What are the Starfield console commands and cheats? We’ve all been guilty of it; you get to the shop and see the perfect piece of kit for your spacefarer – an absurdly large rifle that runs on the power of friendship – which can destroy entire solar systems in the blink of an eye. But what’s that? You’re short on credits. Typical. Nothing a quick console command can’t solve, though.
As mentioned in our Starfield review, this is one huge game. While it’s always advised to play games like Starfield without these advantages the first time around, we won’t judge if you want to use these console commands to instantly get the best Starfield weapons or shower your Starfield companions with your ill-gotten riches. Before you venture too far ahead, be warned that one of these commands reveals some late-game story information. Now, here’s everything you need to know about Starfield cheats, every Starfield console command, and what they do.
How to use Starfield console commands
To open the console in Starfield press the tilde key (~) to pause the game and bring up a text box (the console). Type in one of these codes below and press enter to activate the desired console command.
Starfield item codes
You need item codes to use some of these console commands, so to find the Starfield item code of your choice press the tilde key (~) and type ‘help’ followed by the item name. The console will return the item’s code.
What are the best Starfield console commands?
Here are the best Starfield cheats to try out:
- kah – Kill all nearby hostile entities.
- tcl – No clip: Toggle on and off collision to walk through the world.
- tgm – God mode: Grants invincibility and gives infinite stamina. You can carry infinite weight.
- player.setav carryweight [#] – Set your maximum carry weight to your chosen amount.
- player.additem 0000000f [#] – Adds credits. E.g. ‘player.additem 0000000f 500# will give 500 credits.
- player.additem 0000000a [#] – Adds digipicks. E.g. ‘player.additem 0000000a 10’ will grant 10 digipicks.
- player.additem [Item ID] [#] – Adds an item to your inventory.
All Starfield console commands
Here is a full list of every Starfield cheat:
| Console command | Effect |
| tgm | God mode: Grants invincibility and gives infinite stamina. You can carry infinite weight |
| tcl | Toggles collision on or off, enabling you to walk through walls and in midair |
| tcai | Toggles AI on or off. NPCs will cease to move or respond |
| tim | Immortal mode: You can’t take damage. Your health can’t hit zero |
| tdetect | NPCs no longer detect you |
| player.additem f [#] | Adds credits. E.g. ‘player.additem f 500# will give 500 credits |
| player.additem a [#] | Adds digipicks. E.g. ‘player.additem a 10’ will grant 10 digipicks |
| player.setav carryweight [#] | Set your maximum carry weight to your chosen amount |
| player.setlevel [#] | Allows you to set your own level |
| tm | Hides the UI. Enter this code again to show it |
| tfc | Enables free camera movement |
| tmm 1 | Adds map markers for all locations on any planet. This cannot be removed |
| kill | With the console open, click any NPC and enter this code to kill them. If you select a vital character, they cannot be permanently killed but become incapacitated |
| kah | Kills all hostile NPCS around you |
| showhighmaxheights | Shows or hides the high rest max height data |
| enablestorymanagerlogging | Enables story manager logging |
| resurrect | Resurrects the target character |
| killall | Kills every enemy and NPC around you |
| player.additem [Item ID] [#] | Adds an item to your inventory |
| player.placeatme [item id] [value] | Spawns the specified item or creature in front of you |
| player.setav speedmult [#] | Sets your speed. To increase movement choose any number over 100 |
| player.setav health [#] | Sets your maximum health level |
| sexchange | Change your character’s gender and return to a default look |
| psb | Gives you every Starfield power |
| unlock | Unlock the targeted door or container |
| showmenu sleepwaitmenu | Opens the pass time menu |
| showlooksmenu player 1 | Change appearence |
| player.paycrimegold 0 0 [faction id] | Pay off all bounties for a faction |
| [ref id].amod [omod id] | Applies the weapon mods to your weapon |
| [ref id].rmod [omod id] | Removes weapon mods from your weapon |
| player.addperk [perk id] | Add skills, traits, and backgrounds to your character |
| player.removeperk [perk id] | Remove skills, traits, and backgrounds from your character |
| RecordScene | Capture screenshots of scene |
| LandOnPlanet | Land on a planet |
| TakeOffToSpace | Take off |
| PreviewBodyResources | Preview resources for a planet |
| SendAffinityEvent | Run an affinity event |
| AddPower | Add power |
| RemovePower | Remove power |
| AddPlotToBody | Plot a route to a specific body |
| reloadmaterials | Reloads all materials |
| tdetect | NPCs can no longer detect you in stealth mode |
| kah | Kill all hostile NPCs |
| tm | Toggle to UI on or off |
| saq | Start all main story and side missions – careful, it may cause crashes |
| caqs | Complete all main story and side missions – careful, it may cause crashes |
| dumppapyrusstacks [dps] | Dumps Papyrus stack information to the log |
| dumppapyrustimers | Dumps Papyrus timer registrations to the log |
| dumppapyrusdistanceevents | Dumps Papyrus distance event registrations to the log |
| dumppapyruslosevents | Dumps Papyrus LOS event registrations to the log |
| dumppapyruspersistenceinfo [dppi] | Dumps everything in Papyrus persisting the reference called on, or passed |
| dumppapyruseventregistrations | Dumps Papyrus event registrations for the object and script |
| runcompaction | Runs a pass of compaction if possible |
| setsubgraphtodebug | Sets subgraph to debug mode |
| enablerumble | Toggle controller rumble on or off |
| havokvdbcapture | Toggles Havok CDB capture |
| togglenavmeshinfo | Toggles a view mode similar to map camera and displays navmesh information |
| playsyncanim | Play Sync Anim |
| setformunknown | Sets the known flag on a form |
| setdebugquest | Sets the quest to be the only one startable from its event type |
| setquestaliaslogging | Turn alias logging on or off |
| setrace | Sets the passed in actor’s race |
| findform [find] | Find a form |
| startpapyrusscriptprofile [startpsp] | Start profiling a Papyrus script |
| stoppapyrusscriptprofile [stoppsp] | Stop profiling a Papyrus script |
| startpapyrusrusformprofile [startpfp] | Start profiling Papyrus scripts on a form |
| stoppapyrusformprofile [stoppfp] | Stop profiling Papyrus scripts on a form |
| togglepapyrusglobalprofiler [tpgp] | Toggle Papyrus global profiling on or off |
| printquestsceneinfo | Prints to the quest information file the current state of scenes |
| isinvulnerable | Is the actor vulnerable? |
| collisionmesh | Toggle mesh collision info on or off |
| havokworldstep [hws] | Toggle Bhkworld Havok step info on or off |
| isolaterendering | Enable isolated rendering for selected object |
| togglewatercurrentgeometry | Displays or hides water current geometry |
| performaction | Performs the specified action on the selected actor |
| starttrackplayerdoors | Starts tracking player-activated teleport doors |
| stoptrackplayerdoors | Stops tracking player-activated teleport doors |
| checkplayerdoors | Compares the tracked player path with the quest target path |
| setinchargen | Toggles chargen mode on or off [savingdisabled] [waitingdisabled] [activationmessagedisabled] |
| forcereset | Force the game to reset |
| forceclosefiles | Close the master file and plugins. |
| hotloadplugin [hlp] | Load or reload the named plugin. |
| generatebendablespline [spline] | Generates a bendable spline geometry instance |
| reload [script] | Reloads the Papyrus script |
| testaim | Test an actor’s aim |
| testlook | Test an actor’s looking |
| pushcamera | Push camera to editor |
| movetoeditorcamera | Move to the editor camera |
| movetoeditorselection | Move to the editor selection |
| placefurnituretester [pft] | Place actor who will use the selected furniture |
| dumpconditionsfunctions | Output the current counters for condition function calls |
| reloadanimationgraphs | Reload the currently loaded animation graphs |
| toggleweaponoverlay | Toggle the weapon overlay on or off |
| forcedetect | Forces the selected actor to detect the specified actor |
| changeanimarchetype [caa] | Change the selected actor’s anim archetype |
| changeanimflavor | Change the selected actor’s anim flavor |
| setangrywithplayer | Set the angry with player flag |
| forcerepath | Force the actor to repath |
| forcepathfailure | Force the actor’s path to fail |
| dumpformlist | Dump the contents of given formlist to the console output |
| traceanimationevents | Trace an actor’s animation vents |
| showmods | Show all property mods on an object |
| dumpinputenablelayers | Dumps all currently used input enable layers to the console |
| attachmod | Attach a mod to an object |
| removemod | Remove a mod from an object |
| spawntemplatedobject | Spawn a ref to a templated object |
| callfunction | Call a Papyrus function on the targeted object |
| callquestfunction [cqf] | Calls a Papyrus function ona quest |
| callglobalfunction [cgf] | Calls a global Papyrus function |
| resetinputenablelayer | Reset all control disables on a specific input enable layer |
| forceenableplayercontrols [fepc] | Force-enables the player’s controls regardless of layers |
| resetforceenabledplayercontrols | Resets all force-enabled player controls |
| getactorrefowner | Prints the owner of the currently selected reference |
| setactorrefowner [saro] | Sets ownership of the current object to the specific actor or player |
| hasactorrefowner [haro] | Returns 1 if the currently selected objects has an owner, or 0 otherwise |
| setoutfit | Change the default outfit |
| passtime [hours] | Passes the specified number of hours |
| linklocations | Links two locations |
| showlinkedlocations | Outputs all locations linked to the given one |
| setlinkedref | Links the current ref to the given one |
| resetcontainer | Resets the selected container |
| setscenefordebug | Sets the current debug scene |
| preloadexterior | Preloads exterior data for the current object |
| testpath | Debug function to test a path |
| togglecontrolsoverlay | Toggles controls overlay |
| refresh | Rebug function to refresh |
| dynamicresolution | Change the dynamic resolution settings |
| testloadingmenu | Debug function to open or close the loading menu |
| recalcinstancedata | Debug function to recalculate the instance data |
| togglereferencepose | Toggles forcing an animgraph for the selected actor to be in the reference pose |
| setpersistlocation | Debug function to set the persist location |
| setlocationreftype | Debug function to set the location ref type |
| showlocdata | Debug function to show location data |
| reserveloc | Debug function to reserve a location |
| undateawakesound [uas] | Update selected actor’s currently conscious loop |
| setharvested | Mark the current reference as harvested |
| pausescene | Pause or unpause the scene |
| spawndupe | Make a duplicate |
| disabledistantreferences | Disable references more than a certain distance away |
| fireassert | Fire an assert |
| forcepersistent | Force a reference to become persistent |
| playactioncamera [pac] | Play this action camera on the reference |
| stopactioncamera | Stop the action camera |
| changestance | Change actor’s stance |
| auditionwwiseevent | Set of commands for auditioning Wwise events |
| auditionreverbform | Force a reverb form to be active |
| setwwisestate | Set a global Wwise state |
| buildanimationdaa | Build the animation data for the actor |
| switchskeleton | Toggle between standard and chargen skeletons |
| gethelloorgreeting | Print the info for an actor’s hello |
| setbonetintregion | Add bone tint data to object’s 3D given a region ID of that object |
| senddialogueevent | Send a dialogue event for the selected and target actor |
| setforcespeechchallengealwayssucceed [1/0] | Make all speech challenges automatically succeed |
| setforcespeechchallengealwaysfail [1/0] | Make all speech challenges automatically fail |
| runmaterialsanalysis | Compares the materials of the selected reference |
| capturemessages | Capure debug string and user messages using a message event listener |
| toggletrijuice | Toggle Trijuicing in the renderer |
| setpresentthreshold | Set percentage of scanlines covered before swap threshold is hit |
| linkfullaccount | Link full Bnet account to game account |
| isloggedin | Is the player logged in to Bethesda.net? |
| getlegaldocsx | Retries all legal documents |
| acceptlegaldoc | Accepts a legal document |
| getdataattachment | Prints data from Bethesda.net profile data attachment |
| deletedataattachment | Deletes Bethesda.net profile data attachment |
| uploadcharacterdata | Uploads character data playload as Bnet profile data attachment |
| getattachmentleaderboard | Gets attachment leaderboard page |
| loaduniteddata | Gets character data from leaderboard and caches it |
| makeunitynpc | Updates NPC with data from unity cache |
| setvolumetriclighting parameters | Set volumetric lighting parameters |
| startworkshop | Enter workshop mode |
| togglevblankoptim | Toggle VBlank optim |
| addkeyword | Adds the given keyword |
| removekeyword | Removes the given keyword |
| setambientparticlesenabled | Enables or disables ambient particles |
| removeoutpost | Removes the outpost and all built items |
| setesramsetup | Forces specific ESRAM setup |
| callstacktracedepth | Set the callstack depth when tracing it |
| commandedactivated | Commands actor to use reference |
| enablegalaxymode | Enables/disables galaxy mode |
| togglestarfielddebut | Toggle Starfield debug on or off |
| setstarfieldcoordinatescale | Set the Starfield coordinate scale |
| setstarsystemscale | Sets the star system scale |
| movetoplanet | If target player ship, move or give path to pilot to target |
| setorbitspeedscale | Set global orbit speed scale |
| instancenamingrules | Export instance naming rule data to file INRExport.txt |
| gerorbismodinfo | Prints info relating to Orbis mod game data files |
| togglescenedebug | Show debug state for scene |
| setfarclip | Set far clip value |
| toggleoverdraw | Toggle overdraw |
| recordscene | Capture screenshots of scene |
| landonplanet | Land on a planet |
| takeofftospace | Take off to space |
| previewbodyresources | Previews resources for a planet |
| sendaffinityevent | Runs an affinity event on an optional object reference |
| addpower | Add power |
| removepower | Remove power |
| matlockcapture | Force matlock to realize a capture |
| togglesnapnodemarkers | Toggle snap node markers |
| setvoicetype | Set an override voice type on an actor |
| addworldspacetoplanet | Add world space to a planet |
| debugdataprovider | Sets the name of the UI data provider to debug |
| loadall3d | Load all queued 3D |
| printallmenus | Print all active menus |
| printallinputcontext | Print the input context stack |
| addplottobody | Plot a route to this body |
| reloadfacedata | Reload face data |
| setgravityscale | Set the gravity scale |
| previewblock | Preview block |
| exportterraintextures | Exports terrain textures |
| exportterraingrids | Exports terrain grids |
| exportterrainheightmap | Export terrain height map |
| exportterrainmaterialindexmap | Export terrain material index map |
| exportterrainfiles | Export terrain files |
| updateterrainclipmaps | Refresh terrain clip maps |
| setworkshipitem | Set the workshop menu’s cursor to the currently selected reference |
| generatenavmesh | Generates nav-mesh on the current cell |
| landonplanetanimated | Land your spaceship with an animation |
| startnewgame | Start a new game without the UI |
| forcedbleedout | Force an actor to enter bleedout |
| landonplanetmarket | Land at a marker on a selected planet |
| setlocaltime | Sets the local time on the current planet |
| settestplanetandbiome | Sets a test planet and biome |
While you’re here, be sure to check out our Starfield factions guide to see which groups to join, as well as our rundown of the best Starfield background and Starfield traits to pick. It’s worth pointing out that using console commands can make Starfield behave strangely, so we highly recommend making a backup of your save before you commit to introducing random elements into your main save file.
Still looking for more? While a good Starfield wiki can be a handy source of information, our new Starfield Database goes further, offering you daily news, searchable databanks, and even interactive tools.