Duke Nukem 3D

All Duke Nukem 3D cheat codes are to be used when you are playing the game.  These are not command line, menu, or console commands.

Section I: Useful Cheats (these affect gameplay)

  • DNCORNHOLIO - God Mode (And Unlimited Jetpack).
  • DNKROZ - Same as Cornholio, just quicker to type.
  • DNVIEW - Same as the F7 key in the game. (Also prints the message "You're too good to be cheating")
  • DNHYPER - Puts you in Steroids Mode.
  • DNITEMS - Gives all inventory items and keys.
  • DNWEAPONS - Gives all weapons and ammo.
  • DNKEYS - Gives all the keys.
  • DNSTUFF - Gives all weapons, keys, inventory items.
  • DNSCOTTYxyz - Level Warp. x is the Episode Number, yz is the level number. (Ex: dnscotty103 for Episode 1 Level 3, or dnscotty211 for Episode 2 Level 11)
  • DNSKILLx - Changes the difficulty mode to x. (x can be 0 to 3)
  • DNUNLOCK - Opens all doors and unlocks all locked doors.
  • DNMONSTERS - Turns off (or on) the monsters in the game.
  • DNCLIP - Walk Through Walls

    Warning: Being in God Mode can crash the game at certain points, depending on what you are doing. Being in God mode when you are squashed by rotating gears is one example.

    Warning 2: The DNCLIP code can be very dangerous. It can cause crashes at any time. If you have a problem, and have used DNCLIP, restart, and do not use DNCLIP, and see if it happens. This was the main reason we didn't have a DNCLIP in v1.0.
Section II: Cute Cheats (they do something, but don't affect the game)
  • DNSHOWMAP - Shows the entire map.
  • DNCASHMAN - Spews money everywhere when you press space.
  • DNCOORDS - Shows extremely detailed map coordinate/level information.
  • DNDEBUG - Shows some debug information.
  • DNRATE - Shows your frame rate onscreen. You must be in full screen mode for this to be anywhere near accurate.
  • DNBETA - Prints the message "Pirates Suck!"
  • DNALLEN - Prints the message "Buy Major Stryker"
  • DNTODD - Prints the message "Register Cosmo Today!"
Section III: Useless Cheats
  • DNXXXXXX - Does Nothing.
Notes
  • The DNCOSMO cheat was removed in v1.3d, because the keystroke conflicted with a game function. DNTODD in v1.3d is functionally the same as DNCOSMO.
  • The DNUNLOCK cheat code does *NOT* work in shareware. It only works in the registered version of the game.

Notes
  • "Customer Cheat" means it's the cheat given out with the registered version of the software.
  • "Debug Mode" means it's an unsupported cheat mode.
  • "Tech Parameter" means it's a code that does something, but really isn't a cheat, it's more or less there to help Apogee Customer Support.
  • "Misc Command Line Parameter" is the same type of thing as Tech Parameter.
Cheat keys are not officially supported by Apogee. If you use the debug keys, Apogee cannot provide any support, since this alters game performance to a state where our standard support comments and issues might not apply. In short, using cheat keys can cause the game to malfunction or crash. Use at your own risk!