The best Age of Empires 3 cheats

What are the best Age of Empires 3 cheats? Sure, a lot of the time when we’re playing RTS games, it’s about the challenge, the struggle, and working your way up from the bottom. Other times, though, you might just want to make things easier on yourself – perhaps certain historical events might have been different if real life cheat codes were a thing – and that’s where AoE3 cheats come in.

Age of Empires codes are easily accessible in the strategy game, and are available in other games in the series: we’ve also got guides to AoE2 cheats and AoE4 cheats if you need them. Here, though, we’re looking at Age of Empires 3 and its expansion packs, with this guide to all AoE3 cheat codes, as well as the best ones to try first.

The best Ao3 cheats

Age of Empires 3 cheats are entered into the chat, so while some of these codes might look weird, they are just messages to enter into the chat box. Be sure to enter them as they appear below unless stated otherwise, though they are not case sensitive.

Give me liberty or give me coin – gives 10,000 coin (can be used more than once)
Medium Rare Please – gives 10,000 food (can be used more than once).
<censored> – gives 10,000 wood (can be used more than once).
this is too hard – skips the current campaign scenario.
all your base are belong to us 0 – takes control of Mother Nature units, can be used to complete objectives.

All Age of Empires 3 cheats

Here is a list of AoE3 cheat codes:

a recent study indicated that 100% of herdables are obese – generates more food by fattening all animals on the map.
all your base are belong to us <0-8> – (enter just one number between zero and eight) assumes control of the given player unless used with zero, which takes control of Mother Nature units.
cowhax – turns all living units on the map into Cows.
don’t kick the pitbull – spawns a Learicorn.
nova & orion – gives 10,000 experience points.
o Canada 2005 – spawns a Lazerbear.
red pocket – gives resources by spawning a Lion Dance Parade at the town center.
safari – spawns 12 random huntables.
sooo good – changes text regarding unit and building kills to jokes.
speed always wins – increases build, research, shipment, and gather rates by 100 for all players. Enter again to return to normal.
trojan cow – spawns a Wood Cattle.
tuck tuck tuck – spawns The Tommynator monster truck.
ya gotta make do with what ya got – spawns a powerful artillery unit that fires Capybara.
where’s that axe? – spawns a more powerful George Washington: George Crushington.
x marks the spot – reveals the map for all players, but keeps fog of war in place.
wee ooh wee ooh – spawns a BigAndy monster truck.
wuv woo vol.2 – spawns a Flying Purple Tapir.

The Asian Dynasties cheats

a whole lot of love – adds 10,000 to every available resource.
ding ding ding – spawns a Monster ice cream truck.
mustard relish and burning oil – spawns a Flaming Hot Dog Cart.
trade plz – gives 10,000 export.

The African Royals cheats

devasd – gives 10,000 XP, 10,000 of every resource, fully reveals the map, grants a trickle of 400 XP, increases the speed of the player’s explorer unit to ten times its base speed, and increases build, research, shipment, and gather rates by 100 times for the player. Also spawns three Gatling Camels.
I spit on you – spawns a Gatling Camel.
social media – gives 10,000 influence.

Knights of the Mediterranean cheats

feeling whelmed now? – Turns all living units and buildings on the map into Leonardo’s Tank.
flying dutchman – Enables all naval units to move on land.
granny nanny – Turns all villagers into Dahomey Amazons.
honey badger don’t give a – Spawns a Honey Badger.
I don’t exist – Spawns a Penguin.
mercator – Reveals the entire map, while also removing the Fog of War effect.
release the hounds – Turns all units into Wolf Beasts.
the king of all beasts – Spawns two Guardian Lions.
venividivinci – Spawns a Leonardo’s Tank with increased stats.

How to enter AoE3 cheat codes

To enter cheats in Age of Empires 3 on PC, simply hit ‘Enter’ to bring up the chat box. Enter your chosen cheat text into the box and hit ‘Enter’ – that’s it, your cheat is activated.

Cheat codes aren’t case sensitive, but ensure spaces and spelling are all correct. You can send the text in any chat, be it to everyone or just to friendly players – as long as the text is correct, it won’t actually send as a message.

With these Age of Empires 3 cheats on PC, you can up your game, speed up your game, or skip it altogether – the world is your oyster. You can even use them in the free-to-play version of the game to shake up your experience. Alternatively, you could try one of our other favorite free PC games, or any of the best RTS games right now.