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Want to know all the Age of Empires 2 cheats? We’ve got them for you. Whether you want a way to get ahead and start strong in Age of Empires or you just want to see how ridiculous things can get, there are plenty of cheat codes available.
From granting more resources to spawning in a car, a flying shark unit, and instantaneous structure building, there’s plenty of fun to be had while cheating. Sometimes, you just want to mess around.
For more cheat pages, read our guides covering Cookie Clicker cheats and the Sims 4 codes. Now, these are all the Age of Empires 2 cheats.
Age of Empires 2 all cheats
These are all the cheats available for Age of Empires 2. The cheats in this table are not case-sensitive, so don’t worry about how they look. There are some cheats in this table that will only work if you have specific expansions for the game.
| Cheat | Effect |
|---|---|
| how do you turn this on | Spawns a car cheat unit. |
| i love the monkey head | Spawns a civilian cheat unit. |
| to smithereens | Spawns a saboteur cheat unit. |
| furious the monkey boy | Spawns a monkey cheat unit. |
| i don’t exist | Spawns a penguin cheat unit. |
| alpaca simulator | Spawns an alpaca cheat unit. |
| catzor | Spawns a shark cheat unit. |
| photon man | Spawns a photonman cheat unit. |
| yes we khan | Turn all of your Mangudai into Genghis Khan in the Genghis Khan campaign |
| put on your capes | Turn all your infantry into Elite Teutonic Knights |
| grab your pitchforks | Turn all your Villagers into Flemish Militia |
| cameleon | Turn camel units into flaming camels |
| flemish reformation | Turn all your Villagers into Monks |
| 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 |
| ninjalui | Gives 100,000 food, wood, gold, and stone |
| marco | Reveals map |
| polo | Removes fog of war |
| aegis | Instant building, researching, resource gathering, instant kill animals, and training that applies to all players, the AI included. |
| i r winner | Win the game instantly |
| natural wonders | Control nature |
| resign | Lose the game instantly |
| black death | All other players die, including allies |
| wimpywimpywimpy | You commit suicide, resulting in immediate defeat |
| torpedo <1-8> | Instantly defeats the selected opponent |
| woof woof | Turns birds into Stormy Dogs |
| !mute | Silences taunts |
| !nomute | Undoes the !mute code |
| noui | Disables user interface in-game. To get it back, type noui again. |
| Going Above and Beyond | Lets the player research the same technology up to 256 times, stacking the effects |
| Tech Tech One Two Free | Makes technologies free |
| my cpu can handle it | The player’s population cap is increased to 1,000 |
| sharing is caring | The player’s resource income is distributed to allies |
As mentioned, if you have the Definitive Edition, the expansions will all be included in one package which means you won’t have a problem using these cheats. Thankfully, the cheats that help you gain more resources and instantly build structures all work with the base game, regardless of expansions.
How to use Age of Empires 2 cheats
To enter cheat codes in Age of Empires 2, all you need to do is press Enter to bring up the console terminal in-game. Then, simply copy and paste the codes from our table below into the game and hit enter. It is recommended you copy and paste the codes, otherwise you will have to type them out every single time. We’ve put all Age of Empires 2 cheats in the table below, so have fun:
That’s it for Age of Empires 2 cheats. For more, read our cheat pages covering Stardew Valley and cheats for Little Alchemy 2.
