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When it comes to 4X strategy titles, those created by Paradox Interactive are typically the cream of the crop. The latest in the Crusader Kings series, Crusader Kings 3, dropped in September of 2020 and became immediately popular with fans of the series for several reasons. The game is incredibly deep and allows players to really sink into the interpersonal drama of medieval European kingdoms, but that wealth of content isn’t limitless, and plenty of players have put hundreds of hours into the game. If you’re one of these players, you’ll want to spice up your gameplay experience, and console commands can help you do that.
Console commands can do everything from killing off your enemies to spawning new resources and claims on land for your monarch. You’ll be shocked by how much you can do with these commands, so to help you wrap your head around the wealth of options, we’ve compiled all of the best and most useful console commands into the list below.
How to Open the Command Console in Crusader Kings 3
The command console isn’t enabled by default in Crusader Kings 3, so you’re going to have to jump through several hoops before you’ll be able to switch up your gameplay experience. To make the console available in-game, you’ll need to add some launch parameters to your game, and how you do that will be different depending on where you bought the game. On Steam, for example, you can just right-click the game, hit properties, then enter the modifier below into the Launch Options field and you’re done.
Find the game in its install directory if you’re using a DRM-free version, like GOG. It should be called ‘ck3.exe’. Now right-click the file and select ‘create shortcut.’ Now, right-click your shortcut, and add the text below to the end of the ‘target’ field. Just make sure you leave a space between the speech mark and the start of your code.
-debug_modeWith that done, you can now launch your game in debug mode. Bear in mind that the command console is only available outside of Ironman Mode. The key you’ll need to press to open the command console is different depending on your layout, but you should start with the ‘`’ key, which is just under escape. Try Shift+2 or the keys above the right shift if that doesn’t work.
Crusader Kings 3 Useful Console Commands
Since there are so many different commands for you to try out, we’ve put them into various categories for you to check out below.
Crusader Kings 3 Resource Console Commands
If you’ve already played Crusader Kings 3 before, then you know that resources play a huge role in the game, even if they’re not the sort of resources you usually deal with in a strategy game. The commands below will let you add more resources to your own coffers.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
| adds [amount] of piety to the player | add_piety [amount] |
| adds [amount] of prestige to the player | add_prestige [amount] |
| adds [amount] of gold to the player | gold [amount] |
| Adds [amount] of prestige to the player’s dynasty | dynasty_prestige [amount] |
| Adds [amount] of all lifestyle XP to the player. | add_lifestyle_xp_all [amount] |
Crusader Kings 3 Debug Mode Commands
As well as the command console, you can also do several other things while you’re in debug mode. For example, you can Alt-click on a character to kill them, or Ctrl-click on them to take control of that character. You should also keep your eye out for some extra options at the bottom of the character interaction menu that lets you do things like forcing a character to like/hate you or instantly make someone pregnant.
Crusader Kings 3 Cheat Console Commands
It’s all well and good making minor alterations to your gameplay experience, but we all know that the real fun lies with straight-up cheats. These codes can do crazy things to the game, so try to avoid activating them on a game that you want to take seriously, but otherwise, you can pretty much go nuts.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
| Toggle fog of war | fow |
| Give your character all lifestyle perks | gain_all_perks |
| Give your character’s dynasty legacies | gain_all_dynasty_perks |
| Makes all of your schemes successful | guarenteed_scheme_success |
| Makes all of your schemes secret | guarenteed_scheme_secrecy_success |
| Makes all construction or reinforcement nearly instant | instabuild |
| Makes the AI instantly accept all proposals | yesmen_instant |
| Forces AI schemes that target you to end | end_schemes |
| Discovers all of the innovations for your culture | discover_all_eras |
| Gives you a pet cat | effect start_cat_story_cycle_effect |
| Gives you a pet dog | effect start_dog_story_cycle_effect |
| Makes pregnancies last a single day | instant_birth |
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