Mount and Blade 2 Cheats & Console Commands List

Cheats are a big part of Mount and Blade 2 for those who want to totally dominate the experience. Mount and Blade 2 cheats can help you get unlimited gold, win combat encounters, bring peace to the regions, and pretty much accomplish anything you want.

With Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord console commands and cheats you can open up the game to amazing new experiments and fun activities.

The good news is that anyone can easily enable cheats in the game as all you need to do is tweak a single file in the documents.

How to Enable Cheats in Mount and Blade 2

Open File Explorer and navigate to Documents > Mount and Blade II Bannerlord and find the file named engine_config.txt.

Before you move forward, make a backup of engine_config.txt by copying it to another folder. Open the original engine_config.txt using a text editor like Notepad and search for the line that says cheat_mode = 0 and change it to cheat_mode = 1.

Save the changes and close the text editor.

Start Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord. You should now be able to use cheats.

To use console commands, press Alt + ~ (tilde) while in-game to bring up the developer console where you can enter various cheat commands.

How to Add Items and Units in Mount and Blade 2

To start adding items and units in Mount and Blade 2 you need to enable cheats mode first. Once that is done, go to your inventory where you can see a list of items in the game to your left side of the screen.

Click on the small arrow of the item you want, and it’ll be shifted to your inventory.

On the other hand, if you open the party screen when cheats are enabled it will display a list of all military units in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord.

Combat Cheats and Console Commands

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + Alt + F4	Defeat the entire opposing army in combat.
Ctrl + F3	Causes the player character to be knocked out.
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Knocks out the horse you’re riding.
Ctrl + F2	Knocks out one of your own troops.
Ctrl + F4	Take down a single enemy during battle.
Ctrl + Shift + H	Restores your horse’s health completely.
Ctrl + H	Fully heals the player character.

Movement and map cheats

Hold Ctrl + left click as you click on the world map to be teleported to the spot you clicked on.

Skill Cheats and Console Commands

Skill	Command
Athletics	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Athletics #
Bow	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Bow #
Charm	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Charm #
Crossbow	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Crossbow #
Engineering	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Engineering #
Leadership	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Leadership #
Medicine	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Medicine #
One-Handed	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero OneHanded #
Polearm	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Polearm #
Riding	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Riding #
Roguery	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Roguery #
Scouting	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Scouting #
Smithing	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Smithing #
Steward	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Steward #
Tactics	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Tactics #
Throwing	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Throwing #
Trade	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero Trade #
Two-Handed	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero TwoHanded #

Best Bannerlord console commands

What it does	Cheat
Add influence	campaign.add_influence #
Add troops to your party with Troop ID	campaign.give_troops [TroopID] #
Level up your character	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero #
Add renown	campaign.add_renown_to_clan #
List all troop IDs	campaign.give_troops help
Add focus points	campaign.add_focus_points_to_hero #
Level up your main party	campaign.give_xp_to_main_party #
Add skill experience	campaign.add_skill_xp_to_hero [SkillName] #
Add gold	campaign.add_gold_to_hero #

Single Player Campaign Cheats

Action	Command
Start a truce between the player and all major factions	campaign.start_player_vs_world_truce
Move an AI hero to a specific settlement	campaign.ai_goto_settlement [HeroName] [SettlementName]
Adopt an AI-controlled hero as the player’s child	campaign.adopt_hero [HeroName]
Assign a settlement to the player	campaign.give_settlement_to_player [SettlementName]
Begin a global conflict by declaring war between all factions	campaign.start_world_war
Cancel the currently active quest	campaign.cancel_active_quest
Direct an AI hero to assault a specific settlement	campaign.ai_siege_settlement [HeroName] [SettlementName]
Conclude the player’s current quest as completed	campaign.complete_active_quest
Trigger peace between two factions	campaign.declare_peace [Faction1] [Faction2]
Advance the progress of a building project in a settlement	campaign.add_progress_to_current_building [SettlementName] [0-100]
Force an AI hero to attack another party	campaign.ai_attack_party [AttackerHeroName] [HeroName]
Force a hero to become someone else’s prisoner	campaign.take_hero_prisoner [PrisonerName] [CaptorName]
Generate a child (also weds the player if unmarried)	campaign.conceive_child
Initiate a conflict between two specific factions	campaign.declare_war [Faction1] [Faction2]
View the list of quests currently in progress	campaign.list_active_quests