Here is a comprehensive list of Rise of Nations cheats. Note that these cheats will only work when playing offline.
Cheat keys[]
To activate these all cheats, you must bring up the chat menu (default is enter) and type in "cheat keys on" without quotation marks.
- Alt+F5 - gains +1000 for each basic resource (hold to increase)
- Alt+F9 - Finishes the creation of (a) selected building(s) or unit(s)
Upon using the Alt+F5 cheat, a message will appear saying "[Player name] is cheating!"
Cheat codes[]
| Result | Code |
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| Kill object or all selected | cheat die [name or no entry]
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| Machine Guns around every human capital | cheat safe
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| Set all players to human and full map | cheat sandbox
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| Set AI state | cheat ai [on, off, or debug]
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| Set difficulty | cheat diff [0-5]
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| Display achievements | cheat achieve
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| Force alliance with nation | cheat ally [name]
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| Force peace with nation | cheat peace [name]
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| Force war with nation | cheat war [name]
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| Force encounter with nation | cheat meet [name]
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| Force encounter-off with nation | cheat unmeet [name]
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| Turn off computer control | cheat human [name]
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| Turn on computer control | cheat computer [name]
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| Switch control to nation* | cheat be [name]
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| Defeat nation | cheat defeat [name]
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| Victory for nation | cheat victory [name]
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| Show or change technology | cheat tech [name] [tech or all] [on or off]
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| Show or change resource | cheat resource [name] [goodtype or all] [+ or -] [number]
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| Show or change age for nation | cheat age [number] [name]
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Show or change  military level for nation
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cheat military [number] [name]
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Show or change  civic level for nation
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cheat civic [number] [name]
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Show or change  commerce level for nation
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cheat commerce [number] [name]
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Show or change  science level for nation
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cheat science [number] [name]
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| Show or change all Library tech levels for nation | cheat library [number] [name]
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| Toggle full map | cheat reveal [on or off]
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| Toggle bounding box mode | cheat bbox [0 or 1]
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| Show combat ranges | cheat ranges [0 or 1]
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| Adjust damage to object or all selected | cheat damage [name or no entry] [+ or -] [number]
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| Insert unit or building at pointer location | cheat insert [number] [type] [who=RED] [x,y]
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| Insert unit or building at pointer location | cheat add [number] [type] [who=RED] [x,y]
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| Finishes selected building(s) or next item in queue | cheat finish
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| Drop a Wild Bird at pointer location | cheat bird
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| Drop a Nuke at pointer location | cheat nuke
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| Packs the currently selected unit(s), if they are packing units | cheat pack
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| Deploys the currently selected unit(s), if they are deploying units | cheat deploy
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| Change game explore configuration | cheat explore [normal, explored, all]
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| Toggle game pause | cheat pause [0 or 1]
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Note that some parameters (such as [who=RED]) can be used on more commands than this list indicates. *(without disabling computer control of the target player, and without enabling computer control of the player's original nation)
Trivia[]
- Using cheats in Conquer The World will give you "Cheater" rank at the end of the campaign.