Game screen showing the Console Command line.No reference set.
Game screen showing the Console Command line.Reference set. For commands in other games, see Console Commands.
Console Commands are a debugging toolavailable to PC players,adding a wide range offunctionality to the game.The tilde key (~ `) toggles the console screen open and closed.On mostEnglish language keyboards,itsits below the Escape (esc)key,and justleftofthe 1 (one) key.
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Comparisons with other games
As with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind,and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion,Console commands are only available in the PC version ofthe game.
Using the console
Entering codes
Codes are notcase sensitive;"a"is same as "A". Codes are shown as:Code <Variable> <#>
The <and >are notentered with the code,#is replaced by the desired quantity. The code to add an item is listed as:Player.AddItem <ItemID> <#>
Ifyou wanted to add 500 gold,itwould be entered as: player.additem f 500
Targeting
To targetan object,open the console and click the object.Its name willappearaboutcenterscreen.An item targeted in the console is also called a reference.
Short Code or
Prefix Required
Shortcode refers to a code having a shortform thatcan be used interchangeably with the Long form. ToggleFogOfWaris the long code form.
TFOWis the shortcode form.
Prefix Requiredrefers to a code needing a prefix to work as intended. SetHealth <#>willhave no effect.
Player.SetHealth <#>willsetyourmax health to <#>.
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Food and Drinks Potions and Poisons
Ingredients Heavy Light Clothing Jewelry Books Keys Miscellaneous SoulGems
Weapons Magic Other
Arrows Blades Blunts Bows Staves Spells Diseases Enchantments Perks Shouts Skills
ActorValues Batch Lists Characters Factions Locations Weather
Toggle commands
Effect
rm Toggle Run Mode.Willswitch between run mode and walking mode.Actually same effectas <Caps Lock> key.
tg Toggles grass
ts Toggles display ofskybox and fog.
TLL Toggles LOD
TIM Toggle ImmortalMode (Stilltake damage,health willneverreach zero.Finalblow animations may cause a perminate decapitation bug ) TCL Toggle Collision.Using the TCL command with a targettoggles clipping forthe target.Ifused while falling offa cliff,may cause a crash.
TM Toggle Menus
TFC Toggle freefly camera.Add <1> to pause. TAI Toggle ArtificialIntelligence TCAI Toggle CombatArtificialIntelligence
TDetect Toggle AIDetection.Doesn'twork with Pickpocketdetection.
TC Toggle Controls Driven.Ifused when targeting an NPC,willtransfercontrolto said NPC,any command inputs willbe applied to playeralso,to fix "tc"the player characterto turn offits actions.
TMM <#> Toggle Map Markers <0> Disable all.<1> Enable all.<1,0,1> Show all,no fasttravel.
TGM Toggle God Mode
Command Effect Equipitem <ItemID> <#>
<left/right>
Forces the targetto equip <ItemID>,ifitis in theirinventory.Adding a '1'afterthe ID seems to make some items un removable,while '0' keeps them removable as normal.<left/right> willequip the weapon in the leftorrighthand.
setessential <BaseID> <#> Make NPC mortal(0)/immortal(1).
Disable This willmake the targetdisappear,good forcleaning up messes,corpses (see also:MarkForDelete).Note: Even though the items are hidden from view,they are stillbe loaded with the cell.
Enable Used to make disabled targets re-appear.Usefulforwhen you made a pointing mistake when disabling targets. unlock Unlock the desired chestordoor.Note: This may notwork in some cases.
lock <#> Lock chests,doors orpeople.<#> = the levelofdifficulty.(0-100)
kill Instantly kills target.
Resurrect <#> Return a dead NPC to life.Replace <#> with 1 to resurrestwith allcurrentitems intact.Leave off<#> to have the corpse removed & a new copy spawned.
removeallitems Removes allitems in the targets inventory.Use the <player> variable to transfer all items to own inventory. sexchange Change genderoftargetNPC,orPC.Note:Only BODY changes,notthe head.
additem <ItemID> <#> Adds <ItemID> to targetNPC,Note: Use on a merchantto setthe amountofbartergold.
setlevel <1>,<2>,<3>,<4>
Sets the levelofan NPC compared to the player.SetLevel 1000,0,1,81willmake targetlevelwith you from 1 to 81. 1:<% of PC's level * 10> The NPC's levelin comparison to player,based on % ofplayers level.(1000 = 100.0%)
2:<1 level +/-> How many levels this NPC willbe aboveor
belowthe levelin 1. 3:<starting level> The lowestlevelthis NPC can be.
4:<level cap> The highestlevelthis NPC can be. getav <AV> Returns the currentvalue ofthe specified actorvalue. modav <AV> <+/-#> Changes <AV> by <+/-#>
forceav <AV> <#> Forces <AV> to <#>
setav <AV> <#> As above,butsome values don'tstay setthrough saves.
setscale <#>
Sets the scale ofan object.'1'is default.Ifno objectis selected,applies to PC.NOTE: When used on an actor,itincreases ordecreases speed and damage.Also note thatthe lowestpossible value to change the scale,is 0.1,and the highestpossible value to change the scale,
is 10.00,exactly on the dot.
moveto player Teleports the targeted NPC to you.(Works similarto player.placeatme <BaseID> <#>butdoes notcreate a new reference ofthe base object.)
player.setrelationshiprank <RefID> <#>
Used to setan NPCs disposition towards the player.<#> = 1-4 Note: Ifthis doesn'thelp when attempting to add Followerdialogue,try setrelationshiprank <RefID> <#>then player.setrelationshiprank <RefID> <#>.
openactorcontainer <#>
<#> = 1,2,3,or4.Depending on the actors faction ranking to the playerwilldepend on whatyou see in theirinventory.Use the correct ranking fortheircurrentstatus.)This allows you to add orretrieve items from thatactor.Some actors willnotequip armororweapons you
store on them.
GetPos <axis> Returns the position value ofgiven axis (x,y,z)ofthe target SetPos <axis> <#> Sets the position value ofgiven axis (x,y,z)ofthe target.
GetAngle <axis> Returns the value ofgiven rotationalaxis (x,y,z)ofthe target.
SetAngle <axis> <#> Sets the value ofgiven rotationalaxis (x,y,z)ofthe target(the change happens when the targeted objectis picked up). MarkForDelete Permanently deletes the selected item eitherinstantaneously orupon reload.This command is cleanerthan disable,as itremoves the
item completely instead ofjusthiding itfrom view.
setownership Allows you to make things ownerless.They won't become yours.When used on chests,applies to everything inside. Most"Targetcommands"can be used on the playerby self-targeting orprefixing with Player.in the console window.Some commands,such as Killand Disablewill crash the game when self-targeted,while others may produce unexpected results.
GetStage <QuestID> Used to getthe currentqueststage forquest(use ShowQuestTargetsforIDs). player.sqs <quest id> Used to display allthe stages ofa quest
SetObjectiveCompleted <QuestID> <stage> <1 to set, 0 to unset> Used to setthe queststage as being completed oruncompleted. SetStage <quest id> <stage value> Used to setthe queststage (Usefulforbugged quests).
movetoqt <QuestID> Move to questtarget.
showquesttargets Shows allcurrentquestIDs.
caqs Complete allStages ofEVERY quest.
Buggy,may notbe stable.NOT recommended.
CompleteQuest <QuestID>' Complete a quest.May cause buggy behavior,SetStageis generally cleaner.
Player commands
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Command Effect
Addshout <ShoutID> Add shoutto playerskilllist.Shouts are also partofspells so in orderforthis command to work you would need the spells unlocked.ListofShout Codes.*NOTE:Shouts can be unlocked using:player.unlockword <shoutID>
SetPlayerRace <Raceid>
Doing this willallow you to change yourrace withoutusing showracemenu.Note: May bug aftercertain transformations (ex:Werewolf),and revert back to originalrace,orthe race you selected using showracemenu.
fov <#> Adjustfield ofview.The maximum value appears to be 160.Highernumbers allow a widerfield ofvision,butitcan be distorted.Lowernumbers show a "zoomed"view.60-90 is a usefulrange.
showracemenu
Bring up charactercustomization menu.Magicka,Stamina,and Health willbe spread evenly on using this depending on yourcharacter's level.Itwill remove any custom pointdistributions.Note: Using TGM command before entering the menu willretain youroriginallevels.Willonly modify your attributes/skills/points/etc.ifyou change the race,sex,orselecta presetfrom the list.Modifying cosmetic things like skin color/warpaint/hair/face
shape/etc.willleave yourpoints. player.addperk
<PerkID> Adds the perk.
player.removeperk
<PerkID> Removes a perk.;does notreturn the pointused to gain the perk. player.addspell
<variable> Adds a spell,disease,orpower. Player.removespell
<variable> Removes a spell,disease,orpower player.additem
<ItemID> <#> Add an item to the inventory. player.removeitem
<ItemID> <#> Remove an item from the inventory. player.drop <ItemID>
<#> This willdrop the item.
player.showinventory Lists allitems in yourinventory and theircodes.PgUp and PgDwn to scrollthrough. player.setcrimegold
<#> <FactionID> Adds <#> to yourcurrentbounty with <FactionID> player.paycrimegold
<X> <Y> <FactionID>
Sometimes,does notpay offyourbounty fully. X = 1 Remove stolen items.0 Don'tremove stolen items.
Y = 1 Go to jail.0 Don'tgo to jail. player.setlevel <#> Sets currentlevelto <#>.
player.teachword
<WOOP> Teaches a word ofpower,words can be found with the "help <word> 4"command and are recognizable by the WOOP tag.See Shouts player.setav <AV>
<#> Sets the ActorValue to <#>. player.modav <AV>
<+/-#> Modifies the ActorValue by <#>. player.forceav <AV>
<#> Should be avoided foruse,as itoverrides/ignores game's automatic calculations such as item bonuses,spellbonuses,etc. player.placeatme
<Item/NPCID> <#> Places an item oractornextto the player. playerEnchantObject
<ItemID> <mgef> <mgef>
Adds objectto inventory with any two magic effects (notlimited to enchants).Codes
IncPCS <AVskill> Increase the players skillpoints by one pointIncPCS marksman
AdvSkill <AV> <#> Give the playerthe desired amountofskillusage points.NOTE: Very inconsistentbetween skills.E.g."AdvSkill speechcraft 3000"gives aboutas much Speech experience as "AdvSkill enchanting 1"gives Enchanting experience.See skills fortestresults. psb PlayerSpellBook.Unlocks allspells and shouts.NOTE: Using this command willunlock every spell,even those used to testSkyrim,this may
cause bugs so you should backup the game before using this. player.advlevel Force a LevelUp (Does notadd ability to pick a new perk)
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Command Effect
Addfac <FactionID>
<#> Adds the selected NPC to a faction.May cause undesired and buggy AIbehavior. set
playerfollowercount to <#>
0 Clears followers and allows you to recruitagain.
Prid <RefID> Sets the NPC as refrrence,allowing othercommands to be used,good fortargeting NPCs thatyou cantreach/selecton screen orfixing quest glitches aboutNpcs notappearing.
bat <name of text
file> Executes a .batfile.Formore info read this. help <"Object
name"> <#>
Show allconsole commands with descriptions.Add descriptors to search forIDs.ex:help "elven armor" 0willshow ids ofallitems that include "elven armor"in the name.<#> sets the limits forthe search function,0 = no limits;4 = Exact.
qqq Quits the game withoutgoing through the menus.(May cause crash.) killall Kills allnon-essentialNPCs in the vicinity.
set timescale to
<#> Setthe rate atwhich time passes (20 is the default,1 is realtime)
sw <WeatherID> SetWeather.Changes the currentweatherto the one entered.Itmay vanish quickly depending on the area you're in,due to the area's climate being forced;like where rain isn'tcommon.
fw Force Weather.Willautomatically change the currentweatherto the one specified.(May also vanish as with the sw command).
Movement
Command Effect
coc <CellID> CenterOn Cell.Teleports you to the centerofthe cell.A listofcoc codes is here . WIDeadBodyCleanupCell Holds the bodies ofNPCs thathave died.
player.moveto <NPCrefID> Move to an NPC.