Europa Universalis 5 console commands and cheats

Want a list of Europa Universalis 5 console commands and cheats? There are many ways you can adapt this grand strategy game, from sweeping changes like winning territories and land to small tweaks to help the overall feel and performance of the game.

We've included a list of all useful console commands and cheats, but it's also worth checking out any debugging commands to help improve any issues you're experiencing in the game, seeing as Europa Universalis 5 has just launched. From conquering entire regions to just checking the time, here's a complete list of console commands and how to enable Debug Mode to access the console.

To use console commands, you need to enable Debug Mode. Depending on which platform you're using, there are various different ways to do this. If you're playing the game on Steam, right-click the game in your Steam Library and open Properties. Then, in General, you can type 'debug_mode' into the launch options. If you're using the launcher, simply click on the game settings and scroll down to 'open game in debug mode'.

To open the console once debug mode is activated, use the tilde key (~), and a command box will appear for you to add any of the console commands and cheats we've included below.

Europa Universalis 5 console commands

Below is a list of the most useful EU5 console commands, and we'll add more helpful ones as we find them.

• disaster, activate_disaster [<disaster>]: Let's you activate disaster
• screenshot: Take a screenshot
• settings: Spawns a settings GUI
• create_character [<male/female>] [lowborn/random/new]: Lets you create a Character
• event [eventid] [target]: Trigger an event of your choice
• set_flag [<flag_definition>]: Overrides a country's flag
• Manpower: adds Manpower
• Sailors: adds Sailors
• Harmony: adds Harmony
• SelfControl: adds SelfControl
• ArmyTradition: adds ArmyTradition
• NavyTradition: adds NavyTradition
• cash: adds cash
• Stability: adds Stability
• WarExhaustion: adds WarExhaustion
• Purity: adds Purity
• Honor: adds Honor
• Inflation: adds Inflation
• GovernmentPower: adds GovernmentPower
• Karma: adds Karma
• ReligiousInfluence: adds ReligiousInfluence
• Doom: adds Doom
• RitePower: adds RitePower
• Prestige: adds Prestige
• Yanantin: adds Yanantin
• Righteousness: adds Righteousness
• YesMan: toggles the cheat mode
• form_union [<junior partner>]: Form a union with another country
• change_government [<Government Type>]: Change the government of your country
• discover [<location key> / all]: Discover location
• weather [<location> <front/cyclone/tornado>]: Changes weather
• build_everything [<location> <id> / <country> <tag> / <region> <id> /all]: Build everything possible in a location, country, or region
• TickTask.Graph: Open a graph of tasks
• time: Shows what the time is
• debug_mode: Toggles debug mode
• tick_day [number of days]: Moves the game forward a set number of days
• kill_all_units [<CountryTag>]: Kill all units in target country
• resupply_all_units [<CountryTag>]: Max food for all units in target country
• disease, spawn_disease [<disease>]: Spawns a disease
• kill_character [<id>]: Kills a character of your choosing
• population [<location>]: Increases or decreases a location's population
• freeze [<location>]: Freezes an ocean
• religion [<religion>]: Changes a country's religion
• age, change_age [<age_tag>]: Changes the age

Now you're caught up on all Europa Universalis 5 console commands and cheats and how to use the console. Here are the best strategy games on PC, and the best grand strategy games you can play right now.