Spore Cheats


Below is Commands.gg's complete list of Spore cheat codes and console commands, from the latest version of the game on PC and Mac (Steam and Origin). These cheats are for all stages, including the Tribal Stage, the Space Stage, the Creature Stage, and the Civilization Stage.

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Some of the cheat codes in the below table will give you the Joker Badge - this disables achievements for your current game. Commands that give you the Joker Badge and disable achievements are indicated with the Joker Badge sign.


You can switch between different views by clicking the "Table View" and "Card View" buttons (some users find different layouts easier to use). Each cheat code has its own individual help page, which can be visited by clicking on a command's name in the below list - on these pages you can detailed help and working examples specific to that command.

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Name Syntax Description
addDNA adddna This cheat adds 150 to your current amount of DNA.
Joker Badge
moreMoney moremoney This cheat will give you more money. If you are in the Civilization stage, each time it is used, you will receive 2,000 more money. If you are in the Space stage, each time it is used, you will receive 1,000,000 money.
Joker Badge
levels levels [-unlock / -unlockadventures] This cheat can do two different things. Firstly, it can unlock all game stages (levels -unlock), allowing you to start a game from any stage (either cell, creature, tribal, civilization, or space). Secondly, it can unlock all Maxis adventures (levels -unlockAdventures).
Joker Badge
setConsequenceTrait setconsequencetrait [trait code] This cheat sets your consequence trait. Consequence traits give you 'super powers' which provide you with special abilities. See commands.gg/spore/setconsequencetrait for a list of all trait codes.
Joker Badge
unlockSuperWeapons unlocksuperweapons This command unlocks all super weapons (for your current stage/civilization type).
Joker Badge
spaceCreate spacecreate This cheat unlocks, and recharges, all Creation Tools when in Space Mode.
Joker Badge
refillMotives refillmotives This cheat will fully restore your health and all other motives.
Joker Badge
freedom freedom [on / off] This cheat greatly increases the complexity limits that are usually in place when creating a creature in the Creature Creator, allowing you to make more complex creatures. Note that this doesn't allow you to make infinitely complex creatures, the limit is increased a large amount, but it isn't infinite, so if you make a creature that is too complex it will not be pollinated.
Joker Badge
evoadvantage evoadvantage This cheat should be entered into the console when in the main menu. It will allow you to choose any creature from the Sporepedia when you start a new creature game. Evolutionary advantaged creatures that are usually locked when starting a game will be unlocked.
Joker Badge
settime settime [(hours, minutes)] This command sets the time to the specified hour and (optionally) minute. 23 would set the time to 11PM, 1 would set the time to 1AM.
rename rename [planet / star] [new name] This console command renames the selected planet or star to the name you specify. Select the planet or star you wish to rename, then use this command.
adventureLook adventurelook [filter name] This command adds the specified "adventure look" filter to your game's graphics (or disables a filter you've added). Adventure look filters change the way the game looks - e.g. the -filmnoir filter makes your game black and white. See argument information for a list of all filters you can use. Specify -none to disable an existing filter and return to normal graphics.
blocksmode blocksmode This cheat code enables and disables (toggles) blocksmode. When blocksmode is enabled, creatures will render as their blocky meshes (i.e. as square outlines), instead of with their usual textures. As this is a toggle command, typing it again will turn it off.
capturePlanetGIF captureplanetgif This command will make a spinning GIF (animated picture) of the planet you are currently on and save it in the AnimatedAvatars directory.
clear clear This command clears all messages from the console.
colladaexport colladaexport This command exports the creature you are currently viewing as a collada (.dae) 3D mesh file.
freeCam freecam This cheat enables and disables (toggles) freecam mode. In freecam mode all camera restrictions are removed, allowing you to zoom out the camera as much as you please, and move the camera to any location.
help help [command name / -full] This command prints a list of all cheat codes to the console, or, if you specify a command as an argument, help for that specific commmand.
highresTextureLevel highrestexturelevel [off / low / medium / high] This command sets the quality of textures for vehicles, buildings, and other entities. Lower settings increase FPS/performance, higher settings make your game look better.
history history [amount] This command has been reported as not working in newer versions of the game. It should print a list of commands you have entered into the console (i.e. your command history). You can optionally specify a number to view only that amount of latest commands from the command history - i.e. 'history 3' would list the 3 latest commands you entered into the console.
killallhints killallhints This command will remove all hints from your game.
movie movie [-record [name]] [-size [width] [height]] [-quality [0-1]] [-noui] [-noaudio] [-nocrop] This command can be used to record your game. Recordings will be saved to the "Movies" folder which can be found in the "My Spore Creations" folder, which is in your Documents (Windows). See command page for detailed help and examples.
option option [option name] [option value] [-save] [-reset] This command can do three different things. It can reset all of your options to default (-reset argument). It can save your current options (-save argument). Or, it can set the value of an option (to a value you specify). Typing 'option' into the console without any arguments will list all options with their current values.
pauseUIVisible pauseuivisible [-show / -hide / -toggle] This command can be used show and hide the pause UI (that usually shows when the game is paused).
quit quit This command, as you might expect, quits your game (exits Spore completely).
styleFilter stylefilter [filter name] The style filter cheat is similar to the adventureLook cheat - it changes the graphics of your game (e.g. making the game black and white). You can disable a style filter with the command 'styleFilter -none'. See argument information for a list of all style filters you can use with this command.
toggleCaptureUI togglecaptureui This command toggles (enables and disables) the display of the UI in captured images (i.e. if you have this toggled off, screenshots you take via the game won't have the UI showing).
toggleeditorbackground toggleeditorbackground This command toggles (enables and disables) the display of the background in editors.