Crusader Kings 3 console commands: How to cheat your way to riches and power
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Need someCrusader Kings 3 cheats? There’s nothing wrong with wanting to mess around in Paradox Interactive’s playground of war,intrigueand drama. Like history itself, Crusader Kings 3 can bestranger than fictionand lends itself well to a dash of craziness as you weather elaborative schemes and assassination plots.
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Sure, there’s fun to be had playing by the rules, too, surviving on your own steam and gaining supremacy through your own craftiness and guile—few things are better. But if you want to mess around with the formula and setting, and make the game dance to your tune, cheats are the way to do it.
These Crusader Kings 3 console commands let you do anything from giving titles, to killing characters, to discovering schemes targeting you. In this list below, we explain how to use these commands, as well as listing all of them and their effects. Use with caution.
How to enable Crusader Kings 3 cheats
First you’ll need to enable Crusader Kings 3’s debug mode to use cheats. The method is different depending on how you bought the game.
For Steam users: Right-click on Crusader Kings 3 in your game library. Select ‘Properties’ from the bottom of the menu. Under the ‘General’ tab, select ‘Set Launch Options.’ Type-debug_modeinto the field and press OK.
For Gamepass/Windows 10 users: Open Notepad or another text editor. Create a new file. In the file, paste the following line:
start shell:AppsFolder\ParadoxInteractive.ProjectTitus_zfnrdv2de78ny!App -debug_mode
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Save the file to your desktop as a .bat file. You can name it whatever you like (for instance, CK3cheat.bat), as long as it ends in .bat.
Double-clicking that file will now launch Crusader Kings 3 in debug mode.
How to use Crusader Kings 3 cheats
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To open the console while in the game, press the key, the ~ (tilde) key, or Shift-Alt-C. Press or ~ again to close it (Shift-Alt-C doesn’t seem to close the console). You’ll see a window where you can enter console commands.
To use the commands listed below, just type them in and press Enter. Keep the following in mind:
• Pressing Tab while typing in the console command field will reveal a lot of information. For instance, if you want to add a law to your realm, typeadd_realm_law, and then press Tab. A list of laws will be displayed, and you can then type the one you want. This is true for doctrines, traits, regiments, secrets, and many other cheats below.
• When using cheats on your character, you don’t need to enter a character ID. If no character ID is entered, the effect will always happen to your character. (For instance, typingage 20will add 20 years to your character’s age.) To find the IDs of other characters, hover your mouse over someone’s portrait while in debug mode.
• When using amounts, if no amount is entered, the default is 1000 unless otherwise noted below. Negative values can also be entered (to decrease gold, age, etc).
Most useful CK3 cheat codes
Note: Do not type in the brackets with the code. For instance, gold [amount] would be entered as: gold 1000
More Crusader Kings 3 cheat codes
Note: Do not type in the brackets with the code. For instance, gold [amount] would be entered as: gold 1000
CK3 Testing Commands
CK 3 Scripting Commands
Source: CK3 wiki
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