Culture drives your innovations, men-at-arms, and traditions, so switching it is a popular console tweak. After enabling debug mode, you can change a character's culture or convert an individual county.
Change your character's culture
Use set_culture with the culture's ID:
Add a character ID to change someone else — for example set_culture norse 78.
Convert a county's culture
To change the culture of a county instead of a person, use change_culture with the county ID followed by the culture ID:
Here 38 is the county ID. Browse the full list of CK3 cultures to find any culture's ID.
Converting culture without cheats
If you'd rather do it in-game:
- A county slowly adopts its ruler's culture; promote culture conversion through the county view to speed it up.
- Raise cultural acceptance, then use the culture screen to diverge, hybridize, or adopt traditions.
- Marrying into another culture and educating heirs there shifts your dynasty over generations.
Frequently asked questions
What is the change culture cheat in CK3?
There are two commands: set_culture changes your character's culture (for example, set_culture norse), and change_culture changes a single county's culture. Both work only in debug mode.
What is the difference between set_culture and change_culture?
set_culture changes a character's culture and takes an optional character ID. change_culture changes the culture of a county and takes a county ID followed by the culture ID.
Where do I find culture IDs in CK3?
Every culture's ID is listed on its page in the culture database — for example english, norse, or basque.