Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 Cheat Codes

Passwords for Budokai 3

In Budokai 3 Collector Edition (Europe), Budokai 3 Greatest Hits (USA) and Budokai 3 HD, there are 3 additional outfits for Piccolo, Goku and Future Trunks.
Theses 3 outfits are King Piccolo, Goku with a halo and future Trunks in armor and they can be unlocked with a password in the mode "Dragon Arena".
The tutorial videos I made below explain how to unlock theses hidden outfits for Goku, Trunks and Piccolo and particularly how and where to enter the passwords.

With this password, you can unlock Demon King Piccolo (Piccolo Daimao) in the game Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3.

How to unlock Demon King Piccolo

To unlock Piccolo Daimai, use the password :
Gahaha Saikou da!!!-
Saikou nokibu nda!!! .

This passwords unlocks Goku with a halo in Dragonball Z Budokai 3.

How to unlock Goku with a halo

To unlock Goku with a halo, you need to use the password :
JaanaM inna-! Shinda
raMata Aouna- ! .

The password to unlock Trunks in the blue armor in the game Dragonball Z Budokai 3.

How to unlock Future Trunks in armor

You can unlock Future Trunks in armor with long hairs with this password :
DoumoS umimas enOmat
aseshi mashit a

Please note that the normal european and american versions of Budokai 3 on Playstation 2 don't have theses 3 special outfits.
Also, when entering the passwords, the majuscules and minuscules are important (For example, in the password for Trunks, if you write "doumos" instead of "DoumoS", then the password won't work).

Raw cheat codes for Budokai 3

Theses cheat codes for Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 work only if you play the game on PC with the PCSX2 emulator.
However, most of the codes can be converted with the free program Omniconvert so they can work on the Playstation 2 (Providing you have the PS2 DVDs Action Replay Max, Codebreaker or Gamshark, which are necessary to use theses codes).

You will find the list of raw cheat codes I created for Budokai 3 at the bottom of this page.
For the moment, they work with all the PS2 versions of the game (European Collector Edition, US Normal, US Greatest Hits and the Japanese version).

Widescreen patch for Budokai 3 (Aspect Ratio correction on wider screens).

Widescreen Fix for Budokai 3

This Widescreen cheat code for Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 corrects the game's aspect ratio when People are playing on larger screen. As a side note, with this code the aspect ratio is entirely parametrable : So you can set the aspect ratio you want, even on normal 15" screens.

This cheat code for Dragonball Z Budokai 3 improves the visual effects of the characters when they enter in their hyper mode state.

Better visual effects for the characters in Hyper Mode.

You don't like the red glow when the characters enter in their hyper mode state ? You think it is too much ?
Well, it is possible to change that with cheat codes. My pnach files which contain the codes are in the description of the videos.

Cheat code for DBZ Budokai 3 which makes the characters faster.

Make the characters faster

With this cheat code, you can change the characters speed.

Characters with no ki (Budokai 3 Cheat code).

No ki for the player 1 and/or the player 2

It is possible to set the characters to have no ki at all, so they can't do their special moves and evade.

Budokai 3 cheat code : Characters tired very rapidely.

The characters get tired rapidely

This cheat code for DBZ Budokai 3 make the characters get tired and knocked out on their feets after just one hit.

Code: All capsules unlocked in Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3.

All capsules unlocked and get 900,000 zenies

This code for Budokai 3 unlocks all skills capsules and give 900,000 zenies to the player.


This cheat code for Dragonball Z Budokai 3 unlocks all characters and stages.

All characters and stages unlocked

Just like the code which unlocks the capsules, this other code writes on the savegame.
So, to make this code works, you need... a savegame and also to save the game.
The locked characters, arenas and capsules will appear unlocked only after you have saved your game.

Budokai 3 code : Characters become immune to stun.

Ultimate body

This cheat code makes the characters immune to stun when they are hit with normal hits.
Basically, it gives the characters the brick mode effects they have when they have entered into Hyper mode.
But with this code, the character will be a brick the whole match, even in his normal state.

This cheat code for Dragonball Z Budokai 3 makes the fusion dance to last until the end of the fight.

Infinite fusion code in Budokai 3

When this cheat code is enabled, the fusion dance will last until the end of the fight. So be sure to not miss and end up with Veku or fat Gotenks ;)

This cheat code for Budokai 3 makes the characters always have a full ki bars (so they can spam specials).

Infinite ki

With this code, the characters' ki bar always stay full, and so they can teleport as much as they want and use their super moves freely.

1-hit KO cheat code for Dragonball Z Budokai 3.

One-hit KO code

This cheat code makes the character controlled by the player 1 and/or player 2 to have only 1 point in life. So hitting him once will result in an instantaneous KO.

This cheat code for Budokai 3 increases the characters' maximum lifebars.

Maximum lifebars enabled

With this cheat code enabled, the characters will be able to gain additional lifebars during a match by using an item which regenerates life or, for the special characters (like Saibaiman, Cell Junior, Mecha Freezer, Mecha Cooler and Majin Vegeta), when they respawn.

This cheat code for Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 makes the characters invincible.

Invincible mode in Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3

This cheat code for Budokai 3 makes the characters invincible (God Mode) : They take no damage at all.

The space used by the capsules in the characters inventory has been set to 1 slot (Budokai 3 Cheats).

Capsules use only 1 slot in the skills tray

This cheat code for Budokai 3 make all capsules to use only 1 slot in the characters inventory, with the exception of the fusions and breakthrough capsules (since theses special capsules contain many normal capsules). This code is very useful if you want to make Vegeta go Majin, Frieza becomes Mecha Frieza and Cooler Meta Cooler AND use all their special moves before they transform in theses forms.

Characters swaps cheat codes for Dragonball Z Budokai 3.

Characters swaps in Budokai 3

Theses codes allow to replace a character's appearance with the appearance of another character.
And they can also be used to replace a character's secondary or third costume with a non-playable characters (like Babidi, Kibito, Bulma or Gotenks ghosts).

The character Cooler begins the match as Metal Cooler (Cheat code for Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3).

Start the matches directly with Metal Cooler

In Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3, the characters always begin the fights in their base form, excepted in the few missions in the Dragon Universe Mode.
But with cheat codes, it is possible to make the characters start matches in their transformed state, like for example here with Cooler who enters a fight with Vegeta directly as Metal Cooler.

Download my codes for Budokai 3 (EU Collector, EU/US normal, Greatest Hits, JP).

And for the players who have never used raw cheat codes before, here is a video tutorial which explains how to use theses codes with the PCSX2 emulator.