Cheats
From Travian
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[edit] Summary
There are no known cheat codes for Travian. Specifically, there are no special set of characters you can type in to give you extra resources or speed up your research time.
There are, however, numerous addons and browser scripts which are against the Terms of Use and Rules provided for Travian, which can give an individual numerous advantages over players who do not possess these items. A player is forewarned that usage of these scripts can have quite damaging implications for their account standing with Travian. Further, as these are modifications of one's browser or internal operating system software, they can be potentially harmful for the safety and security of one's system.
[edit] Scripts
[edit] Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey scripts are the closest thing to cheats as of the time this article was written. Greasemonkey scripts are addon Javascript scripts that work within specified URLs. Greasemonkey user scripts are designed for use with the Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox. Opera has user script-support built in, although it is not as extensive as Firefox with Greasemonkey. Internet Explorer can run Greasemonkey scripts using a variety of add-ons, each offering different levels of support (e.g. gm4ie, Trixie and IE7Pro(Now IE8)). Google Chrome also includes very basic support for Greasemonkey scripts.
For help on how to set-up script support and how to install scripts, see Installing scripts.
Userscripts.org has the largest collection of user-scripts for Travian. See http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=Travian for these scripts. These scripts are designed for Firefox with Greasemonkey and may not necessarily work properly on other browsers.
[edit] Popular Greasemonkey scripts
Many Greasemonkey scripts contain similar features and if run
- Battle Analyzer (difficult to detect)
- Attack builder (quite detectable, should be used with caution)
- Multicrop finder (difficult to detect)
- Map Analyzer (difficult to detect)
- Hero Status (difficult to detect)
- Under-attack check (difficult to detect)
- Auto-Farm (quite detectable, should be used with caution)
- FarmingMachine (also probably quite detectable)
- Travian Colour Marketplace
- Travian: Auto login (very easy to detect)
- Travian: Uber Celebrations
[edit] Bots
Bots, unlike scripts, are software that is installed on the system, rather than instructions run from a browser. They are not as popular as Greasemonkey scripts. It should be noted that Greasemonkey scripts and bots are not mutually exclusive. Many users that use bots also use scripts. Moreover, some bots can be installed as add-ons to the browser.
[edit] Ramifications
It should be noted that most—if not all—third party scripts and bots for Travian are against the rules of Travian. Some scripts that add extra links and buttons may go unnoticed by the server administrators, others such as auto farm scripts and task queue scripts (and their bot counterparts) are more easily identified because of the easily recognizable patterns and timing that emerge.
If caught using cheats, the users may be punished in the following way(s):
- Account removed : very rare if quick action is taken to respond to the Multi-Hunter
- Account suspended : always true if caught
- A city removed : very common
- An alliance disbanded : likelihood unknown, only applicable if the alliance is guilty together
- Resource levels knocked down : very common
- Warehouses emptied he eh he eh
- All fields and buildings leveled down by 10% (Level: 10 and lower by 1 level to a minimum of lvl 1. Level 11 and up down by 2 level.)
- other punishments...
[edit] Avoiding or reducing punishment
Punishments are light and sometimes (but rarely) can be avoided all together if the player quickly admits to doing wrong, doesn't make excuses, and amends his/her ways.
If the player doesn't admit to doing wrong and is argumentative with the multi-hunter the users account may be totally removed. 2nd offenses are more likely to result in account deletion especially if the two offenses are identical.
