Though we likely all aim to play Paralives the vanilla way, and make our Parafolk earn their living and work their way up through matters of careers, love, and housing, after a while, we all like to cut some corners and get a quick result, and that’s where cheats come in.
There’s a whole range of cheats you can use: from getting rich quickly, changing the time, to changing the age of your Parafolk and lots more. The Cheat Commands option has you covered. Here’s what you need to know.
Paralives is in Early Access, and so the content will evolve over time. We’ll update this guide as needed in the future.
How To Use Cheats
To open the Cheat Command box, either press CTRL + F1 or CTRL + SHIFT + C. Both work on PC, the former may be the only that works on Mac.
The Cheat Command box will open, and then you can type in the cheat you wish to use!
All Cheat Commands
Aging And Death Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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NEXTLIFESTAGE |
The selected Para goes up to the next life stage. |
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PREVIOUSLIFESTAGE |
The selected Para goes back to the previous life stage. |
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NEXTGROWTHSPURT |
Makes the selected Para go up to the next growth spurt stage; younger Paras, like Child and Pre-Teen have this. You can see |
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PREVIOUSGROWTHSPURT |
Makes the selected Para go back to the previous growth spurt stage; younger Paras, like Child and Pre-Teen have this. You can see |
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KILLCHARACTER |
Kills the selected Para. |
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REVIVEALLSELECTEDCHARACTERS |
Revives the selected Paras. |
Build Mode Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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TOGGLEEDITTOWN |
Allows you to edit the entire town, where you can add and remove lots. |
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REPAIRALLITEMS |
Repairs all items that are broken in the town. |
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UNSPOILALLITEMS |
Unspoils all food items in the town. |
Character Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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EDITCHARACTER |
This opens the Paramaker so you can edit the physical appearance, personality, and other options for your chosen Para. |
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SHOWSTATUSEFFECTS |
Lists the status effects that the Para currently has. |
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CLEARSTATUSEFFECTS |
Clears all status effects that the Para currently has, including viruses or emotions. |
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CLEARSTATUSEFFECTSONALLCHARACTERS |
Clears all status effects that all Paras currently have. |
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CLEARWANTCOOLDOWNS |
Makes the emotions offer new wants immediately. |
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COMPLETECURRENTWANTS |
Completes all wants for the active Para. |
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GAINSTORYCARD |
Prompts the Storyteller to appear and offer a new Story Card. |
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LEARNALLSKINS |
The active Para will earn all skins of the chosen type. For example, “LEARNALLSKINS Recipes”. |
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ADDSELECTEDCHARACTERSTOHOUSEHOLD |
Adds a specific NPC to your current household. |
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CLEARALLONSELECTEDCHARACTERS |
Clears all Needs, Wants, bills, memories, Emotions, etc on the selected Para. |
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CREATECHARACTER |
Creates a new Para based on the model GUID or DisplayName. For example, “CREATECHARACTER HumanAdult”. |
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KICKCURRENTHOUSEHOLDINTONEWHOUSEHOLD |
Removes the selected Paras from the household and puts them in their own household. |
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KICKSELECTEDCHARACTERSFROMHOUSEHOLD |
Removes the selected Paras from the household, and they will no longer be part of any household. |
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LEVELUPPERSONALITY |
Levels up the selected Para’s personality. |
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LEVELUPSKILL |
Levels up the selected Para’s skill. For example, “LEVELUPSKILL Piano”. |
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PRINTAGE |
Tells you the current age of the selected Para. For example, “SETAGE 35”. |
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RESETPERSONALITY |
Resets the Personality level of the selected Para to 1, removing upgrade choices. |
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SETAGE |
Allows you to set the age of the selected Para. |
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SETSKILLLEVEL |
Sets a specific skill level for a set skill for the selected Para. For example, “SETSKILLLEVEL Piano 3”. |
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SHOWCHARACTERRELATIONSHIPS |
Shows a list of all relationships and labels associated with the selected Para. |
Debug Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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ALIASES |
Lists all aliases. |
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CLEAR |
Clears the cheat command box. |
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HELP |
Shows a list of all cheats. |
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SCHEDULE |
Schedules a command so the output appears on screen. For example, “SCHEDULE FPS”. |
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STOP |
Stops the previously scheduled cheat command. |
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RESETMUSEUMDONATIONS |
Clears all museum donations. |
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UNSTUCK |
Move a selected Para to the correct positioning on the navmesh. |
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UNSTUCKALL |
Move all Paras to the correct positioning on the navmesh. |
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SHOWCURRENTCHARACTERGUID |
Shows the GUID (unique identifier for each character) of the selected character. |
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CANCELALLCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS |
Cancel all queued interactions for the entire town. |
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CANCELALLHOUSEHOLDINTERACTIONS |
Cancel all queued interactions for the entire household. |
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CANCELSELECTEDCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS |
Cancels all queued interactions for the selected Para. |
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DELETESELECTEDCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS |
Deletes all queued interactions for the selected Para. |
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QUITTOMAINMENU |
Quit the game and go back to the main menu. |
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RAGEQUIT |
Quit the game and close it completely. |
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SAVE |
Saves the game. |
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ZIPSAVEFILE |
Zips your current save file and saves it to your desktop. |
Fire Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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EXTINGUISHALLFIRES |
Extinguishes all active fires. |
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EXTINGUISHSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE |
Extinguishes all characters on fire. |
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SETITEMONFIRE |
Sets the selected item on fire. |
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SETITEMSTATE |
Changes the state of a selected item in build mode to a specific value. For example, “SETITEMSTATE Ison 5”. |
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SETSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE |
Sets the selected Para on fire. |
Mail And Newspaper Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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DELETEALLNEWSPAPERISSUES |
Delete all of your previous newspapers. |
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GENERATENEWSPAPER |
Generates a new newspaper. |
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GENERATEMAIL |
Generates a new letter. |
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RESETMAILBOX |
Removes all letters from your inbox. |
Misc. Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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BEAR |
An image of a bear will appear. |
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EIGHTBALL |
The command box will give you a magic eight-ball result. |
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HOTEL |
The command box will say “Trivago”. |
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RANDOMIZEALLDEFORMATIONS |
Completely randomises the selected Para while disregarding slider limits. |
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SPIN |
Random chance of success or fail on a chance wheel that appears. |
Money Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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PIGGYBANK |
Gives 1,000 Paradimes. |
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MAKEITRAIN |
Gives 10,000 Paradimes. |
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JACKPOT |
Gives 50,000 Paradimes. |
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LOTTERY |
Gives a random amount of Paradimes with a maximum of 100,000. |
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PAYDAY |
You will receive the same amount of Paradimes as your selected Para earns in a day. |
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PRINTMONEY |
Detail how much money you wish to give to the household. For example, “PRINTMONEY 5000” |
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SETMONEY |
Increase the current household balance to a set amount. For example, “SETMONEY 100000”. |
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CLEARBILLS |
All pending bills are deleted for the household. |
Need Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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CHANGENEED |
Fill the Need bar of the selected Para by a set value. For example, “CHANGENEED Sleep 3”. |
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DECAYNEED |
Empty the Need bar of the selected Para by a set value. For example, “DECAYNEED Sleep 3”. |
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RELIEFALLNEEDS |
Fill all Need bars of the selected Para. |
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RELIEFALLNEEDSOFALLCHARACTERS |
Fill all Need bars of all Parafolk. |
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RELIEFNEED |
Completely fill one Need bar for the selected Para. For example, “RELIEFNEED Sleep”. |
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SETNEED |
Specify a set value for a Need bar to change to. For example, “SETNEED Sleep 3”. |
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SHOWNEEDS |
Lists out the currently selected Para’s Needs and values. |
Occupation Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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ADDVACATIONDAY |
Give your selected Para a Vacation Day. |
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CLEARALLOCCUPATIONS |
Your selected Para will quit their job(s). |
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ADDSTRIKETOOCCUPATIONS |
Add a strike to your selected Para. |
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CLEARSTRIKES |
Removes all strikes for your selected Para. |
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ENDWORKDAY |
Your selected Para will finish work, getting their pay and perhaps an Upgrade Point too. |
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PRINTALLOCCUPATIONS |
Lists all occupations your selected Para currently has. |
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PRINTALLPOSSIBLEEXTRASFOROCCUPATION |
Lists out all possible Occupation Perks you can get for the currently selected Para. |
Performance Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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BENCHMARKFPS |
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CAPFPS |
Caps your FPS at a set value. For example, “CAPFPS 30”. |
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FPS |
Shows the current FPS. |
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RESOLUTION |
Shows your current screen resolution. |
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SETRESOLUTION |
Set your screen resolution. For example, “SETRESOLUTION 1920×1080”. |
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SHADOWDISTANCE |
Lists the current shadow rendering distance in the command box. |
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STARTTOWNBENCHMARKSTORYBOARD |
Runs a benchmark to test town performance. |
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VSYNC |
Lists the number of Vsync passes the game is using. |
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WINDOWED |
Switch on windowed mode for the game. |
Pregnancy Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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GETPREGNANT |
The currently selected Para will become pregnant. |
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GIVEBIRTH |
The currently selected Para will go into labour if pregnant. |
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MAKEBABIES |
Two selected Paras will have a baby together. |
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PREGNANTSTATUS |
Displays the pregnancy status of the selected Para. |
Time Cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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ADVANCEDAY |
Time advances by 24 hours. |
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ADVANCEHOUR |
Time advances by one hour. |
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SETHOUR |
Change the time of day to a specific time. For example, “SETHOUR 8”. It’s a 24 hour clock, so 8 would be 8 am, and 20 would be 8 pm. |
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SKIPTO5MINUTESBEFOREWORK |
Time advances to five minutes before your selected Para needs to go to work next. |
Paralives: Complete Guide To Storytellers
If you’re unsure which Story Teller to pick in Paralives, here’s what you need to know.
