Paralives Guide – All Cheat Codes and Console Commands

How to open the console to enter cheat codes in Paralives

To use cheats in Paralives, you don’t need to enable a separate mode or enter a special activation command. Simply open the console, enter the desired code, and press Enter.

Commands are case-insensitive. For example, makeitrain, MAKEITRAIN, and MakeItRain should all work the same way. At least, at the time of writing, they do.

Proceed as follows:

1. Open the save in Live Mode.
2. On Windows, press Ctrl + Shift + C or Ctrl + F1 simultaneously.
3. On macOS , use Command + Fn/Globe + F1.
4. Enter the required command into the console.
5. Press Enter to activate the cheat.
6. Type HELP if you want to see the full list of available commands.

The best cheats for Paralives

These commands are primarily useful for those who want to get rich quickly (get money), satisfy needs, improve skills, or open the Paramaker editor.

• HELP – shows the full current list of cheats in the game.
• PIGGYBANK – Adds 1000 Paradyms to the family account.
• MAKEITRAIN – Adds 10,000 Paradyms.
• JACKPOT – adds 50,000 paradyms.
• PRINTMONEY 10000 — adds the specified amount of money. Replace “10000” with any value without quotation marks.
• SETMONEY 10000 — sets the exact amount of money a family has. Replace “10000” with any value without quotation marks.
• SHOWSKILLS – displays the skill levels of the selected Para in the console.
• SETSKILLLEVEL Cooking 10 — sets the desired level of the selected skill. Replace “10” with any value without quotation marks.
• LEVELUPSKILL Piano — Increases the specified skill by one level. You can replace “Piano” with the name of any other skill.
• SHOWNEEDS – shows the values ​​of all needs of the selected Couple.
• RELIEFALLNEEDS – completely satisfies all needs of the selected character.
• SETNEED Hunger 10 — sets a specific value for a specific need. Replace “10” with any value without quotation marks.
• EDITCHARACTER – Opens Paramaker for family editing.
• SETAGE 10 — sets the age of the selected Couple. Replace “10” with any value without quotation marks.
• ADVANCEHOUR – skips the game time forward one hour.
• SETHOUR 10 — sets a specific hour in the game. Replace “10” with any suitable value without quotation marks.
• UNSTUCK – helps fix the selected Para if it gets stuck.
• SAVE — saves the current game.

Cheats for money

Console commands for money allow you to quickly build a house, furnish it with expensive furniture, skip the early stages of earning , or start a family with the required starting budget. PRINTMONEY adds money to your current balance, while SETMONEY completely replaces the amount in your family account.

• PIGGYBANK – Adds 1000 Paradyms.
• MAKEITRAIN – Adds 10,000 Paradyms.
• JACKPOT – adds 50,000 paradyms.
• LOTTERY – awards a random amount of money.
• PAYDAY – adds money based on the salary of the selected Pair.
• PRINTMONEY [10000] — adds the specified amount to the current balance. Replace “10000” with any value without quotation marks.
• SETMONEY [10000] — sets the exact amount of money a family has. Replace “10000” with any value without quotation marks.
• PRINTHOUSEHOLDFUNDS – shows the cash balances of families.
• GENERATEBILL — sends an updated invoice to the mailbox.
• CLEARBILLS – Clears a family’s unpaid bills.
• CLEARSELECTEDCHARACTERSBILLS – Clears bills associated with the selected Pair.
• CAUSEOUTAGE – causes a disruption of utility services in the selected area.
• FIXOUTAGE – eliminates interruptions in utility services on the site.

Skill Cheats

Skill commands are useful if a profession, hobby, recipe, repair , or storyline situation requires a higher level from Para. In Early Access, you can view skills, increase them by one level, or set a specific value. The maximum skill level is 20.

• SHOWSKILLS – Shows the current skill levels of the selected Para.
• LEVELUPSKILL [Piano] — Increases the selected skill by one level. Any available skill can be used instead of Piano.
• SETSKILLLEVEL [Piano] [20] — sets the specific level of the selected skill. You can replace “Piano” with any available skill, and replace “20” with any number from “1” to “20.”
• LEARNALLSKINS [enter category name in English] – Unlocks additional items related to the selected skill category.

Skill Names and ID Examples

When entering commands, it’s important to correctly specify the skill name. If the internal name differs from the one displayed in the interface , the command may not work. The most reliable option is to enter SHOWSKILLS and copy the desired name from the console.

• Music — Piano, Guitar, Triangle.
• Food — Cooking.
• Fitness – Dancing, Exercising.
• Technologies — Programming, Graphic Design.
• Fine art — Painting.
• Repair.
• Science – Astronomy, Biology, Surgery.
• Children’s skills – Language, Potty.
• Outdoor activities – Fishing.

In Early Access, some skill IDs may be unstable.

Cheats for needs

Need commands help quickly restore Par to normalcy if they’re tired, hungry, in a bad mood, stuck, or interfering with construction and stage setup. Use RELIEFNEEDS for quick recovery, and SETNEED for fine-tuning a specific need.

• SHOWNEEDS – shows the values ​​of all needs of the selected Couple.
• SETNEED [enter need name] [10] — sets a specific value for the selected need. Replace “10” with any desired value.
• CHANGENEED [enter need name] [10] – Increases the need by the specified amount. Replace “10” with any desired value.
• DECAYNEED [enter need name] [10] — Reduces need by the specified amount. Replace “10” with any desired value.
• RELIEFNEED [enter need name] – Fully satisfies one selected need.
• RELIEFALLNEEDS – completely satisfies all needs of the selected Couple.
• RELIEFALLNEEDSOFALLCHARACTERS – Fully satisfies the needs of all Para.

Customization cheats and Paramaker

These commands are used to edit a Para after creating a family, change ages, verify identity, statuses, and appearance parameters. The main command in this case is EDITCHARACTER, which opens Paramaker.

• EDITCHARACTER – Opens Paramaker to edit characters in the family.
• PRINTAGE – displays the age of the selected Couple.
• SETAGE [10] — Sets the age of the selected character. Replace “10” with any desired value.
• SHOWPERSONALITYTRAITS – Shows personality trait values ​​in the console.
• LEVELUPPERSONALITY — increases the level of personality.
• RESETPERSONALITY – resets the personality level and associated choices.
• SHOWSTATUSEFFECTS – Shows current status effects.
• CLEARSTATUSEFFECTS – Clears the status effects of the selected Para.
• CLEARSTATUSEFFECTSONALLCHARACTERS – Removes status effects from all characters.
• GETSLIDERS – shows the values ​​of the sliders of the selected Pair.
• GETCHARACTERDEFORMATIONS – shows the character’s body customization parameters.
• GETEQUIPMENT – displays equipment and customization data .
• TESTCHARACTERSKIN – Shows the meanings of clothing, accessories, makeup, and related elements.
• RANDOMIZEALLDEFORMATIONS – randomly changes the character’s deformations without the usual slider limitations.

Cheats for characters, age, and personality

These commands affect the selected Pair or active family. Use them with caution, especially if the command removes characters from the family, creates a new Pair, or resets important systems.

• ADDSELECTEDCHARACTERSTOHOUSEHOLD – Adds the selected NPC Couple to the current family.
• CREATECHARACTER [model/displayname] – Creates a new Pair by model GUID or displayname.
• KICKCURRENTHOUSEHOLDINTONEWHOUSEHOLD – Moves the selected Couple to a new household.
• KICKSELECTEDCHARACTERSFROMHOUSEHOLD – Removes the selected couple from the current household.
• NEXTLIFESTAGE – takes the selected Couple to the next stage of life.
• PREVIOUSLIFESTAGE – Returns the selected Couple to the previous life stage.
• NEXTGROWTHSPURT – Triggers a growth spurt in eligible young Para.
• PREVIOUSGROWTHSPURT – Cancels the growth spurt in eligible young Para.
• KILLCHARACTER – kills the selected Para.
• REVIVEALLSELECTEDCHARACTERS – Resurrects selected characters.
• GAINSTORYCARD – Adds one story card.

Relationship cheats

In the current Early Access version, relationship commands are more limited than cheats for money, skills, and needs. They can be used to check the connections of a selected Couple or quickly introduce them to everyone in town.

• SHOWCHARACTERRELATIONSHIPS – Shows the relationships of the selected Pair and the associated relationship labels.
• BECOMEACQUAINTANCEWITHEVERYONE – Adds dating status to all Couples in the city.
• REMOVERELATIONSHIP FROM [first character name : second character name] — Removes relationship labels between the specified characters. Place a colon between the two names, with no spaces between them.
• REMOVESTRANGERRELATIONSHIPS – Removes all relationship tags with strangers.
• RESETRELATIONSHIPSFORSELECTEDCHARACTER – resets the relationship of the selected Pair.

Cheats for jobs and professions

Profession commands are useful for skipping work time, testing career upgrades, removing strikes, or adding vacation days to a character. Most commands apply to the selected Pair, so make sure the correct character is selected before entering them.

• UPGRADEOCCUPATIONS – Unlocks profession upgrades for the selected Para.
• ENDWORKDAY – Ends the workday and awards salary or upgrade points if applicable.
• PRINTALLOCCUPATIONS – shows all professions of the selected Para.
• PRINTNUMBEROFEXTRASFOREVERYOCCUPATION — displays possible professions and improvement paths.
• PRINTALLPOSSIBLEEXTRASFOROCCUPATION – shows the available bonuses for the current profession of the selected Para.
• CLEARALLOCCUPATIONS – removes all professions from the selected character.
• UNENROLLFROMALLOCCUPATIONS – Dismisses the selected Para from all current jobs.
• ADDVACATIONDAY — adds a vacation day.
• ADDSTRIKETOOCCUPATIONS – Adds strike to professions.
• CLEARSTRIKES — removes strikes.
• SKIPTO5MINUTESBEFOREWORK – Rewinds time to five minutes before the start of work of the selected Pair.

Timed cheats

Time commands help you quickly skip waiting, check work schedules, take screenshots at the right time of day, or speed up save progress.

• ADVANCEDAY — rewinds time by one day, that is, by 24 hours.
• ADVANCEHOUR — rewinds time one hour forward.
• SETHOUR [1] — sets a specific hour in the game. You can replace “1” with any suitable value.
• SKIPTO5MINUTESBEFOREWORK – sets the time five minutes before work starts.

Cheats for construction and items

The construction and item commands are best for repairing broken objects, removing spoiled food, checking item IDs, and experimenting with world editing. Be careful with the city editing and item crafting commands: some of them seem more experimental than standard gameplay tools.

• TOGGLEEDITTOWN – Enables or disables unofficial city editing mode.
• SPAWNALLITEMS — Spawns all items in the world.
• ADDITEMTOINVENTORY [enter item ID] – Adds the specified item to Steam’s inventory.
• SHOWITEMINFOS – shows the ID of the selected object from the construction mode.
• PRINTINVENTORY – displays the IDs of items in Steam’s inventory.
• CLEARINVENTORY – Completely clears Steam’s inventory.
• REPAIRALLITEMS – Repairs all broken items in the game.
• UNSPOILALLITEMS – Removes spoilage from all food in the game.
• SETITEMSTATE [state] [value] – changes the state of the selected item.
• SHOWITEMSTATES – Shows animation and interaction data for the selected item.

Pregnancy cheats

These commands allow you to force a pregnancy, induce labor, or check the pregnancy status. Before entering, select the desired Para.

• GETPREGNANT [1] — Makes the selected Couple pregnant; the number may indicate the number of children. A different value may be entered instead of “1.”
• GIVEBIRTH – Causes the selected pregnant Couple to give birth.
• MAKEBABIES – allows two selected Couples to have a baby.
• PREGNANTSTATUS – Shows pregnancy status details.

Fire Cheats

Fire commands are useful for both emergency response and creating chaos in a test save. For regular play, the most useful command is EXTINGUISHALLFIRES.

• EXTINGUISHALLFIRES – Extinguishes all active fires.
• EXTINGUISHSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE – Extinguishes fire on selected characters.
• SETITEMONFIRE – sets the selected item on fire.
• SETSELECTEDCHARACTERSONFIRE – Sets selected Couple on fire.

Debugging commands, saving, and performance

These commands are primarily used for troubleshooting. They’ll come in handy if Steam is stuck, interactions aren’t working, the interface needs checking, or performance testing is needed. Use them to view save data, fix freezes, crashes, and diagnose errors.

• HELP – shows the full current list of cheats.
• CHEATLIST is an alternative command for HELP.
• CLEAR – Clears the text in the cheat console.
• ALIASES – shows command aliases.
• SHOWCURRENTCHARACTERGUID – displays the GUID of the selected Pair.
• UNSTUCK – moves the selected Pair to the correct position.
• UNSTUCKALL – Moves all Pairs to their correct positions.
• SHOWCHARACTERPOSITION – shows coordinates, area and zone values.
• WARPCHARACTER [coordinates] – Teleports the Para to the specified coordinates.
• SAVE — saves the game.
• ZIPSAVEFILE – archives the current save to the desktop .
• QUITTO MAINMENU / QUITTOMAINMENU — returns to the title screen.
• RAGEQUIT – closes the game.
• FPS – shows the current FPS.
• BENCHMARKFPS – Runs a 15-second FPS test.
• CAPFPS [60] — limits the frame rate. You can enter any other command instead of “60.”
• FULLSCREEN — switches the game to full-screen mode.
• WINDOWED — switches the game to windowed mode.
• RESOLUTION – shows the current screen resolution.
• SETRESOLUTION [widthxheight] – sets the selected resolution.
• VSYNC – Shows or changes the vertical sync setting.
• SHADOWDISTANCE — shows the distance at which shadows are drawn.
• STARTTOWNBENCHMARKSTORYBOARD – Starts a city performance test.

Funny and random cheats

These commands are not required to complete the game, but are suitable for testing, jokes, and experimenting with the console.

• BEAR — shows ASCII art of a bear.
• CAT – displays a black cat in the console .
• EIGHTBALL – Gives a random answer in the style of Magic 8 Ball.
• 8BALL is an alternative team for EIGHTBALL.
• HOTEL — displays the Trivago phrase.
• SPIN [percentage] – spins the roulette wheel and shows a win or loss.
• RANDOMIZEALLDEFORMATIONS – Randomly changes the Steam’s appearance beyond the normal slider limits.