Paralives ships with a built-in cheat console that covers money, skills, needs, time, careers, pregnancy, fires, and a long list of debug toggles. The commands are case-insensitive and take effect the moment you press Enter, so typing makeitrain works the same as MAKEITRAIN.
How to open the cheat console
Load any save in Live Mode first. The console docks on the right side of the screen once it appears, and you can type or paste commands directly into it.
Step 1: Start the game and enter a household in Live Mode. The console will not open from the main menu.
Step 2: On Windows, press Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl + Shift + C. On macOS, press Command + Fn/Globe + F1.
Step 3: Type a command and press Enter. Use HELP to see the full in-game list, since the cheat catalog can change between Early Access patches.
Money cheats
Money commands either add Paradimes to your current balance or overwrite it. PRINTMONEY adds to the household; SETMONEY replaces it entirely.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
PIGGYBANK | Adds 1,000 Paradimes |
MAKEITRAIN | Adds 10,000 Paradimes |
JACKPOT | Adds 50,000 Paradimes |
LOTTERY | Random amount between 1 and 100,000 Paradimes |
PAYDAY | Pays the selected Para their current salary |
PRINTMONEY 5000 | Adds the specified amount to the household |
SETMONEY 100000 | Replaces household funds with the specified amount |
CLEARBILLS | Deletes all pending household bills |
Time cheats
Useful for skipping overnight waits, lining up career shifts, or jumping the clock to a specific hour for a build screenshot.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
ADVANCEDAY | Skips forward 24 hours |
ADVANCEHOUR | Skips forward one hour |
SETHOUR 5 | Sets the clock to the specified hour (5 AM in this case) |
SKIPTO5MINUTESBEFOREWORK | Jumps to five minutes before the selected Para's shift |
Needs cheats
Need values run from 0 to a maximum, with higher numbers meaning the need is satisfied. Need names you can pass include Hunger, Hygiene, Sleep, and the other standard need IDs visible from SHOWNEEDS.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
SHOWNEEDS | Prints all current need values for the selected Para |
CHANGENEED Hunger 2 | Raises one need by the specified amount |
DECAYNEED Hunger 2 | Lowers one need by the specified amount |
SETNEED Hunger 2 | Sets one need to an exact value |
RELIEFNEED Hunger | Maxes a single need |
RELIEFALLNEEDS | Maxes every need for the selected Para |
RELIEFALLNEEDSOFALLCHARACTERS | Maxes every need for every Parafolk in town |
Character, age, and personality cheats
Most of these act on the currently selected Para. KICKSELECTEDCHARACTERSFROMHOUSEHOLD can leave a character without any household, which is known to cause bugs. Use KICKCURRENTHOUSEHOLDINTONEWHOUSEHOLD instead when you just want to split people off.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
EDITCHARACTER | Reopens the Paramaker for the active household |
PRINTAGE | Prints the selected Para's age |
SETAGE 25 | Sets the selected Para to the chosen age |
NEXTLIFESTAGE / PREVIOUSLIFESTAGE | Moves a Para forward or back one life stage |
NEXTGROWTHSPURT / PREVIOUSGROWTHSPURT | Moves through growth spurts within a life stage (Teen, etc.) |
LEVELUPPERSONALITY | Adds one personality level |
RESETPERSONALITY | Resets personality level to 1 and clears trait choices |
SHOWSTATUSEFFECTS | Lists all status effects on the selected Para |
CLEARSTATUSEFFECTS | Clears emotions, viruses, and other effects |
CLEARSTATUSEFFECTSONALLCHARACTERS | Clears status effects across all Parafolks |
CLEARWANTCOOLDOWNS | Forces new Wants to be offered immediately |
COMPLETECURRENTWANTS | Completes all active Wants for the selected Para |
GAINSTORYCARD | Grants a Story Card |
ADDSELECTEDCHARACTERSTOHOUSEHOLD | Adds the selected NPC to your household |
CREATECHARACTER HumanAdult | Spawns a new Para from a model GUID or DisplayName |
CLEARALLONSELECTEDCHARACTERS | Wipes needs, Wants, interactions, bills, memories, and emotions |
KILLCHARACTER | Kills the selected Para |
REVIVEALLSELECTEDCHARACTERS | Revives selected Paras |
Skill cheats
Skill commands take an internal skill ID, not the display name. If a command returns an invalid argument error, the ID is wrong. Use the IDs below or check the output of SHOWSKILLS in-game.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
LEVELUPSKILL Guitar | Adds one level to the named skill |
SETSKILLLEVEL Guitar 5 | Sets a skill to an exact level |
LEARNALLSKINS Recipes | Unlocks every skin/recipe in the given category |
Common skill IDs include Piano, Guitar, Triangle, Cooking, Painting, Dancing, Exercising, Programming, GraphicDesign, Fishing, Astronomy, Surgery, Language, and Potty. Valid LEARNALLSKINS categories include Recipes, Piano, Guitar, Triangle, and Paintingstyles.
Occupation cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
ENDWORKDAY | Ends the shift, paying salary and an upgrade point if performance passes |
ADDVACATIONDAY | Adds a vacation day to the current occupation |
ADDSTRIKETOOCCUPATIONS | Adds a disciplinary strike |
CLEARSTRIKES | Removes all occupation strikes |
CLEARALLOCCUPATIONS | Quits every job the selected Para holds |
PRINTALLPOSSIBLEEXTRASFOROCCUPATION | Lists perks available for the current job |
Pregnancy and family cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
GETPREGNANT | Makes the selected Para pregnant |
GIVEBIRTH | Forces immediate birth if the Para is pregnant |
MAKEBABIES 2 | Two selected Paras have children together (1–3 for single, twins, or triplets) |
PREGNANTSTATUS | Displays the current pregnancy status |
Build mode and item cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
TOGGLEEDITTOWN | Unlocks town-wide lot editing |
REPAIRALLITEMS | Removes the broken state from every object |
UNSPOILALLITEMS | Restores all spoiled food |
SETITEMSTATE IsOn 1 | Forces an item's state value (states are defined in the control panel) |
Fire cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
SETITEMONFIRE | Ignites a selected item |
SETSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE | Sets the selected Para on fire |
EXTINGUISHSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE | Puts out a burning Para |
EXTINGUISHALLFIRES | Puts out every fire in the world |
Newspaper and mail cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
GENERATENEWSPAPER | Generates a new newspaper issue |
DELETEALLNEWSPAPERISSUES | Removes all current newspaper issues |
GENERATEMAIL | Sends queued mail to the mailbox |
RESETMAILBOX | Clears the mailbox |
Debug and miscellaneous cheats
If a Para gets stuck in an object or off the navmesh, you can also use the Unstuck button in the pause menu without opening the console.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
HELP | Lists every cheat available in the current build |
CLEAR | Clears the console window |
ALIASES | Lists aliases defined through the mod system |
SCHEDULE FPS | Runs a command every frame and prints output top-left (use FPS for framerate display) |
STOP | Stops the currently scheduled command |
UNSTUCK | Moves the selected Para to a valid navmesh position |
UNSTUCKALL | Moves every Parafolk to a valid position |
SHOWCURRENTCHARACTERGUID | Prints the selected character's GUID |
CANCELALLCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS | Cancels queued interactions for every Para |
CANCELALLHOUSEHOLDINTERACTIONS | Cancels queued interactions in the current household |
CANCELSELECTEDCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS | Cancels queued interactions on the selected Para |
DELETESELECTEDCHARACTERSINTERACTIONS | Deletes queued interactions on the selected Para |
RESETMUSEUMDONATIONS | Resets the museum donation list |
SAVE | Saves the current game |
ZIPSAVEFILE | Drops a zipped copy of the save on your desktop |
QUITTOMAINMENU | Quits to the main menu |
RAGEQUIT | Closes the game without saving |
Performance cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
FPS | Prints the current framerate |
CAPFPS 60 | Caps the framerate at the specified value |
BENCHMARKFPS | Runs a 15-second FPS benchmark |
STARTTOWNBENCHMARKSTORYBOARD | Runs a scripted benchmark across the town |
FULLSCREEN / WINDOWED | Switches between fullscreen and windowed mode |
RESOLUTION | Prints the current resolution |
SETRESOLUTION 1920x1080 | Changes the resolution |
VSYNC | Reads or sets VSync passes |
SHADOWDISTANCE | Prints the current shadow render distance |
Fun cheats
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
BEAR | Prints an ASCII bear in the console |
CAT | Shows a black cat photo |
EIGHTBALL | Magic eight ball response |
HOTEL | Prints "Trivago" |
RANDOMIZEALLDEFORMATIONS | Randomizes a Para ignoring slider limits |
SPIN | Spins a chance wheel |
If a command does not work
Most failures come down to three things. The Para you want the command to affect isn't selected, the argument is wrong (a skill ID or need name spelled differently from its internal label), or the command was changed or removed in a recent Early Access patch. Run HELP to confirm the command still exists in your build, and use the print commands like SHOWNEEDS or SHOWCHARACTERRELATIONSHIPS to verify the exact identifiers the game expects before retrying.
Paralives is still in Early Access, so the developers have signaled that several debug-only cheats may be hidden or removed before the 1.0 release. Save before experimenting with anything that edits the town, kicks Paras out of households, or rewrites character data, since a few of those paths can leave saves in awkward states.