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Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness Hints

Cheat Codes

  • 1 of 21: Here they are.  Use them wisely.
  • 2 of 21: Press ENTER and type them in.  Do not type the colon.  Everything after the colon is the code description.
  • 3 of 21: VALDEZ: 5000 Oil Units.
  • 4 of 21: MAKE IT SO: Quicker Construction.
  • 5 of 21: ON SCREEN: All Map Revealed.
  • 6 of 21: HATCHET: Super Fast Lumber Chopping.
  • 7 of 21: IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE: Invincible and super-powerful characters.
  • 8 of 21: DECK ME OUT: Upgrade all weapons.
  • 9 of 21: TIGERLILY: Enable level skipping.  Type HUMAN or ORC and then the level number.
  • 10 of 21: GLITTERING PRIZES: Lots of gold, lumber, and oil.
  • 11 of 21: EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES: Unlimited magic, and full magic spells.
  • 12 of 21: UNITE THE CLANS: Win the level
  • 13 of 21: YOU PITIFUL WORM: Lose the level (stupid thing to do!).
  • 14 of 21: UCLA: Says "Go Bruins"
  • 15 of 21: ALLOWSYNC: ????  I tried it in multi-player once, and it crashed.
  • 16 of 21: TITLE: Disables and enables certain cheats.
  • 17 of 21: NOGLUES: Supposedly "disables magic traps".  Don't quite know what that means, maybe makes anyone invincible to the Rune spell??
  • 18 of 21: THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE: Goto ending sequence.
  • 19 of 21: SHOWPATH: Same as ONSCREEN, but areas on map are blacked out.
  • 20 of 21: NETPROF: Laser Light show in background.
  • 21 of 21: FASTDEMO: Makes the demo appear very fast at the title screen.