Exactly how to play through an XCOM campaign is a matter of personal preferences. Some folks enjoy gut-crushing levels of difficulty, while others don’t mind a bit of save-scumming. Many more will use console commands to give themselves a helping hand when needed.
Luckily for some of you, you can use console commands in XCOM: Chimera Squad, and in this guide, we will show you how.
How to use console commands
The first thing you need to do is activate the console. This is done a little differently, depending on if you use Steam or not, so we will quickly run through both methods.
Steam
For Steam, you need to go into the Library, find XCOM: Chimera Squad, then right-click on it and choose properties. Go to launch options and type in -allowconsole.
Shortcut
If you are launching the game from a shortcut on your Desktop, copy and paste the following line into the target field, C:\Games\XCOM: Chimera\Binaries\Win64\XCom.exe” -allowconsole
The next time you launch the game, you will be able to open up the console by hitting the tilde key directly above the TAB key on your keyboard. After that, enter one of the below commands, depending on what you need.
| Console Command | Effect |
| GiveItem AimUpgrade_Sup 10 | Gain 10 Scope upgrades |
| GiveItem APRounds 10 | Gain 10 AP rounds |
| GiveItem ClipsizeUpgrade_Sup 10 | Gain 10 Extended Magazine upgrades |
| GiveItem Medikit 10 | Gain 10 Medkits |
| GiveItem MissDamageUpgrade_Sup 10 | Gain 10 Stock upgrades |
| GiveItem VenomRounds 10 | Gain 10 Venom rounds |
| GiveResource credits 100 | Gain 100 Credits |
| GiveResource intel 100 | Gain 100 Intel |
| GiveResources elerium 100 | Gain 100 Elerium |
Series regulars will recognize the console commands from XCOM 2, although I am afraid my memory is a little hazy on whether they go back further than that or not.
