HOI4 Guides

How to open the console and use the most popular cheats in Hearts of Iron IV.

How to Open the Console in HOI4

Open the command console in Hearts of Iron IV with the tilde key so you can enter cheat commands, and why cheats disable achievements.

Use the tag console command with a country tag (such as GER, SOV or USA) to switch to playing any nation in Hearts of Iron IV.

Add guns, tanks, planes and ships to your stockpile instantly with the add_equipment console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Unlock the entire tech tree at once with research all, or speed up research with research_fast, in Hearts of Iron IV.

Build factories, infrastructure and forts instantly with the instantconstruction (ic) console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Add political power instantly with the pp console command in Hearts of Iron IV to rush focuses, advisors and law changes.

Instantly take all of a nation's territory with the annex console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Force white peace, instantly justify war goals and turn the tide with console commands in Hearts of Iron IV.

Top up your recruitable manpower pool instantly with the add_manpower console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Add nuclear bombs to your arsenal instantly with the nuke console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Add national spirits, laws and advisors with the add_ideas console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Give experience to your generals, admirals and leader with the gain_xp console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Reveal the whole map by toggling fog of war with the debug_fow (fow) console command in Hearts of Iron IV.

Raise stability and war support instantly with the add_stability and add_war_support console commands in Hearts of Iron IV.

Switch a country's ruling party and ideology with the set_ruling_party and add_party_popularity console commands in Hearts of Iron IV.