Europa Universalis 5 is shaping up to be one of Paradox Interactive’s most complex grand strategy games, and, whether you’re all about conquest, economics, or colonization, having a set of handy console commands and cheats to rely on when things go south can help avoid restarting entire runs as you get to grips with the game’s many systems.
Sometimes, you may get all caught up in a war, only to find that a bunch of ungrateful nobles want to overthrow you. At other times, you may find your coffers quickly emptying because a silly little cold killed a bunch of peasants in your most vital production regions. These and more are all situations during which EU5’s console commands and cheats can come to the rescue.
Europa Universalis 5 Console Commands and Cheats
In a similar manner to prior Clausewitz engine games like Imperator: Rome and Crusader Kings 3, Europa Universalis V’s console isn’t available by default.
To activate it on Steam, you’ll want to right-click the game in your library and left-click on Properties. Find the dialog box under the Launch Options section and add “-debug_mode” without the quotation marks.
Once you’ve followed the above steps, the EU5 console should be accessible by pressing the tilde (`) key.
Before hopping to the list of handy EUV console commands and cheats below, it’s worth keeping in mind that debug mode offers a variety of helpful information, like location IDs and country tags, simply by hovering your mouse arrow over different UI elements.
Remember also to remove the brackets when inputting amounts or IDs for EU5’s console commands and cheats.
| EU5 Console command/Cheat | Effect |
|---|---|
| event [eventid] [target] | Triggers specified event |
| manpower [amount] | Adds specified amount of manpower |
| sailors [amount] | Adds specified amount of sailors |
| cash [amount] | Adds specified amount of ducats |
| stability [amount] | Adds specified amount of stability |
| warexhaustion [amount] | Adds specified amount of war exhaustion |
| inflation [amount] | Adds specified amount of inflation |
| prestige [amount] | Adds specified amount of prestige |
| armytradition [amount] | Adds specified amount of army tradition |
| navyytradition [amount] | Adds specified amount of navy tradition |
| karma [amount] | Adds specified amount of karma |
| religiousinfluence [amount] | Adds specified amount of religious influence |
| purity [amount] | Adds specified amount of purity |
| honor [amount] | Adds specified amount of honor |
| doom [amount] | Adds specified amount of doom |
| rite power [amount] | Adds specified amount of rite power |
| yanantin [amount] | Adds specified amount of yanantin |
| righteousness [amount] | Adds specified amount of righteousness |
| harmony [amount] | Adds specified amount of harmony |
| selfcontrol [amount] | Adds specified amount of self control |
| yesman | Toggles the YesMan cheat mode |
| noman | Toggles the NoMan cheat mode |
| watchwindows | Toggles the WatchWindows cheat mode |
| loadingscreen | Toggles the LoadingScreen cheat mode |
| instantmove | Toggles the InstantMove cheat mode |
| instantsiege | Toggles the InstantSiege cheat mode |
| norandom | Toggles the NoRandom cheat mode |
| fastdiplo | Toggles the FastDiplo cheat mode |
| delaydiploreply | Toggles the DelayDiploReply cheat mode |
| instantwar | Toggles the InstantWar cheat mode |
| instantconstruction | Toggles the InstantConstruction cheat mode |
| instantcasusbelli | Toggles the InstantCasusBelli cheat mode |
| instantexploration | Toggles the InstantExploration cheat mode |
| instantmission | Toggles the InstantMission cheat mode |
| fastrebels | Toggles the FastRebels cheat mode |
| bypassrequirements | Toggles the ByPassRequirements cheat mode |
| removefogofwar | Toggles the RemoveFogOfWar cheat mode |
| no_peace_deals | Toggles the no_peace_deals cheat mode |
| form_union [junior partner country tag] | Forms union with specified country |
| change_government [type] | Changes government to specified type |
| parliament_issue [parliament issue name] | Changes parliament issue to specified one |
| end_parliament_issue | Ends parliament issue with success |
| discover_area [area ID/all] | Discovers specified area or all areas. |
| famine | Completely wipes out food stockpiles in markets and provinces |
| observe | Starts observing the game |
| tag [country tag] | Changes player to specified country |
| ai [country tag] | Toggles AI for specified country |
| clear_ai_objectives [country tag] | Clears AI military and diplomatic objectives for specified country |
| subject_stance [country_tag] | Set subject stance for specified country |
| give_units [country tag] | Give selected unit to specified country |
| kill_all_units [country tag] | Kills all units in specified country |
| resupply_all_units [country tag] | Sets food to maximum for all units in specified country |
| damage_all_units [country tag] | Damages all units in specified country |
| start_annex [country tag] | Starts annexing the specified country |
| cb [country tag | Adds casus belli on specified country |
| favor [country tag] [amount] | Adds specified amount of favors with specified country |
| estate_satisfaction [estate type] [progress] | Sets societal value |
| annex [country tag] | Annex specified country |
| religion [religion name] | Changes state religion to specified religion |
| win_siege [location ID | Wins siege in specified location |
| convert [location ID] | Converts all pops in specified location to state religion |
| occupy_country [country tag] | Occupies specified country |
| conquer_country [country tag] | Conquers specified country |
| add_institution_progress [institution] | Adds progress towards embracing specified institution |
| weather [location] [front/cyclone/tornado] | Changes weather in specified location to specified type |
| help [command name] | Lists all console commands or description of specified command |
| helplog | Prints out all console commands to console.txt file |
These Europa Universalis V console commands and cheats should help you experiment with your playthrough or give the upper hand when things turn dire. For more on the grand strategy game, here is a reminder of its start and end dates alongside whether or not a console version might be planned.
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