Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition Cheats That Might Interest You

You need way more resources that what you've got if you're going to build enough soldiers to keep your empire alive, let alone thriving. This game can be tough, and winning depends intensely on your ability to strategize.

The following will explore some of the more crucial cheat codes that you might want to have in mind for those critical moments where your whole society is about to collapse. As with any and all cheat code use, be sure to be honest with friends if you're playing multiplayer games. Agree beforehand whether cheat codes will be allowed or not, and stick to your word.

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How To Use Cheat Codes In Age Of Empires II

Before you learn about specific cheat codes and their application in the game, you might want to learn how to enter cheat codes at all in the game. It's really simple; all you need to do is press the [ENTER] key on your keyboard. This will present you with a box within which you can type. You enter the code, press [ENTER] again, and enjoy the results.

Resource Specific Cheat Codes

Maybe you don't want to be doing anything too crazy with your cheat codes. Maybe you just need a bit more food, gold, wood, or stone. Each of these resources is fairly easy to increase using one of the following codes:

1. Increase food by 10,000: cheese steak jimmy's
2. Increase gold by 10,000: robin hood
3. Increase wood by 10,000: lumberjack
4. Increase stone by 10,000: rock on

Given how valuable resources are in the game, these codes can be incredibly useful. If used properly, you won't need to train many villagers. This can save you further resources and time. To gain 10,000 of each resource at once, enter: ninjalui.

Faster And Immediate Builds

Sometimes it isn't the resources we're struggling with, but it's the time. Sometimes we've got a long cue of buildings or soldiers waiting to be trained. If this is the case, you might want to enter: aegis into the cheat code box. This will result in instant building; the moment a villager has touched the new construction, it will be completed. You can imagine how useful this would be when building walls or watch towers during an attack.

This cheat code might also prove useful if you want to play around with strategy development. You can set certain types of soldiers against each other and observe the results without having to complete a full gameplay. Figuring out the best strategies to use (especially against that one friend that always seems to win) is part of the reason video games are so good for our brains. Once you start playing with this code to test your theories out, you might notice your gameplay drastically improves.

Exploration

If Ages of Empires has taught us nothing about medieval warfare strategy, it's that the fog of war, or more simply, not being able to see what other people are doing, can result in some pretty precarious situations. We might be building just a short walk away from some watchtowers or enemy soldiers; we might not know that someone is on their way to make our lives especially difficult. There are two codes that can be of great use in this regard: Marco will reveal the entire map to you, allowing you to choose places to build and defend and make use of the terrain and resources available. Polo will get rid of the fog of war, allowing you to have a better understanding of your enemies and what they're up to.

If You're Playing The Definitive Edition

If, however, you're playing the definitive edition (which is basically a remaster of the original came Age of Empires II: The Ages Of Kings with better graphics, new campaigns, and 4K support), you're going to need updated cheat codes. This website has up-to-date codes that can help you with the version of the game released in 2019. It's worth noting that the newer version will require you to bypass anti-cheat and does not allow for cheat codes in multiplayer mode.

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Where Can You Get Age Of Empires II?

There are a fair few Age of Empires games, and all are worth playing. The games are available at both the Microsoft Store and on Steam. You might also be able to find the old-school CD ROM of the game if you keep your eyes open at second-hand gaming shops.

The above tips should help you embrace cheat codes and use them to better your game in Age of Empires II. Good luck and happy gaming!

Jessica Tanner

Update 05 April 2021