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Duke Nukem 3D Hints

Cheat Codes

  • 1 of 20: DNBETA: Shows the message "Pirates Suck!"
  • 2 of 20: DNALLEN: Shows the message "Register Major Stryker Today!"
  • 3 of 20: DNCOSMO/DNTODD: Shows the message "Register Cosmo Today!"
  • 4 of 20: DNVIEW: View Mode, same as F7.
  • 5 of 20: DNUNLOCK: Basically triggers all the switches in the level, so almost all doors open.
  • 6 of 20: DNINVENTORY: All available items.
  • 7 of 20: DNSHOWMAP: Reveals the entire map.
  • 8 of 20: DNKEYS: Yeah, you guessed it--all keys.
  • 9 of 20: DNWEAPONS: All available weapons and ammo (no keys or such).
  • 10 of 20: DNSTUFF/DNITEMS: All items, keys, and weapons.
  • 11 of 20: DNCORNHOLIO/DNKROZ: God mode!
  • 12 of 20: DNHYPER: Unlimited steroids.
  • 13 of 20: DNRATE: Displays frame rate.
  • 14 of 20: DNCASHMAN: Throw dollar bills with space bar!
  • 15 of 20: DNCLIP: Walk through walls (1.1 and higher).
  • 16 of 20: DNMONSTERS: Turns off monsters (early versions only).
  • 17 of 20: DNSKILL#: Changes skill level.  The # is the skill level, from 0 to 3.  Skill level 0 is the equivalent to no monsters.
  • 18 of 20: DNDEBUG: Displays programming information.
  • 19 of 20: DNCOORDS: Displays your coordinates.
  • 20 of 20: DNSCOTTY#: Level warp.  The first # indicates episode number, the second two represents level number.  Example: to warp to E2L8, you'd type DNSCOTTY208.  If you have the shareware version, you don't need to type the middle digit.