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This guide provides the complete cheat code table for Age of Empires II (including The Age of Kings, The Conquerors Expansion, and Definitive Edition). These cheats work for both PC (Classic) and Definitive Edition unless otherwise noted.
✅ How to Use Cheats:
Press Enter during gameplay to open the chat box, type the cheat code exactly as shown, and press Enter again to activate.
💰 Resource Cheats
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|
| rock on | +1000 Stone |
| lumberjack | +1000 Wood |
| robin hood | +1000 Gold |
| cheese steak jimmy's | +1000 Food |
| ninjaconnor | +100,000 of each resource (Definitive Edition only) |
| RESIGN | Instantly resigns your game (Definitive Edition only) |
🏗 Building & Tech Cheats
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|
| aegis | Instant building, researching, training |
| natural wonders | Control animals, but lose control of your civilization (no undo) |
| black death | All other players die |
| i r winner | Win the game instantly |
| torpedo [player number] | Instantly defeat a specific player (e.g., torpedo 2) |
| wimpywimpywimpy | Defeat yourself (instant loss) |
🧱 Map & Vision Cheats
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|
| marco | Reveal entire map |
| polo | Remove fog of war |
🔫 Unit Spawn Cheats
| Cheat Code | Unit Spawned | Notes |
|---|
| how do you turn this on | Cobra Car (car with machine guns) | Deadly |
| to smithereens | Saboteur | Self-destruct unit |
| i love the monkey head | VDML (exploding monkey) | Funny & explosive |
| wimpywimpywimpy | Instantly kills your own units | |
| alpaca simulator | King Alpaca (Definitive Edition only) | OP melee unit |
| catzor | Flying Cat (Definitive Edition only) | Fires lasers |
| woof woof | Turns birds into flying dogs | |
| furious the monkey boy | Fast monkey with massive damage | |
| big bertha | Super long-range siege weapons (from AoE 1 originally) | |
| e=mc2 trooper | Nuke Trooper (from AoE 1, sometimes modded in DE) | |
🧠 AI & Gameplay Control
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|
| aegis | Instant building, training, and researching |
| resign | You quit the game |
| i r winner | Instant victory |
| black death | All other players die |
| torpedo [player number] | Defeat player number (e.g., torpedo 2) |
| woof woof | Turns birds into flying dogs |
| natural wonders | Control wildlife (loses control of civilization) |
🐛 Fun, Visuals & Misc
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|
| woof woof | Turns flying birds into flying dogs |
| ninjalui | Plays a tune (Definitive Edition) |
| trump | Plays “Make AoE Great Again” sound (Definitive Edition) |
| aegis | Makes everything instant: build, train, research |
| furious the monkey boy | Spawns super-fast small monkey that punches hard |
| catzor | Flying cat with laser eyes (Definitive Edition) |
⚙ Notes on Definitive Edition (AoE II: DE)
- All classic cheats from The Age of Kings and The Conquerors Expansion work in Definitive Edition.
- Definitive Edition introduces new cheats like
alpaca simulator, catzor, trump, and ninjalui.
- Using cheats disables achievements in Definitive Edition.
