Warcraft 3 keeps a little over twenty working cheat codes, and they all live by one rule: they only fire in single-player campaign missions and offline or custom maps. Type any of them in ranked or ladder multiplayer and nothing happens.
The codes are identical in the classic Reign of Chaos, The Frozen Throne, and the Reforged rerelease. A code that worked at launch still works now, and you enter every one the same way.
We've grouped all of them below by what they actually do, from god mode to instant victory. The Age of Empires 2 cheat codes run the same way, typed into the in-game chat box. The exact text to type sits in the entry-input column of each table.
Every working Warcraft 3 cheat code
Resources and supply
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| GreedIsGood | Adds gold and lumber. With no number it gives 500 of each. | greedisgood [amount] |
| KeyserSoze | Adds gold only. Defaults to 500 when you leave the number off. | keysersoze [amount] |
| LeafItToMe | Adds lumber only. Defaults to 500 when you leave the number off. | leafittome [amount] |
| ThereIsNoSpoon | Unlimited mana for all your units. | thereisnospoon |
| PointBreak | Removes the food and population limit. | pointbreak |
PointBreak is the real no-food-cap code. WhoIsJohnGalt often gets miscredited for it, but that one handles research (see the building table).
Combat
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| WhosYourDaddy | God mode. Your units are invincible and kill enemy units and buildings in one hit. Enter it again to switch it off. | whosyourdaddy |
| TheDudeAbides | Removes spell and ability cooldowns. | thedudeabides |
| IocainePowder | Makes units die and decay faster. | iocainepowder |
Building and tech
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| WarpTen | Speeds up construction of buildings and units. | warpten |
| Synergy | Disables tech-tree prerequisites, so you can build or train units without the usual prerequisite structures. | synergy |
| WhoIsJohnGalt | Enables and speeds up research. | whoisjohngalt |
| SharpAndShiny | Instantly upgrades all your units and buildings by one level. | sharpandshiny |
Synergy removes the prerequisite chain outright, so it does more than speed things up. It lets you skip straight to advanced units.
Vision and time of day
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| IseeDeadPeople | Removes the fog of war and reveals the map. | iseedeadpeople |
| RiseAndShine | Sets the time of day to dawn. | riseandshine |
| LightsOut | Sets the time of day to dusk. | lightsout |
| DaylightSavings | Sets a specific time of day, or toggles the day-night cycle. | daylightsavings [time] |
Mission control
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs | Instant victory on the current mission. | allyourbasearebelongtous |
| SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb | Instant defeat. | somebodysetupusthebomb |
| StrengthAndHonor | Makes you immune to defeat, so a mission can't be lost. | strengthandhonor |
| ItVexesMe | Stops you from triggering victory. | itvexesme |
Two easy mix-ups here. StrengthAndHonor prevents defeat and is not an instant-loss code, while some lists misspell the defeat code as "somebodysetusupthebomb" when the working order is somebodysetupusthebomb.
Level select and extras
| Code | Effect | Entry input |
|---|---|---|
| Motherland | Jumps to a chosen mission or tech level for a given race. | motherland <race> <level> |
| TenthLevelTaurenChieftain | Plays a hidden song, in The Frozen Throne and later releases. | tenthleveltaurenchieftain |
How to enter cheats in Warcraft 3
Entry is the same on PC and Mac, and the same in classic Warcraft 3 and Reforged. Press Enter during a mission to open the message box, type the code, then press Enter again.
Case doesn't matter, so WhosYourDaddy and whosyourdaddy both work. StarCraft and StarCraft 2 cheats share that same case-insensitive chat entry. A confirmation appears when the code lands: "Cheat Code Enabled" in classic, and "Cheat enabled!" in Reforged.
Codes only run in single-player missions and offline or custom maps. They're switched off in ranked and ladder play, so there's no point trying them online.
Three of them toggle. WhosYourDaddy, IseeDeadPeople, and ThereIsNoSpoon switch back off when you enter the same code a second time. That toggle behavior comes from the player community rather than Blizzard's own code page.
What cheats do to achievements
Warcraft 3 does not run on Steam, so there are no Steam achievements or trophies to lose. Both the classic game and Reforged run through Blizzard's own client. Steam-based strategy games differ, and HOI4 cheat commands lock you out of achievements on any non-Ironman save.
Reforged does add in-game campaign achievements and profile-portrait unlocks. Here is the honest catch: a Blizzard community forum thread shows players unlocking those achievements and portraits with codes like AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs, without finishing the requirements the normal way.
No Blizzard developer has confirmed that this is intended, so we'd read it as an unpatched oversight rather than a feature. If you want to earn those portraits legitimately, skip the codes on the missions that grant them.
Do any codes not work in Reforged?
No. Reforged uses the same cheat codes as the original release, with the same spellings and the same effects. Multiple independent guides and a Blizzard community forum thread all line up on this. For a modern 4X, the Stellaris cheat codes are far longer but work on the same principle.
You'll also see a claim that some codes were pulled from Reforged for being too powerful. It's unsourced, every other source contradicts it, and we don't treat it as true.
One more piece of folklore: a few lists mention a removecheats command to turn every code off at once. We couldn't confirm removecheats in Blizzard's list or any community guide, so treat it as unconfirmed. Warcraft 3 has no known single disable-all command, and the three toggle codes above are the only ones you switch off manually.
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