Age of Mythology brought a refreshing angle to the RTS genre in 2002. The team behind the wildly popular Age of Empires decided to spin off their impressive "nation-building" real-time strategy franchise and entered a world of deities and mythological creatures. Age of Mythology had a heavy focus on legends from Norse, Egyptian, and Greek folklore, rather than historically accurate events and battles. The end result saw a very successful title that received platinum status and became an instant cult classic throughout the RTS fanbase.

RELATED: 10 Pro Tips For Age Of Empires 3 That You Need To Know

It even received an expansion in 2003 with The Titans and was so beloved that it managed to make its way to the Steam platform in 2014 with the Extended Edition. It once again rose in relevant popularity, so much so that it received another expansion in 2016 with Tale of the Dragon. Thanks to its inclusion on Steam, it's much easier for current gamers to get their hands on the entertaining release and the title manages to hold up exceedingly well, even in the modern age.

One of the best things developer Ensemble Studios placed into Age of Mythology are the helpful and sometimes hilarious cheat codes. Here's a look at each and every one of them and what they do.

Age Of Mythology Base

The following codes will work as long as you have the base version of Age of Mythology and can be used throughout each of the expansions as well. To enter any of these cheat codes you'll need to hit the Enter key while in a game and then type one of the following codes into the text box before hitting Enter a second time to activate it. It's important to note that these codes must be entered in ALL CAPS to work correctly.

Codes for Resources

The following cheats will give you an infusion of resources each time you add them and can be used as many times as you'd like:

  • 1000 x Wood: TROJAN HORSE FOR SALE
  • 1000 x Food: JUNK FOOD NIGHT
  • 1000 x Gold: ATM OF EREBUS
  • Maximum Favor: MOUNT OLYMPUS

RELATED: 10 Video Games That Pioneered Online Multiplayer Before It Was Popular

Codes for God Powers

These cheats will award you with the following God powers (and can be pretty hilarious to tinker with):

  • Chicken-Meteor God Power: BAWK BAWK BOOM
  • Turn all units on the map into goats: GOATUNHEIM
  • Gain access to Tornado, Earthquake, Meteor, and Lightning Storm: WRATH OF THE GODS
  • Walking berry bushes: FEAR THE FORAGE
  • Gain a handful of random God Powers: PANDORAS BOX
  • User a previous God Power again: DIVINE INTERVENTION

Cheats To Gain Units

The following codes will summon, spawn, or give access to some powerful (and sometimes comical) units:

  • Flying Purple Hippo: WUV WOO
  • Lazer Bear: O CANADA
  • Forkboy: TINES OF POWER
  • A Bunch of Monkeys: I WANT TEH MONKEYS!!!1! (That's not a typo, the 1 is part of the code).
  • All The Campaign Heroes: ISIS HEAR MY PLEA

Random Base Game Cheats

There are a variety of cheats that do some pretty entertaining and useful stuff but don't really fit in any particular category. Here's all the rest of the codes available:

  • Reveal the map: LAY OF THE LAND
  • Hide the map: UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT
  • Reveal all the animals on a map: SET ASCENDANT
  • Flatten every herd animal: ENGINEERED GRAIN
  • Give Titan AI 1000% handicap: MR. MONDAY
  • Turn water red: RED TIDE
  • Cycle light settings (there are 4 total): IN DARKEST NIGHT
  • Slow game speed: CONSIDER THE INTERNET
  • Fast game speed: LETS GO!  NOW! (Important note: There are two spaces between GO! and NOW!)
  • Instant building speed: L33T SUPA H4X0R
  • Skip a scenario during Campaign Mode: CHANNEL SURFING
  • Instantly Win the game: THRILL OF VICTORY

Age Of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology didn't just find its way to Steam, it also received an "upgraded version" in Age of Mythology: Extended Edition. The following codes will only work with that particular copy and are entered in the same manner as the base game, by hitting Enter to open the dialogue box and typing in ALL CAPS.

RELATED: The 10 Hardest RTS Games Ever Made, Ranked

Here's a look at every additional code available:

  • Turn all units into Titans: WRATH OF CYCLONE
  • Allow Titans to swim: TITANIC
  • Four random God Powers (Including possible Chinese ones): POWERS FROM DIYU
  • All the Tale of Dragons campaign heroes: BLESS ME FU XI
  • Unlimited God powers, 100 times build & research speed, 100,000 of each resource, max population cap: NINJACONNOR

There is even a funny little easter egg code that will cause all of your Chinese Monks to emit a familiar cry when converting enemies. Age of Empires savvy players will be familiar with the iconic Wololo sound from the original Age of Empires:

  • Chinese Monk Sound Swap: WOLOLO

Age Of Mythology: The Titans

The Titans added a lot of great content to Age of Mythology and allowed players to go through their favorite scenarios and multiplayer battles all over again. It was just the infusion that the popular title needed and these additional codes will add extra replayability for anyone who owns the expansion.

Here are all the extra cheats you can find in The Titans:

  • Instant Titan: TITANOMACHY
  • Pandoras box but with added Atlantean powers: ZENOS PARADOX
  • Summon all Atlantean Heroes: ATLANTIS REBORN
  • All buildings on the map instantly unbuild: RESET BUTTON
  • All units on the map randomly change ownership: TINFOIL HAT
  • Summon a dog, named Bella: BARKBARKBARKBARKBARK (5 total barks)

NEXT10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do In Age Of Empires 3