Victoria II is one of the most popular games in the strategy genre. You’ll guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. However, some codes and cheats can make your life way easier.
Victoria cheats are commands that activate the game’s admin mode. This mode allows you to use codes to obtain items, change gravity, summon creatures, and control various game elements. Check out the list of the main cheats for the game.
Victoria 2 Command List
To use cheats and commands in Victoria 2, press ` or ~ on your keyboard to open its console. Send commands by typing them into your chat then press ENTER.
| Name | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| money | money [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of money to your current nation’s balance. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| cash | cash | His command only works in Victoria II without the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed (use “money” command if playing with Hearts of Darkness). This command adds 1,000 cash to your nation’s reserves. |
| prestige | prestige [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of prestige to your nation. If you do not have the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed, this command will add 55 prestige to your nation (regardless of the amount you enter). |
| leadership | leadership [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of leadership to your nation. If you do not have the Hearts of Darkness DLC installed, this command will add 100 leadership to your nation (regardless of the amount you enter). |
| goods | goods [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of each good type, and cash, to your nation. For example, specifying 10 after the command would give you 10 more of all goods and 10 cash. |
| plurality | plurality [amount] | His command sets your nation’s plurailty to the specified number (it does not add the specified amount to your existing plurality). |
| revolt | revolt [province id] | His command starts a revolt in the province with the specified ID. You may need to type this command (with the province ID) twice for it to work. |
| instantconstruction | instantconstruction | His command toggles instant construction on and off for both your nation and AI nations. With instant construction on, construction completes within one day (almost instantly). |
| inc | inc | His command toggles instant construction for your nation (and other human nations) only – AI nations do not have instant construction. Instant construction makes building finish in one day (almost instantly). |
| instantresearch | instantresearch | His command toggles instant research on and off for all nations (including those controlled by AI). With instant research on, research completes after just one day. |
| inr | inr | His command toggles instant research for nations controlled by humans only (AI nations will not have instant research). When instant research is on, research completes within one day. |
| yesmen | yesmen | Se “debug yesmen” if playing with the Hearts of Darkness DLC. This command will toggle “yesman mode” for all AI nations. In yesman mode, the AI will always respond favorably to offers and deals. Note that AI will respond favorably to offers from other AI nations too. |
| tag | tag [country tag] | His command will switch the country you are playing as to the country with the specified country tag. |
| event | event [event id] [province id / country tag] | His command will initiate the event with the specified ID within a specified province or country. |
| changeowner | changeowner [country tag] [province id] | His command changes the owner of the specified province to the specified country tag. |
| changecontroller | changecontroller [country tag] [province id] | His command changes the controller of the specified province to the specified country tag. |
| conquerall | conquerall [country tag] | His command will conquer (in other words, annex) all of the land of the specified country for your own. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| showprovinceid | showprovinceid | His command will make it so that the IDs of provinces are shown on tooltips when you hover over them. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| spawnunit | spawnunit [unit id] [province id] | His command will spawn the unit with the specified ID in the specified province. The unit will spawn with full strength and no organization. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| spawnactor | spawnactor [actor id] [province id] [animation / gun / hat] | His command will spawn the specified actor (e.g. a leader) in the specified province. You can optionally specify an animation, gun, and hat after the actor name and province ID to customize the actor. You can find a lot of the actors, animations, etc in the gfx folder within your Victoria 2 game files. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| reload | reload [file name] | His command will reload the file with the specified name. Reloading a file will apply changes you have made to it to the game, meaning you don’t have to restart the entire game. |
| reloadfx | reloadfx [shader name] | His command will reload the specified shader. |
| reloadtexture | reloadtexture [texture name] | His command will reload the specified graphics texture (e.g. a PNG file). |
| reloadinterface | reloadinterface | His command reloads all of the the game’s interface. |
| break | break | His command will force your country to surrender to the demands of rebels (provided it has rebels). The rebels that are surrendered to are the top-level rebels in the movement window. |
| upperhouse | upperhouse | His command will hold a reelection in the upper house of the nation you are currently playing as. To start an upper house reelection in another nation, use the tag command to switch to that country and then run this command. |
| election | election | His command will start a general (common) election in the nation you are currently playing as. To start a common election in another nation, use the tag command to switch to that country and then use this command. |
| militancy | militancy [amount] | His command will change the militancy of all populations by the specified amount. Specify a negative number to decrease militancy. |
| date | date [yyyy.mm.dd] | His command will change the date to the specified year, or a more specific date in the following format: YYYY.MM.DD (e.g. 1840.3.25). |
| fow | fow | His command enables and disables (toggles) fog of war. |
| suppress | suppress | His command sets your nation’s suppression points to 100. Suppression points are used to suppress revolts, etc. |
| minzoom | minzoom | His command opens up an interface that allows you to control maximum and minimum zoom. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| wireframe | wireframe | His command toggles (enables and disables) the rendering of 3D models as only their wireframes. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| blockade | blockade [province id] | He command blockades the province with the specified ID. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| reorg | reorg [province id] | His command ‘reorganizes’ the province with the specified ID – giving the province 100% organization and maximum strength. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| fullscreen | fullscreen | His command puts your client in fullscreen (if not already). |
| debug allmoney | debug allmoney | His command will show debug information for all money transfers in the game. This is a toggle command – run it again to disable it. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug alwaysdiplo | debug alwaysdiplo | His command will freeze your nation’s diplomatic points at 5, making them infinite. This is a toggle command – run it again to disable it. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug alwaysaddwargoal | debug alwaysaddwargoal | His command makes it so that you can add any wargoal you desire, limitations no longer apply. This is a toggle command – run it again to disable it. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug researchpoints | debug researchpoints [amount] | His command will give your nation the specified amount of research points. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug alwaysreform | debug alwaysreform | His command makes reforms instant, you no longer need to wait 1 month before they apply. Requirements for reforms (e.g. +50% upper house favor) still apply. You may need to restart your game to disable this command. This is a toggle command – run it again to disable it. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug influence | debug influence | His command sets the influence of every Great Power (the 8 most influencial countries) to 100. This command’s effects also apply to AI countries. This is a toggle command – run it again to disable it. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug cb_use | debug cb_use [casus belli id] [country tag] [country tag] | His command prints a list of all requirements for the specified casus belli (also marking which are met and which aren’t) between the two specified countries. The first country you specify is the country using the casus belli. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug invent | debug invent [invention id] | His command will discover the invention with the specified ID for your country. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| debug market | debug market | His command will enable logging of all price changes to the game.log file. The game.log file is located in the “Logs” directory. The logs directory is located in the directory the game is installed to (where victoria2.exe is, e.g. your Steam library). This is a toggle command – run it again to turn this feature off. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| showrails | showrails | His command enables railroad visibility mode, in which all railroads are highlighted for better viewability. This is a toggle command – run it again to turn it off. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| citysize | citysize [on / off] [size] | His command can be used to override the default maximum size of cities. See argument information for help. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| fakenewsall | fakenewsall [style name] [seed] | His command generates fake news for each possible type of fake news that is defined. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| fakenews | fakenews [article name] [style name] [seed] | His command generates fake news for the specified article. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| reloadnews | reloadnews | His command reloads the database of fake news and fake news styles. This will apply any changes you have made without having to restart the game. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| newsfrom | newsfrom [path] [style name] [seed] | His command generates news from the specified folder. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| news | news [file name] [style name] [seed] | His command generates news from the specified file. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| addresearch | addresearch [tech id] | His command researches the technology with the specified name/ID. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| lprestige | lprestige [province id] [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of prestige to leaders attached to units within the specified province. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| popupdate | popupdate | His command enables and disables (toggles) updating populations. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| popstat | popstat | His command prints to console the amount of active populations that there are. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| breakally | breakally [country tag] | His command will break (end) all of the alliances of the country with the specified country tag. If you do not specify a country tag, your own nation’s alliances will be broken. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| lua | lua [lua code] | His command executes the specified Lua code. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| technologylist | technologylist | His command prints to console a list of all technologies. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| humans | humans [amount] | His command adds the specified amount of humans to your country. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| window | window [open / close] [window] | His command can be used to open or close a specified GUI or window. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| randomlog | randomlog | His command enables and disables (toggles) random logging. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| paint | paint | His command enables map painting mode. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| rpaint | rpaint | His command enables region painting mode. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| cpaint | cpaint | His command enables continent painting mode. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| teleport | teleport [province id] | His command teleports the unit that you currently have selected (clicked on) to the province with the specified ID. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| tutorial | tutorial [chapter id / reload] | His command will move you to the specified chapter of the tutorial, or reload the tutorial files. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| copyprov | copyprov | He command copies the province ID of the province you currently have selected to your clipboard. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| helplog | helplog | His command prints out a list of all console commands to the game.log file. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
| help | help [command name] | F no argument is specified, this command will print a list of all commands to the console. If you specify a command name as an argument, help for that command will be printed to the console. (Only on DLC: Hearts of Darkness) |
