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Ruin Them All achievement in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (Windows)

Ruin Them All

Won a game by holding ruins

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  • nullifycrynullifycry
    27 Nov 2019 27 Nov 2019
    Create Custom Game with cheats enabled

    Map: Small, River
    Game Mode : Random

    Set Diplomacy status to Ally to avoid attack enemy units.
    Press "enter" and type "bigdaddy" then "enter".
    Do this x amount of ruins that are on map.
    Send cars to ruins.
    Capture and wait till end.

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    SpardagusMake it a 2 person game with above settings. The ally setting is found in the match itself. Change game speed to very fast. Should take 5 min or less.
    You'll see a countdown timer on the top right of the screen.
    Posted by Spardagus on 02 May 22 at 01:12
    Le AngrychickenHave had several tries, including using the ally setting on and off, and simply no luck.
    Posted by Le Angrychicken on 04 Sep 22 at 00:13
    Your Uncle StanEasy guide and worked perfectly the first time I tried it. Thanks!
    Posted by Your Uncle Stan on 04 Jul 23 at 23:14
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  • EmivaderEmivader
    14 Oct 2020 14 Oct 2020 15 Oct 2020
    I followed the guide above for about 5 matches and I was never getting ruins, just artifacts. Then I remembered I was playing some matches before that featured ruins, which were set on the INLAND type of map.

    Basically what I did was quit and set a match with the following settings:

    Game Mode: Random Map
    Map Type: Inland
    Map Size: Medium
    Reveal Map: All Visible
    Speed: Very Fast

    The rest of the options choose as you please, it really doesn't matter.

    And BOOM! there are the ruins. As stated on the guide above, spawn cars using the 'bigdaddy' console command and send 1 or 2 to each ruin to hold them off (there are about 4-5). When you see a time counter appear on the upper right corner as "Ruins: (year)" then the countdown has begun for your victory and now you just have to remain there until it finishes. You can set the diplomacy with you 2nd player to Ally and that helps as well so you don't get randomly attacked.
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    venksbondwould be good if u make a video
    Posted by venksbond on 19 Oct 20 at 08:27
    Messilover449So much more helpful than the other one. I was in the exact same situation
    Posted by Messilover449 on 13 Apr 21 at 00:00
    Moe GZ"Inland" is the third choice (it may help players that play with another language than English)
    Posted by Moe GZ on 01 Nov 23 at 01:59
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