No ruler ever made it to the top by playing fairly all the time, and the same is true for the fictional rulers of Crusader Kings 3. While the grand strategy game comes with many moving parts and simulates the conquests that took place across Europe in the Middle Ages, players can make their experience as realistic and historically accurate or as dystopian and unrealistic as they prefer. If they want to become despots, or at least make aspects of the game a little easier, they can use cheat codes.

The game supports cheats for everything from adding perks to passing laws to immediately killing characters. However, unlike most games, the player will need to launch Crusader Kings 3 in debug mode to begin cheating their way to victory. This is a relatively easy process that allows players to wield immense power when customizing their game. are all the cheat codes available for Crusader Kings 3 and what they do.

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Every Cheat Code in Crusader Kings 3

To reach debug mode in Steam, the player should navigate to their Steam game library, find and right-click Crusader Kings 3, and select Properties. Under the General tab, they will need to choose Select Launch Options… and type -debug_mode in the popup window. On Xbox Game Pass, players will need to run the following command prompt: start shell:AppsFolderParadoxInteractive.ProjectTitus_zfnrdv2de78ny!App -debug_mode. From here, they should be able to open the console using the ` or ~ keys. If this does not pull up the console, they should also try Shift + 2, Shift + 3, Alt + 2 + 1, or Shift + Alt + C. Once that’s done, players can begin entering cheat codes and customizing their game experience any way they like.

In the console, players can use the Tab key to get information that will help make cheating easier. For example, if players want to add a perk, but they want to see a list of all perks available, they can type add_perk and press Tab to pull up a full list of perks. With the console open, players can also figure out a character ID by hovering over the character. If a player does not specify a character ID, the effect will always happen to their character.

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Positive values adds that number to any of the following conditions. Players can also input a negative number to subtract that amount instead. Here is every known cheat code for the game:

  • add_claim [title id] [character id]: Gives claim on title.
  • add_doctrine [doctrine id] [faith id]: Adds doctrine to faith.
  • add_dread [amount] [character id]: Adds dread.
  • add_maa [regiment id] [character id]: Adds men-at-arms regiment.
  • add_perk [perk id] [character id]: Adds perk.
  • add_piety [amount]: Adds piety.
  • add_prestige [amount]: Adds prestige.
  • add_realm_law [law id] [character id]: Passes law.
  • add_realm_law_skip_effects [law id] [character id]: Adds law.
  • add_relation [relation id] [character id]: Adds relationship.
  • add_secret [secret id]: Adds secret.
  • add_stress [amount] [character id]: Adds stress.
  • add_title_law [title id] [law id]: Adds law to title.
  • add_trait [trait id] [character id]: Adds trait.
  • add_lifestyle_xp_all [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of XP to all lifestyles.
  • add_diplomacy_lifestyle_xp [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of diplomacy lifestyle XP.
  • add_martial_lifestyle_xp [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of marital lifestyle XP.
  • add_stewardship_lifestyle_xp [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of stewardship lifestyle XP.
  • add_intrigue_lifestyle_xp [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of intrigue lifestyle XP.
  • add_learning_lifestyle_xp [amount] [character id]: Adds an amount of learning lifestyle XP.
  • age [amount] [character id]: Adds the selected number of years to the character’s age.
  • change_culture [county id] [culture id]: Changes culture.
  • change_development_level [amount] [county id]: Adds an amount of development to a country.
  • change_fervor [amount] [faith id]: Adds an amount of fervor to faith.
  • change_diplomacy [amount] [character id]: Adds diplomacy skill.
  • change_martial [amount] [character id]: Adds martial skill.
  • change_stewardship [amount] [character id]: Adds stewardship skill.
  • change_intrigue [amount] [character id]: Adds intrigue skill.
  • change_learning [amount] [character id]: Adds learning skill.
  • change_prowess [amount] [character id]: Adds prowess skill.
  • clear_character_modifiers [character id]: Removes character modifiers.
  • clear_title_laws [title id]: Removes title laws.
  • clear_traits [character id]: Removes traits.
  • destroy_title: Destroys a title.
  • discover_all_eras [character id]: Discovers all innovations.
  • discover_era [era id]: Discovers innovations of era.
  • discover_fascination [character id]: Discovers current fascinations
  • discover_innovation [innovation id] [character id]: Discover innovation for character’s culture.
  • dynasty_prestige [amount] [dynasty id]: Adds prestige to dynasty.
  • end_pregnancy: Ends a pregnancy
  • end_schemes: Ends all schemes against the player character.
  • event [event id]: Starts an event.
  • gain_all_dynasty_perks [character id]: Grants all dynasty perks.
  • gain_all_perks [character id]: Grants all lifestyle perks.
  • generate_cadet_coa: Generates a new coat of arms for the player character’s house.
  • give_title [title id] [character id]: Gives a title.
  • gold [amount]: Adds an amount of gold.
  • instabuild: Completes all holdings and buildings in one day.
  • instant_birth: Makes pregnancies last one day.
  • join_era [era id] [character id]: Character enters era.
  • kill [character id]: Kills character.
  • know_schemes: Allows the player to learn all schemes against player character.
  • merge_culture [culture id] [culture id]: Swaps one culture for another.
  • pregnancy [character id] [character id]: Impregnates a character.
  • remove_doctrine [doctrine id] [faith id]: Removes doctrine from faith.
  • remove_nick [character id]: Removes current nickname.
  • remove_relation [relation id] [character id]: Removes specified relationship.
  • remove_trait [traid id] [character id]: Removes specified traits.
  • revoke_lease: Revokes the lease on a title.
  • set_culture [culture id] [character id]: Sets culture.
  • set_dread [amount] [character id]: Sets dread.
  • set_faith [faith id] [character id]: Sets faith.
  • set_focus [focus id] [character id]: Sets focus.
  • set_nick [nickname id] [character id]: Sets nickname.
  • set_sexuality [sexuality id] [character id]: Sets sexual orientation.
  • set_stress [amount] [character id]: Sets stress.
  • set_diplomacy [amount] [character id]: Sets diplomacy skill.
  • set_martial: Sets martial skill.
  • set_stewardship [amount] [character id]: Sets stewardship skill.
  • set_intrigue [amount] [character id]: Sets intrigue skill.
  • set_learning [amount] [character id]: Sets learning skill.
  • set_prowess [amount] [character id]: Sets prowess skill.
  • yesmen: Forces AI characters to accept proposals.

With these cheats, players can fully customize the experience and create the dynasty and empire they want within the game, or make life difficult for other characters.

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To close the console and return to the game, they will need to press the ` or ~ key again.

Crusader Kings 3 is available for PC through Steam or Xbox Game Pass.

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