Hero's Quest Cheat

The original EGA (TXT file) version of the game game has an built-in debug mode that can be activated and turned off simply by typing the phrase "razzle dazzle root beer" at any time. This debug mode was for programmers and beta-testers to bypass long or difficult sequences. NOTE: These codes do not work for the VGA (icon) version.

Once the debug mode is on, you can hold the ALT key, and press the key indicated, to activate a command. These commands can be use to edit your character's statistics and skills; add items to your inventory; and even teleport to almost any location in the game.

The cheat mode is automatically turned off when you exit a particular game screen. However, it is recommended that you explicitly exit it by typing the phrase before leaving the screen.

Some codes have been known to cause minor bugs and/or glitches in the game, so be careful. You have been warned!

Cheat Codes (type in the uppercase letter while holding in ALT).

Commands

Key	Function	Notes
Alt-V	Visual	normal visual mode, default
Alt-P	Priority	priority visual mode, use Alt-V to return to normal visual mode
Alt-C	Control	control visual mode, use Alt-V to return to normal visual mode
Alt-S	Show cast	Shows the movable things on the screen(?), like ALT-E.
Alt-M	Show Memory	Displays the memory status.
Alt-T	Teleport	Teleports you to any location in the game (see list below for room #)
Alt-I	Get Inventory item	Adds things into your inventory. (see Inventory Item list below)
Alt-B	Set Ego's money	This will set the amount of silver coins you have, up to 9911.
Alt-K	Set Ego's skills	Changes a skill/stat of your character (see Skill list below)
Alt-X	Make Ego super	sets all Skills to 80
Alt-E	Display Ego status	Displays your character's ego status.

Skill Commands

Code	Skill/Stat numbers. (for ALT-K and all up to 9911)
00	Strength
01	Intelligence
02	Agility
03	Vitality
04	Luck
05	Weapon Use
06	Parry
07	Dodge
08	Stealth
09	Pick Locks
10	Throwing
11	Climbing
12	Magic
13	Experience Points
14	Health Points
15	Stamina Points
16	Mana Points
17	Open spell
18	Detect Magic spell
19	Trigger spell
20	Dazzle spell
21	Zap spell
22	Calm spell
23	Flame Dart spell
24	Fetch spell

Inventory Item Codes

Code	Inventory Item	Code	Inventory Item
01	Silver Coin (type 9911 to get the most)	22	Beautiful Flower
02	Gold Coin (type 9911 to get the most)	23	Lock Pick
03	Food Ration	24	Thief's Tool Kit
04	Mandrake Root	25	Thief's Guild License
05	Large Brass Key (to Brigand fortress secret entrance)	26	Empty Flask
06	Broadsword	27	Meeps' Green Fur
07	Dagger	28	Flask of Fairy Dust
08	Leather Armor	29	Flask of Flying Water
09	Shield	30	Mushroom
10	Piece of Paper	31	Cheetaur Claw
11	Small apple	32	Troll Beard
12	Vegetable	33	Chainmail Armor
13	Glowing Gem	34	Healing Potion
14	Alabaster Vase	35	Mana Potion
15	Candelabra	36	Vigor Potion
16	Music Box	37	aa (?????)
17	Silver Candlestick	38	Dispel Potion
18	String of Pearls	39	Flask of Undead Unguent
19	Gold Ring	40	Magic Mirror
20	Spirea Seed	41	Magic Acorn
21	Small Rock

Room Locations (for ALT-T)

Room	Locations	Room	Locations
9	Beginning Screen	55	Inside Healer's hut
10	Erana's Garden	60	Meeps
13	Ogre outside Kobold's cave	64	Cemetery
14	Cave 1 (Kobold)	67	Fox caught in trap
15	Cave 2 (Kobold)	70	Mushroom screen
16	Seed Spitting Spirea	73	Dart board
21	Inside Baba Yaga's hut	76	Dryad
22	Outside Baba Yaga's hut/Skull	82	Outside Henry the Hermit's house
28	At bottom of Zauberberg Mountain	83	Inside Henry the Hermit's house
29	Top of Zauberberg Mountain/Outside House	84	Antwerp/Brigand secret entrance
30	Inside Erasmus's house	87	Mirror Lake
31	Inside Tower Room in Erasmus's House	88	Brigand Cave 2
32	Playing Erasmus's Magic Game	89	Brigand Cave 1
37	At Castle Gates	91	Brigand ambush
38	Left of the castle courtyard	93	Minotaur/Outside Brigand fortress
39	Castle Courtyard	94	Booby Traps screen/Inside Brigand fortress
40	Stable in the castle	95	Cafeteria/Inside Brigand Fortress
50	Goblins (This usually doesn't work and exits automatically to DOS)	96	Yorick's room/Brigand fortress
53	Heinrich Pferdefedern's farm	97	Brigand Leader's room/Brigand fortress
54	Outside Healer's hut

11-86 (that weren't mentioned) bring you into the forest. 11 starts in the most NE corner, 1 south and 2 west of Erana's Peace, to the right of that screen is 12, and so on. When they can't go any farther to the right, they drop down to the next row.

Editing your character stats:

To edit your character stats in a saved game, you will need a hex editor with search capability and a calculator that converts decimal to hexadecimal. This works in all of the games.

Look at your character sheet twice, noting your strength and inteligence. Then save the game.
Open the save game file with the latest modification date in a hex editor. (The save game files are in the form of *.000, *.001, *.002 etc. In QG2, for example, the name is trialsg.)
The attributes are hexadecimal numbers separated by 0's so if your strength is 200 (C8 HEX) and your inteligence is 130 (82 HEX) search for the pattern C8 00 82 00. You will find it twice. The first set is the current values of your stats and the second set is the maximum values of the status. In both cases the numbers continue something like C8 00 82 00 64 00 32 ... they map directly to the stats and skills on your character screen. Change them at will. You can do a similar technique to locate any particular stat that you want to change.

Increasing Lockpick ability Trick

Those with lockpicking skills and a lockpick or a Thieves' toolkit can use this pseudo-cheat or trick to improve their lockpicking skill very quickly.

Make sure your lockpicking skill is at least 40 before using this trick or you'll end up dying of cerebral hemorrhage.
Simply "pick nose" repeatedly. And you can even do this in broad daylight!

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