Cheats
Aurora includes built-in cheats for native RPG Maker games (XP, VX, and VX Ace). Cheats are off by default and per-game — turning one on for a game never affects any other game, and native games have no global cheats switch. (MV/MZ games are the exception: their Debug / Cheat Mode has a global engine default that per-game settings can override.)
Where to Find Them
Section titled “Where to Find Them”- Game Settings → Cheats — open a game’s settings from its detail page. Toggles here are saved with the game.
- In-game overlay — open the in-game overlay, then tap the wand button to open the Cheats window. It has the same toggles plus one-shot money and item commands, and most changes apply instantly without restarting.
Available Cheats
Section titled “Available Cheats”| Cheat | Works In | Applies |
|---|---|---|
| Walk Through Walls | All native (RGSS) games | Instantly |
| Debug / Cheat Mode | All native (RGSS) games | Next launch |
| Disable Wild Encounters | PE only | Instantly |
| 100% Catch Rate | PE only | Instantly |
| Money (one-shot) | All native (RGSS) games | Instantly |
| Give Item (one-shot) | PE only | Instantly |
The PE-only options only appear for games Aurora detects as PE games.
Walk Through Walls
Section titled “Walk Through Walls”Lets you walk over normally impassable tiles. You can’t walk off the edge of the map.
Debug / Cheat Mode
Section titled “Debug / Cheat Mode”Runs the game in its debug/playtest mode. In PE this unlocks the built-in debug menu, with tools like item and Pokémon editors, warping, and much more.
Disable Wild Encounters
Section titled “Disable Wild Encounters”Turns off random wild Pokémon encounters while you walk. (PE only.)
100% Catch Rate
Section titled “100% Catch Rate”Every throw catches. (PE only.)
On very old PE games (before v18), the game lacks the hook this cheat needs — the toggle will simply have no effect there, without any error.
Money and Items (Overlay One-Shots)
Section titled “Money and Items (Overlay One-Shots)”From the in-game Cheats window you can also:
- Money — add 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 of the game’s currency with one tap. Works in PE and regular RPG Maker games alike.
- Give Item — type an item’s internal ID (e.g.
POTION), pick a quantity (1–99), and tap Give. (PE only.) Item IDs are the uppercase internal names PE uses, likePOTION,RARECANDY, orMASTERBALL.
Good to Know
Section titled “Good to Know”- Cheats change your save data permanently. Money and items you give yourself are written into the game’s save file — there is no undo.
- Cheats are built to be safe: if a particular game doesn’t support a cheat, it quietly does nothing rather than breaking the game.
- RPG Maker MV/MZ games have a single Cheat Mode toggle of their own (in the game’s settings and the overlay), which runs the game in its playtest/debug mode — the MV/MZ equivalent of Debug Mode above.