Rome: Total War Cheats. Once you witness the cinematic spectacle of 10,000 individually animated troops, you'll understand that this is not your average RTS. These are the known working cheats for Rome: Total War. If you know of some not mentioned that work send them here. To enter them, press the button directly below Esc on your keyboard (usually ` or ) during gameplay to access the console. A translucent black box called RomeShell should appear across the top half of your screen.
While playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Cheat Code |
Increase money by 20,000 [Note] | add_money 20000 |
10% cheaper units in campaign mode | gamestop or bestbuy |
40% bigger elephants in campaign mode | oliphaunt |
Walls fall down in siege in battle map mode | jericho |
Add population to indicated city | add_population [city name] [number] |
Toggle fog of war | toggle_fow |
Give character the trait at indicated level | give_trait [character] [trait] [number] |
Complete all building in construction queue; can only be used once | process_cq [city name] |
Complete all military units in recruitment queue; can only be used once | process_rq [city name] |
Display help for desired command | [command]? |
Attacker or defender automatically wins next auto resolved battle | auto_win [attacker|defender] |
Creates a unit in the selected settlement or characters army with the stats you input | create_unit [settlement or character] [unit ID] [amount] [exp or armor or weapon] |
Lists all traits | list_traits |
Move indicated character to desired coordinates | move_character [name] [x,y] |
Give points for indicated character's trait | give_trait_points [character] [trait] [number] |
Force opponent to accept diplomatic proposal | force_diplomacy [accept|decline|off] |
General invincibile in combat | invulnerable_general [character] |
Changes date | date [year] |
Kill indicated character | kill_character [character] |
Change season | season [summer|winter] |
Capture indicated city | capture_settlement [city name] |
Toggle strategy map coastline display | toggle_coastlines |
Toggle tabbed output window display | toggle_tow |
Toggle camera restrictions | toggle_restrictcam |
Toggle underlay | toggle_underlay |
Toggle overlay | toggle_overlay |
Toggle everyone's spying ability to perfect and infinite range | toggle_perfect_spy |
Toggle building debug mode | building_debug |
Toggle display of simple performance times of game update vs. display | perf_times |
Toggle message collation (sets all factions) | message_collation_set |
Toggle show all messages to all factions | show_all_messages |
Toggle display of campaign map flowing water | toggle_flowing_water |
Toggle display of network stats | nw_stats |
Toggle pr mode | toggle_pr |
Give character an ancillary | give_ancillary |
Reset character to start of turn settings | character_reset |
Show cursor position and region ID | show_cursorstat |
Toggle the terrain to display various data sets; no parameter resets to normal | toggle_terrain |
Give character points for trait | give_trait_points |
List all available ancillaries | list_ancillaries |
Give the character movement points | mp [value] |
List all characters in the world or those belonging to a faction | list_characters |
Show landing positions available to the AI from a given region; default hides them | show_landings |
Apply filter to world map coastlines | filter_coastlines |
Set health of building of the specified type in a settlement | set_building_health [value] |
Set maximum speed of turn processing during AI round | ai_turn_speed [value] |
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for minimum zoom | amdb_min [value] |
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for maximum zoom | amdb_max [value] |
Set aerial map overlay offset towards camera | amdb_offset [value] |
Zoom to specified aerial map zoom | zoom [value] |
Set denominator of the faction ranking graph interval (calculated as number_of_turns divided by denominator); if 0, then denominator will be set to number_of_turns for an interval of 1 | set_ranking_interval [value] |
Regenerate radar | regenerate_radar |
Adjust sea bed to specified height | adjust_sea_bed [value] |
Reload all vertex shaders | reload_shaders |
Reload all textures | reload_textures |
Fire | toggle_game_update [mt|toggle|reload|int] |
Force display reset cycle | reset_display |
Set diplomatic stance between the two factions | diplomatic_stance [value] |
Add all ancillary to the character info display | test_ancillary_localisation |
Ignite all piggy winks | burn_piggies_burn |
Test the event message specified in descr_event_enums.txt | test_message |
Display defensive terrain features | show_terrain_lines |
Clear all stacked messages | clear_messages |
List all units in an army | list_units |
Show victory message for faction for short or long campaign | victory |
Trigger advice | trigger_advice |
Damage wall of settlement | damage_wall [none|gate|breach] |
Open victory scroll declaring that the given faction is the victor | test_victory_scroll |
Trigger unit upgrade effect | upgrade_effect |
Force local player's alliance to win the battle | force_battle_victory |
Force local player's alliance to lose the battle | force_battle_defeat |
Output positions of all units in the battle to the specified file | output_unit_positions [filename] |
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder | show_battle_paths |
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder for specific unit given a unit ID | show_battle_paths_for_unit [value] |
Show the street plan for the settlement | show_battle_street_plan |
Display a marker at x, y for t seconds | show_battle_marker [value] |
Display a circle at x, y of r radius for t seconds | show_battle_circle [value] |
Remove faction from the game | kill_faction [value] |
Create diplomacy mission | diplomacy_mission |
create event at position | event [value] |
Switch player control to specified faction; old faction may not act correctly as AI faction | control [value] |
Create building of the specified type in a settlement | create_building [value] |
Disable AI | disable_ai |
Halts turn sequence just before the start of the specified faction's turn, or the current faction if no faction given | halt_ai [value] |
Restarts an AI turn sequence | run_ai |
Unknown | shadow |
Unknown | ie |
Unknown | puppify_my_love |
Unknown | reapply_rigid_model_influence |
Note: You must do this on the campaign map, and can only be done once per game. After the first time, you must save, quit, and restart the game to use it again.
1. Rome Total War CheatsWhile playing the game, press ~ to display the console window/RomeShell to enter cheats.
- Toggle view modes: [Tab]
- Reset mode: [Right Shift] + [Tab]
- Go back modes: [Left Shift] + [Tab]
- Damages building under pointer: G
- Display plaza: P
Create_unit 'Arretium' 'roman arcani' 5 units max 8 offense max 8 defense max 8 experience points max:
- create_unit 'Arretium' 'roman arcani' 5 8 8 8
- create_unit 'Kotais' 'greek silver shield pikemen' 5 8 8 8 8
- create_unit 'Kotais' 'east hoplite brazen shield' 5 8 8 8 8
- Create_unit 'Arretium' cheat oliphants' 5 8 8 8 8 Yubtseb Elephants (or replace it with merc elephants)
- create_unit 'Campus_Iazyges' 'roman heavy onager' 5 8 8 8 8
- create_unit 'Campus_Alanni' 'roman praetorian cohort urban i''Urban Cohort'
Example:
- add_population Arretium 5000
- add_population Campus_Sarmatae 5000
Total War Rome 2 Cheats
The same principle holds true for completing building under construction: Note: You can only do this once per game session and the codes are case-sensitive.- process_cq Arretium
- process_cq Campus_Sarmatae
Result | Cheat Code |
Increase money by 20,000 [Note] | add_money 20000 |
10% cheaper units in campaign mode | gamestop or bestbuy |
40% bigger elephants in campaign mode | oliphaunt |
Walls fall down in siege in battle map mode | jericho |
Add / Decrease population to indicated city | add_population [city name] [-/number] |
Toggle fog of war | toggle_fow |
Give character the trait at indicated level | give_trait [character] [trait] [number] |
Complete all building in construction queue; can only be used once | process_cq [city name] |
Complete all military units in recruitment queue; can only be used once | process_rq [city name] |
Display help for desired command | [command]? |
Attacker or defender automatically wins next auto resolved battle | auto_win [attacker|defender] |
Creates a unit in the selected settlement or characters army with the stats you input | create_unit [settlement or character] [unit ID] [amount] [exp or armor or weapon] |
Lists all traits | list_traits |
Move indicated character to desired coordinates | move_character [name] [x,y] |
Give points for indicated character's trait | give_trait_points [character] [trait] [number] |
Force opponent to accept diplomatic proposal | force_diplomacy [accept|decline|off] |
General invincibile in combat | invulnerable_general [character] |
Changes date | date [year] |
Kill indicated character | kill_character [character] |
Change season | season [summer|winter] |
Capture indicated city | capture_settlement [city name] |
Toggle strategy map coastline display | toggle_coastlines |
Toggle tabbed output window display | toggle_tow |
Toggle camera restrictions | toggle_restrictcam |
Toggle underlay | toggle_underlay |
Toggle overlay | toggle_overlay |
Toggle everyone's spying ability to perfect and infinite range | toggle_perfect_spy |
Toggle building debug mode | building_debug |
Toggle display of simple performance times of game update vs. display | perf_times |
Toggle message collation (sets all factions) | message_collation_set |
Toggle show all messages to all factions | show_all_messages |
Toggle display of campaign map flowing water | toggle_flowing_water |
Toggle display of network stats | nw_stats |
Toggle pr mode | toggle_pr |
Give character an ancillary | give_ancillary |
Reset character to start of turn settings | character_reset |
Show cursor position and region ID | show_cursorstat |
Toggle the terrain to display various data sets; no parameter resets to normal | toggle_terrain |
Give character points for trait | give_trait_points |
List all available ancillaries | list_ancillaries |
Give the character movement points | mp [value] |
List all characters in the world or those belonging to a faction | list_characters |
Show landing positions available to the AI from a given region; default hides them | show_landings |
Apply filter to world map coastlines | filter_coastlines |
Set health of building of the specified type in a settlement | set_building_health [value] |
Set maximum speed of turn processing during AI round | ai_turn_speed [value] |
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for minimum zoom | amdb_min [value] |
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for maximum zoom | amdb_max [value] |
Set aerial map overlay offset towards camera | amdb_offset [value] |
Zoom to specified aerial map zoom | zoom [value] |
Set denominator of the faction ranking graph interval (calculated as number_of_turns divided by denominator); if 0, then denominator will be set to number_of_turns for an interval of 1 | set_ranking_interval [value] |
Regenerate radar | regenerate_radar |
Adjust sea bed to specified height | adjust_sea_bed [value] |
Reload all vertex shaders | reload_shaders |
Reload all textures | reload_textures |
Fire | toggle_game_update [mt|toggle|reload|int] |
Force display reset cycle | reset_display |
Set diplomatic stance between the two factions | diplomatic_stance [value] |
Add all ancillary to the character info display | test_ancillary_localisation |
Ignite all piggy winks | burn_piggies_burn |
Test the event message specified in descr_event_enums.txt | test_message |
Display defensive terrain features | show_terrain_lines |
Clear all stacked messages | clear_messages |
List all units in an army | list_units |
Show victory message for faction for short or long campaign | victory |
Trigger advice | trigger_advice |
Damage wall of settlement | damage_wall [none|gate|breach] |
Open victory scroll declaring that the given faction is the victor | test_victory_scroll |
Trigger unit upgrade effect | upgrade_effect |
Force local player's alliance to win the battle | force_battle_victory |
Force local player's alliance to lose the battle | force_battle_defeat |
Output positions of all units in the battle to the specified file | output_unit_positions [filename] |
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder | show_battle_paths |
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder for specific unit given a unit ID | show_battle_paths_for_unit [value] |
Show the street plan for the settlement | show_battle_street_plan |
Display a marker at x, y for t seconds | show_battle_marker [value] |
Display a circle at x, y of r radius for t seconds | show_battle_circle [value] |
Remove faction from the game | kill_faction [value] |
Create diplomacy mission | diplomacy_mission |
create event at position | event [value] |
Switch player control to specified faction; old faction may not act correctly as AI faction | control [value] |
Create building of the specified type in a settlement | create_building [value] |
Disable AI | disable_ai |
Halts turn sequence just before the start of the specified faction's turn, or the current faction if no faction given | halt_ai [value] |
Restarts an AI turn sequence | run_ai |
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