Console Commands

A filterable, categorized reference of the console commands worth knowing. New to the console? Start with Console for how to open it in VR and the basics of targeting and IDs.

A few conventions used below:

player. runs a command on your own character. Drop the prefix and most of these act on whatever you’ve targeted. In VR you target with prid <refID> rather than a mouse click; see Console for how.
Text in <angle brackets> is a value you supply, like an ID, a number, or a skill name.
Toggle commands (the ones starting with t) flip on and off; run the same command again to reverse it.

46 commands

God mode & survival

`tgm`	God mode: no damage, and unlimited stamina, magicka, carry weight, and arrows. Run it again to turn it off. (Most toggle commands work this way.)
`tim`	Immortal mode. You still take damage and your health can hit zero, but you won’t die. A gentler `tgm`.
`tdetect`	Toggle AI detection. While off, NPCs can’t detect you, so nothing will ever spot you sneaking.
`tcl`	Toggle collision. You pass through walls, floors, and everything else, and can fly by looking where you want to go. Great for escaping a spot you’re stuck in.

Getting around

`coc <cell>`	Center on cell: teleport to a named interior or town, e.g. `coc whiterun` or `coc riverwood`. `coc qasmoke` drops you in the developers’ test room full of every item.
`tmm 1`	Reveal every map marker (so you can fast-travel anywhere). `tmm 0` hides them all again.
`player.moveto <refID>`	Teleport yourself to a reference (an NPC, marker, or object) by its reference ID.
`movetoqt`	Move to the current quest target. Handy when a quest marker is pointing somewhere unreachable.

Character, stats & skills

`player.setav <value> <n>`	Set an actor value outright, e.g. `player.setav speedmult 150` to move faster, or `player.setav carryweight 1000`.
`player.modav <value> <n>`	Adjust an actor value by an amount (positive or negative), e.g. `player.modav health 100`.
`advskill <skill> <xp>`	Grant a skill some experience, e.g. `advskill smithing 5000`. This counts toward leveling, unlike setting the skill directly.
`player.advlevel`	Force an immediate level-up, letting you pick a perk and raise an attribute.
`player.addperk <perkID>`	Unlock a specific perk by ID. Use `help` to find perk IDs.
`showracemenu`	Reopen the full character creator. Useful for tweaking your look, but changing race here can scramble some stats, so save first. See RaceMenu Presets.
`sexchange`	Switch your character’s sex without touching anything else.

Items & gold

`player.additem <itemID> <count>`	Add items to your inventory by ID, e.g. `player.additem 0001397e 1` for a specific weapon.
`player.additem f <count>`	Add gold. `f` is the short form of gold’s ID (`0000000F`), so `player.additem f 5000` gives you 5,000 septims.
`player.additem a <count>`	Add lockpicks (`a` is the short form of `0000000A`).
`player.removeitem <itemID> <count>`	Remove items from your inventory by ID.
`player.equipitem <itemID>`	Equip an item you’re carrying by ID.

NPCs & followers

`prid <refID>`	Pick a reference by ID to make it the console’s target, without clicking: the mouse-free way to target an actor in VR. Finding the refID is the tricky part; see Console.
`kill`	Kill the targeted actor. (Click an NPC with the console open to target it first.)
`resurrect`	Bring a dead targeted actor back to life. `resurrect 1` revives them with their gear intact.
`moveto player`	Summon the targeted reference to you. Great for a follower who got left behind or stuck.
`disable`	Make the targeted object or actor vanish. `enable` brings it back.
`recycleactor`	Reset the targeted actor to its default state. Often fixes an NPC that’s glitched, frozen, or T-posing.
`setrelationshiprank player <n>`	Set how a targeted NPC feels about you, from `-4` (archenemy) to `4` (lover). `4` can make some NPCs marriageable or recruitable.
`setessential <baseID> 1`	Make an NPC essential (unkillable) by base ID. Set to `0` to remove that protection.

Quests

`sqt`	List the quests you currently have targeted, along with their quest IDs. The starting point for fixing a stuck quest.
`sqs <questID>`	Show every stage of a quest and which ones you’ve completed, so you can find where it broke.
`getstage <questID>`	Report the stage a quest is currently on.
`setstage <questID> <stage>`	Force a quest to a specific stage to push a stuck quest forward. Jump too far and you can skip content, so nudge it one stage at a time.
`resetquest <questID>`	Reset a quest. A last resort for a hopelessly broken one; it can leave loose ends.
`caqs`	Complete All Quest Stages, for every quest in the game at once. This will wreck a real playthrough. Never run it on a save you care about.

World, time & weather

`set timescale to <n>`	Change how fast game time passes. The default is `20` (one real second is 20 game seconds); `1` runs time at real speed, which looks great for screenshots.
`fw <weatherID>`	Force the weather to a specific type immediately.
`sw <weatherID>`	Set the weather to transition to a type naturally, rather than snapping to it like `fw`.
`tg`	Toggle grass display.
`tll`	Toggle level-of-detail (LOD) rendering for distant terrain and objects.

Camera & screenshots

`tfc`	Toggle a free-flying camera, ideal for framing screenshots. `tfc 1` also freezes the action. Note that in VR the view is still head-tracked, so free cam behaves oddly.
`sucsm <n>`	Set the free camera’s movement speed, e.g. `sucsm 5` to slow it down for precise shots.
`tm`	Toggle all menus and the HUD for a clean screenshot. Careful: this also hides the console itself, so you reopen it blind with the console key to toggle back.

Finding IDs & info

`help "<term>" 0`	Search the game for anything matching a term and print its IDs, e.g. `help "daedric" 0`. This is how you find the item, spell, perk, and NPC IDs the other commands need.
`getav <value>`	Read an actor value off the targeted actor (or yourself with `player.getav`), e.g. `player.getav health`.
`save <name> 1`	Write a save plus a plain-text copy of it beside your saves (`<name>.ess.txt`). Search that file by name to find reference IDs without clicking, which is the handiest way to get a refID in VR. See Console.
`qqq`	Quit the game instantly, no menus, no save. A fast exit when you need one.