Imperator: Rome lets you set lofty goals for yourself, from conquering the world as Rome to toppling one of its behemoths when playing as a smaller country. Victory, however, doesn’t always come easy, and, sometimes, having some console commands and cheats at the ready can prove quite handy when the unexpected happens.
Many things can threaten to foil your plans, regardless if they involve painting the map in your country’s color or simply getting by without being absorbed into a bigger empire. A surprise incursion from one of your neighbors, a stab in the back from a former ally, your powerful ruler suddenly dying – these are all moments when the list of Imperator: Rome console commands and cheats below could very much come in handy.
Imperator: Rome Console Commands and Cheats
Originally available at the press of a single button, Imperator: Rome’s console commands and cheats now require an extra step to activate.
If you’re running the Steam version, right-click on the game in your library and select Properties. In the General tab, you’ll see a dialog box, just under the Launch Options section. Simply add “-debug_mode” there, without the quote marks, and you’ll be able to bring up the console in-game using the tilde (`) key.
This disables achievements and cannot be used during ironman on multiplayer matches, so be sure to keep that in mind before tapping into power you shouldn’t have access to in the first place.
Remember to remove the brackets from the Imperator: Rome console commands and cheats below when typing them in-game. The purple text that appears when hovering on provides around the map has the IDs you’ll need.
| Console command/Cheat | Effect |
|---|---|
| ae (amount) | Changes your aggressive expansion by specified amount |
| annex (country name/ID) | Annexes the specific country |
| army (unit number) (province ID) | Adds specified amount of units in specified province |
| army_loyalty (province ID) (amount) | Sets the loyalty of the army located in the specified province to specified amount |
| cash (amount) | Adds specified amount of gold or 5000 gold if no amount is specified |
| centralization (amount) | Sets centralization to specified amount |
| character.age (character ID) (number) | Sets age of specified character to specified number |
| character.charisma (character ID) (number) | Sets charisma of specified character to specified number |
| character.corruption (character ID) (number) | Sets corruption of specified character to specified number |
| character.experience (character ID) (number) | Sets experience of specified character to specified number |
| character.finesse (character ID) (number) | Sets finesse of specified character to specified number |
| character.health (character ID) (number) | Sets health of specified character to specified number |
| character.martial (character ID) (number) | Sets martial of specified character to specified number |
| character.popularity (character ID) (number) | Sets popularity of specified character to specified number |
| character.prominence (character ID) (number) | Sets prominence of specified character to specified number |
| character.wealth (character ID) (number) | Sets wealth of specified character to specified number |
| character.zeal (character ID) (number) | Sets zeal of specified character to specified number |
| civilwar (country ID) | Starts a civil war in the specified country |
| conquer (province ID) | Have the specified country conquer the specified province |
| control (province ID) (country ID) | Have the specified country control the specified province |
| debug_mode | Shows tags and IDs in-game |
| declare_war (country ID) (country ID) | Declares war between the specified countries |
| decolonize (province ID) | Decolonizes specified province |
| execute (country ID) | Executes all soldiers and navy of specified country |
| help | Brings up list of all commands |
| horde (province ID) | Spawns a barbarian horde in specified province |
| imprison (character ID) | Imprisons specified character |
| kill (character ID) | Kills specified character |
| make_child (mother) (father) | Spawns a child for the specified parents |
| manpower (amount) | Add specified amount of manpower or 50,000 if no amount is specified |
| military_experience (amount) | Add specified amount of military experience or 100 if no amount is specified |
| navy (ship count) (province ID) | Spawns specified amount of Triremes in province |
| political_influence (amount) | Grants specified number of political influence or 100 if no amount is specified |
| revolt (country ID) | Starts a revolt in specified country |
| stab (+/-amount) | Sets stability to 100. Adding +amount or -amount after the command modifies it by specified amount |
| tech_all | Grants 1 level to all technology branches |
| tick_day (number of days) | Advances time by specified number of days |
| warexhaustion (+/-amount) | Sets war exhaustion to 20. Adding +amount or -amount after the command modifies it by specified amount |
These are only some of the more notable Imperator: Rome console commands. If you count among those jumping between Paradox grand strategy titles, here are Crusader Kings 3’s console commands and cheats.
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