PC Console Command Cheats - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Guide - IGN (2024)

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This page includes PC Console Commands and Cheats for the PC/Steam version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It has been updated to include Skyrim Special Edition and Anniversary Editions. Console Commands are an essential tool that players can use to enter cheats into the game. To enter Skyrim cheats into the PC Commands Console, hit ~ (or the key above Tab) to bring up the developer console, and enter these codes for the desired effect. Console commands are NOT case-sensitive.

Note: Some console commandcheats can cause bugs later on, or cause situations which may "break" certain quests. If you're unsure of your game's stability, don't save your game after using the command and disable autosaves in the main menu.

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Most Useful Skyrim Cheats

Here are the console commands that players might find most useful to have on-hand during their time in Skyrim. Remember to check the Item Codes list for the Add Item cheat.

TGM
Turn God Mode on / off
(also adds infinite stamina / magicka)
TCL
Toggle clipping on / off
TDetect
Toggle AI Detection
(doesn't work during pickpocketing)
TAI
Toggles non-combat AI on / off
TCAI
Toggles combat AI on / off
(Can be used with TAI to
completely disable all NPCs)
ModAV carryweight [#]
Set carry weight to specified number
AddShout [Shoud ID]
Add shout to player skill list.
Player.AddItem [item ID] [#]
Add item to inventory. Example:
"player.additem f 100" adds 100 gold
Player.SetLevel [#]
Sets the player level.
Note: Does not grant
commensurate experience
Player.AddPerk [perk ID]
Adds the specified perk.
AdvSkill [[[[[Skill|skill]]|skill]]] [#]
Gives player the specified number of Skill-based experience points.
Amounts vary from skill to skill.
Player.PlaceAtMe
[Item/NPC ID] [#]

Spawns item / NPC near player.
(Can be used with AI commands for hilarious effect)

Level Up

To increase your abilities in any given skill tree, you can use the console commands to your advantage in two ways:

  • Add individual perks to each skill tree
  • Add experience to each skill tree
    (This will also help you level up quickly)

TO ADD SKILL EXPERIENCE

This is our reccommended method of increasing your skills / adding perks. While it may take a bit longer, it will also grant extra experience and allow you to craft an personalized set of skills wiith points, instead of entering in individual perk codes.

AdvSkill [[[[[Skill|Skill]]|Skill]] ID] [#] to grant yourself a certain amount of experience in a given skill category. The value of experience points varies from skill to skill, so we suggest choosing a skill you want to become HIGHLY proficient in (maybe... all of them?) and starting there.

The table below indicates how many experience points will increase each skill by one level. In terms of overall player level, it takes an increasing and variable amount of XP to level up, so feel free to use the player.setlevel [#] command.

SKILL TREE
SKILL ID
Points/Lvl
Alchemy
alchemy
506
Alteration alteration
132
Archery
marksman
43
Block
block
86
Conjuration
conjuration
188
Destruction
destruction
192
Heavy Armor
heavyarmor
104
Illusion
illusion
86
Light Armor
lightarmor
173
Lockpicking
lockpicking
7
One-Handed
onehanded
110
Pickpocket
pickpocket
37
Restoration
restoration
197
Sneak
sneak
20
Speech
speechcraft
1914
Two-Handed
twohanded
179

TO ADD INDIVIDUAL PERKS
To add individual perks, use the console command player.addperk [perk ID]
(Consult our list of Perk IDs on the Item Codes page).

For example, to add the Sneaking perk 'Silent Roll,' enter
player.addperk 105F23 into the command console. While the skill will turn gray in the skills menu (normally indicating that you are under-level for the desired perk), you will still be able to utilize it's abilities. Alternatively, you could pre-empt this process by using the player.setlevel ##

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All Skyrim Console Commands

  • tgm - Toggles God mode (Invincibility, infinite carry weight)
  • tcl - Toggles No-clip mode (Fly, walk through walls)
  • coc "Location" - Teleports you to that location, An all item room is coc QASmoke.
  • psb - Give all spells to player
  • player.advlevel - Force a Level Up ( No perk points added)
  • caqs - Complete all Quest Stages
  • tmm,1 - Toggle Map Markers
  • tfc - Free camera
  • saq - Start all quests (Warning: Not a good idea!)
  • qqq - Quit the game
  • coc qasmoke - Testing hall (You'll have your items, enchanted items may crash game)
  • tai - Toggle Artificial Intelligence (Freezes enemies)
  • tcai - Toggle Combat Artificial Intelligence (Freezes enemies)
  • tg - Toggle grass
  • tm - Toggle menus, HUD
  • tfow - Toggle FOW
  • kill - Kill targeted thing
  • resurrect - Resurrects targeted thing
  • unlock - Unlocks targeted locked thing
  • lock X - Lock targeted chests, doors or even people, where X is the difficulty level of the lock (0 - 100)
  • killall - Kill all nearby enemies
  • removeallitems - Removes all items of targeted NPC
  • movetoqt - Teleport to quest target
  • enableplayercontrols - Enable controls during cinematics
  • tdetect - Toggle AI Detection (Avoid getting caught stealing)
  • setownership - Changes ownership of target so you can steal it
  • duplicateallitems - Duplicate items (Target container or NPC and copy the RefID)
  • fov XXX - Change field of view.
  • advancepclevel - Increase your Level
  • advancepcskill (skillname) X - Increase skill level
  • advskill [[[skill]]] XXX - Increase targeted skill by XXX amount
  • setpcfame - Set targeted character's fame
  • setpcinfamy - Set targeted character's infamy
  • player.modav [attribute name] [amount] - Apply modifier (+ or -) to the named attribute or skill. Skills are entered as they appear in-game, without spaces or quotes, except for Speech and Archery, which are "speechcraft" and "marksman" respectively. Attributes are things like "health" or "carryweight", again without spaces or quotes. NOTE: Using the modav command will cause attributes modified by it to always appear in green, as the game thinks they've been buffed. You can try "setav" instead (untested), but in other Bethesda games this has sometimes led to permanent problems.
  • player.modav carryweight X - Set Carry Weight
  • player.modav burden X - Increase Burden by X
  • player.modav Dragonsouls X - Add Dragon's Souls to your pool, allowing you to improve your shouts.
  • player.setav speedmult X - Increase movement speed, where X is a multiplier (percentage)
  • player.setav Stamina X - Set Stamina
  • player.setav Health X - Set health
  • player.setcrimegold X - Set to 0 if you want it to be free
  • player.setav Magicka X - Set Magicka
  • player.setlevel X - Set Level
  • player.placeatme X - Spawns an NPC at your location, where X is NPC ID
  • player.setscale X - Change scale of player, where X=1 is normal
  • player.IncPCS [Skill Name] - Increase the level of targeted Skill by one.
  • showracemenu - Brings up the race selection/character customization menu. NOTE: This will reset your character to level 1 and all your skills to their initial base values.
  • [target].getavinfo [attribute] - This will display a short list of information about the given attribute (health, skills, etc.) of the specified target. You can omit "[target]." if you first click on the target with the mouse, or you can replace it with "player." if you want the info on your character. For example:[br/]player.getavinfo lightarmor
  • player.additem XXXXXXXX "###"- Adds items based on Item Codes, where XXXXXXXX is the item code, and ### is the amount you want.
  • player.additem 0000000f "999" - Add 999 Gold
  • player.additem 0000000a "100" - Add 100 Lockpicks
  • player.addperk XXXXXXXX - add perks based on perk codes, i.e. player.addperk 000c44b8 would add the adept alteration perk, found on theItem Codespage.Make sure your skill level is high enough to have the perk before you enable it or it may not work properly and that you add any multi-tier perks in order.
    • help - List console commands
  • help keyword X - Search by the keyword, number is search mode, listed in "help" commands

Video of TCL (No-Clip) Fly Mode

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