Cheats

Cheats may be activated at any time within Spore to gain an advantage or may be used to make gameplay more interesting. To activate the spore cheat console, simply press Ctrl-Shift-C. This will allow you to enter one of the cheat commands below. Activating certain cheat codes to gain an advantage will give you the Joker Badge. If you use these cheats in 50 different games, you get the Pathological Cheater Achievement. '''Warning: Certain cheats disable the ability to attain any further achievements once the Joker badge has been earned. This may spoil further enjoyment of Spore! To prevent the disabling of achievements, don't save the game after using cheats!'''

Console Commands

 * capturePlanetGIF - Captures a spinning GIF of the planet you are on and dumps to AnimatedAvatars directory.
 * help (command) - Explains action and usage of a command.
 * freedom[on / off] - Toggles, disables (on) or re-enables (off) editor complexity limits. Creations that break the limits will not be pollinated!
 * killallhints - Removes all hints from the game.
 * SetTime (h, m) - Sets time of day at the Avatar's position, and optionally a speed multiplier.
 * freeCam - Toggles free camera mode.
 * rename planet new name - Changes the name of the selected planet. Unlike other cheats, there must be a space between "rename" and "planet", but works with or without quotation marks around the new name. You cannot rename saved games.
 * rename star new name - Changes the name of the selected star. Unlike other cheats, there must be a space between "rename" and "star".

Stylefilter Cheats
The stylefilter cheats change the visual style of the game, and do not cause the game to be tagged with the Joker achievment
 * stylefilter -none	change view back to normal
 * styleFilter -oilPaint	Gives the game an oil painting effect
 * styleFilter -filmNoir	View game in black & white
 * "stylefilter -microscope" - Gives the game a bizarre effect
 * "stylefilter -norainbows"
 * "stylefilter -nextgen" - Gives the game a foggy effect

Rate of Disasters
Changing the rates of disasters using the following method does not activate the Joker badge. You can lower the rate of pirate raids and eco disasters by adding following lines to the end of file preferences.prop located in "User name"/Application Data/SPORE/Preferences directory. Just open it with notepad.


 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidFrequency 100
 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidAllyFrequency 100
 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidPlunderFrequency 100
 * universeSimulatorHappinessDisasterFrequency 100
 * universeSimulatorBiosphereCollapseFrequency 100

This should lower the rates and if you input 0 instead of 100 it should disable them.

Other few helpful lines you could experiment with


 * universeSimulatorGrobTeaseAttackFrequency (100 by default)
 * universeSimulatorGrobWarAttackFreqExtremelyAware (40 by default)
 * universeSimulatorGrobWarAttackFreqVeryAware (80 by default)
 * universeSimulatorGrobWarAttackFreqAware (160 by default)
 * universeSimulatorWarAttackFrequency (300 by default)

Joker Badge Cheats
The following cheats will disable further achievements. If you want to earn more achievements, do not save your game after cheating.


 * setConsequenceTrait (trait). Trait can be one of the following:
 * cell_carnivore
 * cell_herbivore
 * cell_omnivore
 * creature_aggressive
 * creature_social
 * creature_mixed
 * tribe_aggressive
 * tribe_social
 * tribe_mixed
 * civ_military
 * civ_economic
 * civ_religious
 * space_bard
 * space_ecologist
 * space_zealot
 * space_diplomat
 * space_scientist
 * space_trader
 * space_shaman
 * space_warrior
 * space_wanderer,
 * space_knight


 * addDNA - increase how much DNA you have to spend.
 * moreMoney - Increases your money in Civilization or Space stages.
 * refillMotives - Replenishes depleted health and other motives.
 * unlockSuperWeapons - Unlocks all superweapons for your Civilization type.
 * spaceCreate. - Unlocks and recharges all creation tools in Space Mode.
 * evoadvantage. Enter this cheat when are starting a new Creature game to choose any creature from the Sporepedia. Start a new game with one of your more evolved creatures!
 * blocksmode. Turns creatures into their blocky representations.
 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidFrequency [number] - adjust the number of times pirates can raid your system.
 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidPlunderFrequency [number] - adjust the number of times pirates can steal spice from your system.
 * universeSimulatorPirateRaidAllyFrequency [number] - adjust the number of times pirates can raid allies in your system.