Cheating in Savage Empire

Savage Empire does contain internal cheat options, but they are normally de-activated. However, diligent Avatars can circumvent that problem easily.

The Alt-Cheat-Codes

The programmers worked really hard to remove any kind of cheating from the game and even went so far to de-activate all the developers commands. However, with the little program MDHack the commands can be re-activated. Just use the program under DOSBox and specify the Savage Empire directory.

Warning: Do this directly after installing the game or wiping the previous save, since with a game already in progress, it can lead to odd effects.

With that done, the following options are available by typing [Alt] + (Number on Keypad). More codes do exist, but they are irrelevant to cheating. Pleae also note that all numbers are in hexadecimal.

Divination

[Alt]+213 gives an instant overview of the area, as if using the spell Eagle Eye. It also gives the current time of the day and the coordinates of the party (x/y/z).

Teleport to Area

[Alt]+214 opens a prompt for entering the new x/y/z-coordinates in hexadecimal. The z-number goes to the underground maps, if higher than 0. A list of possible locations follows:

Location	X	Y	Z
Kurak Tribe	19c	126	0
Disquiqui Tribe	17a	22e	0
Yolaru Tribe	24f	144	0
Rafkin's Laboratory	1dc	18e	0
Old Pindiro Village	183	053	0
Nahuatla Tribe	225	213	0
Barrab Tribe	0f1	262	0
The Great Mesa	0a4	1e4	0
Sulfur Pits	2f5	23e	0
Jukari Tribe	2ac	335	0
Jukari Sacred Cave	3a1	34d	0
Pindiro Tribe	243	074	0
Fritz' Cave	1f0	04d	0
Barako Tribe	155	0d2	0
Waterfall Cave	124	044	0
Haakur Tribe	08d	02a	2
Spider Cave	389	2ed	0
Sakkhra Tribe	0ce	0a4	2
Urali Swamp	335	153	2
Urali Tribe	3e4	155	0
Fabozz' Prison	031	0cf	2
Aiela's Prison	074	0a4	2
Topuru's Island	111	0ba	0
Denys' Cave	2dd	19e	0
The Thunderer	0d4	192	0
Teleport Plaza	0b9	1c6	0
Drum Hill	216	1c8	0
Entrance to Kotl	092	084	3
Timestop Chamber	0c5	034	3

Adavance Time

[Alt]+215 advances game time by one hour, thus negating the need for waiting around.

Ether Mode

[Alt]+222 toggled the solidity mode of the Avatar and party on or off. When on, they are ethereal and can walk through all kind of obstacles like trees, doors and even walls without any kind of problem.

Teleport to NPC

[Alt]+224 opens a prompt for entering the value for a specific NPC. The party is then teleported to the NPC in question. The numbers are found in the following list.

Value	NPC	Value	NPC	Value	NPC
01	Avatar	02	Aiela	03	Dokray
04	Jimmy	05	Dr. Spector	06	Kysstaa
07	Dr. Rafkin	08	Shamuru	09	Triolo
0a	Ugyuk	0b	Yunapotli	0c	(empty)
10	Aloron	11	Apaton	12	Atlipacta
13	Balakai	14	Chafblum	15	Chizzztl
16	Cleese	17	Darden	18	Denys
19	Fabozz	1a	Fritz	1b	Grugorr
1c	Guoblum	1d	Halawa	1e	Halisa
1f	Huitlapacti	20	Inara	21	Intanya
22	Jumu	23	Katalkotl	24	Kipotli
25	Ksssindra	26	Larrifin	27	Lerei
28	Moctapotl	29	Mosagann	2a	Nakai
2b	Nawl	2c	Oaxtepac	2d	Pever
2e	Sahree	2f	Dr. Spector	30	Sysskarr
31	Tlapatla	32	Topuru	33	Tristia
34	Tuomaxx	35	Wamap	36	Xyxxxtl
37	Zipactriotl	38	Kunawo	39	Paxaptamac
		3a	Seggallion

View Portraits

[Alt]+232 uses the same NPC-values as the teleport and shows the portrait of the character in question.

Edit NPC Flags

[Alt]+242 is the NPC editing tool, which can manipulate the flags of the NPC in question after entering their nummeric value (see above). All NPCs have different flags, thus it is impossible to gave an overview how these can be altered.

Item Creation

Main article: Savage Empire Create Item List

Item creation is handled differently (though MDHack is still needed). For that, one needs to talk to Triolo and then type in "cheat", which opens the item creation screen. Triolo then asks for the value of the item in question and the quantity in which the item in question is to be created. The complete list is found in the fitting article.

Other Cheats

Getting to the Urali Tribe the Easy Way

Now, when normally getting to the village of the Urali Tribe you are supposed to use turtles with the trutle food from Topuru to bypass the Tyrannosaurus. However, if you do the test of the Disquiqui Tribe to bell their Tyrannosaurus first, you should have an extra jar of plachta (since Chafblum gave you two) and you can simply send the beast to sleep with a treated spear and walk by without trouble. It's cheating, because you are not supposed to know about uniting the tribes until after freeing Aiela from Darden.

Reaching Aiela Easier

Now, normally when resuing Aiela, you are supposed to go a very long way at the shores of a lake due to one stepping stone askew. However, if you have turtle food left (see above exploit to have more of it), just calling a turtle to get you to the other side of the shore next to the cave entrance sure is a lot faster.

Entering Kotl Early

It is possible to enter Kotl early, without rescuing Aiela and getting the Kotl Gem, thanks to a bug. Using the Crystal Brain on the socket also opens the entrance to Kotl, though the brain will be lost in the process. Note that this cheat has little practical value in the game, since to unite the tribes, Aiela still has to be rescued, and Kotl is too dangerous for low-level parties.

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