Cradle of Rome Hints & Tips, Cheats and Walkthoughs

Here's a few hints and tips plus a cheat to give you more lives when playing Cradle of Rome game.

• Three tiles make a match, four tiles or more will earn extra resources
• Finish each level as quickly as possible so you can get to Olympus
• Best to start making matches from the bottom of the screen first
• Hourglass bonus adds water to the water jug timer giving you more time
• The Hammer bonus breaks any tile, plaque or chain you choose.
• Use bonuses as soon as they're replenished. Otherwise, you lose the benefit of additional matches
• Unlock Farmer (gives 100 units of supplies each level) Make a match of 5 in a row after buying the sawmill
• Unlock Miner (gives 200 units of supplies each level) Gather 1000 units of supplies in a level after buying the quarry
• Unlock Wine Maker (gives 300 units of food each level) Make 2 combos successively after buying the Tavern
• Unlock Peasant (gives 200 units of food each level) Gather 3000 units of food in a level after buying the Field
• Unlock Miller (gives 100 units of food each level) Make 15 effective moves successively after buying the Mill
• Unlock Scholar (fill Plus bonus faster) Make 3 combos successively after building Tabularium
• Unlock Gladiator (fill Shield faster) Make chain reaction of 15 blows after building Colosseum
• Unlock Orator (fills bonuses quicker) Score 3000 units of gold in a single level after building Forum

Cradle of Rome Cheats

In the Cradle of Rome directory you'll find a file named Profiles.xml that you can edit. Make a copy of it before making any changes so you have a backup just in case.

Open Profiles.xml with Notepad.

Find the line near the top where it says where "NAME" equals your user name ("<" and ">" begin and end each line of code). On the second line below this make the following changes. Please note that I'm using -- and -- to set off the text to be changed. # The text -- Last life="X" -- ("X" equals the current number of extra lives) can be changed to increase or decrease your available lives. If you want 5 extra lives? Change it to read -- Last life="5" --

Other files can be changed also but make sure you always back them up just in case.