Use a text editor to edit the "proto.xml" file in the "data" directory in the game folder. Note: You may first need to uncheck the "Read Only" attribute of that file's properties in Windows Explorer. Search for the text "CrateOf". You will find CrateofFood, CrateofCoin, CrateofWood, CrateofFoodLarge, CrafteofCoinLarge, and CrateofWoodLarge. For all these entries, find the tag "InitialResourceCount" and change the count to whatever desired. For example, the normal crates each have "100.000" of the resources. You can change the "100" to "99999.000", etc.
A recent study indicated that 100% of herdables are obese
Gives 10,000 coin
Give me liberty or give me coin
Gives 10,000 food
Medium Rare Please
Gives 10,000 XP
Nova & Orion
Destroys all the enemy boats on the map
Shiver me Timpers!
Turn on “Musketeer’ed!” when you get killed by Musketeers
Sooo Good
Turns on 100x gather/build rates
Speed always wins
Win in singleplayer
this is too hard
Spawns a big red monster truck that can run over anything
tuck tuck tuck
George Crushington
Where's that axe?
Reveals map (fog of war still there)
X marks the spot
Spawns the Mediocre Bombard at your Home City gather point
Ya gotta make do with what ya got
10/20/2005
Easy Leveling in Single Player
Open the sp_yourcityname_homecity.xml file in the My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Savegame (dont forget to make a back up first) folder, search for <level>. You will see something like this <level>xx</level>, put in 99 for the xx, save the file, go into the game and play a skirmish. Now you are level 99 !
10/20/2005
Unlimited Unlock Points in Single player
Open the sp_yourcityname_homecity.xml file located in \My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Savegame (dont forget to make a backup of this file) find this line <skillpoints>.The line should look like this <skillpoints>xx</skillpoints>, where x is the number of skillpoints you currently have. Change the xx to a high number such as 999, save the file and start Age of Empires 3. Go into a skirmish game, go to manage your city and you will now have 999 unlock points to unlock various things for your city.
1/10/2006
Access Hidden Units in Editor
There are several secret units that don't, at the moment of this writing, have a code to access them during games. Despite this, they can still be accessed in the editor through a simple process. First, place a unit on the map, then select the "Replace Unit" command under "Objects." In the drop down menu, select Fluffy, Flying Purple Tapir, Learicorn, George Crushington, Lazerbear, or Monster Truck A and then click replace unit.