Medieval II: Total War Cheats

Giving Ancillaries and Traits to Apies/Assassins
As mentioned above, enter the console with the [~] key. 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 (with their ANCILLARYNAME) that can be given to Spies and/or Assassins

NOTE: For the ones marked "TRAIT", use the command:

give_trait this TRAITNAME #

instead to give the agent the specified trait (capitalization matters). Read my above post on traits for more information.

catamite +1 to agent's skill
courtesan +1 to agent's skill
pickpocket +1 to agent's skill
dancer +2 to agent's skill
GoodSaboteur 3 TRAIT +1-3 to assassin's saboteur skill
GoodAssassin 5 TRAIT +1-5 to assassin's skill
GoodSpy 5 TRAIT +1-5 to spy's skill

Special Ancillaries and Traits for Priests
Select the priest unit to effect with the cursor and open console with ~ key. Using : give_trait this : the words should be together in a string with each separate word starting with a 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 null, also if you use the high end of the scale it can change your units name or have some negative effects.

+ piety, +eligibility +purity +violence: Purifier 1-3
++piety: TouchedByTheGods 1-3
+1 piety: witch_hunter / deacon / librarian
+1 piety -1 purity: monk
+1 piety -1 violence: nun
+1 piety, +1 personal security: zealous_disciple
+1 security, +1 purity, +1 violence: paladin
+piety: StrongFaith 1-4 and/or PublicFaith 1-4
+piety: NaturalPriestLevel 1-3
1 = bishop 2 = cardinal: PriestLevel 1-2

Create a Unit
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)"

Example: creat_unit "London" Longbowmen 2 9 3 3 - will create 2 units of Longbowmen in London with 3 Gold Chevrons, Level 3 armor and Level 3 weapon.

Unlock All Factions
This cheat involves editing a game file. ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE PROCEEDING.

Open the [game folder]\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt file with Notepad. You will see a list of the nations you can use in the beginning, the unlockable ones and the non-playables. Cut and paste the unlockable factions to the playable nations. Save the file. Now go back to the game and complete a campaign mode and all of the factions will be unlocked. Do not copy the end non-playables.