Age of Empires 2 Cheats: Every AoE II Definitive Edition Cheat Code
Typing cheats in Age of Empires 2 is a tradition almost as old as the game itself. The Definitive Edition kept it alive: every code from 1999 still works, and updates have added new ones on top. Below we've collected every code that works in the Definitive Edition, with what it does.
How do you enable cheats?
During a match, press Enter, type the code into the box that opens and press Enter again. Capitalization doesn't matter.
In multiplayer or in a match you set up with friends, the lobby host has to turn on the Allow Cheats option in the settings. If it's off, nothing happens even when you type the codes.
A few more rules worth knowing:
- Cheat units appear next to your Town Center. If you don't have a Town Center, the unit won't appear even if you typed the code correctly.
- You can't earn a medal in a scenario where you've used cheats, and campaign achievements won't unlock either.
- Most unit-spawning codes don't work in Return of Rome. In the Chronicles scenarios they all work.
Resource cheats
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| cheese steak jimmy's | Gives 10,000 food. |
| lumberjack | Gives 10,000 wood. |
| robin hood | Gives 10,000 gold. |
| rock on | Gives 10,000 stone. |
| ninjaconnor / ninjalui / rowshep | Gives 100,000 of each of the four resources. All three do the same thing. |
If you played older versions of the game, you'll remember these codes giving 1,000. The amount went up to 10,000 with The Forgotten expansion. The name cheese steak jimmy's isn't random either: it comes from Jimmy's, a restaurant in Texas where the Ensemble Studios team used to go for lunch.
Cheat units
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| how do you turn this on | Spawns the Cobra Car: a tough car that moves very fast and fires quickly. |
| photon man | Spawns Photonman: a souped-up Hand Cannoneer. |
| catzor | Spawns the Sharkatzor: a flying, very fast and tough siege unit. |
| alpaca simulator | Spawns Alfred the Alpaca: a cavalry unit with very strong attack and armor, but as slow as infantry. |
| i don't exist | Spawns the War Penguin: a heavily armed and armored infantry unit. |
| furious the monkey boy | Spawns Furious the Monkey Boy: an animal with very high attack but very low hit points. |
| to smithereens | Spawns the Saboteur: like a Demolition Ship that moves on land, and much stronger than a Petard. |
| i love the monkey head | Spawns the VMDL: a very fast villager that can't fight. It can only place building foundations, and when garrisoned in a building it adds to the arrows the building fires. |
Transformation cheats
These codes turn your units on the map into a different unit. Most were first tried out in in-game events and then opened up to everyone.
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| yes we khan | Turns your Mangudai into Genghis Khan. |
| put on your capes | Turns all your infantry into Elite Teutonic Knights. |
| grab your pitchforks | Turns your villagers into Flemish Militia. |
| flemish reformation | Turns your villagers into monks. |
| cameleon | Turns most of your camel units into Flaming Camels. A few, like the Mameluke, Camel Scout and Camel Raider, aren't affected. |
Map cheats
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| marco | Reveals the whole map; type it again to hide it. |
| polo | Removes the fog of war; type it again to bring it back. |
Cheats that change how the game plays
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| aegis | Construction, research, gathering and unit production finish instantly. Applies to everyone, AI included; type it again to turn it off. |
| tech tech one two free | Makes technologies free. |
| going above and beyond | Lets you research the same technology up to 256 times, with the effects stacking. |
| my cpu can handle it | Raises your population cap to 1,000. |
| sharing is caring | Shares your resource income with your allies. |
Win and lose cheats
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| i r winner | You win the game instantly. |
| resign | You lose the game instantly. |
| wimpywimpywimpy | Destroys your own civilization and you're defeated. |
| torpedo1 … torpedo8 | Destroys all units and buildings of the player whose number you type. For example, torpedo2 for player 2. |
| black death | It's supposed to kill everyone, allies included, but the code is bugged: it only defeats player 1, or player 2 if the person typing it is player 1. |
| natural wonders | You give up control of your civilization and take control of nature, so you can command the animals. There's no way back. |
Other cheats
| Code | What it does |
|---|---|
| woof woof | Turns birds into flying dogs in red capes (Stormy Dog). It has no effect on gameplay; it only changes the visuals. |
| noui | Hides the interface; type it again to bring it back. |
| !mute | Mutes taunt sounds. |
| !nomute | Turns taunt sounds back on. |
The other games' codes are on separate pages: Age of Empires 4 cheat codes, Age of Empires Definitive Edition cheat codes and, for all the older games, Age of Empires cheat codes.
Source: https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cheat_code_(Age_of_Empires_II)
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