Why does skyrim have console commands

Returns the numerical rank of the friendliness between two characters -4—4. Returns whether or not the target has the specified perk. Instantly kills target. Lock chests , doors or people. Permanently deletes the selected item either instantaneously or upon reload. This command is cleaner than disable , as it removes the item completely instead of hiding it from view. Teleports the targeted NPC to the Dragonborn.

Works similar to player. Depending on the actor's faction ranking to the Dragonborn will depend on what is seen in their inventory. This allows one to add or retrieve items from that actor. Some actors will not equip armor or weapons stored on them.

Removes all items in the targets inventory. Return a dead NPC to life. Changes the transparency of the target. Ranges are in decimal from 0—1, with 0 being completely invisible, 0. Sets the value of given rotational axis x,y,z of the target the change happens when the targeted object is picked up. In example, typing setfavorstate 1 while having a Guard selected in the command console and clicking on a dropped item, makes that Guard pick-up and automatically equip that item. After issuing a command, typing setfavorstate 0 while a command has not yet been issued or pressed the TAB button will cancel and deactivate the command.

Makes the target either intangible or susceptible to damage or staggering effects. Range of , with 0 making the target tangible, and 1 making the target intangible. Sets the level of an NPC compared to the Dragonborn. SetLevel ,0,1,81 will make target level with the Dragonborn from 1 to Sets the weight of the target or the Dragonborn.

Ranges from 0—, with 0 being the lightest and being the heaviest. Allows one to make items owned by different people. They will not become the Dragonborn's unless an ID is not entered. When used on chests, applies to everything inside. Marks desired interior or exterior cell as owned by the player, as well as everything within its perimeter.

Used to set an NPC's disposition towards the Dragonborn. Sets the scale of an object. If no object is selected, applies to PC.

NOTE: When used on an actor, it increases or decreases speed and damage. Also note that the lowest possible value to change the scale, is 0. Set HDR Parameter. Nine separate numbers should be entered to change various luminosity settings. Set Ignore Friendly Hit. Range of 0—1, with 0 causing the target not to ignore friendly hits and 1 causing the target to ignore them.

Set Target Refraction. Range of 0—1, with0. Adding a '1' after the ID will make certain items unable to be removed, while '0' keeps them removable as normal. Complete all Stages of every quest. Buggy, may not be stable. NOT recommended. Add an item to the inventory. For example, to add gold to the inventory, use player. Add shout to one's skill list. Shouts are also part of spells, so in order for this command to work the spells will need to already be unlocked. List of Shout Codes. NOTE: Shouts can be unlocked using: player.

Adds a spell, disease , or power. This can also be used for acquiring an unused spell. Force a Level Up does not add ability to pick a new perk. Gives one the desired amount of skill usage points. NOTE: Very inconsistent between skills.

See skills for test results. Allows for the camera to view the Dragonborn from any direction without changing which way they are facing.

This command is used to enable controls during cinematics when they are disabled. Occasionally the game will glitch, instead of reloading put in this command and carry on. Should be avoided for use, as it overrides game's automatic calculations such as item bonuses, spell bonuses, etc.

Sets the number of Dragon Souls the Dragonborn has. Replace with the desired number. Adjust field of view. Follow it with a 1 to pause. Turns combat AI on or off, turning dragons into placid beasts who act like you aren't there. A bit like cats. This one lets you behave like a little rapscallion, as it turns naughty business detection stealing, murdering, doing a poo in the woods, etc.

You'll still get caught if you try pickpocketing, though. Every single spell and shout in Skyrim is now yours! Including a bunch of test ones leftover from the design stage that will clog your spellbook. Bring up the character creation menu to adjust the way your character looks. If you alter your race this will reset your level and skills, but any other change is safe. Where "skill" is the skill you want to modify, and is the amount you want to modify it by.

Skills are input via their in-game names without spaces, apart from Archery which is "Marksman", and Speech, which is known as "Speechcraft". Every single item in Skyrim has a code. You'll find them in our list of Skyrim item codes. Now your dreams of owning 47 cabbage potato soups can come true. Adjust your wanted level with this handy command.

Setting it to zero resets removes your wanted level completely. Tired of getting tired? Up your carryweight and you'll be able to transport more goodies.

Toggling god mode tgm also lets you carry as much as you like. Use this to spawn NPCs and monsters at your location. This is the command we used to crank out a horde of dragons around Whiterun. Note that this command spawns new creatures, rather than moving old ones, so if you use it on an NPC, you'll clone them.

Use this to move yourself next to an NPC, useful for Kharjo, the nomadic Khajit, who can be hard to find as he follows the caravans around Skyrim. Select two NPCs and set the relationship between them, the values range from 4 lover to -4 archnemesis. Use it to make NPCs fight or do other er Changes the size of the player or NPC.

You start out at level one, which is normal sized, while zero is small. It goes all the way up to an absurdly huge ten. Forces the player to drop items, even usually undroppable quest items. Try just 'drop' to drop absolutely everything you're carrying. Can't find that vital key? Lockpicking skill too low? Open the console, click on the door or chest you want to unlock, and type "unlock" into the console.

If only this worked in real life. For the opposite effect, you can set chests, doors or NPCs? RestoreActorValue Command restoreactorvalue [actor value id] [amount] Target Command This command will add the specified amount to a specified actor value of your currently selected target.

Amount The amount to increase the specified actor value by. DamageActorValue Command damageactorvalue [actor value id] [amount] Target Command This command will remove a specified amount from an actor value of your currently selected target. Amount The amount you wish to decrease the specified actor value by.

Value The value to set the actor value to. Perk ID The perk ID you wish to check the perk rank of for your target, or yourself if using 'player. Amount The amount you wish to add or subtract from the actor value. Specify a negative number to subtract. Distance The distance e. Reference ID Optional. If you specify a reference ID of an NPC or character here, the objects will be cleared from your target's inventory and added to this inventory.

If this is not specified, your target's inventory contents will be permanently deleted. Alpha A number between 0 and 1 e. Angle A number between 0 and - the angle to set for the specified axis. Either without quotes : 'x', 'y' or 'z'. Value The value to set the position to. See actor values Value The value you wish to set the actor value to.

Specify without quotes '1' here to set the specified NPC as essential. Setting Name The name ID of the game setting you wish to change. Value The value you wish to set the game setting to. Specifying 1 here would mean the NPC would have 1 level added, specifying -1 here would mean the NPC would have 1 level subtracted.

Minimum The lowest level this NPC can be. A number between 1 and Maximum The maximum level this NPC can reach. Specify without quotes '1' to mark the location as cleared. Weight A number between 0 and - the weight of the character. Higher numbers are heavier. Enter a faction ID to set a faction as the owner of the item. Scale A number between 0.

Specify '0' without quotes to make your target conscious. Configuration The HDR shader configuration - 9 numbers separated by spaces. Specify '0' without quotes to make your targeted NPC be damaged by hits from you. Value A number, between 0 and 1 that specifies how 'refractive' your target should be. See Skyrim item IDs. If the item is held in the target's hand, specify which hand it is - 'left' without quotes for left hand, 'right' without quotes for right hand.

CompleteAllQuestStages Command completeallqueststages As this command commonly causes bugs, it is recommended you save your game before running it. Quest ID The quest ID of the quest you wish to move to the target of the location you need to be at to advance. StartAllQuests Command startallquests This cheat makes you start every quest in the game regardless of whether or not you meet requirements. Specify '0' without quotes to set the specified quest stage as uncompleted.

ShowQuestTargets Command showquesttargets This command prints to console a list of quest IDs and the stage you are currently at in each of them. SetPapyrusQuestVar Command setpapyrusquestvar [quest id] [variable id] [value] This command will set the specified quest variable to the specified value. Value The value you wish to change the variable to. AddShout Command addshout [shout id] Target Command This command unlocks adds to your target's spell list the shout with the specified ID.

AddSpell Command addspell [spell id] Target Command This command unlocks adds to your target's spell list the spell with the specified ID. AdvSkill Command advskill [actor value id] [amount] This command will add the specified amount of experience points to the skill with the specified ID for your character.

Skill IDs are their actor value IDs. See our list of actor values. Amount The amount of experience you wish to add to the specified skill. Amount The amount of the specified item you wish to drop, e. Movement Optional. Combat Optional. First Person Optional. Looking Optional. Sneaking Optional.

Menu Optional. Activate Optional. Journal Tabs Optional. Perspective Type Optional. Either 0 or 1 - your desired POV type. IncPCS Command incpcs [actor value id] This console command will increase the specified skill by one point. Stolen Items Specify '1' without quotes to remove stolen items. Specify '0' without quotes to keep stolen items.

Jail Specify '1' without quotes to go to jail. Specify '0' without quotes to remain free. Faction ID Optional - only required if you do not have a member of the faction selected as a target. The faction ID to pay the bounty to. Amount Optional - the amount of the item, object, or NPC you wish to spawn. Distance Optional. The distance away you wish to spawn the item, object, or NPC e.

Direction Optional. The direction you wish to move the item the specified amount of distance in - so, if you specified 10 distance, you would specify here whether that should be 10 distance in front of, behind, etc. Values are: 0 - in front 1 - behind 2 - left 3 - right More Help.

PlayerEnchantObject Command playerenchantobject [item id] [enchantment id] [enchantment id] This command spawns a new item relative to the specified item ID with the specified enchantment s and adds it to your character's inventory. See item IDs. Enchantment ID Optional. The ID of a second enchantment to add to the new item. PlayerSpellBook Command playerspellbook This command will unlock all spells, shouts, etc for your character.

Amount The amount of the specified item you wish to remove. Show1stPerson Command show1stperson Provided you are already in 3rd person mode, this command will toggle the visibility of the first person arms that usually appear on the screen in first person. Amount The amount to add to your target's bounty. SetPlayerRace Command setplayerrace [race id] If executed without any arguments just 'SetPlayerRace' , the race menu will be opened, allowing you to customize your character's race.

Race ID Optional - if you do not provide this argument, the race menu will be opened. The ID of the race to set your character to. File Name The name of the file to save your facial configuration to e. This will be saved in the game's root directory where Skyrim. Rank The target's rank in the faction - a number e. Specify -1 to remove the target from the faction. File Name The name of the file you wish to execute as a batch file. See examples for more help.

ClearScreenBlood Command clearscreenblood This command clears any and all blood visual effects that have been drawn on the screen. ForceWeather Command forceweather [weather id] This command changes the game's weather to the specified weather type. See weather IDs. GetGlobalValue Command getglobalvalue [global value] This command prints information to console about the specified global value.

Global Value The ID of the global value to see the value of. GetInCell Command getincell [location id] This command will tell you if your target is within the cell with the specified ID. GetPCMiscStat Command getpcmiscstat ["statistic id"] This command prints to console the value of the specified miscellaneous statistic. The quotation marks are required. For the barters stat, you would have to use "barters", rather than just barters.

Commands and base IDs containing this term will be printed to console. This needs to be surrounded in quotes, to search for arrows, you'd write 'help "arrow", not 'help arrow'.

KillAll Command killall This console command kills all non-essential NPCs within the cell your character is currently standing in. File Name The name of the save file. Last auto save is always called 'autosave1' no quotes needed. Quotes are needed e. ModPCMiscStat Command modpcmiscstat ["statistic id"] [amount] This command adds the specified amount to a miscellaneous statistic.

Amount The amount to add to the specified miscellaneous stat. Use negative numbers to subtract. PurgeCellBuffers Command purgecellbuffers This command "purges" the cell buffers - this essentially means the "cells" parts of the map that are no longer being used but are still stored in the game's memory buffer are removed and deleted purged.

PlayerCreatePotion Command playercreatepotion [effect id] [effect id] [effect id] This command creates a potion with the specified ID s up to 3 and adds it to the player's inventory. Effect ID Optional. The ID of the second effect the potion should contain. The ID of the third effect the potion should contain. QuitGame Command quitgame This command instantly closes the client quits the game. RemoveFromFaction Command removefromfaction [faction id] This command removes your target from the faction with the specified ID.

If this name contains spaces, you must surround the name in quotation marks e. Global Variable Name The name of the global variable to change, followed to by a 'to'. Common uses of this command: set playerfollowercount to set playeranimalcount to set timescale to Amount The amount to set the global variable to.

Gametime Multiplier The number to multiply the game speed by. ShowGlobalVars Command showglobalvars This command prints a list of global variables to the console. ShowMessage Command showmessage [message id] This command displays the message with the specified ID in the center of the screen. ShowQuestObjectives Command showquestobjectives This command prints a list of all objectives for the quests you have currently started and not completed to the console.

SetTintParam Command settintparam [r] [g] [b] [a] This console command sets your client's tint parameters. R A number between 0 and 1. G A number between 0 and 1. B A number between 0 and 1. A A number between 0 and 1. SetWeather Command setweather [weather id] This command sets the weather non-forcefully to the specified weather type. CenterOnCell Command centeroncell [location id] This console command teleports your character to the location with the specified ID.

CenterOnWorld Command centeronworld [world name] [x] [y] This command teleports your character to the specified X and Y coordinates. World Name The name of the world to teleport in. The outdoor part of Skyrim has the name 'Tamriel' without quotes. X The X coordinate to teleport your character to. Y The Y coordinate to teleport your character to. ToggleBorders Command toggleborders This command will enable and disable toggle the border lines that usually show for each cell. Source The source of the spell.

Either without quotes 'left' to cast from left hand , 'right' to cast from right hand or 'voice' to cast a shout. This console command sets the transparency of your target. The item ID of the item you wish to add to either your own, or your target's, inventory. The amount of the item you wish to add, e. This argument is optional. Optional 0 is default. A number that defines how hard this lock will be to pick.

Options: - Apprentice lock - Adept lock - Expert lock - Master lock Locks with levels above cannot be opened without a key. Specify '1' without quotes to put your target in ghost mode. The item ID of the item you wish to make your target equip.

This argument specifies where the spell should be equipped to. Options: left - left hand right - right hand voice - if the spell is a shout and not equipped to either hand instant - if the spell is a potion effect or power.

Specify '1' here to pause the game as well - this will allow you to fly around as-if the game was paused. Your desired free-flying camera speed. Enter one of the following, based on which map makers you wish to toggle: 0 - entering 0 will disable all map markers 1 - entering 1 will enable all map markers 1,0,0 - entering this will enable all undiscovered markers without fast travel 1,0,1 - entering this will show all markers without fast travel.

The perk ID you wish to check the perk rank of for your target, or yourself if using 'player. The amount you wish to add or subtract from the actor value. The axis you wish to view the target's coordinate position for. The axis you wish to set the target's coordinate position for. Specify without quotes '0' here to set the specified NPC as non-essential. Specify without quotes '0' to set the location as uncleared.

Enter 'player' without quotes to make your character the owner. A number between -4 and 4: -4 - Archnemesis -3 - Enemy -2 - Foe -1 - Rival 0 - Acquaintance 1 - Friend 2 - Confidant not a mispelling of confident!

Specify '1' without quotes to make your target unconscious. Specify '1' without quotes to make your targeted NPC not take damage from your attacks. A number, between 0 and 1 that specifies how 'refractive' your target should be. The quest ID of the quest you wish to move to the target of the location you need to be at to advance. Specify '1' without quotes to set the specified quest stage as completed. The ID of the skill you wish to advance.

Specify '1' without quotes to remove stolen items. Optional - only required if you do not have a member of the faction selected as a target. Values are: 0 - in front 1 - behind 2 - left 3 - right.

The base ID item ID of the item you wish to enchant and add to your inventory. Optional - if you do not provide this argument, the race menu will be opened. The name of the file to save your facial configuration to e.