + Number (1-8/”) ------------- Urgent Build and Deploy at Ordered Base


Q ------------------- Quick Heal (Costs energy)

Space ------------- Recycle held unit
*Works when over a base holding a unit.

I -------------------- Taunt ( triggers Mech animation / dance / gesture )

Z ------------------- Mark spot for teammate / *Call for help
*Holding the button

B ------------------- Activate Self Destruct / *Affirm Self Destruct
*Holding the button

Enter ------------- Chat / Send and end chat

G ------------------ Push to talk

Video:

Resolution (lower than 1024px affects readability of ingame texts)

Graphic Quality Automaticly affects texture size / lightning / shadows etc.

Anti Aliasing Smoothens the edges of objects the higher it is
The more, the heavier it is on your system.

Destruction detail How many instances of particles it draws for destroyed objects
The more, the heavier it is on your system.

Run Fullscreen (doesn’t affect game fps)

Glow post process Light effects. (might affect game fps)

Decal marks How many instances of decals of shots, etc. it draws
The more, the heavier it is on your system.

Camera shake Upon hit shakes the view
(doesn’t affect game fps)

Camera offset Zoom at that direction when firing
(doesn’t affect game fps)

Audio: You adjust the volumes of sfx, Announcer , menu , and music.

Language: can apply filter for words and choose your language.

Uses nearest and quickest match making for unranked games.

Is for general gameplay. Without it affecting the ranking system.
Also it is possible to match up with different leveled players, from starters to pros.
Map selectable.

Games that affect your ingame ranking based on your gameplay.
You might win or lose points.
Random Official map.
(The game will try to match up you against players closest to your level. But still can end up with higher or lower leveled players according to the concurrent online players)
*Some days there will be 2x Exp or Kudo Boosts. But you can also buy and use them yourself too.
This will give you extra Exp and Kudo per match that you played win or lose.

Play against bots with increasing difficulty.
Good for beginners and to test out loadouts.
*Has prizes for first time clearing.

This are various Solo games assignet with various tasks. Completing them unlocks rewards.

Can play with anyone without anything involved. Won’t record win / lose.

You can setup unranked matches.Custom properties are as follows;

Able to choose 1v1 / 2v2 / 3v3 match size.

Able to choose PVE by adding Bots to opposing team.

Able to choose any map.

Able to lock match for private play. So random people will not be able to join.

Able to switch between balanced (level restricted) and unbalanced (unrestricted) matches.


Mute other players. If for some reason you don’t want to hear players talk.

Inspect other players.
Click on the player mech / or their icon on top , and choose “more.. “ which will give you the player popup.

*Switch teams.
*Kick other player.

*(You can do these only if you are the game host.)

You can watch other players play and observe their gameplay. In this mode the controls slightly change.

You can see more details and make changes from the “Settings > Controls”.
Also the camera can move freely in this mode.

You also have to choice of Pause, Play and fast forward the replay.

*You won’t be able to fast forward a currently played game more than it’s current time.
(Can’t visit the future.)

(You also get a percent of Exp and Kudos, and sometimes drops even, if you watch it until the very end.)

Official shop for items. You buy various common items from the shop. You can also buy DLC’s right from the shop.
Also when newly starting you can buy units with kudos from here. By left clicking on any item you can get info about it. And if it’s a cosmetic item, you can even try how it looks.

*The shop may have items for Airmech Wastelands. You can buy them only if you have the game, even if you have right amount of diamonds or kudos.

From Left to Right

Featured : Items that are for sale. Usually being time exclusive.

Airmechs: Skins for mech. (Skins are cosmetic and don’t affect gameplay or mech stats)

Units: Where you buy your faithful army.

Cosmetics: There are 3 type of cosmetics. Head, Body, Pets.

(Beware! Buying a Body or Pet Cosmetic will give ONLY ONE of that item to you.
If you want for example three “Vampire Bats” pets to follow your mech, you will have to buy each one of them separately. Only team colors and DLC’s are one time unlock purchases. Units will be unlocked as long as you have at least one of that type.)

*You can also redeem ingame codes you got from sites or friends in the Shop.

**Depending on the occasion Shop might have items for sale, or exclusive items.

These are various ingame achievements which give different little prizes.

Here you can check your points for 1v1, 2v2, and faction(if you’ve joined one) respectively.
If you can manage to rise the top rankings you will receive a temporary badge to show your accomplishment for time being.

Shows ingame nickname, badge, level and faction.
You can also switch to “do not disturb” state from here. Which prevents other players to call you to their game. (Note that even your friends won’t be able to call you unless you switch it off.)

Also there will be a “ZZZ” sign showing that you are AFK for the time being, when no input is detected for some time. Acts similar to “do not disturb”. Players won’t be able to call you or start a game if you are in “ZZZ” (AFK) state.

Diamonds are the premium type of money in Airmech. You can only get them by:
1. Buying them from the game.
2. Getting them as a prize from rolls.
3. A Vip player upvotes you.
4. By selling trade-able items on ingame market.
5. Completing certain quests also gives them but for one time only.
6. After a roll people give you a green thumbs up.

Kudos are the general type of money. You can buy units and the heads of your fallen enemies after a successful match, send in-game mails, and pay the tax for your market listing with it.

Game version contains, a detailed patch note every time it’s released, your detailed stats, basic Help, and info.

Here you can choose your team color (or buy it if you don’t have it yet) and assign your units to your loadout.

Each loadout has 8 slots for units.

In this menu you can see units info and stats.
Right click for unit info.
Hover over a unit or middle click to see the unit stats.

You can customize the names of loadouts.

*You can buy new loadouts from Shop
(500 Diamonds each. Max of 10 loadouts)

You can call a friend to join your party.
When you call a friend, you have to choose between:
ranked 2v2
unranked 2v2
unranked 1v1
before you can join a lobby.

*You can change unraked match size in the lobby afterwards.

By clicking on your mech, a new menu will popup from the left side.
You can change your mech from here. You will also see a brief stat under the menu.

POW: Damage caused.
DEF: Armor rating and Health together.
SPD: Ground and Air Speed.
SPE: Energy reserve to use for abilities. And the ability damage ratio.
ARM: Unit Upkeep size.

If you click on the variants a second time you will be able to customize the cosmetics of your mech.

You can get mechs as a prize from quests (one time), buy them from the shop / market, or *forge them from the nanoforge.

*The Nanoforge and the required mech parts to forge a mech are acquired from Airmech Wastelands only.

A small crate will drop, as a reward for your daily login. Every crate contains a random item.

*It will even drop items for Airmech Wastelands.

Airmech’s ingame advert for new units, DLC’s etc.

From left to right:

Friends list: You can see and interact with your friends.
Add friends/ browse recently seen players / change your ignore list.

(if you click on friends name you get a popup.)
Green smiley (upvote) / Red smiley (downvote) [Voting uses one report card]
*Upvote of a Vip player sends 5 Diamonds to that player.
*Upvote of a non-Vip sends 5 Kudos to that player.
Ignore (The text this player writes will not be shown to you. Others will still see it)
*Also messages from that player will also not send to you.
*You wont be able to play with them as well

Messaging: You can send mails to other players.
( Only Vip players can send to everyone, others are limited to their friends list.
Also only Vip players can send items via mail. Ordinary mail costs 10 Kudos.)

Inventory: You can see and interact with all your items here. All kind of earned items will be displayed here. You have also 2 options to view your items. And 3 filters to use.
Filter according to what type of item it is.(upper bar)
Filter items that are more than one (+2 icon)
Filter according to it’s rarity (Colors on the left)

*Update*
Collections: Same as inventory. but items are in a orderly fashion, and in sets.

Bug Report: You can send bug reports directly to the Devs. But be mindful and respectful. And state your report in a clear and plain fashion.
*Devs won’t respond to ingame bug reports, but will read them.

Market: Here you can buy items sold by other players.
There are 4 filters here, from left to right;
price, time, your listed items, and wishlist..
Choosing them a second time will reverse it’s effect.
To list an item yourself use your inventory as mentioned above.Or drag items on it.

(From left to right)
Mic: To Voice chat.
Party: To chat with players in the same lobby.
Faction: Chat among your faction members.
*You can invite / leave / check faction stats / and earn faction bonus.
** Faction founders may impose tax.
Global: Everyone. Think it as an ingame IRC on global scale.
Market: Promote or ask for items. So that global chat isn’t spammed.
Info: To request in game info with the specific code.

*The are certain codes for every channel. For a list of the codes for each tab, write “/help”.
For more detailed and complete list please visit the Airmech Forums.

Your Fortress Health,[/b] Energy (If this bar runs out it means game over)

Opposing Fortress’ health (To reduce this, is your goal)

Opposing players’ level and health

Yellow arrow is ready and waiting.
*You can spawn waiting units in any base.
Animated is currently built.
Greyed out is waiting in line.
Green means deploying

*There is an option to change auto deploy in Settings > Gameplay

Originally posted by Areyouwhy:

This only appears when all outposts on the map are controlled by one team. The other team enters the "domination" state. A timer will count down from 30 seconds, and your Fort will begin to take damage when it runs out
To exit this state, at least one outpost on the map must be neutralized and taken out of rival team’s control
During domination, the dominated team gains double credit income
Domination deals 400 damage every 4 seconds.

Shows areas around your units. Other areas will have fog of war.

Planes are mechs

Crosses in a box are Fortresses

Squares are outposts

Dots are units

*Grey colored shapes are neutrals. Mutual enemies.

At the beginning of the match you can choose 2 of your loadouts to use. And swap them in game. But you can only built from your current loadout.
You can switch between loadouts any time when you press, change loadout.
And you can use hotkeys to built without clicking them manually.

*If you use Command key while building a unit, it will auto deploy that unit in that base where the order was given even if your mech is not there. It will also prioritize and ignore the normal queue to build your unit.

Replenishes itself slowly over time. The slightly darker hue number with a plus “+” before it means the income per second. The more outposts you have the more money you get.
Special unit “Money Maker” adds to the process and stacks up (only if it’s socketed).
*Healing units will also salvage fallen units to earn money.

The current and max army size. Max size grows by each added outpost.
Special unit “Whopper” adds to the process and stacks up(only if it’s socketed).

Depending on it you will gain a level and an amount of ability points.
*Ability points are hidden values. If you choose to hold onto it you can choose more demanding abilities later on. But the 4th Ability slot is level capped. So no matter how much you stack. You can’t unlock it unless you reach level 6.

This part is different according to every mech.
From button assignment to that ability being either passive or active.
Most abilities demand a manual button press to be activated.

*Clicking them with the mouse will activate them if there are no points to spent. If you have spare ability points, it will level-up the ability but won’t activate it.

Pressing the hotkey for an ability while having points will result in both adding to that ability and activating it.

**The first level of an ability unlocks it. 0 level means you can’t use it.

*** Most abilities will have a cool down timer.
This will not reset when your mech gets destroyed.

(From left to right)
Fallback (Blue Shield): Return to closest base and defend that base.

Hold position (White Square): Units won’t move.
*Except “Hero”s. They will fly to the closest wounded mech.

Follow (Green Cross): Units will follow your mech. No matter where you are.
*Following units have three other sub orders.

• Stop following (Hand Sign). Same as hold position
  
• Follow mech(Man sign) repeat follow command for units in range
  
• Go to waypoint(arrow sign) units will go where you click your mouse

**Deployed units will have this default behavior “follow” unless configured else from the settings.

Capture: Units will go to nearest non allied outpost and try to take and hold it.
Once successfully captured they will turn to hold position mode

Attack(Red Swords): Attack fortress directly. They will totally disregard any enemies on route and focus on the outposts. Unlike capture command they won’t even attempt to return fire but concentrate solely on fortress destruction.

15-Chat: Even in game you can use the chat as normal. But unlike in main screen, one press to enter message starts to write it. Second press sends it and gives control back to your game.

The purpose of the game is to Destroy the opposing teams Fortress. (The biggest base)

You will have your Mech. A powerful special unit with special abilities. But even a mech alone is not enough to destroy a fortress on it’s own or win the game singlehandedly.

That’s where your units come in. Units are your main force here. A good play consisting of units and mechs is the key to victory.

Like your mech, units themselves will have various abilities and uses. Some are better against mechs while others are better against other units.
With both your units and mech you can capture outposts to achieve your goal easier.
As every captured outpost gives more credits, unit upkeep, and map presence.

Let’s learn more about Mechs first. Mechs have two forms. Air and ground mode.
They also behave differently in Air or ground. Their stats completely change including attack and defense. All mechs are generally slower on ground while moving.
All Mech guns suffer from damage fall-off at long distances (Mechs do reduced damage when firing from further away)

The first mech you will start with. It is the most balanced mech. All stats are the same.
Good for beginners. Has a shield and sword ability on ground. *That shield is not for show.

Quicker than striker in speed. But slower in firepower. Uses plain missiles as main attacks.
While in air changes it’s main attack to normal gun fire and secondary to homing missiles.

Melee oriented mech. Uses double blades as main attack on ground.
Has bombs in Air as secondary attack. Intermediate players.



*Secret move: Can charge Bomb throw.

Has minigun fire for all attacks. Slowest among all mechs. But makes it up in fire power.



*Secret move: Can stomp with the gun when right mouse button is held.

Has a very different play style. Powerful secondary ground attack. Experienced players.

Support oriented mech. Can heal units and other mechs. Has low firepower but high defense.

Can cloak and is the fastest mech among all. But has the poorest health, and is the most fragile. For really experienced players.



*Secret move: Can make a slash attack while cloaked (pierce attack). Reveals cloak.

Another support mech. This one has passive abilities that buff surrounding units and mechs. Has the highest defense. And the shield is not for show.

One of the fragile mechs. Has a sniper ability on the ground. But has to deploy and not move to use the sniper.

(Unit variants and alternates are purely cosmetic and does not affect gameplay. )

• Soldier ---------- Basic infantry
  
• Runner --------- Fast moving low health infantry
  
• Sergeant ------- Special infantry that gives boosts and commands to adjacent infantry
  
• Jumper ---------- RPG equipped infantry which can jump when in danger
  
• Shooter --------- Long range, high piercing, low health infantries
  
• Morty ------------ AOE damage grenade throwing infantry
  
• Flamer ---------- High DPS infantry.
  
• Brute ------------ Gattling infantry , high health, slow movement
  
• Assassin -------- Very low health, melee high damage, can cloak when idle
  
• Butcher ---------- Very high piercing and damage but melee
  
• Rocketeer ------ Flying infantries
  
• Boomer --------- Kamikaze, AOE damage
  
• SAM ------------- Missile launcher infantry
  
• Fixer ------------- Healing infantry. Non attack
  
• Probe ----------- Flying, high speed, low health, non attack, cheap infantry

• Zipper ------------- Very fast moving, cheap unit
  
• Tango ------------- Better version of Zipper
  
• Joker -------------- Fast moving and fast firing unit
  
• Jackal ------------- Better version of zipper
  
• Longhorn -------- Tank (high damage and defense) slow and costly
  
• Gemini ------------ Faster version of Longhorn but lower damage
  
• Armadillo --------- Low armor tank. Cheap
  
• Devastator ------- Boss class tank. Very high damage,def,cost,slow movement
  
• Goliath ------------ Mini boss class tank. High damage,def,cost,slow movement
  
• Gorgon ----------- Boss class Flak tank. Can also attack ground. Very high AA damage
  
• Grinder ------------ Very high pierce damage and armor. Melee only.
  
• Rebel Tank ------- High damage low health expendable units
  
• Buster Tank ------ Pierce damage tank, Slow rotation and movement
  
• Sonya ------------- High def and health Jammer unit Non attack
  
• Roller -------------- High health and piercing damage. Melee only.
  
• Jammer ------------ Cheap, fast, low health jammer unit. Non attack
  
• Ratters ------------ Very fast movement and fire, low health
  
• Patcher ----------- Healing truck. Fast and cheap but low health. Non attack
  
• Ratchet ----------- Healing tank. Non attack
  
• Seeker ------------ AA homing missile launcher tank
  
• Boxer ------------- APC , auto gather and deploy function. Can hold 4 infantries
  
• Bucky ------------- Long range missile launching truck
  
• Flakker ----------- AA truck. Fast and cheap low health

• T45 --------------- Medium Ground cannon (same as a Longhorn)
  
• T99 --------------- Big ground cannon and missile launcher, high cost
  
• Gatty ------------- Ground gattling turret
  
• HAAT ------------- Air Flak turret
  
• Aegis ------------- Anti Missile defense. Non attack
  
• Dinger ----------- Jammer turret. Very high cost. Low health. Non attack
  
• Tesla tower ----- High chain attack. Ground only. Applies Stasis.
  
• Pepper ---------- Narrow view. Vey high damage missile launcher turret.
  
• Arty -------------- Narrow view. AOE damage long range turret
  
• Archy ------------ Narrow view. High damage long range turret
  
• Bertha ---------- Narrow view. High and AOE damage long range turret
  
• Sentry Turret -- Cheap, Narrow view, Gatty alternative with low health.

• Lunchbox ----------- Deploys Shield
  
• Honeypot ----------- Heals nearby units
  
• Moneymaker ------ Speeds up credit earn.
  
• Whopper ----------- Adds 3 more unit keep (itself is not included)
  
• *Generator -------- Speeds up energy regain
  *When not socketed refills nearby mechs energy
  
• *Missile Silo ------- Launches devastating AOE damage to target point.
  *First built one is the unit itself, all builds after it turn into “target markers”
  
  
• Lock box ----------- Holds small amount of credits. Needs to be recycled.
  
• Safe box ----------- Holds medium amount of credits. Needs to be recycled.
  
• Vault box ----------- Holds large amount of credits. Needs to be recycled.
  
• Bot Spawner ------ Spawns additional creeps

• Baloom ----------- AA Homing mine.
  
• Hero -------------- Healing unit. Very low health (Mech only) Non-attack
  
• Skeye ------------ Can see the portion of the map where it is.
  
• Vulcan ----------- Flying Gatty alternative unit. Both AA and AG.

• Booster ------------------- Speeds up air movement.
  *Breaks when on landing or running out of energy.
  
• Bomb --------------------- Mini AOE damage bomb. Needs to be manually thrown.
  
• Heavy mine -------------- Mine for Vehicles. Small units don’t trigger it.
  
• Light mine --------------- Small mine for all units.
  
• Stasis Mine -------------- Applies stasis effect on every enemy.
  *Needs at least 2 of them deployed in range to function
  
• Bear trap ---------------- Infantry only mine. Doesn’t expire. Can hold&kill 1 unit.
  
• Repair guardian -------- Repairs mech when damaged. Uses energy.
  
• Blaster guardian -------- Adds one more gunfire. Uses energy.
  
• Radar guardian --------- Enlarges map view
  
• Energy guardian -------- Replenishes small amount of energy
  
• Blade guardian ---------- Deals melee damage

Tank units get more damage from the back.

In general, everything has different armoring depending on every direction.

Shooters will attack and eliminate any threat above every command.

Healing units can detect mines, traps and disarm them.

A half damaged unit, is a half death unit.

Holding units over a base heals them in exchange of base energy.

Armor on a unit is vital for it’s survival rate, but not necessarily.

Using turrets on sockets auto heals them. And grants a small buff.

Did you know, the fortress has four sockets on it’s own.

You can scrap dying and useless units for credits by holding it over one of your bases and pressing and holding space button.

Assassins and Butchers have high damage output, but only if they can get close enough.

One healing unit is a sad and lonely healing unit.

No unit is obsolete. Even probe has it’s uses. Experiment.

Training with Natasha might prove useful for testing things out.

Necro can revive any fallen unit. Anything. But dies itself in the process.

Healing units only heal other units. Hero is able to heal mechs, but not units.

Hero is a diligent healer. But prone to sacrifice itself. “HERO”

You lose the booster if you land even once. Or run out of energy.

Repair and Blaster guardians need energy to operate.

You can pick up multiple units at a time from the field by holding “space bar” down

Even a giant mech can jump or dash to dodge attacks.

Units face that direction where you are facing when you drop them.

"A lot of things have a tool tips, hover over every object for a second"

“You need in game tool tips enabled in the options to see some stat breakdowns by hover over. ”
Game has collision detection. If you get cover, you might avoid incoming fire.

Because Airmech is a 3D game, shots will hit anything they collide with, even if it not the original target

There is a maximum unit hard cap (number of units on the field independent of upkeep) - this number varies per map

Income rates scale down per format: 1v1 - 100%, 2v2 - 80%, 3v3 – 70%

Press Z once to ping your mech's dynamic location (the ping flag will move with your mech)

Press Z twice to ping your mech's current map location (static, flag dropped at mech's location)

Each Airmech has different respawn cost.

The more you die, the longer it takes to respawn.

Dying can cause you to go into negative credits due to respawn cost

Enemy players gain more experience if they kill you with their mech, less if their units kill you, and zero if neutrals units kill you

Standing completely stationary in ground mode for 3 seconds greatly increases health and energy regeneration

Upon a level-up, Mechs replenish some HP and energy

Multiple friendly Saucers abducting together speeds up abduction

Abduct progress is not completely wiped when abduction stops, it diminishes slowly

Abducted enemy units can be sold for full credit cost

Abducted neutral units sell for zero credits

Creeps
Creeps that spawn from the fortress upgrade every 5 minutes 3 times until the 15 minute mark and stop upgrading after hitting level 4
Different numbers of creeps spawn per wave from the Fort depending on the map.
There is a maximum amount of 20 creeps on the field at one time - if this cap is hit, creeps will stop spawning
Creeps in Boxers contribute to the creep cap of the map
Creeps in Outposts do not contribute to the creep cap of the map
Creeps do not provide any radar vision

Chat Badges are received upon meeting their condition. (For more detailed info please visit Airmech Wikia page)

Airmech Strike and Airmech Wastelands are Sister Games.
Accounts and all their respective content are connected.

There are various special “Redeem Codes”.
(One of them is possibly received from players you recommended this game to.)


Report Card are to vote a player as good or bad. It will affect their reputation.
Report cards can stack up to max 10.

Brag cards are given after ranked matches.
To show your ranked results type “/brag” in global chat.


To join a roll, either click on the dice on top (The crircle area shown with red arrow) or type “/roll” on global chat.

*Don’t forget to give an upvote to appreciate the roll. If you have spare report cards.

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Airmech Wikia http://airmech.wikia.com/wiki/AirMech_Wiki
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This is not an official guide.
And has no relation or affiliation with Carbon Games Company.
Also the game constantly receives updates and changes.
Therefore may contain false or insufficient information.
It is created by Airmech Fans for Airmech Fans.