PC - Windows : Age of Empires III Cheats
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Unlimited Resources
Use a text editor to edit the "proto.xml" file in the "data" directory in the game folder. Note: You may first need to uncheck the "Read Only" attribute of that file's properties in Windows Explorer. Search for the text "CrateOf". You will find CrateofFood, CrateofCoin, CrateofWood, CrateofFoodLarge, CrafteofCoinLarge, and CrateofWoodLarge. For all these entries, find the tag "InitialResourceCount" and change the count to whatever desired. For example, the normal crates each have "100.000" of the resources. You can change the "100" to "99999.000", etc.
Unlimited Unlock Points in Single player
Open the sp_yourcityname_homecity.xml file located in \My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Savegame (dont forget to make a backup of this file) find this line [skillpoints).
The line should look like this [skillpoints)xx[/skillpoints), where x is the number of skillpoints you currently have. Change the xx to a high number such as 999, save the file and start Age of Empires 3. Go into a skirmish game, go to manage your city and you will now have 999 unlock points to unlock various things for your city.
Easy Leveling in Single Player
Open the sp_yourcityname_homecity.xml file in the My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Savegame (dont forget to make a back up first) folder, search for [level].
You will see something like this [level]xx[/level], put in 99 for the xx, save the file, go into the game and play a skirmish. Now you are level 99 !
Cheat mode
Hit the ENTER key and type the codes below in the chat window
Code - Result:
[censored] - Gives 10,000 wood
Nova & Orion - Gives 10,000 XP
this is too hard - Win in singleplayer
Medium Rare Please - Gives 10,000 food
Give me liberty or give me coin - Gives 10,000 coin
X marks the spot - Reveals map (fog of war still there)
Speed always wins - Turns on 100x gather/build rates
Sooo Good - "Musketeer'ed!" when killed by Musketeers
A recent study indicated that 100% of herdables are obese - Fattens all animals on map