Development drives a county's taxes, levies, and available buildings, but it grows painfully slowly. After enabling debug mode, you can raise it instantly across your realm or in a single county.
Raise development everywhere
Use tick_development with an amount to add development to every county in the game:
Change the number to add as much development as you want.
Target a single county
To adjust just one county, use change_development_level with the amount and a county ID. Browse the full list of CK3 counties to find the county ID you need, and see the command page for the exact argument order.
Raising development without cheats
- Keep county control high — low control stalls development growth.
- Put a high-stewardship steward on the Develop County task.
- Build development-boosting structures and adopt traditions and innovations that speed it up.
Frequently asked questions
What is the development cheat in CK3?
tick_development raises the development of every county in the game by a set amount — for example, tick_development 10. change_development_level adjusts a single county instead. Both work only in debug mode.
What does development do in CK3?
Higher development increases a county's tax and levies and unlocks new buildings and faster cultural innovations, so it is one of the strongest long-term boosts to a realm.
How do you raise development without cheats in CK3?
Keep county control high, assign a high-stewardship steward to the Develop County task, build development-boosting structures, and adopt cultural traditions and innovations that speed growth.