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Cheat codes
In eligible single-player, custom, and scenario modes, enter a command in the in-game chat box to apply its effect. Cheat units appear at the player’s Town Center, and enabling cheats can disable scenario medals or achievements for that session. Cheat availability differs by mode and release; Return of Rome’s separate Age of Empires ruleset is not covered here.
Overview
In eligible single-player, custom, and scenario modes, enter a command in the in-game chat box to apply its effect. Cheat units appear at the player’s Town Center, and enabling cheats can disable scenario medals or achievements for that session. Cheat availability differs by mode and release; Return of Rome’s separate Age of Empires ruleset is not covered here.
How this system affects decisions
This rule affects custom games. Read the entry’s stated mechanics together with its requirements and related unit or technology pages; its practical value depends on which parts of that system are active in the current match.
How to use this reference
In eligible single-player, custom, and scenario modes, enter a command in the in-game chat box to apply its effect. Cheat units appear at the player’s Town Center, and enabling cheats can disable scenario medals or achievements for that session. Cheat availability differs by mode and release; Return of Rome’s separate Age of Empires ruleset is not covered here. In custom scenarios, this tool or rule shapes the authored map rather than an ordinary ranked-match opening. Its effect depends on the objects, conditions, and player slots used in that scenario.
- Also known as
- Cheat code (Age of Empires II)
- Focus
- Custom games
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Custom games
- Classification
- Game systems