GTA 3: All cheats for the Nintendo Switch

 

With the release of the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition, you can play GTA 3 on the Nintendo Switch for the first time. At this point we will show you how you can enter and deactivate cheats on the switch and show you all the cheat codes with their key combinations and effects.

Enter & deactivate cheats (Nintendo Switch)

In GTA 3 you can enter cheats and in the Switch version you just have to enter the corresponding key combinations from the lists below in the current game. While you are in the pause or main menu, the cheat entry does not work. A message at the top left of the screen confirms that you have entered the cheat successfully.

Important note:  Since the effects of some cheats cannot be undone, you should save your game status before using cheats. If you want to save your game with activated cheats, you should definitely use a separate memory slot.

How can you deactivate cheats?  In GTA 3 you can usually deactivate cheats by entering the appropriate key combination again. However, once activated, two cheats cannot be undone for passers-by! It is all the more important that you save your game before using the cheats.

In the following we list all the cheat codes for the switch version with their key combinations and effects.

Cheats for weapons, money, wanted level etc.

Cheat	Keyboard shortcut
Full life energy	ZR → ZR → L → R → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up
Full armor	ZR → ZR → L → ZL → left → down → right → up → left → down → right → up
Received $ 250,000	ZR → ZR → L → L → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up
All weapons (Entering again gives you more ammunition for the weapons)	ZR → ZR → L → ZR → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up
Increase wanted level by 2 stars	ZR → ZR → L → ZR → Left → Right → Left → Right → Left → Right
Reduce wanted level to 0 stars	ZR → ZR → L → ZR → top → bottom → top → bottom → top → bottom
Change Character Appearance (Random NPC)	Right → Down → Left → Up → L → ZL → Up → Left → Down → Right

 

Cheats for cars & tanks

Cheat	Keyboard shortcut
Tank (Rhino) spawn	A → A → A → A → A → A → R → ZL → L → X → A → X
EBplode all vehicles in the area	ZL → ZR → L → R → ZL → ZR → X → Y → A → X → ZL → L
All vehicles become invisible (only driver and tires remain visible)	L → L → Y → ZR → X → L → X
All vehicles can hover (behave somewhat like the Dodo planes)	Right → ZR → A → R → ZL → Down → L → R
Improved driving behavior (more precise steering, no sliding and no loss of traction) & your vehicle jumps with the horn	R → L → ZR → L → Left → R → R → X

 

Cheats for passers-by

Cheat	Keyboard shortcut
Passers-by attack the person in the immediate vicinity *	Down → Up → Left → Up → B → R → ZR → ZL → L
All passers-by attack you *	Down → Up → Left → Up → B → R → ZR → L → ZL
Guns are given to all passers-by	ZR → R → X → B → ZL → L → top → bottom

 

Cheats for the weather

Cheat	Keyboard shortcut
Clear & sunny	L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → X
Cloudy	L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → Y
rain	L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → A
Foggy	L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → B

Cheats for time change

Cheat	Keyboard shortcut
Increases the game speed (time lapse)	X → Up → Right → Down → Y → L → ZL
Slows down the game speed (slow motion)	X → up → right → down → Y → R → ZR
Accelerates the in-game time	A → A → A → Y → Y → Y → Y → Y → L → X → A → X