Stellaris is absolutely dominating the Steam charts this week, thanks to a strong word of mouth campaign and overwhelmingly positive user reviews, but many players are struggling with the latest strategy game in Paradox Interactive’s catalog. Fortunately, fans have already uncovered dozens of console commands for Stellaris that can quickly turn the tide of any campaign in your favor. They won’t all be useful to most players but some are basically cheat codes for Stellaris .
Granted, not everyone is going to be a fan of these Stellaris cheats. God Mode kind of takes the suspense out of 4X games, or any strategy release for that matter, and removing the need to efficiently manage resources effectively eliminates the biggest struggle in Stellaris . That said, if you’re struggling to keep your head above water, the ability to instantly finish your research projects and/or buildings might be just enough for you to stick with Stellaris until you get the hang of colonizing new star systems.
To open the console in Stellaris , start a new game (or load your current one) and press the Tilde (~) key on your keyboard . Just remember that console commands do not work in Ironman games and you only need to use lowercase letters when entering new commands.
Here are all of the Stellaris cheats uncovered so far:
Cash [Desired Amount Here]
Adds minerals.
Example: cash 8000
[Resource] [Desired Amount Here]
Instantly receive the desired amount of a given research material
- Example: physics 1000
Invincible
Makes your fleet invincible
Research_Technologies
Instantly researches all technology
AI
Enable/Disable AI
Survey
Survey every planet and star system on the map
Influence [Desired Amount Here]
Adds influence
Example: influence 8000
Debug_Yesmen
Forces all AI to accept any demands from your society.
Instant_Build
Immediately finish construction on all incomplete buildings
Finish_Research
Immediately finish construction on all current research projects
Play [Insert Faction ID]
Play as a different faction. Typically used to play as Fallen empires
Fallen empires IDs begin 1 digit higher than empire total for current game
E.g. - If there were 20 empires at the start of the game, Fallen empires will start at 21
Example: play 21
Add_Trait_Species [Species] [Trait Key]
Add a new trait to a species
Example: add_trait_species human trait_thrifty
Remove_Trait_Species
Remove a trait from a specis
- Example: remove_trait_species human trait_thrifty
Planet_Class [Class ID]
Change the class of the currently selected planet
Example: planet_class pc_arctic
Planet_Happiness [Desired Amount Here]
Increase the happiness of the currently selected planet by the desired amount
Example: planet_happiness 50
Planet_Size [Desired Amount Here]
Adjust the visual and tile size (to a maximum of 25) of the currently selected planet
- Example: planet_size 25
Damage [Desired Amount Here]
Instantly damage the currently selected ship
Example: damage 100
Democratic_Election
Trigger the next presidential election
Fast_Forward [Desired Amount Here]
Instantly advance the calendar by the specified number of days
Example: fast_forward 50
FTL
Enable/Disable unlimited FTL
Instant_Build
Enable/Disable instant construction of buildings, ships and upgrades
Instant_Colony
Enable/Disable instant colonization
Instant_Move
Enable/Disable instant teleportation of ships
Observe
- Switch to observer mode
Populate
- Adds Pops to all empty tiles on the currently selected planet
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