In 2019, it's safe to say everyone and their grandma has played Skyrim. The base game is a great RPG, but Skyrim console commands let you fine tune the world's rules to your liking. Become a god, summon a specific item, make yourself a giant, fly, walk through walls, level up—pretty much nothing is off limits. The console commands are pretty easy to input, too.
Here's how it's done:
Skyrim console commands
To enable the console, just hit the tilde (`) key and enter the appropriate codes, which are listed below. You can turn on more than one at once, too, so you can become invincible, fly, and teleport all at the same time.
Some of these commands require additional codes, and we've compiled lists of those too. Just grab the desired number from our Skyrim item codes or Skyrim NPC codes posts.
Be warned, some of these console commands may cause glitches, problems, or crashes, so it's definitely worth saving your game first and using the codes with a separate save. You don't want to make some change and get stuck with it.
Console Commands
tgm
Good ol' God Mode means you're completely invulnerable to everything, and pretty damn god-like.
tcl
No clipping lets you walk through walls, ceilings, and mountains like some sort of ghost. Use the code again to return to normal.
unlock
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.
psb
Every single spell in Skyrim is now yours! It's like graduating magic school in under a second.
player.advlevel
Automatically gain one level.
caqs
Automatically complete all the stages of your primary quest. Perfect if you hate playing games.
showracemenu
Unhappy with your blind, inbred-looking Bosmer chap? You can adjust the way your character looks just like you did at the start of Skyrim—but this will reset your level and skills.
player.modav skill X
Where "skill" is the skill you want to modify, and X is the amount you want to modify it by. Skills are inputted via their in-game names without spaces, apart from Archery which is "Marksman", and Speech, which is known as "Speechcraft".
player.additem ITEM ###
Every single item in Skyrim has a code, a bit like an Argos catalogue of fantasy objects. You'll find them in our list of Skyrim item codes. Replace "ITEM" with the item's code, and "###" with the number of items you want. Now your dreams of owning 47 cabbage potato soups can come true.
player.additem 0000000f ###
A simple way to get some free gold. Any number between 001 and 999 will do.
player.additem 0000000a “###”
Running low on lockpicks? Enter the number you require here and they'll magically appear.
addshout
Combine with the codes on this Wikia page to add your selected shout.
tm
Toggles all in-game menus, perfect if you want to take some screenshots to convince elderly relatives that Skyrim is where you went on your holidays. Note that this also hides the console commands menu, meaning you'll have to type it again without being able to see the console.
tmm
Followed by 0 or 1 turns all map markers on or off.
tfc
Not Team Fortress Classic, unfortunately. However, you will be able to access the flycam, essentially leaving your host body behind and sailing through the air. Great for screenshots.
tai
Toggles AI on and off, which means NPCs won't interact with you, or do anything at all.
tcai
Turns combat AI on or off, turning dragons into placid beasts who act like you aren't there. A bit like cats.
tdetect
This one lets you behave like a little rapscallion, as it turns naughty business detection (stealing, murdering, doing a poo in the woods etc) on or off. You'll still get caught if you try pickpocketing, though.
player.setcrimegold ###
Adjust your wanted level with this handy command - setting it to zero resets removes your wanted level completely.
player.setlevel ##
Up or down your player level as you see fit.
player.setav speedmult ###
Want to run like The Flash? Set this number to anything more than 100 to speed up movement.
movetoqt
Go straight to your quest target.
kill
Look at the thing you want to kill, open the console, click on the target, and type this command. They'll fall over in a very dead manner.
help
Lists every single console command. We've put this further down the list because we want you to actually read this article.
resurrect
Target the thing you want to bring back to life, and they'll get up in a very alive manner.
player.modav carryweight #
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.
player.setav health #
Up your health here.
coc qasmoke
Bethesda's handily included a room with every single in-game item in it—type this command to go straight there. It might take a while to load: there are thousands of items here. Type " coc Riverwood " to return to the game.
qqq
Quit the game without having to go through any of those pesky menus.
removeallitems
Target a character and type this and you'll get all their items—including their clothes. Note: does not work in real life.
sexchange
Change your character's gender.
set timescale to #
This defaults at 20. Up it to experience crazy timelapse-style Skyrim.
Go to page twofor NPC spawning, making people fight and becoming a giant.
placeatme
Use this to spawn NPCs and monsters at your location. Just replace actor/object ID with a Base ID (not a Ref ID) from our list of Skyrim NPC codes. 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.
moveto
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. In this case you replace the words 'actor ID' with the Ref ID (not the Base ID), the opposite of placeatme. You can find the ID in our list of Skyrim NPC codes.
setrelationshiprank
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... more worrying things.
addtofaction
Click on an NPC and use this command to add them to a faction. It's not just about Stormcloaks and Imperials though. Using 0005C84D will add a character to the follower faction, giving them the necessary dialogue to join you, while 00019809 will add them to the 'potential spouse' faction, allowing you to marry them. This won't work on NPCs with unique voices however, so you won't be able to wed Esbern or General Tullius any time soon.
disable
Also known as the 'I have no mouth and I must scream' command. Disable banishes the selected NPC to some sort of weird coding limbo. They become invisible, have no collisions and AI won't interact with them, but they're still technically there. Horrifying.
enable
Undoes the effects of the Disable command. Disabling and then Enabling your follower will reset them to your current level, which is a handy way of making sure they stay useful in a fight.
setessential
It might be fun putting on god mode and becoming immortal, but don't you get a little lonely knowing that one day all the other characters you love will die? I know I do. Thankfully there's a solution: simply use this console command with a 1 to set characters to 'essential', which means they'll take damage until they fall on their knees, but then get up again. Using it with a 0 will turn essential characters mortal, but be careful with that, Bethesda probably made them immortal for a reason.
setownership
This command sets you as the owner of the targeted item, removing all those annoying 'stolen' tags from your ill gotten gains.
setstage
This allows you to move the quests you're playing back to a prior stage or forward to a new one. Useful if you've somehow broken it by murdering the wrong NPC. Skyrim wiki has a useful list of quests, along with IDs and stages.
setscale
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.
unequipitem
Click on an NPC and type this to force them to put the item they're holding away. Useful if they're holding a sword you want.
fov
Sets your field of view.
tfow
Turns off the fog of war on your local map, filling it in completely.
player.Drop
Forces the player to drop items, even usually undroppable quest items. Try just 'drop' to drop absolutely everything you're carrying.
dispelallspells
Unsurprisingly, dispells all spells on the target NPC. This won't work on werewolves, as they technically become a different NPC when they transform.
MarkForDelete
Marking an item for deletion sends a contract to the Dark Brotherhood, ensuring it will never been seen or heard from again. It will be removed from the world the next time you load an area. A useful way to get rid of annoying things like ash piles that never seem to go away.
setgs fJumpHeightMin
Sets the player's jump height. A high value means enormous moon hops.