Rimworld

RimWorld Console Commands & Cheats Guide

Posted on Jul 16, 2024 by justin

Thankfully, using console commands and cheats in RimWorld isn’t as complicated as other games. Players must only follow a few simple steps to access the different developer commands to fine-tune their games to their preferences. So, keep reading as we guide you into enabling and using the cheats and dev commands in RimWorld.

How to Enable Console Commands (Cheats) in RimWorld

Access the console commands and cheats in RimWorld by pressing the “Escape” keyboard key (by default) to open the in-game menu. Then, toggle “Development Mode” in the General tab to enable the dev commands. Once activated, a small toolbar should appear at the topmost portion of the screen. Here, you can find all the usable development and debug commands for RimWorld, including God Mode. Note: God Mode in RimWorld doesn’t turn your colonists invincible or maxes out their stats. Instead, this function gives you additional controls to fine-tune each colonist’s parameters.

All RimWorld Console Commands (Cheats)

The console commands and cheats in RimWorld are usable in single-player and multiplayer scenarios. Additionally, clicking on a specific command or cheat can lead you to another window with additional options. Doing so allows you to modify your game to your preferred specifics.

Action/Tools

The dev or console commands under the Actions/Tools tab generally let colony leaders add, modify, or delete various in-game elements. Here, players can trigger different scenarios, ranging from spawning items to triggering events.

Incidents

Do trade caravan arrival
Execute raid with points
Execute raid with faction
Execute raid with specifics
Do incident (Map)
Do incident x10 (Map)
Do incident w/ points (Map)
Recalculate threat points

Quests

Generate quest
Generate quests x#
Generate Quests (1x for each point)
QuestPart test
Log generated quest savedata

General

Hot reload Defs
Target: destroy
Target: kill
Target: set faction
Change Camera Config
Increment time
Clear area (rect)
Make empty room (rect)
Edit roof (rect)
Fog (rect)
Unfog (rect)
Finish All Research
Add techprint to project
Apply techprint to project
Add Trade Ship of Kind
Replace All Trade Ships
Change weather
Celestial debugger
Force Enemy Assault
Force Enemy Flee
Adaption Progress10 Days
Kill Faction Leader
Kill Kidnapped Pawn
Kill World Pawn
Set Faction Relations
Visitor Gift
Edit effecter
Edit Animation
Reveal Hidden Defs
Target: Discard
Target: 10 damage
Target: 300 damage
Target: 5000 damage
Explosion
Target: Grow plant 1 day
Target: Grow plant to maturity
Rotate
Target: Set Color
Target: Rot 1 Day
Target: Force Sleep
Target: Break Down
Target: Check Reachability
Target: Change Thing Style
Destroy Fire
Target: Attach Fire
Target: Set Quality
Measure Draw Size
Measure World Distance
Target: Draw Attach Points
Benchmark Performance
Target: Compare Line of Sight
Target: Darklight at Position
Target: Glow at Position
Target: HSV at Position
Add gas
Clear All Gas
Push heat
Target: Lightning Strike
Target: Lightning Strike Delayed
Fill All Gas

Sound

Music debugger
Test music fadeout and silence
Play song
Trigger transition
Play sound

Pawns

Add Prisoner
Add Guest
Target: Damage Until Down
Target: Give Birth
Give Trait
Give Ability
Target: Recruit
Target: Tame Animal
Add Infection Pathway
Target: Change Style
Target: View Render Tree
Target: Make Faction Leader
Target: Damage To Death
Target: Restore Body Part
Target: Set Head Type
Target: Set Body Type
Apply damage
Target: Heal random injury (10)
Target: Make injuries permanent
Target: Toggle immunity
Target: Activate HediffGiver
Target: Grant Immunities
Target: Add/remove pawn relation
Set Skill
Max Skill
Target: Max All Skills
Set Passion
Max Passion
Target: Max All Passions
Mental break
Mental state
Target: Stop mental state
Inspiration
Target: Remove All Traits
Play Animation
Target: Force Birthday
Target: Toggle Recruitable
Target: Grow Pawn to Maturity
Wear apparel (selected)
Equip primary (Selected)
Target: Train Animal
Target: Try Develop Bound Relation
Target: Force Interaction
Start Gathering
Target: Make +1 year older
Target: Make +1 day older
Target: Try Job Giver
Target: Try Joy Giver
Target: End Current Job
Target: Check for Job Override
Target: Toggle Job Logging
Target: Log Job Details
Target: Face cell (selected)
Target: set enemy target for (selected)
Target: Progress life stage
Target: Resurrect
Infection pathway debugger
Destroy player animals
Add Hediff
Target: Tend Bleeding Hediffs
Target: Will +1
Target: Will -1
Target: Clear Prisoner Interaction Schedule
Target: Set Graphics Dirty
Target: Toggle Movement
Target: Toggle Max Move Speed
Lock Rotation
Target: Unlock Rotation
Target: Resistance -1
Target: Resistance -10
Target: Add Opinion Talks About
Set Backstory
Target: Start Prison Break
Target: Pass to World
Target: Kidnap Colonist
Target: Make Guilty

Spawning

Spawn Pawn
Spawn Pawn With Lifestage
Spawn thing
Spawn full thing stack
Water Emerge Pawn
Spawn fill area (rect)
Spawn thing with style
Spawn unminified thing
Spawn Weapon
Spawn apparel
Try spawn stack of market value
Spawn meal with specifics
Target: Spawn Faction Leader
Spawn world pawn
Spawn thing set
Trigger effecter
Trigger Maintained Effecter
Trigger Maintained Effecter (5s)
Trigger Maintained Effecter (12s)
Spawn Shuttle
Test Deferred Spawner
Create Colonist Duplicate
Target: Duplicate
Remove world pawn

Map

Target: Use Scatterer
BaseGen
SketchGen
Set terrain (rect)
Make rock (rect)
Spawn Complex
Add Game Condition
Remove Game Condition
Refog Map
Use Gen Step
Target: Regen Section
Regen All Map Mesh Sections
Target: Add Snow
Target: Remove Snow
Target: Clear All Snow
Destroy Map
Target: Transfer
Change Map
Regenerate Current Map
Generate Map With Caves
Run Map Generator
Generate Pocket Map
Force Reform in Current Map
Clear All Fog
Make colony (full)
Make colony (animals)
Make colony (ancient junk)
Test force downed x100
Test force kill x100
Test generate pawn x1000
Target: Generate Pawns of all Shapes
Check Region Listers
Rest time-to-down
Battle Royale All PawnKinds
Battle Royale Humanlikes
Battle Royale by Damagetype

Anomaly

Target: End revenant hypnosis

Settings

Players can toggle various in-game features using the console commands under the Settings tab. Here, you can use different dev commands, such as enable damage, draw terrain, god mode, and instant recruit.

General

Enable Damage
Enable Player Damage
Enable Random Mental States
Enable Storyteller
Enable Random Diseases
Enable Translation Window
God Mode
Dev Palette
Pause on Error
No Animals
Unlimited Power
Path Through Walls
Instant Recruit
Always Social Fight
Always Do Lovin
Detect Region Listers Bugs
Instant Visitors Gift
Low FPS
Allow Undrafted Mech Orders
Editable Glower Colors
Show Hidden Pawns
Show Hidden Info
Anomaly DarkeningFX
Fast Research
Fast Learning
Fast Ecology
Fast Ecology Regrowth Rate Override
Fast Crafting
Fast Caravans
Fast Map Unpollution
Activate All Building Demands
Activate All Ideo Roles
Show Locomotion Urgency
Play Ritual Ambience
Simulate Using Steam Deck
Log Raid Info
Log Translation Lookup Errors
Log Psychic Ritual Transitions
Fast Monolith Respawn
Search Ignores Restrictions

View

Draw Fog
Draw Snow
Draw Terrain
Draw Terrain Water
Draw Things Dynamic
Draw Things Printed
Draw Shadows
Draw Lighting Overlay
Draw World Overlays
Draw Gas
Single Threaded Drawing
Draw Paths
Draw Pather State
Draw Cast Position Search
Draw Dest Search
Draw Style Search
Draw Section Edges
Draw River Debug
Draw Pawn Debug
Draw Pawn Rotator Target
Draw Regions
Draw Region Links
Draw Region Dirties
Draw Region Traversal
Draw Region Things
Draw Districts
Draw Rooms
Draw Power
Draw Power Net Grid
Draw Opportunistic Jobs
Draw Tooltip Edges
Draw Recorded Noise
Draw Food Search
Draw Prey Info
Draw Glow
Draw Avoid Grid
Draw Breaching Grid
Draw Breaching Noise
Draw Lords
Draw Duties
Draw Shooting
Draw Infestation Chance
Draw Fleshmass Heart Chance
Draw Steal Debug
Draw Deep Resources
Draw Attack Target Scores
Draw FOV Symmetry
Draw Non-Combatant Timer
Draw Interaction Cells
Draw Doors Debug
Draw Dest Reservations
Draw Damage Rects
Draw Dissolution Cells
Draw Unpollution Cells
Draw Hate Chanter Positions
Draw Darkness Overlay
Draw Wound Anchors
Draw Map Graphs
Draw Map Rooms
Draw Indoor Mask
Draw Out Roofed Mask
Draw Shambler Alert Mote
Write Game
Write Steam Items
Write Concepts
Write Reservations
Write Path Costs
Write Fertility
Write Link Flags
Write Cover
Write Cell Contents
Write Music Manager Play
Write Storyteller
Write Playing Sounds
Write Sound Events Record
Write Mote Saturation
Write Snow Depth
Write Ecosystem
Write Recent Strikes
Write Beauty
Write List Repairable Buildings
Write List Filth in Home Area
Write List Haulables
Write List Mergeables
Write Total Snow Depth
Write Can Reach Colony
Write Mental State Calcs
Write Wind
Write Terrain
Write Apparel Score
Write Work Settings
Write Sky Manager
Write Memory Usage
Write Map Game Conditions
Write Attack Targets
Write Ropes and Pens
Write Room Roles
Log Incap Chance
Log Input
Log Apparel Generation
Log Lord Toil Transitions
Log Grammar Resolution
Log Combat Log Mouseover
Log Cause of Death
Log Map Load
Log Tutor
Log Signals
Log World PawnGC
Log Tale Recording
Log Hourly Screenshot
Log Filth Summary
Log Carried Between Jobs
Log Complex Gen Points
Debug Apparel Optimize
Show All Room Stats
Show Float Menu Work Givers
Never Force Normal Speed
Show Architect Menu Order

Output

The items under the Output tab aren't your typical console commands. Instead, these elements hold vital information about the current save file, such as current trader stock market values and biome animal spawn chances.