Hello everyone, this guide will show you how you can enable and use the in-game console. This console was most probably made by the developers to find and fix bugs in the game more easily, but it can also be used to cheat. There are no additional tools you need to download or have any knowledge with other programs (like CheatEngine). I hope you find this guide helpful!

Before you can use the console, you have to do only one thing: Add a launch parameter to the game. Right-click the game in your steam library and click on 'Properties...'. A new window should appear. In this window you should see 'LAUNCH OPTIONS'. In there you have to add "--ForceEnableConsole" (without the quotation marks).



Now you are all done and can start the game as usual. Inside the game you can load up any campaign, even ones you already started. The cheats will work with every save game.

When you've loaded a save, you now have to press " ` ". This character is called a backquote or backtick. If you do not have an english keyboard, you might need to press another key. You can use this website[keycode-visualizer.netlify.app] to test if you can produce the needed backquote. If the website shows that you pressed the key with the keycode 192, you'll have to press the same key in game. Currently I know of following other keys you need to press for other keyboards:

• German: " ö " (Thanks to Riesenzwerg)
  
• Nordic: " æ " (Thanks to larsi64)
  
• French: " ù "

If you've done everything right, you should see a window just like that..

Before you can start using the cheats from the list below, you have to set your cheat-level. The game normally starts out at cheat-level 0, which is equivalent to "no cheats allowed". The maximum cheat-level is 3, which allows every available console command.

To set your cheat-level you simply enter "cl X" (without the quotation marks), where X is the cheat-level you want to set.

cl
Shows the current cheat level

cl X
Sets the current cheat level to x. Must be between 0 (None) and 3 (High).

help X
Shows information about another console command. X must be another console command.

clear
Clears the console from any past commands. This doesn't undo the commands previously entered!

gold X
Sets the gold of the player kingdom to X.

give_gold X
Gives X gold to the selected kingdom.

piety X
Sets the piety of the player kingdom to X.

give_piety X
Gives X piety to the selected kingdom.

books X
Sets the books of the players kingdom to X.

give_books X
Gives X books to the selected kingdom.

spawn_pop X
Gives X population to the selected realm/province.

unprison
Frees the selected character.

imprison_all
Imprisons everyone in the selected kingdom.

conquer
Conquers the selected kingdom.

kill
Kills currently selected character.

add_child X
Adds a child to the selected kingdom. If X is 0, a prince will be added. If X is something else, a princess will be added.

force_endless_game X
Enables/Disables that the game will continue running even after an endgame-condition was met. This means, that the game continues to run, even if the player is eliminated. If X is 1, it is enabled. If X is 0, it is disabled.

sub X
Makes the selected kingdom a vassal/independent. If X is 1, the kingdom becomes a vassal. If X is 0, it becomes independent.

cal X
Makes the selected kingdom a caliphate. If X is 1, the kingdom becomes a caliphate. If X is 0, it becomes non-caliphate.

cr X
Changes the religion of the selected kingdom. Allowed values for X are "Catholic", "Orthodox", "Muslim" and "Pagan".

crr X
Changes the religion of the selected realm/province. Allowed values for X are "Catholic", "Orthodox", "Muslim" and "Pagan".

ex
Excommunicate selected kingdom.

unex
Un-Excommunicate selected kingdom.

restore_papacy
Restores the papacy.

gai
Enables/Disables the ai for everyone.

kai
Disables the AI for the selected kingdom.

bai
Enables/Disables the ai inside the battleview.

rai
Enables/Disables the ai for rebels.

rai
Enables/Disables spawning of rebels.

max X
Levels up the selected characters skill. If X is 1, all skills are leveld up. If X is 0, a random skill is leveled up.

More coming soon..

This happens if you have your cheat level set to 3. This logic cannot be removed as it is inside the game code. You should reset your cheat level to 2 or lower to not accidentally spawn armies you do not want.

Any more questions? Comment below and I'll try to answer them.