Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a fantastic RPG with many cheat codes. However, you can only activate Witcher 3’s cheats by enabling that game’s debug console. With that console enabled, you can enter and activate a wide variety of character, inventory, combat, weather, and Gwent cheat codes throughout the game. Below are seven of the best Witcher 3 cheats to activate with that game’s debug console.
Read also: 10 Witcher 3 Beginner Tips for New Players
However, you’re going to need to enable the debug console in Witcher 3 first. There isn’t any in-game option you can select to enable that console. To enable the debug console, you must open and edit Witcher 3’s general.ini file in Notepad as follows:
- Open this Witcher 3: Wild Hunt folder path in File Explorer: The Witcher 3/bin/config/base. Base is a subfolder within Witcher 3’s installation directory.
The base folder
- Right-click the general.ini file and select the Open with context menu option.
- Choose to open the general.ini file within Notepad.
- Then input DBGConsoleOn=true in a new line within the general.ini file like in the screenshot directly below.
The general.ini text file
- Click the File menu to select is Save option, and then close Notepad.
Now you should be able to utilize the debug console in Witcher: Wild Hunt. Start Witcher 3 to load a saved game. Then press the ~ keyboard key (usually just above the Tab button) to bring up the debug console shown directly below.
The debug console
It is there that you can enter and activate a series of console cheat commands. Now you can cheat to your heart’s content with the debug console in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. These are several Witcher 3 cheats you can activate there that will assure game completion.
Activate Invincibility
To make life very simple in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, active invincibility for Geralt. You can activate that cheat by entering god in the debug console and pressing Enter. Then Geralt won’t lose any health when attacked. You can deactivate the invincibility by inputting the same code in the debug console a second time.
Refill Your Health Bar
You can refill your health bar whenever needed with this Witcher 3 cheat code. Enter healme in the debug console, and press the Return button. That code will restore Geralt’s health to the 100 percent mark.
The activated healme command
Kill All Visible Enemies
Are you having a tough time against a particular boss in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? If so, you can instantly kill that boss by entering killall in the debug console and pressing Enter. Activating that Witcher cheat will instantly kill all visible enemies you’re in combat with.
Play Witcher 3 With Ciri
There are a few moments during Witcher 3 in which you can play as Ciri. Ciri has a great teleportation ability for dodging attacks that can be invaluable in combat. So, it’s a pity you don’t get many chances to fight monsters with Ciri.
However, you can switch to the Ciri character whenever you fancy by entering a quick console command. Input Ciri in the debug console and press Enter to switch to that character. Then you can fight monsters with Ciri instead of Geralt. You can return to the game’s star monster slayer by entering Geralt in the debug console.
Ciri
Note that playing Witcher 3 as Ciri does come with some limitations. You can’t select any quests when playing as Ciri. Nor can you access your item inventory. Nevertheless, you can still kill monsters throughout Velen, Skellige, Toussaint (in Blood and Wine), and White Orchard with Ciri.
Get Rich Quick
You can purchase anything and everything in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with this console command for adding crowns to Geralt’s bank account. To get rich, input the addmoney(#) command in the debug console with an actual value. For example, inputting addmoney(100000) and pressing Enter will give you 100,000 crowns, which will probably be more than enough to get you through the game.
Geralt with 300,077 crowns
Add an Item to Your Inventory
You can add any number of items to your inventory by entering the additem(name,#) cheat command in the debug console. A specific item code must be included in the brackets, and you can also add an optional numeric quantity value. For example, you can get 10 apples for health replenishment by entering: additem(Apple,10).
The additem cheat
You can utilize this command to add weapons, armor, foods, junk, drinks, mutagens, crafting components, ingredients, and other items to your inventory. However, you’ll need to enter exact codes for the items in the debug console. You can view Witcher 3 item codes at this commands.gg page. Here are a few item ID codes to try out this console command with:
- Aerondight
- Chicken
- Pear
- Fried fish
- Armor repair kit 3
- Weapon repair kit 3
- Bread
- Cows milk
- Grapes
- Alkali Bomb 3
Level Up Geralt
You can make Geralt stronger by raising his level with this command. To raise Geralt’s level by one, enter levelup in the debug console and press Return. You can enter that command as many times as you wish to increase Geralt’s level by more.
The levelup cheat
Alternatively, you can set Geralt’s level with the setlevel(#) command. For example, inputting setlevel(45) will set your level to 45. Note that 70 is the highest level in the base Witcher 3 game. However, you can set Geralt’s level as high as 100 in the Blood and Wine expansion.
There are many more cheats you can activate with Witcher 3’s debug console. However, the Witcher 3 cheats above will be more than enough to guarantee completion. I recommend only utilizing those debug console cheats if you’re seriously stuck in Witcher 3. Try to play through the game without cheating, but you can activate those cheats whenever needed (or just for the fun of it).
