While we all may enjoy a nice, long, and engrossing campaign in Age of Empires 2, sometimes you just want to speed things up and get to the good stuff. After a dozen or so games, it can get tedious to build up your civilization, gather all those resources, and get to the more exciting parts. That’s where cheats come in. These handy codes can be used to either make the game basically beat itself, or just give yourself a helping hand if you start to spiral. Let’s run through every cheat there is so you can decide what kind of ruler you want to be.
How to use cheats
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Cheating is so easy in Age of Empires 2 that the game almost begs you to do it. While playing, just hit Enter to bring up the command box and type in one of the cheats below to instantly get access to its effect.
Before we hit you with the cheats, there are two things to note. First, using any of these cheats will prevent you from earning any achievements. Second, these cheats are for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition specifically. While most are carried over from previous versions and will still work there, not all will work or they will work slightly differently.
All Age of Empires 2 cheats
cheese steak jimmy’s
Grants 10,000 Food
robin hood
Grants 10,000 Gold
lumberjack
Grants 10,000 Wood
rock on
Grants 10,000 Stone
ninjaconnor
Grants 100,000 of ALL resources
aegis
Toggle instant building, research, gathering, and training
i r winner
Win campaign
resign
Lose campaign
torpedo(1-8)
Instantly defeat specific player
black death
Defeat all OTHER players, including allies
wimpywimpywimpy
Player concedes for immediate defeat
noui
Toggles visible UI
!mute
Silences taunts
!nomute
Unmutes taunts and negates above code
marco
Reveals map (toggle on/off)
polo
Removes Fog of War (toggle on/off)
Going Above and Beyond
Lets player research the same technology repeatedly
Tech Tech One Two Free
Makes technologies free
woof woof
Turns birds into Stormy Dogs
natural wonders
Loss of control of player’s civilization, but gain of control of nature
Put on your capes
Turns all player’s infantry units into Elite Teutonic Knights
Yes We Khan
Turns all player’s Mangudai units into Ghengis Khan
alpaca simulator
Creates Alfred the Alpaca unit
catzor
Creates Sharkatzor unit
furious the monkey boy
Creates Furious the Monkey Boy unit
how do you turn this on
Creates Shelby Cobra unit
i don’t exist
Creates Penguin unit
i love the monkey head
Creates VMDL unit
photon man
Creates Photon Man unit
to smithereeens
Creates Saboteur unit
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