Europa Universalis 5 carries on Paradox Interactive’s good work in the strategy genre. In contrast, many fans flock to other well-known franchises for their world-conquering needs. Europa Universalis 5 offers all of this and more, and its console commands and cheats are a lot of fun if you feel like messing about with the world.
It’s not easy for Europa Universalis 5 to compete with the Anno 117: Pax Romana and Civilization 7s of the world. Yet, here we are with another mainline addition to the long-running franchise. It has all the usual mechanics to consider: Ruling through dynasties, shaping your nation, dictating its fate for hundreds of years.
If you want a little helping hand, the Europa Universalis 5 console commands on PC might be a good little companion.
Every Europa Universalis 5 Console Command & Cheat
A little Black Death here and another world-altering event there, and suddenly your best-laid plans are up in smoke faster than a marshmallow held too long over a campfire. Europa Universalis 5 cheats offer ways to counter almost anything, or let you run amok with the best settings on from the start.
Here’s every Europa Universalis 5 Console Command & Cheat, including the command and what it does:
- age, change_age [<age_tag>]: Changes the age.
- ArmyTradition: adds ArmyTradition.
- build_everything [<location> <id> / <country> <tag> / <region> <id> /all]: Build everything possible in a location, country, or region.
- cash: adds cash.
- change_government [<Government Type>]: Change the government of your country.
- create_character [<male/female>] [lowborn/random/new]: Lets you create a Character.
- debug_mode: Toggles debug mode.
- disaster, activate_disaster [<disaster>]: Let’s you activate disaster.
- discover [<location key> / all]: Discover location.
- disease, spawn_disease [<disease>]: Spawns a disease.
- Doom: adds Doom.
- event [eventid] [target]: Trigger an event of your choice.
- form_union [<junior partner>]: Form a union with another country.
- freeze [<location>]: Freezes an ocean.
- GovernmentPower: adds GovernmentPower.
- Harmony: adds Harmony.
- Honor: adds Honor.
- Inflation: adds Inflation.
- Karma: adds Karma.
- kill_character [<id>]: Kills a character of your choosing.
- kill_all_units [<CountryTag>]: Kill all units in target country.
- Manpower: adds Manpower.
- NavyTradition: adds NavyTradition.
- population [<location>]: Increases or decreases a location’s population.
- Prestige: adds Prestige.
- Purity: adds Purity.
- religion [<religion>]: Changes a country’s religion.
- ReligiousInfluence: adds ReligiousInfluence.
- resupply_all_units [<CountryTag>]: Max food for all units in target country.
- Righteousness: adds Righteousness.
- RitePower: adds RitePower.
- Sailors: adds Sailors.
- screenshot: Take a screenshot.
- SelfControl: adds SelfControl.
- settings: Spawns a settings GUI.
- set_flag [<flag_definition>]: Overrides a country’s flag.
- Stability: adds Stability.
- tick_day [number of days]: Moves the game forward a set number of days.
- TickTask.Graph: Open a graph of tasks.
- time: Shows what the time is.
- WarExhaustion: adds WarExhaustion.
- weather [<location> <front/cyclone/tornado>]: Changes weather.
- Yanantin: adds Yanantin.
- YesMan: toggles the cheat mode.
How To Use Europa Universalis 5 Console Commands
Activating Europa Universalis 5 Console Commands is as simple as enabling and opening the Debug Mode option, typing each cheat into the box, and triggering it.
Here’s a quick instructional guide on how to do this (using Steam as our example):
- Open up Steam.
- Find Europa Universalis 5 in your game library.
- Right-click the title.
- Select Properties.
- Choose Launch Options.
- Copy and paste -debug_mode into it.
- Boot up Europa Universalis 5.
- Press the ` key once the game has loaded.
- You can now enter prompts using our list above!
You can now adjust food levels, change religions, and all manner of world-tinkering actions. Our favorites include the ability to trigger an event, because as Heath Ledger’s Joker said: “I’m an agent of chaos.”
Have fun building and destroying your own history of humanity.
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