Cheats aren't always a bad thing in video games. When grinding gets boring or certain mechanics become a pain, players might find that activating cheats makes it much easier to enjoy a game, and this may be the case for many Age of Mythology: Retold fans.

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This guide shows players how they can enable cheats in Age of Mythology: Retold and lists all of the cheats made available in the game, whether they're brand new cheats or returning for the remake.

Updated on December 23, 2025, by Ashely Claudino: On September 30, 2025, the Heavenly Spear expansion pack was released for Age of Mythology: Retold. Besides the various pantheons that players already had in the base game, those who purchased the DLC got access to a series of Japanese deities and pantheons. This allowed them to explore all sorts new strategy, become acquainted with new titans from Japanese mythology. These additions added replay value to the game and gave players another reason to sink dozens of hours back into Age of Mythology. We have updated this guide with information on the cheat codes added to Age of Mythology: Retold in the latest expansion pack. Nine brand-new cheat codes were introduced to the game, making it easier to summon heroes and other special characters.

How to Use Cheats in Age of Mythology: Retold

Gamers who want to activate cheats in Age of Mythology: Retold will have to do it through the chat box, which they can access by pressing Enter on PC or selecting the Open Chat option in the Pause menu on Xbox.

Then, when they know which cheat they want to activate, all they need to do is type the cheat code and send the message to activate it. It is important that players type each cheat exactly right, as the system is case sensitive and will only work if players write the cheat codes in all capital letters. Below, gamers will find a list of all the cheats that work in the Age of Mythology: Retold base game and its DLC, Heavenly Spear.

Age of Mythology: Retold Cheats

In total, there are 48 cheat codes that can be used in the Age of Mythology base game. Some change settings and allow players to customize how they want to play the game, some provide useful items and loot, some are extremely silly and will get a laugh out of almost any player, and others are extremely overpowered, allowing players to use god powers whenever they please.

The cheat codes that players decide to use is up to them, and it depends on the kind of experience that they want from Age of Mythology: Retold. They may want to try out all the silly gimmicks at their disposal, or they might just want to tone down the difficulty up a notch. Either way, here are all of the cheat codes available in Age of Mythology: Retold:

Cheat code

Effects

DEVASD
  • +10,000 Food
  • +10,000 Wood
  • +10,000 Gold
  • +10,000 Favor
  • +200 Population cap
  • Unlimited godpower casts
  • Spawns 3 UFOs
  • Disables fog of war
  • Grants Scout units fast movement speed (use twice to disable this perk)

STONKS
  • +10,000 Food
  • +10,000 Wood
  • +10,000 Gold
  • +10,000 Favor

JUNK FOOD NIGHT
  • +1,000 Food

TROJAN HORSE FOR SALE
  • +1,000 Wood

ATM OF EREBUS
  • +1,000 Gold

MOUNT OLYMPUS1,000 Favor
  • +1,000 Favor

ENGINEERED GRAIN
  • Fattens herd animals

ATLANTIS REBORN

Spawns:

  • Kastor
  • Older Amanra
  • Older Ajax
  • Folstagg

BARKBARKBARKBARKBARK

Spawns:

  • Bella, the Superdog

BIG PROMO

Spawns:

  • Prometheus

FOOTY

Spawns:

  • A football and a Mountain Giant

ISIS HEAR MY PLEA

Spawns:

  • Arkantos
  • Amanra
  • Ajax
  • Odysseus
  • Chiron
  • Eitri
  • Brokk
  • Reginleif
  • Setna

I WANT TEH MONKEYS!!!1!

Spawns:

  • 100 monkeys

KRO NO!

Spawns:

  • Kronos

MOTHER NATURE

Spawns:

  • Gaia

MR.MONDAY

Spawns:

  • Grants Titan AI 1,000 percent handicap

O CANADA

Spawns:

  • Lazer Bear

PIECE CARTS?

Spawns:

  • Osiris

SET ASCENDANT

Grants vision over all animals on the map

TINES OF POWER

Spawns:

  • Forkboy

TINFOIL HAT

Randomizes the owner of each unit on the map

TITAN MONARCHY

Spawns:

  • a Titan

WRATH OF CYCLONE

All living, non-Nature units are turned into Titans

WUV WOO

Spawns:

  • a flying purple hippo

BAWK BAWK BOOM

Grants Chicken-Meteor god power

DIVINE INTERVENTION

Grants an additional charge for all god powers that have been unlocked

FEAR THE FORAGE

Grants the Walking Berry Bushes god power

GOATUNHEIM

Grants the Goatunheim god power

GREEK TO ME

Grants four random Greek god powers but replaces existing god powers

HOTLANTIS

Grants four random Atlantean god powers but replaces existing god powers

N.D. NILE

Grants four random Egyptian god powers but replaces existing god powers

OF NORSE NOT!

Grants four random Norse god powers but replaces existing god powers

PANDORAS BOX

Grants four random Greek, Egyptian, Norse, and Atlantean god powers but replaces existing god powers

WRATH OF THE GODS

Grants Lightning Storm, Earthquake, Meteor, and Tornado god powers with unlimited uses but replaces existing god powers

ZENOS PARADOX

Grants four random god powers but replaces existing god powers

CHANNEL SURFING

Skips the next cutscene in campaign mode

CLEAR SKIES

Reveals the map entirely (use twice to disable this perk)

CONSIDER THE INTERNET

Slows down game speed

IN DARKEST NIGHT

Cycles through light settings

L33T SUPA H4X0R

Increases building, training, gathering, and researching speed, making it 100x faster

LAY OF THE LAND

Reveals the map

LETS GO! NOW!

Doubles game speed

METEOR ROULETTE

Hit a random player on the map with a meteor

RED TIDE

Turns the water red and kills all fish

RESET BUTTON

Destroy all units and buildings except Town Centers or Citadel Centers

THRILL OF VICTORY

Wins the game immediately

UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT

Hides the map

ZAP EM

Bolts idle villagers after 15 seconds

Heavenly Spear DLC Cheat Codes

Players might've been familiar with most of the cheat codes that worked in Age of Mythology: Retold, as many of them were already available in the original version of the game. As for the Heavenly Spear DLC codes, they are all new and provide unique effects.

Since these codes are all related to units added to the game with the Heavenly Spear DLC, players that only own the base game will not be able to activate them. If they attempt to use them, nothing will happen.

Here are all of the cheat codes that can be activated with the Heavenly Spear DLC in Age of Mythology: Retold:

Cheat code

Effects

SHINTO SHUFFLE

Gain four Japanese God Powers from Age 1, 2, 3, and 4. Replaces existing God Powers

SHINOBI WAN KENOBI

Spawns:

  • powerful Shinobi

DANK MEMES

Every unit turns into a Kappa

OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU

Enemy military units are blasted by a shockwave and instantly die after this code is activated

GOTTA CATCH EM ALL

Grants the player one of every unit with the tag 'LogicalTypeTrainableMythUnit'

YOUR RELICS IS IN ANOTHER TEMPLE

Spawns:

  • Five relics outside the player's temple

HEAVENLY LOST

Summons Japanese Single Player Campaign heroes

SHUKAKU

Summons a Tanuki unit

MEGA MYTHS

All Myth Units on the map become 10 percent larger. This code can be used repeatedly
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8 /10

Age of Mythology: Retold
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Systems
PC-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 86%
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Released
September 4, 2024
ESRB
T For Teen Due To Violence
Developer(s)
World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Capture Age, Tantalus Media, Virtuos
Publisher(s)
Xbox Game Studios
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
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Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Franchise
Age of Mythology, Age of Empires
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
Genre(s)
Strategy
OpenCritic Rating
Strong
How Long To Beat
16 Hours
X|S Optimized
Yes
File Size Xbox Series
23 GB (September 2024)

Source: Age of Empires Support