Find below a searchable list of all 70 Victoria 2 console commands, also known as cheats. Commands in the below table include those from all DLCs, such as Hearts of Darkness.
To open the console, press either the ` (grave) or ~ (tilde) key on your keyboard. Type a command into the console and hit ENTER to run it. For more help opening or using the console, see our console help page.
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| Name | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| money | money [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of money to your current nation's balance. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| cash | cash | This command only works in Victoria II without the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed (use "money" command if playing with Hearts of Darkness). This command adds 1,000 cash to your nation's reserves. |
| prestige | prestige [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of prestige to your nation. If you do not have the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed, this command will add 55 prestige to your nation (regardless of the amount you enter). |
| leadership | leadership [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of leadership to your nation. If you do not have the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed, this command will add 100 leadership to your nation (regardless of the amount you enter). |
| goods | goods [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of each good type, and cash, to your nation. For example, specifying 10 after the command would give you 10 more of all goods and 10 cash. |
| plurality | plurality [amount] | This command sets your nation's plurailty to the specified number (it does not add the specified amount to your existing plurality). |
| revolt | revolt [province id] | This command starts a revolt in the province with the specified ID. You may need to type this command (with the province ID) twice for it to work. |
| instantconstruction | instantconstruction | This command toggles instant construction on and off for both your nation and AI nations. With instant construction on, construction completes within one day (almost instantly). |
| inc | inc | This command toggles instant construction for your nation (and other human nations) only - AI nations do not have instant construction. Instant construction makes building finish in one day (almost instantly). |
| instantresearch | instantresearch | This command toggles instant research on and off for all nations (including those controlled by AI). With instant research on, research completes after just one day. |
| inr | inr | This command toggles instant research for nations controlled by humans only (AI nations will not have instant research). When instant research is on, research completes within one day. |
| yesmen | yesmen | Use "debug yesmen" if playing with the Hearts of Darkness DLC. This command will toggle "yesman mode" for all AI nations. In yesman mode, the AI will always respond favorably to offers and deals. Note that AI will respond favorably to offers from other AI nations too. |
| tag | tag [country tag] | This command will switch the country you are playing as to the country with the specified country tag. |
| event | event [event id] [province id / country tag] | This command will initiate the event with the specified ID within a specified province or country. |
| changeowner | changeowner [country tag] [province id] | This command changes the owner of the specified province to the specified country tag. |
| changecontroller | changecontroller [country tag] [province id] | This command changes the controller of the specified province to the specified country tag. |
| conquerall | conquerall [country tag] | This command will conquer (in other words, annex) all of the land of the specified country for your own. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| showprovinceid | showprovinceid | This command will make it so that the IDs of provinces are shown on tooltips when you hover over them. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| spawnunit | spawnunit [unit id] [province id] | This command will spawn the unit with the specified ID in the specified province. The unit will spawn with full strength and no organization. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| spawnactor | spawnactor [actor id] [province id] [animation / gun / hat] | This command will spawn the specified actor (e.g. a leader) in the specified province. You can optionally specify an animation, gun, and hat after the actor name and province ID to customize the actor. You can find a lot of the actors, animations, etc in the gfx folder within your Victoria 2 game files. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| reload | reload [file name] | This command will reload the file with the specified name. Reloading a file will apply changes you have made to it to the game, meaning you don't have to restart the entire game. |
| reloadfx | reloadfx [shader name] | This command will reload the specified shader. |
| reloadtexture | reloadtexture [texture name] | This command will reload the specified graphics texture (e.g. a PNG file). |
| reloadinterface | reloadinterface | This command reloads all of the the game's interface. |
| break | break | This command will force your country to surrender to the demands of rebels (provided it has rebels). The rebels that are surrendered to are the top-level rebels in the movement window. |
| upperhouse | upperhouse | This command will hold a reelection in the upper house of the nation you are currently playing as. To start an upper house reelection in another nation, use the tag command to switch to that country and then run this command. |
| election | election | This command will start a general (common) election in the nation you are currently playing as. To start a common election in another nation, use the tag command to switch to that country and then use this command. |
| militancy | militancy [amount] | This command will change the militancy of all populations by the specified amount. Specify a negative number to decrease militancy. |
| date | date [yyyy.mm.dd] | This command will change the date to the specified year, or a more specific date in the following format: YYYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1840.3.25). |
| fow | fow | This command enables and disables (toggles) fog of war. |
| suppress | suppress | This command sets your nation's suppression points to 100. Suppression points are used to suppress revolts, etc. |
| minzoom | minzoom | This command opens up an interface that allows you to control maximum and minimum zoom. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| wireframe | wireframe | This command toggles (enables and disables) the rendering of 3D models as only their wireframes. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| blockade | blockade [province id] | The command blockades the province with the specified ID. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| reorg | reorg [province id] | This command 'reorganizes' the province with the specified ID - giving the province 100% organization and maximum strength. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| fullscreen | fullscreen | This command puts your client in fullscreen (if not already). |
| debug allmoney | debug allmoney | This command will show debug information for all money transfers in the game. This is a toggle command - run it again to disable it. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug alwaysdiplo | debug alwaysdiplo | This command will freeze your nation's diplomatic points at 5, making them infinite. This is a toggle command - run it again to disable it. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug alwaysaddwargoal | debug alwaysaddwargoal | This command makes it so that you can add any wargoal you desire, limitations no longer apply. This is a toggle command - run it again to disable it. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug researchpoints | debug researchpoints [amount] | This command will give your nation the specified amount of research points. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug alwaysreform | debug alwaysreform | This command makes reforms instant, you no longer need to wait 1 month before they apply. Requirements for reforms (e.g. +50% upper house favor) still apply. You may need to restart your game to disable this command. This is a toggle command - run it again to disable it. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug influence | debug influence | This command sets the influence of every Great Power (the 8 most influencial countries) to 100. This command's effects also apply to AI countries. This is a toggle command - run it again to disable it. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug cb_use | debug cb_use [casus belli id] [country tag] [country tag] | This command prints a list of all requirements for the specified casus belli (also marking which are met and which aren't) between the two specified countries. The first country you specify is the country using the casus belli. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug invent | debug invent [invention id] | This command will discover the invention with the specified ID for your country. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| debug market | debug market | This command will enable logging of all price changes to the game.log file. The game.log file is located in the "Logs" directory. The logs directory is located in the directory the game is installed to (where victoria2.exe is, e.g. your Steam library). This is a toggle command - run it again to turn this feature off. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| showrails | showrails | This command enables railroad visibility mode, in which all railroads are highlighted for better viewability. This is a toggle command - run it again to turn it off. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| citysize | citysize [on / off] [size] | This command can be used to override the default maximum size of cities. See argument information for help. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| fakenewsall | fakenewsall [style name] [seed] | This command generates fake news for each possible type of fake news that is defined. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| fakenews | fakenews [article name] [style name] [seed] | This command generates fake news for the specified article. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| reloadnews | reloadnews | This command reloads the database of fake news and fake news styles. This will apply any changes you have made without having to restart the game. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| newsfrom | newsfrom [path] [style name] [seed] | This command generates news from the specified folder. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| news | news [file name] [style name] [seed] | This command generates news from the specified file. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| addresearch | addresearch [tech id] | This command researches the technology with the specified name/ID. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| lprestige | lprestige [province id] [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of prestige to leaders attached to units within the specified province. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| popupdate | popupdate | This command enables and disables (toggles) updating populations. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| popstat | popstat | This command prints to console the amount of active populations that there are. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| breakally | breakally [country tag] | This command will break (end) all of the alliances of the country with the specified country tag. If you do not specify a country tag, your own nation's alliances will be broken. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| lua | lua [lua code] | This command executes the specified Lua code. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| technologylist | technologylist | This command prints to console a list of all technologies. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| humans | humans [amount] | This command adds the specified amount of humans to your country. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| window | window [open / close] [window] | This command can be used to open or close a specified GUI or window. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| randomlog | randomlog | This command enables and disables (toggles) random logging. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| paint | paint | This command enables map painting mode. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| rpaint | rpaint | This command enables region painting mode. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| cpaint | cpaint | This command enables continent painting mode. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| teleport | teleport [province id] | This command teleports the unit that you currently have selected (clicked on) to the province with the specified ID. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| tutorial | tutorial [chapter id / reload] | This command will move you to the specified chapter of the tutorial, or reload the tutorial files. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| copyprov | copyprov | The command copies the province ID of the province you currently have selected to your clipboard. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| helplog | helplog | This command prints out a list of all console commands to the game.log file. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |
| help | help [command name] | If no argument is specified, this command will print a list of all commands to the console. If you specify a command name as an argument, help for that command will be printed to the console. DLC: Hearts of Darkness |