Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition cheats: How to unlock & use AOE2 cheat codes on PC & Xbox

Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition features cheat codes that you can mess around with and have fun. Here’s how to activate cheats for AOE2 on PC and Xbox.

Since its original 1999 release, Age of Empires 2 has famously had a lot of cheat codes, ranging from giving you a slight advantage on the battlefield, to just having a bizarre amount of wacky fun. And its 2019 remaster AOE2 Definitive Edition also features the same vibe.

So if you want to have a little fun in the campaigns or mess around in a single-player Random Map game, we have a full list of every cheat code in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, including how to activate them on PC and Xbox.

Xbox Game Studios

How to unlock cheats in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition on PC

To unlock cheats in Age of Empires 2 on PC, all you need to do is simply press ‘Enter’ while in-game to bring up the chat box. Then you can type in your cheat code and press Enter again to activate it. For random maps and online games, you also need to make sure cheats are enabled in the lobby screen.

If the text you’ve written appears as an in-game chat message, it means you have misspelled the cheat and will need to type it again.

It’s also worth noting that activating cheats in AOE2: Definitive Edition will disable achievements.

Xbox Game Studios

How to unlock cheats in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition on Xbox

To unlock cheats in Age of Empires 2 for Xbox, hold down the Left Trigger (LT) and press ‘View’ (it’s the button on the controller represented by two overlapping rectangles). This will bring up the Quick Taunts menu. Press Left Trigger again to enter the Cheats menu.

From here, you can navigate the Cheats menu to find the right cheats you wish to activate. Unlike the PC version, these cheats are available to activate at the simple press of a button instead of requiring you to type them out.

Similar to the PC version of AOE2, activating cheat codes will disable achievements. So be sure to not be chasing after any achievements if you’re going to be activating cheats.

Xbox Game Studios

All Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition cheats

Here is the full list of cheats that you can activate in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition across PC and Xbox.

CHEAT CODE	EFFECT
catzor	Spawns a cat riding a jetpack shark
aegis	All actions such as building, training, gathering resources, and researching are completed instantly for all players
natural wonders	Control wildlife units
furious the monkey boy	Creates a “Furious the Monkey Boy” unit
i don’t exist	Creates a “Penguin” unit
to smithereens	Creates a “Saboteur” unit
i love the monkey head	Creates a “VMDL” unit
photon man	Creates a “Photon Man” unit
how do you turn this on	Creates an “AC Cobra” unit
alpaca simulator	Creates an “Alfred the Alpaca” unit
cheese steak jimmy’s	Gives 10,000 food
robin hood	Gives 10,000 gold
rock on	Gives 10,000 stone
lumberjack	Gives 10,000 wood
ninjalui	Gives 100,000 of all resources
ninjaconnor	Gives 100,000 of all resources
rowshep	Gives 100,000 of all resources
resign	Instantly lose
black death	Kills all other civilisations including allies, except yours
torpedo #	Kills player # (replace # with 1-8)
wimpywimpywimpy	Kills you
polo	Removes fog of war, re-enter to enable fog of war
marco	Reveals entire map, re-enter to hide map
woof woof	Transforms birds into flying caped dogs
i r winner	Instant win
going above and beyond	You can research the same technology up to 256 times to stack its effects
noui	Toggles the UI elements on the screen
put on your capes	Transforms all player infantry units into Elite Teutonic Knights

And those are all the cheats we have for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition. Be sure to check out our other Age of Empires content.