Victoria 3 can be a bit challenging especially if you are new to the genre. Luckily, you can use cheat codes and console commands to make things a bit easier. In his Victoria 3 guide, we go over all the cheat codes, console commands and how you can use them.
Victoria 3 Cheat Codes And Console Commands
Before going over the cheat codes and console commands you need to know how to enable them. You need to open the game launcher and head into the settings. Then go down and select the option to open the game in Debug mode. After that select the launch button.
Victoria 3 will then launch in debug mode allowing you to use cheats and commands. If you are playing the game on Steam, you will need to add “-debug_mode” to the launch commands option. With that out of the way, the following are all the cheat codes and console commands that you can use in Victoria 3:
| Cheat Code/Console Command | Effect |
| add_approval (interest group) (amount) | Add approval modifier to given interest group |
| add_clout (interest group) (amount) | Add or remove clout of the interest group by changing their political strength |
| add_ideology (interest group) (ideology) | Add an ideology to a given interest group |
| add_loyalists (culture) (amount) | Adds loyalists to culture |
| add_radicals (culture) (amount) | Adds radicals to culture |
| add_relations (country) (amount) | Change relations with selected country |
| yesmen | AI will agree to all diplomatic proposals and sway offers from players |
| wagerate (building) (rate) | Get or Set a building’s wage rate |
| treatyport (state region tag) | Takes treaty port in state region |
| time | time |
| tag (country tag) | Switch control to another country |
| switchlanguage (language name) | Reload localization files and switch language |
| skip_migration | Enable skip migration mode |
| show_goals | Show AI goals. |
| set_pollution_level (state region tag) (amount) | Set pollution level in specified state region |
| set_devastation_level (state region tag) (amount) | Set devastation level in specified state region |
| screenshot | screenshot |
| research | Acquire tech |
| province_borders (true / false) | Toggles showing of province borders |
| portrait_editor | Portrait editor |
| popstat | Print out the amount of active pops |
| own (province id / state region tag) (country tag) | Change the owner of specified province or state region |
| observe | start observing the game |
| nosecession | No secession mode |
| norevolution | No revolution mode |
| Music.StopTrack | Stop track |
| Music.Reset | Reset Music |
| Music.PlayTrack (track name) | Play Specified music |
| Music.PauseFactor | Pause track |
| money (amount) | Add money |
| mapmode (mapmode) | Switch map mode |
| Map.SavePNG (map mode) (file name) | Save PNG of map |
| map_editor | Toggle map editor |
| kill_character (character name) | Eliminate specified character |
| help (command name) | Print all console commands or a specific command description. |
| force_oos | Make client go out of sync in multiplayer |
| find_unemployed | Find and report all unemployed pops |
| fasttravels | Enable fast travel mode |
| fastsecession | Fast secession mode |
| fastrevolution | Fast revolution mode |
| fastresearch | Fast research mode |
| fastmobilize | Fast mobilize mode |
| fastinterests | Fast interests mode |
| fastinstitutions | Fast institutions mode |
| fasthire | Fast hire mode |
| fastenact | Fast enact mode |
| fastbuild | Fast build mode |
| event (event name) (country tag / province id) | Executes an event |
| escalate (amount) | Add escalation to your diplomatic plays |
| enable_ai (all / tag) | Enable AI |
| disable_pop_growth | Disable pop growth |
| disable_ai (all / tag) | Disable AI |
| Debug.TextureMode [Name of debug mode] | Enables a texture mode for debugging |
| debug_mode | Toggles debug mode |
| date (date in format yyyy.mm.dd.hh) | Change date |
| create_political_movement (law type) | Create a political movement |
| create_country (country definition) (country type) (culture) (state id) | Create a country |
| create_ai (self / all / tag) | Create AI for country or countries |
| crash | Cause the application to crash |
| conquerall (country tag) | Set all enemy provinces under your control |
| check_pollution_level (state region tag) | Print out pollution for specified state region |
| changestatepop (state id) (pop type / all) (amount) | Change the pop size of the given pop type ( can be ‘all’ ). |
| change_law (law) (country) | Change a law in a country |
| Camera.Save | Save camera position |
| Camera.Load | Load camera position |
| Browser.OpenURL (url) | Opens up a url |
| audio.play_event (audio event) | Play audio event |
| audio.list_events | List audio event |
| audio.cpu_info | Shows current cpu usage |
| annex_all | Annex all other countries |
| annex (country tag or id) | Annex a country |
| ai.goal (country tag) (goal type) | Check AI goal |
These are all the cheat codes and console commands that you can use in Victoria 3 and how you can enable them.