Call me wanna be but I beat the game without them and with. They make the game fun, cheats as follows
Using cheat mode:
Hold [shift] + D to see the console window. Submit one of the codes below while in an area, and not on the island map, to enable that particular cheat code.
What the code does Code
Fully restore Energy and Essence to shaper and all creations rechargeme
Give experience to shaper and all creations (amount depends on shaper's level)
iwanttobestronger
Fully restore Life to shaper and all creations healmenow
All areas forget your crimes
pleaselikeme
Turn current area green on world map clearthisarea
Give shaper a rock igotarock
Resets crimes forgiveme
Makes it possible to join Awakened or Takers iloveserviles
Makes it possible to join Obeyers ihateserviles
Removes membership from Awakened, Takers, and Obeyers; allowing you to join any of them clearallsects
Kill all hostile monsters in view dbugkill
Leave current area and return to Sucia Island map exitzone
there is 1 more but it stinks nomorecheats disables all cheats
again the cheats are
iwanttobestronger
igotarock
clearthisarea
exitzone
rechargeme
pleaslelikeme
forgiveme
healmenow
ihateserviles
iloveserviles
clearallsects
dbugkill