AoEII: Cheat Codes

A comprehensive guide to all the cheat codes in the game.

Intro

Here we are again, with another rendition of the best RTS ever made.

Just like all the others, never load up the game without your trusted notepad (urrr, guide I mean), with all your cheat codes written down. Ahhh, it feels like the 90's again!!!

Generally, I find it fun to note ruin the campaigns for yourself with cheats, but if you're stuck on a certain annoying bit, feel free to spawn yourself a nice gun-toting car. That will help!

Cheats

How to enable cheats

While in-game, hit the Enter key or click the Chat icon in the top-right. That should bring up a text box. Type in one of the cheat codes below and then hit Enter again. The cheat codes aren't case sensitive, so all you've to do is spell them right.

marco: Reveals the entire map. It works as a switch — on or off — so entering it again will hide the map.

polo: Removes the fog of war. This too works as a switch, like so entering it again will restore the fog of war.

alpaca simulator: Creates an “Alfred the Alpaca”, which looks like a Llama. Very high armour value, trample damage, and attacks with headbutts. Strong in melee combat, weak against speed, ranged attack.

catzor: Creates an “Sharkatzor”, which resembled a flying shark with rockets launches on its back. Has a very high damage capacity, and has a 10 square firing sight line.

furious the monkey boy: Creates a “Furious the Monkey Boy”. Destroys buildings easily, but slow and dies after taking nine hits.

how do you turn this on: Creates an “AC Cobra”. Fires rounds of bullets, impressive long range, and high hit points, armour, and damage. Poor AI, bullets harm friendly units.

i don't exist: Creates a “Penguin”. High armour and damage.

i love the monkey head: Creates a "VMDL". Quick and good for exploring. Cannot attack but grant attack bonus to buildings if garrisoned. Fun fact: VMDL stands for Villager Male David Lewis and in case you're wondering, David Lewis was in the team that made the game.

to smithereens: Creates a Saboteur. More effective and faster than a Petard, the only non-cheat suicide unit on land.

cheese steak jimmy's: Increases Food by 10,000.

lumberjack: Increases Wood by 10,000.

robin hood: Increases Gold by 10,000.

rock on: Increases Stone by 10,000.

ninjaconnor / ninjalui / rowshep: Increases all resources by 1,00,000.
EDS NOTE: You only have to input ONE of the three codes here, not all 3. I have no idea why they did this.

!mute: Silences taunts. That's it.

!nomute: Reverses !mute.

aegis: Building, researching, resource gathering, and training is done instantly — for everyone including the AI. Works like a switch, so can be turned off.

black death: Kills all other civilisations, except yours. Yes, even your allies.

i r winner: Declares your civilisation as the winner.

natural wonders: Transfers player control to nature, in lieu of losing control of your civilisation. It is irreversible — there's no way to regain control of your civilisation other than starting a new game.

resign: You lose the game.

torpedo XXXXX: Kills the specified civilisation, where “X” is civilisation number from 1 – 8.

wimpywimpywimpy: Kills all of your units, resulting in the same outcome as resign.

woof woof: Transforms birds into “Stormy Dogs”. They are flying dogs with red capes. No gameplay change.

Conclusion

So yeah, there you go. I hope they're all useful to all of you. A lot of these will probably be burned into your brain already, in which case you won't need this guide. But just in case, here you go. Here is my other guide on Cheat codes from the it's predecessor.:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1842054594
Do us all a favour and like this guide up so it stays at the top of the charts, makes it easier for people to find it.

[xXFrost1004Xx]

this is quite funny

[T_T_Tobin]

why cheat?

[markusbrd]

Having same problem as Rondar Strongkoch, nothing happens when I type the codes,

[Anaraiza]

PHOTON MAN!

[SeaGoblin]

this guide should have 100% started with " WARNING: USING CHEATS WILL DISABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.

its absolutely crazy that it doesnt say this

[Redcoat]

you cannot get achievements while using Cheats

[drzm2020]

There is one more cheat code:
Grab your pitchforks --> Turn all your villagers into Flemish militias (any civilization ! ).
From the "Women of History" Event, March 2021.

[Trollychaun]

I noticed you don't have the code "going above and beyond" listed which enables 256 tech mod. Meaning you can research every tech 256 times.

[Sempastian]

Asking for a friend, any way that we can get achievements while using cheats?

[Slammer ꧁꧂]

Wheelz, I got the same problem