Europa Universalis IV News

EU4 cheats - a quick guide to console commands

So, you're looking for some EU4 cheats, are you? Perhaps you've also seen our Victoria 2 cheats guide, or maybe our primer to Hearts of Iron 4 cheats? Paradox grand strategy games are big, complex, and they can last a long time. Things can also go very wrong - so wrong that not evening save-scumming can help you - so you may find yourself in a need of a helping hand.

Like most games, Europa Universalis IV has an in-game console that allows you to input commands to achieve various effects. EU4 especially is a mature and quite intricate strategy game, with a myriad of goals you might need help accomplishing that may require targeting at province, or even country level.

We've put together a guide to cheats and console commands in EU4. Unlike similar articles we've done for other grand strategy games, we're not going to print the full list of commands available. A full list is available here if you want to look at it. We're also going to give a shout out to Strand, whose excellent Steam guide provided a basis for our own text below.

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Now Paradox offer a DLC subscription for Europa Universalis 4 too

Last month, Paradox launched an optional subscription service for Crusader Kings 2 which gave access to all its expansions and DLC for a small monthly fee. Now they're doing the same with another grand strategy game. Yesterday they launched a separate subscription for Europa Universalis 4, once again offering all the expansions and DLC for a price of £4/month. And it's still optional, they're still selling stuff separately too.

It's a double whammy for Europa Universalis IV fans today. You may remember a few weeks ago that the team at Paradox Tinto - the new studio formed in Barcelona to support EU4 - released a multiplayer patch that they then instantly unpatched because it broke everything.

Now they're ready for the 'Nakama' update to have another go, and today released patch 1.30.6. You can read the full patch notes to remind yourself what exactly this update is doing, but essentially it's designed to try and overhaul the backend so the team could spend more time bug fixing and adding features, and less time managing multiplayer.

Also releasing today is the EU4 subscription service. We've heard rumours about this for over a year now, and we know it was being tested. Crusader Kings II recently went live with its own subscription last month, and this new offering will essentially be the same. For a fiver a month, you can get access to the entire EU4 DLC library, for as long as you keep the subscription going. This will include the upcoming Leviathan expansion, as well as any future premium content.

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Europa Universalis IV Subscription Now Available on Steam and Microsoft Windows

Paradox’s flagship grand strategy game will soon be available in an entirely new way. Europa Universalis IV’s expansion and additional content is now available via subscription letting you enjoy all of the expansions and add-ons that have been developed over the last eight years.

All new subscribers will gain immediate access to all additional content ever created for Europa Universalis IV, with no additional upfront cost. If you already own the base game and some of the expansions or content packs, this subscription does not remove that ownership, but will open up all content that you have not purchased.

Subscribers must already own the Europa Universalis IV base game. Subscription is handled in-game and can be accessed once you start up Europa Universalis IV. This is only available to players on Steam using Microsoft Windows.

Sign up now to enjoy:

All 14 major expansions, including the religious battles of Art of War and Chinese imperial drama of Mandate of Heaven.
Access to the upcoming Leviathan expansion, and all future expansions and content developed for Europa Universalis IV.
3 immersion packs, adding new mechanics for Spain, Great Britain and Russian nations.
9 content packs, adding new unit designs, advisor portraits and music for dozens of different nations.
and many more improvements to the core game experience.

This subscription will be available on 18 March 2021 for $4.99/£3.99/€4.99 per month. This subscription will automatically renew at the end of every month until it is cancelled.

This is an additional service on top of our existing model and we are not replacing anything - we're just adding another option!

Europa Universalis IV: 1.30.6 is now LIVE! [checksum 0b2c]

Greetings all!

We will now be releasing the Nakama multiplayer backend once again. Please note that we skipped v1.30.5 and went straight for 1.30.6 with tweaks to our previous release (that we decided to roll back).

What has changed?

We now implemented the version check of save games also when using a continue button which should hopefully prevent people from destroying their saves as unfortunately happened last time. Please be aware that this doesn't change the fact that old save games should NOT be continued in the new version! Please make sure to stay on your previous patch level if you wish to finish off an ongoing game. You can find instructions on how to roll back here!
You will now have an option if you want to run with the old Steam multiplayer backend or use the new Nakama backend when you start up Europa Universalis IV. Unless you intend to play cross platform you might want to opt-in to using the Steam backend for now

Let's go over again why we are doing this update!

Europa Universalis IV will henceforth run the Nakama multiplayer backend which will allow for our developers to focus more on developing game features and content, and working on bugfixes rather than maintaining our own complex multiplayer platform.[/INDENT]
It also means that we will start supporting cross platform multiplayer games in the future, regardless of which platform you purchased EUIV on (The Microsoft version is still not updated so the feature is not yet available).[/INDENT]
It also means that you will now be required to be logged in to your Paradox Account to access multiplayer games. If you log in to your account from the game launcher you will remain logged in and should not have to repeat the process.[/INDENT]

Known Issues and workarounds

There might be compatibility issues with mods changing multiplayer UI and estate privileges UI.
Ironman savegames from 1.30.5 will lose their achievements eligibility.
Stability for nakama MP is still being measured and fixed so steam users having issues with it are recommended to try using steam MP
Loading a savegame of an older version using "Continue" will break the game. You do get a confirmation popup that tells you of the risk
Joining a friend from friends list will crash on linux
Cannot join an MP game hosted on OSX

If you want to complete an ongoing save from before the patch, you should stay on 1.30.4/1.30.5 until you are ready to start a new game! Instructions on how to play on a previous version of the game can be found here! By opting in to these versions before the patch you will prevent the game from updating on patch release!

Fixed crashes related to Mods changing estate privileges UI.
Continuing a savegame with a different version will show a confirmation dialog.
Continuing a savegame with incompatible save will show a confirmation dialog.
Fixed new Nakama server IDs not fitting into server ID field.
Steam version allows to switch between Nakama and Steam multiplayer backends.
Fixed so your steam username is used as MP nickname if your paradox account doesn't have one.
Fixes to reduce the amount of times you have to login into your paradox account to make nakama multiplayer easier to use.

As usual, please report any issues in our bug report forum or submit a support ticket. Thank you!