Cheats and Secrets - Europa Universalis IV Guide - IGN (2024)

IGN's Europa Universalis IV cheats and secrets guide gives you the inside scoop into every cheat, hidden code, helpful glitch, exploit, and secret in Europa Universalis IV.

Cheats Console and Codes

Bring up the console command box by pressing ~ (TILDE, the key above TAB) and then enter and confirm one of the codes below to produce the corresponding effect.

• add_cb [<casus belli tag>] [<target country tag>] - Add casus belli against target country
• add_core [<Province ID>] - Add core
• add_natives [<ProvinceID>] [<Amount>] - Add natives to given province
• add_opinion [<Country tag>] - Add opinion to/from tag
• add_pi [<Country tag>] - Add papal influence to tag
• add_pa [<Country tag>] - Add patriach authority to tag
• add_reformlevel [<Amount>] - Add reform level to the empire
• add_interest [<Country tag>] - Add specified country tag to your interest
• stability - Adds stability
• add_colonist [<Country tag>] - Adds a colonist to the specified country
• add_heir [<Target Country Tag>] - Adds an heir of a tag (eg: add_heir 43)
• add_missionary [<Country tag>] - Adds a missionary to a country
• add_diplo - Adds diplomatic entroute
• morehumans [number] - Adds more humans
• piety - Adds piety
• population [<ProvinceID>] [<Amount>] - Adds population to a province.
• prestige - Adds Prestige
• add_idea_group [<Idea group key>] - Adds the identified idea group
• power [<stability/tech_table_key/idea_key>] - Adds the identified idea group
• annex [<Target Country Tag>] - Begin annex/annexes the identified country
• integrate [<Target Country Tag>] - Begin integrate/integrates the identified country
• controll [<Province ID>] - Change controller
• mapmode [Mapmode type (int)] - Change mapmode.
• own [<Province ID>] - Change ownership
• nextsong - Changes the song currently playing
• clear - Clears the console
• savegame - Creates a save file
• discover [<Target Country Tag>] - Discover capital of target tag
• helphelp - Double Rainbow (help from a unicorn)
• selflearningai - Enables/Disables Self-Learning AI
• event [event id] [<Target Country Tag>] - Executes an event (eg: event 3041 51)
• manpower (Insert Number) - Extra manpower
• Cash (Insert Number) - Extra money
• fow off - Fog of War turned off
• fow on - Fog of War turned on
• poll - Force polls
• adm [<AMOUNT> OPTIONAL] - Obtain administrative power
• dip [<AMOUNT> OPTIONAL] - Obtain diplomatic power
• mil [<AMOUNT> OPTIONAL] - Obtain military power
• powerpoints [<AMOUNT> OPTIONAL] - Obtain power in all categories
• winwars - Awards max war score in all wars for the country
• nudge - Go to the nudge tool
• combatsound - Determines how often combat view produces a random sound? (range is 0-50)
• imperial_authority [VALUE] - Increases your Imperial Authority
• kill_cardinal - Kills the next cardinal on the list
• kill_heir [<Target Country Tag>] - Kills the heir of a country (eg: kill_heir 43)
• die(kill) [<Target Country Tag>] - Kills the monarch of a country (eg: kill 43)
• oos - Make the client go oos
• prices - Pricing info (records in Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\logs)
• help [command name] - Print out command specified, or all console commands
• memory - Prints out the used memory
• balance - Region Balance output
• reloadinterface - Reloads the entire interface to diminish lag
• reload [VAR] - Reloads the gui (reload gui) or lua file (reload lua) type
• remove_cb [<casus belli tag>] [<target country tag>] - Remove casus belli from identified country
• remove_core [<Province ID>] - Remove core
• remove_interest [<Country tag>] - Removes identified country tag from your interest
• remove_defender_faith - Removes the defender of the Faith for the player's religion
• requestgamestate - Requests the gamestate from host
• score - Score output
• legitimacy [<AMOUNT>] - Sets the legitimacy of the ruler
• spritelevel [<Sprite level>] - Sets a forced sprite level (reset by specifying no digit)
• setmissionaryprogress [<ProvinceID>] [<Amount>] - Sets the missionary progress for a province
• papvotes - Shows all votes for a cardinal in the tooltip associated with his name
• IP - Shows your IP
• pirate [<Province ID>] - Starts a Pirate in a province
• revolt [<Province ID>] - Starts a Revolt in a province
• tag [<Country tag>] - Switch tag to country indicated
• observe(spectator) - Switch to play no country at all, and no longer view messages
• testmission [<Mission Name>] - Tests a mission without triggering it
• testevent [<Event ID>] [<Character ID>] - Tests an event without triggering it
• aiview - Toggles additional AI info
• yesman - Toggles AI positive responses for everything
• msg - Toggles all messages popup
• collision(debug_collision) - Toggless debug display of normals/bounding boxes/collision
• fullscreen - Toggles fullscreen
• ti(debug_ti) - Toggles Terra Incognita on/off
• nopausetext - Toggles the pause banner
• fow(debug_fow) [<Province ID> OPTIONAL] - Turns off fog of war in a province or in general (if no province is indicated)
• validateevents - Validates all events without triggering
• vassalize [<Target Country Tag>] - Vassalize the identified tag
• time - Indicates the current time
• siege [<Province ID>] - Wins an ongoing siege in the identified province