Hearts of Iron 4 includes some few in-game cheats that can be entered and used via console commands. We attempted to choose only the finest cheats to enhance your gaming experience. Furthermore, you can employ these cheats for enjoyment to take over the world or when struggling with an in-game aspect. To make things even easier, we’ve mentioned the tags and classifications you’ll need.

Best Cheats and Console Commands in HOI 4

To use the best Hearts of Iron IV cheats, open the command console in HOI 4. To avoid in-game file corruption, always force a save before beginning to use cheats. The key binds in HOI 4 for console commands vary by system, so try either the tab,, ‘, “, or keys, but these should deliver up the space for you to enter cheats in Hearts Of Iron IV. Additionally, access the cheat as input in the command console. We’ve divided these into sections based on the command input they require—amount, country tag, province or state id, and so on.

The Best Cheats in HOI 4 With Amount Specifiers

Below are the best cheat codes for you:

• gain_xp [amount] – Grants XP to the leader/general you select.
• cp [amount] – Increases Command Power. In order to keep it from overloading, the cap is at 100%
• st [amount] – Positive numbers add stability up to 100%, negative numbers subtract stability.
• ws [amount] – Positive numbers add war support up to 100%, negative numbers subtract war support.
• allowtraits – General trait assignments will have no more restrictions.
• add_equipment [amount] [equipment name] – Equipment (Not Naval) adds to the stockpile. The Player has to research the equipment first.
• add_latest_equipment [amount] – Adds the numerical value of the equipment.
• manpower [amount] – Reserves get manpower in the amount the player mentions.
• xp [amount] – Earn the mentioned XP across Army, Navy as well as Air pools.
• pp [amount] – Earns you the mentioned amount of Political Power and influence.
• add_party_popularity [ideology group] [amount] – Earns the mentioned party the amount of popularity specified with the ideology.
• nuke [amount] – Possession of the  mentioned amount of nuclear weapons is added to the country you’re playing as.
• morehumans [amount] – Spawns more humans if positive number entered, removes if negative number entered.
• add_autonomy [country tag] [amount] – A country’s autonomy level is added onto or subtracted from.

Cheats With Country Tags, Province Id’s or State Id’s

If you want to specifically target a HOI 4 geographical position with a cheat code in Hearts Of Iron IV’s command console, use the tags and ID’s that follow the cheat.

• whitepeace [country tag] [country tag] – This establishes white peace between both the country whose tags are in bracket.
• annex [country tag] – The country mentioned will have all their territories and area annexed to yours. Furthermore, this will extend all their territories to yours as well.
• tag [country tag] – Changes the current country you’re playing as.
• deleteallunits [country tag] – Wipes out all armies as well as fleets of the country specified.
• add_interest [country tag] – The country mentioned is added to your interest.
• remove_interest [country tag] – The country mentioned is removed from your interest.
• civilwar [ideology] [country tag] – Begin a civil war within a country, specifying one of the ideologies- ‘communism’, ‘democratic’, ‘neutrality’, and ‘fascism’.
• add_core [state id] [country tag] – The mention of the state’s tag upgrades it to the core of the country.
• setowner [country tag] [state id] – Transform ownership from any state to the entire country.
• fow [province ID]– you can toggle fog of war on or off for the province specified. Remove the specifier for an overall fog of war toggle.
• moveunit [unit id] [province id] – The mention of the unit id will transfer the unit to the province in mention.
• teleport [province id] – The province id in mention will suddenly teleport all player armies and ships to its location.

The Best Hearts of Iron Console Commands for Miscellaneous Uses in HOI 4 

Below are few other cheats we found to be really useful in-game.

• observe – This will enable you to enter the mode of viewing gameplay as it happens.
• error – displays all the errors as on the log file.
• Weather – You can toggle the weather mode on or off.
• fronts – You can toggle the visibility of foreign fronts.
• traderoutes – You can toggle the visibility of trade routes.
• allowdiplo – This allows you to perform all diplomatic actions without reason.
• winwars – This will earn you maximum warscore possible in all conflicts you’re currently engaging in.
• instantconstruction – Enables instantaneous construction. Use again to disable.
• yesman – Your country’s AI automatically accepts all diplomatic offers.
• savegame – saves the game forcefully.
• decision.nochecks – You don’t need to check decision arguments.
• Nomapicons – You can toggle the visibility of icons on the map.
• Nopausetext – You can toggle the visibility of the pause menu.
• debug_tactics – You can toggle the visibility of the tactics debug tooltip.
• focus.nochecks – You won’t need to check focus requirements.
• focus.ignoreprerequisites – This enables you to ignore any focus pre-requisites.
• research [slot id / ‘all’] – Researches the slot id equipment. Moreover, use “all” to research all in general.
• research_on_icon_click – Instantly research any technology by clicking on it.
• set_ruling_party [ideology group] –  The ruling party’s ideology is fixed with one of the following- ‘f’ (fascism), ‘d’ (democratic), ‘n’ (neutrality) and ‘c’ (communism).
• tag_color [rgb] – Customize the color of your country’s tag.
• Instant_wargoal – Enables you to declare wargoals without the need for justifying them.