There are multiple different types of cheat codes available in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. To use these, check the “Allow Cheats” setting before starting a match.
Resource cheat codes
| robin hood | 10,000 gold |
| cheese steak jimmy’s | 10,000 food |
| lumberjack | 10,000 wood |
| rock on | 10,000 stone |
|
rowshep ninjalui ninjaconnor |
100,000 of every resource |
Unit cheat codes
| how do you turn this on | Cobra Car |
| to smithereens | Saboteur |
| furious the monkey boy | Furious the Monkey Boy |
| i love the monkey head | VMDL |
| i don’t exist | Penguin |
| alpaca simulator | Alfred the Alpaca |
| catzor | Summon the Sharkatzor cheat unit |
| photon man | Spawns a Photon Man at the Town Center |
| flemish reformation | Transforms all villagers into monks |
| yes we khan | Replaces all Mangudai with Genghis Khan units in Ghenghis Khan campaign |
| put on your capes | Replaces all infantry by Elite Teutonic Knights |
Other cheat codes
| aegis | Instant building & resource gathering |
| marco | Reveal the map |
| polo | Remove the Fog of War |
| i r winner | Win the game |
| torpedo# | Destroy player # |
| wimpywimpywimpy | Destroy yourself |
| black death | Destroy all opponents |
| natural wonders | Control nature |
| woof woof | Replaces all birds by Stormy Dogs |
Event cheat codes
| tech tech one two free | All technologies are free |
| going above and beyond | All technologies can be researched 256 times |
| grab your pitchforks | Transform all your Villagers into Flemish Militia |
| cameleon | Transforms camel units owned by any player into Flaming Camels |
| my cpu can handle it | All player's population cap increased by 1,000 |
| sharing is caring | Every player's resource income on a team is distributed to the entire team |
For more information about some of these codes, visit the cheat code list on Forgotten Empires website.