Age of Empires 1: The best tips and cheats

We have summarized the best tips and cheats for Age of Empires 1 for you.

Age of Empires 1: You shouldn't do that

1. All villagers in a bucket: You should have a villager and a little wood (120 units) in your spare bag when you are done.
2. Never consume all raw materials completely: During the missions you will notice how sensible it is at least enough wood for a pit to be able to rebuild your civilization in another place after the displacement.
3. Assemble the houses too tightly: If you put an armory in a vacant lot and realize that you won't be able to get anywhere with your stone thrower, you will know why.

Age of Empires 1: You should definitely do that

1. Provide enough resources: Always provide enough food, wood, stones and gold.
2. Build warehouse buildings close to resource locations: This way you have short distances and achieve prosperity faster.
3. Securing resources: To do this, build towers near gold and stone deposits.
4. Secure the village: It is usually enough to draw a wall of buildings around your village with a few archers behind it. If your opponent has heavy siege weapons, build walls and towers. A single cavalryman is very effective against catapults and ballists.
5. Progress into the next era: do that whenever your resources allow. The faster you advance, the greater your military superiority will be. It also brings economic benefits.
6. Group military units: If you have developed the improved bow, 5 archers are enough to prevent an academy unit from getting close to you. If you number each group, the units can be called up more quickly in an emergency.
7. Use natural conditions: Take into account in your development plan that forests and rock faces stand like walls.
8. Convert transport ships: Your opponent can only create 50 moving units like you. If you convert a fully manned transport ship, it makes ten less for the opponent.
9. Priest as a singing field hospital: From the Bronze Age onwards, priests are available to you that you can use to heal troubled troops.
10. Develop ranged weapons skills: Regardless of whether the strengths of your respective people lie in the archery, the towers, the ships or the siege weapons - you will benefit from every people.
11. Explore the map early: this way you know where to find resources and your opponent.

Age of Empires 1: Cheats

To open the chat line, press the [ENTER] key during the game. Enter a cheat and press the [ENTER] key again to confirm.

• photon man - you get a laser gunner.
• bigdaddy - Black speedster with a powerful rocket launcher.
• killx - Kills player number x.
• medusa - villagers become medusas.
• flying dutchman - Heavy warships go ashore.
• Gaia - you can control animals, but lose control of the people.
• home run - win scenario.
• diediedie - All enemies die.
• resign - surrender.
• quarry - 1000 units of stones.
• woodstock - 1000 units of wood.
• pepperoni pizza - 1000 units of food.
• coinage - 1000 units of gold.
• reveal map - map completely visible.
• no fog - switch off "Fog of War".
• hari kari - you are committing suicide.
• big bertha - super powerful catapults.
• icbm - Ballista range 100.
• steroids - Buildings and upgrades are done when you order them, but so are all opponents.
• hoyohoyo - 600 LE and crazy speed for priests.
• black rider - mounted archers turn into black riders; if they are killed, they turn into heavy catapults.
• dark rain - composite archers turn into stealth archers that turn into trees when they stand still.
• jack be nimble - shooting catapults with cows and civilians.
• big momma - white runabout with a weak rocket launcher.
• e = mc2 trooper - New unit with rocket launcher.
• powerjet or pow - baby on tricycle with shotgun.
• hayasa - sumo wrestler with 900 life points.
• Iam a good girl - Amazon with 1200 life points.
• king arthur - birds are turned into dragons with 999 hitpoints.