Hints/Tips and Cheats

Here are my hints, tips and CHEATS for Age of Wonders!

~CHEATS~

To enable cheat mode, enter aow.exe beatrix as your command line *START MENU, then "RUN", then type that in*. Then start the game. At any time during an AoW game, press Ctrl+ Shift+ C. Hearing a chyme, then one at a time, type one of these codes during gameplay.

Gold- Get 1000 Gold!

Mana- Get 1000 Mana!

Lose- Lose the level!

Freemove- Move anywhere unlimited! *GREATEST CHEAT*

Spells- *Get all spells!!*

Research- *GAIN ALL SPELLS!! GREAT CHEAT*

Fog- DIE FOG!

explore- Shows entire map.

Towns- Gain all independent towns on the map, fun cheat!

Win- WIN THE LEVEL! Interseting!

~HINTS/TIPS~

First of all, it is best to surround enemy forces with your own. For example, if you had forty Orc swordsmen, you could place the five groups of the eight next to a retreating force, then make one group move onto the enemy. Therefore you would have forty of your troops in the battle, and they would unable to have any assistance from nearby allies.

When you first start out on the game, <for example, a scenario where you have to build your race> you must send forth scouts and even a hero to gather towns under your rule. Most independent towns have guards, so you will probably have to fight them unless they are among your alignment. If you were the "Good" Elves, and you would move onto an independent "Evil" Orc town, they would definately not negotiate with you to place them under your ruling, so you would have to battle it out to gain control!

Alot of players I have seen sometimes give not enough credit to the "smaller" races such as in height, the Frostlings, Goblins, and even the mighty Dwarves. Do not have any influence upon these rumors or sources of information, for EVERY race has a bit of might in them in their own way, and even some of the hardest races and incredible best upgraded units in the end.