Medieval 2: Total War Cheats and Console Commands

So, you want some Medieval 2: Total War cheats? Using console commands to get a leg up in video games is a time-honored tradition, although it seems to be more commonly associated with strategy games given their nature.

In this article, we’ve put together updated and easy-to-use cheats & console commands for the game which help to give you a leg up.

Medieval 2: Total War Cheats

Like most other games, you can access the command console by pressing (~) or the equivalent key on your keyboard. Pressing the up arrow will bring back your most recent input.

Medieval 2: Total War Cheats – Ancillaries and Traits

Total War, Medieval 2 makes use of special characters – whether they be generals or agents. Characters can have different traits and special ‘ancillaries’ that modify stats. You can use the following commands to add/remove traits and ancillaries.

• give_ancillary [character name] [ancillary id]
• remove_ancillary [character name] [ancillary id]
• give_trait [character name] [trait id] [level]
• remove_trait [character name] [trait id] – this can remove all traits if you don’t specify a specific trait ID.

If the character name has a space in it, put it in quotation marks (e.g. “name”). You can optionally specify a level for a trait to be, although by default it will be level 1.

Medieval 2: Total War Console Codes

Additional traits and ancillaries for Spies and Assassins

These can be used on either unit but some are only useful on one or the other.

Adding Units to Stacks

Just pick a city or any unit as if moving it and just open the console and simply type George or any of those on this list and hit enter to get the following units

Adding Ancillaries to Generals

This is a list of the various ancillaries (retinue members) that can be added with the give_ancillary command. This code requires you to have the character that you wish to modify selected, as well.

give_ancillary this ANCILLARYNAME

Below is a list of ancillaries that can be given to Generals.

Create a Unit Cheat

Use the console to enter the following

create_unit “settlement or character” “unit ID” “amount (1-5)” “experience (1-9)” “armor (1-3)” “weapon (1-3)”

Use the console to enter the following

create_unit “settlement or character” “unit ID” “amount (1-5)” “experience (1-9)” “armor (1-3)” “weapon (1-3)”

The above code will create 2 units of Longbowmen in London with 3 Gold Chevrons, Level 3 armor, and Level 3 weapon

Detailed Codes for Several Console Commands

Push ~ to access the console. As described above, the “give_trait” command works with several different traits to add to a specific character. In order for this to work, you must have the character selected and outside of a town. It works like this:

give_trait this TRAITNAME #

Below is a list of TRAITNAMES and the maximum number you can put after to determine the level of the trait.

Merchant Ancillaries and Traits

Select the unit with cursor/pointer, then open the console with the ~ key. The syntax should be give_trait this or give_ancillary this.

Special Ancillaries and Traits for Priests

Select the priest unit to effect with the cursor and open the console with the ~ key. Using: give_trait this: the words should be together in a string with each separate word starting with an uppercase ex. PriestLevel #. Using: give_ancillary this: the words should be lowercase and separated by a _ ex. choir_boy. Some traits only have a certain level so exceeding it will be null, also if you use the high end of the scale it can change your unit’s name or have some negative effects.