Cheats

This page lists known, verified (except where noted), cheat codes and other ways to cheat (without using trainers or the like) for Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2.

Dungeon Keeper

Prototypes

Note: these do not work on the final retail game.

Cheat Menus

• Pressing ⌅ Enter on the number pad brings up this cheat menu:

Cheat Codes

Code	Effect
Place tunneller mode	Places a red level 1 Tunneller.
Place creature mode	Places a red Ghost (21 May 1997 build), or a random creature (28 May 1997 build), of a random level. Only creates creatures, never heroes.
Place hero mode	Places a white random hero of a random level.
Destroy Walls mode	Casts Destroy Walls (However, this still costs gold).
Disease mode	Casts Disease (still costs gold).
Peter mode	Casts Chicken (still costs gold).
Passenger control mode	Allows you to view what the target is doing from its point of view in Possess Creature mode, but offers no control over it (similar to what happens when a Chicken is possessed). Only works on your own creatures.
Direct control mode	Casts Possess Creature. Only works on your own creatures.
Order creature mode	Enables you to order the target around the level. You click on the target, and then the destination, and the creature will go there.

• Possessing a creature and pressing F12 bring up this menu:

Selecting 'Give controlled creature spells' brings up this menu, though it doesn't seem to be functional:

Level Select

To skip to a specific level, run the game with the / level n (where n is the level number) parameter.

Dungeon Keeper FX

Cheat Menus

As above, but the menus have more options and are easier to use. The codes are the same as the prototypes, but the game needs to be run with the -alex parameter.

As of KeeperFX 0.4.9, these cheats are as follows:

Cheat Codes

Code	Effect
Place digger mode	Places a Tunneller or an Imp, depending on the player selected via the number pad. Level is selected via the numbers (0 for 10); the default is 1.
Place creature mode	Places the selected creature of the selected level belonging to the player selected on the number pad. Default is the player you are playing as. Only creates creatures, never heroes. Press ⇧ Shift to cycle through creatures.
Place hero mode	Same as above, but for heroes.
Destroy Walls mode	Casts Destroy Walls (free).
Disease mode	Casts Disease (free).
Peter mode	Casts Chicken (free).
Create gold mode	Places a Gold pot at the co-ordinates clicked on.
Steal room mode	Takes over a room when you click on it. The new owner is specified by the number pad. Default is the player you are playing as.
Destroy room mode	Destroys a room you click on.
Steal slab mode	Takes over an ownable slab you click on. Player is specified by via the number pad. Default is the player you are playing as. Dirt path becomes claimed path and earth tiles become fortified walls.
Place terrain mode	Places the specified (via the number pad) terrain type at the co-ordinates you click on. Owner is selected via the keyboard numbers. Other terrain types can be selected by shifting through them with the ⇧ Shift key. 0 - Impenetrable rock 1 - Gold seam 2 - Gem seam 3 - Earth 4 - Earth (with torch(es)) 5 - Dirt path 6 - Claimed path 7 - Lava 8 - Water 9 - Reinforced wall
Passenger control mode	Same as above; allows you to view what the target is doing from its point of view in Possess Creature mode, but offers no control over it. Now works with every creature.
Direct control mode	Casts Possess Creature. Now works on every creature.
Order creature mode	Enables you to order the target around the level; you can have the creature move to the location of your choice without possessing it. Left-click on the creature to release it.
Kill creature mode	Kills the target creature.
Destroy thing mode	Destroys the selected thing, completely removing it from the game. Doors crumble; everything else simply vanishes.
Turncoat mode	Changes the owner of the target creature. Player is specified via the number pad. Default is the player you are playing as.
Level up mode	Increases the experience level of the target creature.
Level down mode	Decreases the experience level of the target creature.
Query mode	Same as querying, but works on any creature, or even any thing or room (using it on non-creatures brings up a dialogue box with information on it; however, this is not updated as it's displayed).
Make happy mode	Erases all the target creature's anger.
Make angry mode	Makes the target creature extremely angry.
Kill player mode	Instantly destroys the player selected via the number pad, provided that player has a Dungeon Heart.
Edit heart health	Pressing + or - increments and decrements the chosen player's Dungeon Heart's health respectively, and pressing ⇧ Shift and comma (<) or full stop (>) decrements and increments it by 100 respectively. Pressing ⇧ Shift and forward slash (?) displays its current health. Use the number keys to select the player.

Pressing ⌅ Enter whilst in possession brings up this menu.

• Give controlled creature spells brings up the same menu as above, but still doesn't seem to work.

Pressing F12 whilst in possession of a creature brings up this menu, which allows you to select its "instance", regardless of whether it's actually available. The currently-selected instance is highlighted.

All three menus can be moved around the screen.

Level Select

Same as above, but with no space between the / (which can also be -) and 'level'.

Level Skip/Navigation

Run the game with the -alex parameter, then use the following key combinations on the level screen:

• ^ Ctrl+F10 - skip to next level
• ^ Ctrl+F9 - return to previous level
• ^ Ctrl+F11 - show all levels, including the secret ones (including the Full Moon level). However, this seems to show the flags for the levels of all campaigns, so things can get confusing.

Unverified codes

These codes have circulated, but have not been demonstrated to work on any known build of the game. It is unknown which version(s) they are supposed to work on, whether certain conditions need to be met, or if these are fake.

Location	Code	Effect	Source(s)
Main Menu	please give all	Unlock everything
in-game	DKLVLSKP	Level skip
in-game	DKLLSTERS	All monsters available
in-game	DKND	End level

Dungeon Keeper 2

Level Select

Run the game with the -level levelname -q (where levelname is 'level' for a campaign level, or 'secret' for a secret level, followed (without a space) by the number) For levels with multiple versions, append the letter to the number. For example, to go to version b of Carnage, enter:

-level level11b -q.

You can actually enter any level name, as long as a level by that exact name exists in the maps subdirectory.

General

Press ^ Ctrl+⎇ Alt+C during a game (you'll hear a door sliding sound), then enter one of the following codes (note: these seem to only work with certain keyboard layouts, such as the UK layout (but not the UK Extended layout). However, you do not need a physical UK keyboard; you can simply install the UK layout (or any other layout) in Windows and use that for the game.):

Cheat Codes

Code	Effect	Source
do not fear the reaper	Win current level
now the rain has gone	Reveal map
ha ha thisaway ha ha thataway	Gain 100,000 Mana
feel the power	All your creatures instantly level up to level 10
this is my church	All rooms become available
fit the best	All traps and doors become available
i believe its magic	All spells become available
show me the money	Give yourself gold

On successful entry of a code, the same sliding sound is heard. A slightly heavier one indicates that an incorrect code was entered.

On version 1.51 and higher, cheats are disabled in multiplayer mode.

Unlock secret levels

Using a registry editor, go to Configuration\Player where the settings for Dungeon Keeper 2 are stored (e.g. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II). Edit the Secret Levels value so that there are four 4-octet booleans set to true adjacent to each other (in layman's terms, put a 1 followed by three zeros). Make sure to delete any extra values resulting from this action; if this value's isn't the right size (see the screenshot), the game will remove it and overwrite it with all zeroes.

Unlock campaign levels

In the 'Player Level Status' value in the registry are 25 4-octet integers, each representing its corresponding level's availability status. Setting each one to 1 will unlock every non-secret campaign level, including all versions of the multiple-choice levels. If you've already beaten the campaign, simply change each non-1 (for every 4 octets; leave the three 0s in between each value alone) to a 1. Make sure the 'Level Number' value is correct (this seems to include the multiple-choice levels, so the maximum value is higher than 20), or the game may get confused as to which level you're currently on.

Unlock Chicken spell in Campaign mode

The Chicken spell is only available in Campaign mode after you win all the secret levels (excluding Imp Invasion). To make the game think you've done so, do the same as above (Unlock secret levels), but on the Secret Levels Completed value.

Transfer creature

Go the game's registry settings (e.g. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II). In Configuration\Player, there are two settings: Transfer Creature ID and Transfer Creature Level. These values determine which creature will be "transferred" when you next load a level and its experience level (and are reset to 0 when a level is loaded).

The creature values (in decimal) are as follows:

1. Imp
2. Prince Tristran
3. Bile Demon
4. Mistress
5. Warlock
6. Dark Elf
7. Goblin
8. Vampire
9. Skeleton
10. Troll
11. Salamander
12. Firefly
13. Knight
14. Dwarf
15. Giant
16. Wizard
17. Elven Archer
18. Thief
19. Monk
20. Fairy
21. King Reginald
22. Black Knight
23. Dark Angel
24. Rogue
25. Guard
26. Prince Felix
27. Horny
28. Stone Knight
29. Lord of the Land
30. Royal Guard
31. Prince Balder
32. Firefly (Elite)
33. Goblin (Elite)
34. Warlock (Elite)
35. Troll (Elite)
36. Dark Elf (Elite)
37. Skeleton (Elite)
38. Mistress (Elite)
39. Salamander (Elite)
40. Rogue (Elite)
41. Bile Demon (Elite)
42. Vampire (Elite)
43. Black Knight (Elite)
44. Dark Angel (Elite)
45. Maiden
46. Jack

See Also

• Easter Eggs