Skyrim will probably have another edition in the ninth generation of video game consoles before the next Elder Scrolls title gets released! Nevertheless, there is a reason why Skyrim is popular and undying. The game is extremely entertaining.
Speaking of undying, sometimes, you just want to have all the power and money to entertain your self. Here is the a list of all Skyrim console cheats and commands for PC players.
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How To Open The Developer Console
Skyrim employs the same method as the majority of PC games as regards to console commands. Pressing the tilde key (~) gets you access to the developer console. You can then enter multiple commands and all of them shall have their effects. To close the developer console, just press tilde again.
Major Skyrim Console Commands
Below are the console commands that are most important for most players regardless of what you want to do.
Console Command | Effects |
tgm | Turns on God Mode: invincibility, infinite stamina, & infinite magicka. |
tim | Turns on Immortal Mode: invincibility, infinite stamina, & infinite magicka but you will still receive damage but still not die. |
tcl | Turns on no-clipping |
TDetect | Toggles AI Detection.* |
TAI | Turns off non-combat AI for NPCs |
TCAI | Turns off combat AI for NPCs |
ModAV carryweight [number] | Set the carry weight to the number you set |
AddShout [Shout ID] | Add the specified shout to the player’s skills. |
Player.AddItem [item ID] [number] | Adds the item specified to the player’s inventory at the set amount. |
Player.SetLevel [number] | Sets the player level. This is useful for removing greyed-out icons. Although greyed out, these skills are usable if learned by the console command. |
Player.AddPerk [perk ID] | Adds perks based on the perk codes. |
AdvSkill [[[[[Skill|skill]]|skill]]] [number] | Provides the specified number of Skill-based XP. There is a separate table for the XP required. |
Player.PlaceAtMe [Item/NPC ID] [number] |
Places the NPC next to the player. |
showracemenu | Accesses the character creator even in-game. Unfortunately, this will also reset your progress. You can use the cheats provided in this guide to correct that. |
player.resethealth | Refills health. |
* Does not work in pickpocketing.
How to Level Up Using the Console Commands
The console commands can also increase your abilities in all of the skill trees. You can add individual perks to each skill tree or add experience for each skill tree. To obtain a certain amount of experience for a skill category just use the AdvSkill command as mentioned above.
Below are the required experience points in order to increase a skill.
Skill Tree / ID | XP Points Required |
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 |
How To Affect Quests Using The Console Demands
Below are the commands affecting your quests. Be careful, some of these cheats cause the game to crash.
Console Command | Effects |
caqs | Completes the main quest stages. |
saq | Starts all of the quests. |
sqo | Displays all the objectives of the current quest. |
sqt | Shows all the targets for the current quest. |
Completequest [questID] | Completes the quest. |
Resetquest [questID] | Resets quest. Useful in resetting quests that crashed for some reason. |