Knights of Honor 2 Cheats and Console Commands

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is a medieval grand strategy game where players control a kingdom and strive to dominate Europe.

As a ruler, players must make crucial decisions to manage their kingdom, whether in times of war or through diplomacy, economy, and religion.

The game features 200 kingdoms, over 300 provinces, and 100 different military units. It also includes multiplayer modes for up to six players with various gameplay options.

In this guide, we have listed cheats and console commands for Knights of Honor II, helping you unlock gold, piety, books, and more.

How to use the Knights of Honor 2 console

To use the Knights of Honor II console, you first need to open it. Follow the steps below to access the console:

Open Steam and navigate to your Library.
Right-click on Knights of Honor II and select Properties.
In the Launch Options section, enter: -ForceEnableConsole (without quotes).
Start the game by either loading a saved campaign or beginning a new one.
Press the tilde (~) key to open the console. If you’re using a German keyboard, press Ö instead.

Knights of Honor 2 Cheats and Console Commands

Here’s a list of all available Knights of Honor II cheats and console commands that can help you gain gold, piety, books, and more.

General Console Commands

cl – Displays the current cheat level.
cl X – Sets the cheat level to X (0 = None, 3 = High). Example: cl 3.
help X – Shows details about a specific command (e.g., help unprison).
clear – Clears the console history (does not undo previous commands).

Cheat Level 3 Commands (cl 3 required):

Insert key – Spawns a friendly knight with an army (not in towns).
Delete key – Removes any selected army/knight from the map (including your own).
win 0 – Instantly wins selected sieges or battles.

Resource Cheats

Gold & Economy

gold X – Sets player kingdom’s gold to X.
give_gold X – Grants X gold to a selected kingdom.

Piety & Religion

piety X – Adjusts the piety of your kingdom.
give_piety X – Adds X piety to a selected kingdom.

Books & Knowledge

books X – Sets the player kingdom’s book count to X.
give_books X – Grants X books to a selected kingdom.

Population Growth

spawn_pop X – Adds X population to a selected province.

Character & Leveling Cheats

Character Development

max X – Levels up a character’s skills:
- max 1 – Fully levels up all skills.
- max 0 – Levels up a random skill.

Prison & Diplomacy

unprison – Frees a selected character.
imprison – Imprisons the selected character.
imprison_all – Imprisons all characters in the selected kingdom.

Battle & Kingdom Control

conquer – Takes control of a selected kingdom.
kill – Eliminates the currently selected character.
add_units X – Adds X units to a selected army.

Special Commands & Kingdom Modifications

Dynasty & Politics

add_child X – Adds a child to the ruling family:
- add_child 0 – Adds a prince.
- add_child 1 – Adds a princess.
sub X – Modifies a kingdom’s status:
- sub 1 – Makes the selected kingdom a vassal.
- sub 0 – Grants independence.
cal X – Converts the selected kingdom to a caliphate (1 = Yes, 0 = No).
cr X – Changes the kingdom’s religion to:
- Catholic
- Orthodox
- Muslim
- Pagan
crr X – Changes the province’s religion (same options as above).

Game World Modifications

fow 0 – Removes the Fog of War.
spawn_pop X – Adds X population to a selected town.
sa – Spawns an army.
sm – Spawns a mercenary unit.
kk – Kills the current ruling king.

Diplomatic & Political Manipulation

co [name] [amount] – Adjusts kingdom opinion (e.g., co nobility 10).
del_opportunity – Removes an opportunity from a selected character.
add_challenge – Adds a challenge to the player kingdom.
new_rumor – Creates a new rumor about the selected character.
new_rumors – Generates multiple rumors about the selected character.

Economy Boosts

income_mul X – Sets a gold income multiplier (e.g., income_mul 2 doubles income).

Advanced Cheats & Kingdom Control

Population & Prestige

age – Forces the selected character to grow up.
prestige – Increases kingdom prestige.
fame – Boosts kingdom fame.

Court & Nobility

recall – Summons a selected character back to the royal court.
kill_prisoners – Executes all prisoners in the player’s kingdom.
ao – Forces a specific action outcome.

Religious & Papal Influence

nce – Appoints a new Cardinal-Elect from the selected kingdom.
nc – Launches a new crusade against a selected kingdom.
poc – Sets Player-Only Crusade Leaders.

Province Development

apf [Feature] – Adds a province feature (e.g., apf Raisins).
build [Name] – Constructs a building in the selected town.
build [Name] [Castle] – Builds a structure in a specified province (e.g., build CropFarming Rennes).
upgrade [Name] – Completes an upgrade in a selected province.

Kingdom Takeovers & Switching