Everything you need to start your conquest in Rise of Nations is here. This FREE starter guide was lovingly crafted by Brian Reynolds (of Big Huge Games), who created the game. Tips from the source!

Get the guide here.

Press ENTER during gameplay, then enter one of the cheats listed below to activate it:

• 1000 more resources: cheat resource all+1000
• Adjust damage: cheat damage (name or no entry)(+ or -)(number)
• AI state: cheat ai (on, off or debug)
• Alliance with nation: cheat ally (nation name)
• Change explore: cheat explore (normal, explored, all)
• Defeat nation: cheat defeat (nation name)
• Deploy units: cheat deploy
• Drop nuke at pointer: cheat nuke
• Drop Wild Bird at pointer: cheat bird
• Encounter with nation: cheat meet (nation name)
• Finish building or next item: cheat finish
• Kill all selected objects: cheat die
• Make all players human: cheat sandbox
• Pack units: cheat pack
• Peace with nation: cheat peace (nation name)
• Put building at pointer: cheat insert (number)(type)(who=RED)(x,y)
• Put unit or building at pointer: cheat add (number)(type)(who=RED)(x,y)
• Put machine guns around human capitals: cheat safe
• Set difficulty: cheat diff (0-5)
• Show achievements: cheat achieve
• Show/change commerce level for nation: cheat commerce (number)(nation name)
• Show/change library tech levels for nation: cheat library (number)(nation name)
• Show/change military level for nation: cheat military (number)(nation name)
• Show/change nation age: cheat age (number)(nation name)
• Show/change resource: cheat resource (name)(goodtype or all)(+ or -)(number)
• Show/change science level for nation: cheat science (number)(nation name)
• Show/change technology: cheat tech (name)(tech or all)(on or off)
• Show combat ranges: cheat ranges (0 or 1)
• Show full map: cheat reveal (on or off)
• Toggle computer control off: cheat human (name)
• Toggle computer control on: cheat computer (name)
• Toggle pause: cheat pause (0 or 1)
• Turn encounter off with nation: cheat unmeet (nation name)
• Victory for nation: cheat victory (nation name)
• War with nation: cheat war (nation name)