Although we probably all aim to play Paralives the vanilla way, and get our Parafolks to earn a living and work their way up through matters of career, love and housing, after a while we all like to cut corners and get a quick result, and that's where cheating comes in.
There is a whole range of cheats you can use: from getting rich quick, changing time, to changing the age of your Parafolk and much more. The Cheat Commands option has you covered. Here's what you need to know.
Paralives is in Early Access, so the content will evolve over time. We will update this guide as necessary 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 one that works on Mac.
The cheat command box will open, and then you can enter the cheat you want to use!
All cheat commands
Cheats for aging and death
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Cheat |
Effect |
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NEXTLIFESTAGE |
The chosen Para ascends to the next stage of life. |
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PREVIOUS STATE OF RESIDENCE |
The selected Para reverts to the previous life stage. |
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NEXT GROWTH Spurt |
Causes the selected Para to advance to the next growth spurt stage; younger couples, such as Child and Pre-Teen have this. You can see |
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PREVIOUS GROWTH Spurts |
Causes the selected Para to revert to the previous growth spurt stage; younger couples, such as Child and Pre-Teen have this. You can see |
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DEAD CHARACTER |
Kills the selected paragraph. |
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RETURN SELECTED CHARACTERS |
Revives selected paras. |
Build Mode cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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TRAIN EDITTOWN |
Allows you to edit the entire city, where you can add and remove lots. |
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REPAIRS |
Repairs all items that are broken in the city. |
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UNATTENDED ITEMS |
Destroy all food items in the city. |
Character cheat
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Cheat |
Effect |
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EDITORIAL CHARACTER |
This will open the Paramaker so you can edit the physical appearance, personality, and other options of your chosen Para. |
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SHOW STATUS EFFECT |
Lists the status effects the paragraph currently has. |
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READY STATUS EFFECTS |
Clears any status effects Para currently has, including viruses or emotes. |
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CLEAR STATUS EFFECT ON ALL CHARACTERS |
Clears all status effects that all pars currently have. |
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CLEARWANTCOOLDOWNS |
Makes the emotions give new desires immediately. |
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FULLY CURRENT |
Complete all requests for the active Para. |
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GAIN STORY CARD |
Asks the Storyteller to appear and offer a new Story Card. |
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LEARNALL SKINS |
The active Para will earn all skins of the selected type. For example “LEARNALSKINS Recipe”. |
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ADD SELECTED CHARACTERS TO HOUSEHOLDS |
Adds a specific NPC to your current household. |
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INDICATE SELECTED CHARACTERS |
Clears all needs, wants, bills, memories, feelings, etc on the selected paragraph. |
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CABINET CHARACTER |
Creates a new pair based on the model GUID or DisplayName. For example “CREATECHARACTER HumanAdult”. |
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KICKCURRENTHUSHOLDIONEWHUSHOLD |
Removes selected paras from the household and places them in their own household. |
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SELECTED CHARACTERS FROM THE HOUSEHOLD |
Removes selected paras from the household and they will no longer be part of any household. |
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LEVEL PERSONALITY |
Levels up the selected Para's personality. |
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LEVEL DIFFERENCE |
Levels up the selected Para's skill. For example “LEVELUPSKILL Piano”. |
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PRESSURE |
Tells you the current age of the selected paragraph. For example “SETAGE 35”. |
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RESTORE PERSONALITY |
Resets the personality level of the selected Para to 1, removing the upgrade choices. |
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SETAGE |
Allows you to set the age of the selected paragraph. |
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SET DIFFERENCE LEVEL |
Sets a specific skill level for a set of skills for the selected paragraph. For example “SETSKILLEVEL Piano 3”. |
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SHOW CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS |
Displays a list of all relationships and labels associated with the selected paragraph. |
Troubleshoot cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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ALLIANCE |
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 to display the result on the screen. For example “SCHEDULE FPS”. |
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STOP |
Stops the previously scheduled cheat command. |
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TRAVEL MUSEUM DONATIONS |
Clears all museum donations. |
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LOSS |
Move a selected Para to the correct position on the navmesh. |
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UNSTOCKALL |
Move all the pairs to the correct position on the navmesh. |
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SHOW CURRENT CHARACTER GUIDE |
Displays the GUID (unique identifier for each character) of the selected character. |
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CANCEL CHARACTER INTERACTIONS |
Cancel all queued interactions for the entire city. |
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DISCONTINUE HOUSEHOLD INTERACTIONS |
Cancel all queued interactions for the entire household. |
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CANCEL SELECTED CHARACTER INTERACTIONS |
Cancels all queued interactions for the selected Para. |
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DELETE SELECTED CHARACTER INTERACTIONS |
Removes all queued interactions for the selected pair. |
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EXIT MENU |
Exit the game and return to the main menu. |
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RAGE QUIT |
Quit the game and close it completely. |
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SAVE |
Saves the game. |
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ZIP SAVE FILE |
Zips your current save file and saves it to your desktop. |
Four cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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EXTINGUISHES FIRES |
Extinguishes all active fires. |
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EXTINGUISH SELECTED CHARACTER ON FIRE |
Puts all characters on fire. |
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THE FIRE |
Sets the selected object on fire. |
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SETITEMSTAT |
Changes the state of a selected object in build mode to a specific value. For example “SETITEMSTATE Ison 5”. |
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BURNED CHARACTERS ON FIRE |
Sets the selected Para on fire. |
Email and newspaper fraud
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Cheat |
Effect |
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DELETE ALL MAGAZINE ISSUES |
Delete all your previous magazines. |
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GENERATIVE NEWSPAPER |
Creates a new magazine. |
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GENERATE EMAIL |
Generates a new letter. |
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RESET MAILBOX |
Removes all mail from your inbox. |
Other Cheating
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Cheat |
Effect |
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BEAR |
A picture of a bear will appear. |
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EIGHTBALL |
The command box gives you a magical eight-ball result. |
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HOTEL |
The command box will say “Trivago”. |
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Random ALL DEFORMATIONS |
Randomizes the selected parameters completely while ignoring the slider limits. |
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SPIN |
Random chance to succeed or fail on a chance wheel that appears. |
Cheating for money
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Cheat |
Effect |
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PIGGY BANK |
Gives 1000 Paradigms. |
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MAKEI TRAIN |
Gives 10,000 Paradigms. |
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JACKPOT |
Gives 50,000 Paradigms. |
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LOTTERY |
Gives a random number of Paradimes with a maximum of 100,000. |
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PAYDAY |
You will get the same amount of Paradimes as your chosen Para earns in a day. |
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PRINTING MONEY |
Enter how much money you want to give to the household. For example “PRINTMONEY 5000” |
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PUT MONEY |
Increase the household's current balance to a set amount. For example “SETMONEY 100000”. |
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CLEARBILLS |
All outstanding bills are deleted for the household. |
Need cheats
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Cheat |
Effect |
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CHANGE |
Fill the Needs field for selected Pair with a set value. For example “CHANGENEED Sleep 3”. |
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FORGOTTEN |
Clear the demand field for the selected parameters with a set value. For example “DECAYNEED Sleep 3”. |
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RELIEF NEEDS |
Fill in all requirement bars in the selected paragraph. |
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RELIEF NEEDS OF ALLTEECKER |
Fill in all requirement fields for all Parafolk. |
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UNLOADING |
Complete a required field for the selected paragraph. For example “RELIEF NEEDS sleep”. |
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SETNEED |
Enter a set value for a requirement field to change to. For example “SETNEED Sleep 3”. |
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DISPLAY NEEDS |
Lists the needs and values of the currently selected pair. |
Occupation cheat
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Cheat |
Effect |
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ADDVACATION DAY |
Give your chosen couple a day off. |
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CLEARALLOCCUPATIONS |
Your chosen Para will quit their jobs. |
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ADDITIONAL OCCUPATIONS |
Add a warning to your selected paragraph. |
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CLEAR STRIKES |
Removes all warnings for your selected paragraph. |
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LAST WORKING DAY |
Your chosen Para will complete the work, get their pay and maybe an upgrade point as well. |
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PRESSURE OCCUPATIONS |
Lists all occupations your selected Para currently has. |
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PRINT EVERY POSSIBLE EXTRA FOR Occupation |
Lists all the possible occupational benefits you can get for the currently selected section. |
Performance cheating
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Cheat |
Effect |
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BENCHMARKFPS |
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CAPFPS |
Limits your FPS to a set value. For example “CAPFPS 30”. |
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FPS |
Shows current FPS. |
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RESOLUTION |
Shows your current screen resolution. |
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SETREL SOLUTION |
Set your screen resolution. For example “SETRESOLUTION 1920×1080”. |
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SHADOW DISTANCE |
Shows the current shadow rendering distance in the command box. |
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START TOWN BENCHMARK STORYBOARD |
Run a benchmark to test the city's performance. |
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VSYNC |
Shows the number of Vsync passes the game is using. |
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WINDOW |
Turn on windowed mode for the game. |
Pregnancy cheating
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Cheat |
Effect |
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BECAME PREGNANT |
The currently selected Para will become pregnant. |
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BIRTH |
The currently selected pair will go into labor if pregnant. |
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MAKEBABIES |
Two selected couples will have a baby together. |
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PREGNANCY STATUS |
Shows the pregnancy status of the selected pair. |
Time cheating
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Cheat |
Effect |
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THE DAY BEFORE |
Time moves forward by 24 hours. |
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ADVANCE HOUR |
Time moves forward 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 in the morning and 20 would be 8 in the afternoon. |
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JUMP TO 5 MINUTES BEFORE WORK |
Time runs to five minutes before your chosen Para needs to go to work next. |
Paralives: The Complete Guide to Storytellers
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