Cheats & Guides

Rise of Nations Cheats For PC

  1. Editing units

    Doing this can allow you to change stats of units.

    First find your rise of nations folder. then go to the ''data'' folder. Find the file called ''unitrules''. right-click on it and go to properties. be sure to select only archive and disable read-only. open this document using preferable mircosoft word. Then be sure to read the information. Next you can edit any unit. Be sure not to change the names of the units this can cause errors

    Contributed by: makotech222 

  2. Increase population limit

    PART I -- Find your Rise Of Nations folder in your Microsoft games directory in the program files folder in your C drive. Go into the data folder, and look for rules.xml, right-click the file and select open in notepad. Press Ctrl+F, and type in <POP_CAP> to search for it. From here you can edit the desired population limit entries in quotation marks. Also, search for and edit <MAX_POP_LIMIT> value and type in the same number that you entered for the last entry in the pop cap field.

    PART II -- Then press Ctrl+F, and search poplimits. Edit each category to the desired population cap you would like. Then type in the desired population limits in the data brackets under each category.

    For example, the end result would be:

    <POP_CAP entry0=''2500'' entry1=''5000'' entry2=''7500'' entry3=''10000'' entry4=''12500'' entry5=''15000'' entry6=''17500'' entry7=''90000 pop cap''/>

    then,

    <MAX_POP_LIMIT value=''90000 pop cap''/>

    then,

    <CATEGORIES id=''poplimits'' title=''Population:''>
    <CATEGORY name=''5000''>
    <DATA>5000 </DATA>

    Contributed by: The New Blueguy 

  3. Cheats

    Hit ENTER and type in a code below

    Effect Effect
    cheat deploy Deploys the currently selected unit(s), if they are deploying units
    cheat damage (damage(o[,who]|select)[+|-]damage ) Adjust damage to object
    cheat explore (explore[normal|explored|all]) Change game explore config
    cheat safe Creates a lot of machine guns around every human capital
    cheat defeat (who) Defeat nation
    cheat achieve Display achievements
    cheat nuke Drop a Nuke at mouse position
    cheat bird Drop a Wild Bird at Mouse
    cheat finish (finish) Finishes selected building(s) or next item in queue
    cheat ally (who) Force alliance with nation
    cheat meet (who) Force encounter with nation
    cheat unmeet (who) Force encounter-off with nation
    cheat peace (who) Force peace with nation
    cheat war (who) Force war with nation
    cheat resource (resource[who][goodtype|all][+/-][amount]) Give/take away resources
    cheat insert (insert[#]typename[who=RED][x,y]) Insert unit or building at mouse loc
    cheat add (add[#]typename[who=RED][x,y]) Insert unit or building at mouse loc
    cheat die (die[o[,who]|select]) Kill object or all selected
    cheat age ([age]who) move to certain age
    cheat pack Packs the currently selected unit(s), if they are packing units
    cheat pause (0-1) Pause Game
    cheat sandbox Sets all players to human
    cheat diff (0-5) Sets difficulty
    cheat ai (on/off/debug) Sets the AI
    cheat ranges (1|0) Show combat ranges
    cheat age (age[age][who]) Show or change age
    cheat library (library[level][who]) Show or change all library tech levels for nation
    cheat civic (civic[level][who]) Show or change civic level for nation
    cheat commerce (commerce[level][who]) Show or change commerce level for nation
    cheat military (military[level][who]) Show or change military
    cheat military (military[level][who]) Show or change military level for nation
    cheat science (science[level][who]) Show or change science level for nation
    cheat tech (who)[tech|all](on/off) Show or change technology
    cheat bbox (1|0) Toggle bounding box mode
    cheat reveal (reveal[1|0]) Toggle reveal map
    cheat human (who) Turn off computer control
    cheat computer (who) Turn on computer control
    cheat victory (who) Victory for nation

    Contributed by: balder 

  4. Faster Research and More Resources

    When you're playing a quick battle or a campaign, press enter to bring up the chat and type in: cheat keys on. Then press enter. No dialog box should come up. Now just press the following buttons to get exactly what you want.

    Effect Effect
    Alt+F5 +1000 to each resource
    Alt+F9 speeds up creation on selected building

    Contributed by: Yengeon 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
General FAQs FAQ by fIreSpHere 49K
In-Depth FAQs Beginner's Guide by Dauragon C Mikado88 43K

Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots Cheats For PC

  1. In-Game Codes

    You can enter these codes by pressing the Enter key in-game. To make sure the codes work, substitute the bracketed area with the item you want to replace it with. For example, with &quot;cheat diff [0-5]&quot;, if you wanted it at its hardest setting, you change it to &quot;cheat diff 5&quot;.

    Effect Effect
    cheat diff [0-5] Change Difficulty
    cheat bird Create Bird at Pointer
    cheat defeat [name] Defeat Player
    cheat die Destroy Selected Unit/Building
    ffwd #(minutes) Fast forwards the game time by however many minutes you entered
    cheat finish Finish Selected Building or Item in Queue
    cheat safe Get Heavy Machine Gun Infantry
    cheat resource all+[#] Get Resources
    cheat library [#] Get Technology Level
    cheat nuke Nuke at Pointer
    cheat reveal [0 or 1] Reveal Map
    cheat sandbox Reveal Map and Control All Players
    cheat victory [name] Victory for Player

    Contributed by: eggman n3, vegetarian_onos 

  2. Faster research & building and free bonus resources

    When you're playing a quick battle or a campaign, press enter to bring up the chat and type in &quot;cheat keys on&quot; (without the quotes) and press enter. No dialogue should come up. Now just press the following buttons to get exactly what you want.

    Effect Effect
    ALT + F5 Gain 1000 of each type of resource
    ALT + F9 This either complete finishes the research, building, or unit creation or gives you a significant boost towards creating/researching the selected unit

    Contributed by: Fiel 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
In-Depth FAQs Building/Unit FAQ by vegetarian_onos 43K
In-Depth FAQs Campaign FAQ by zhanquan_basic 19K
In-Depth FAQs Diplomacy FAQ by raptor t9 15K
In-Depth FAQs Scripting FAQ by wyvern236 24K

Rise of Nations: Gold Edition Cheats For PC

  1. Cheat Mode

    Press [Enter] to input codes:

    Effect Effect
    cheat bird Creates a bird where your cursor is
    cheat die Kills anything selected
    cheat safe 10 Submachine gunners are created
    cheat age research cancel tour age researches
    cheat military research cancel your civic researches
    cheat civic research cancel your civic researches
    cheat commerce research cancel your commerce researches
    cheat science research cancel your science researches
    cheat sandbox Control all players
    cheat finish Finishes what you are building
    cheat nuke Nukes where your cursor is
    cheat reveal Reveals the whole map

    Contributed by: Zen, Kblopes, vegetarian_onos 

  2. Cheat Keys

    During game play, press ENTER to bring up the Chat bar. Type in "cheat keys on" to activate the functions listed below.

    Effect Effect
    Alt+F5 +1,000 to all resources
    Alt+F9 Speeds up selected research/building/unit in progress

    Contributed by: mikaa 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
In-Depth FAQs Building/Unit FAQ by vegetarian_onos 43K

Rise of Nations: Gold Edition Cheats For Macintosh

  1. Rise of Nations: Gold Cheat Codes

    Cheats can be activated while playing by pressing the Return key, which will bring up a chat box. Type the code and then press Return again to activate the code.

    Note that the "cheat nuke" code still drops the Armageddon countdown by one. When the counter reaches zero, all the players automatically lose.

    Note that with the "cheat reveal" code you can only see the terrain. The fog of war still prevents you from seeing changes in enemy territory until you bring at least one unit there.

    Effect Effect
    cheat finish Automatically finishes building the selected item in your build queue.
    cheat bird Creates a bird where the pointer rests.
    cheat safe Creates a platoon of machine gunners around your capital city. Can be repeated as often as is necessary.
    cheat die Destroys whatever unit or building the pointer has selected.
    cheat nuke Detonates a nuclear explosion wherever the pointer happens to be (be careful of its location before you enter this code).
    cheat move move a selected unit to mouse location
    cheat sandbox Reveals the map and brings all computer opponents under your control.
    cheat reveal Reveals the map.

    Contributed by: Polyphenus, Soilder57 

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition Cheats For PC

  1. Steam Achievements

    Achievement
    Train 10,000 air units Air
    Finish a multiplayer game Ambassador
    Collect 5,000 resources from ruins Archaeologist
    Finish a game in Armageddon Armageddon
    Train 50,000 artillery units Artillery
    Win Assassin Assassin
    Win on a Big Huge Map Big Huge
    Win 25 games Brigadier
    Complete Espionage as the USA CIA Spymaster
    Win 10 games Colonel
    Capture a city Conqueror
    Destroy 10,000 buildings Decon
    Collect 1,000,000 resources Economical Guru
    Win 100 games Field Marshal
    Complete the Alexander the Great Campaign Footsteps
    Win 50 games General
    Send resources to an ally Generous
    Research 4 finals in game Genius
    Win Musical Chairs Good Ear
    Build 10,000 buildings Grand Architect
    Complete Espionage as the Soviets KGB Spymaster
    Knockout in Sudden Death Knockout
    Gain control of 250 rare resources Marco Polo
    Train 1,000,000 cavalry units Mass Cavalry
    Train 1,000,000 infantry units Mass Infantry
    Beat Toughest Master Of War
    Complete the Napoleon Campaign Napoleon
    Train 25,000 naval units Naval
    Complete the New World Campaign New World
    Lose 100,000 units Sacrificer
    Win Peaceful Tech Race Science Nerd
    Get a high score on any skill Skilled
    Beat Tougher Student Of War
    Complete the World Map Campaign Supreme
    Kill 50,000 units Tactical
    Win Territory Territory
    Complete the Cold War Campaign Thawed
    Win Wonder Wonder

    Contributed by: Guard Master