All The Outer Worlds 2 console commands and cheats

Want to use The Outer Worlds 2 console commands? No matter how good the RPG is, there comes a point where you'll feel the urge to use console commands to aid you in some way. The console can be used to get out of tricky situations, fix game-breaking problems, and, for most people, gain access to anything in the game at the press of a button.

The only issue is that The Outer Worlds 2 console has been locked by the developers. Fortunately, using our handy best Outer Worlds 2 mods guide, you don't have to worry about anything restricting your access. Once you have the correct mod installed, you can use all the Outer Worlds 2 console commands you can come up with, helping you breeze through the quest list without ever skipping a beat.

How to unlock the Outer Worlds 2 console

Unlike most games, you can't just press the tilde key and open up the console like usual due to the block in place. To fix this, you just need to download the Console Enabler mod from KeinZantezuken. We've only tested this using the Steam version, but our steps should also work on the Game Pass version when that releases.

Here's what you need to do to install the Outer Worlds 2 console commands mod:

Download the mod from Nexus Mods.
On Steam, go to your library, right-click on the game, go to 'Manage', then 'Browse Local Files' to find your Outer Worlds 2 directory.
Create a folder called 'Mods' inside 'TheOuterWorlds2\Arkansas\Content\Paks\'
Extract the files into your new mods folder.

How to use the Outer Worlds 2 console commands

Now that you've got your mods folder set up with the console enabler files in place, you're ready to start using console commands in The Outer Worlds 2. Simply launch the game and once you've loaded your save, hit the tilde key to open up the console.

From here, you're able to type in any of the commands we've listed in this guide. You will see two versions of the console when you hit the tilde key. The first is a miniaturized version that doesn't include a log of anything previously loaded or typed, and the second includes a detailed log.

The best Outer Worlds 2 console commands

The mod also includes a cheats archive file, containing all The Outer Worlds 2 console commands. There are literally hundreds to wade through, so we've picked out some of the best ones to get you started.

Here are the best Outer Worlds 2 console commands:

RespecSkillPoints (respec your skill points)
RespecPerks True (respect your perks)
TraitAddDebug BrilliantTrait (add a trait)
TraitRemoveDebug ResilientTrait (remove a trait)
FlawAddDebug Flaw_Sys_EasilyDistracted (add a flaw)
FlawOfferDebug Flaw_Sys_EasilyDistracted (receive the pop-up for a flaw)
FlawClearDebug Flaw_Sys_EasilyDistracted (remove a flaw)
PerkPurchase Perk_Player_Bulletshield (add a perk)
RemovePerk Perk_Player_Bulletshield (remove a perk)
SetAptitudeDebug ExConvict (change your background)
AddItemDebug name amount (add an item)
AddItemDebug Collectible_ED_LockboxKey 1 (add Advanced Decryption Key)

Combat and Weapons commands

Combat.AllowAsyncRadialTraces: 0/1 - Default is ENABLED (1)
Combat.AllowAsyncShots: 0/1 - Default is ENABLED (1)
Combat.AverageDamage: Damage will be BaseDamage + (DamageRange * 0.5f) every shot.
Combat.CritAlways: Attacks will always be critical hits. Overrides Combat.CritNever.
Combat.CritNever: Attacks can never be critical hits. Overridden by Combat.CritAlways.
Combat.DamageCollisionDebug: Draw overlap spheres and collision line tests when testing radial damage.
Combat.DebugInstanceHitTraces: Controls how long debug lines for instance hit traces are drawn after the shot. 0 = no lines.
Combat.DoTCalculation: Outputs damage amount calculation.
Combat.ForceKillCam: Forces the kill camera on every kill
Combat.IgnoreArmor: Ignore armor when calculating damage
Combat.IgnoreKillCamCooldown: Ignores kill cam cooldown
Combat.InfiniteAmmo: Infinite ammo from inventory (still reloads)
Combat.InfiniteMag: Ammo will not be consumed on shot
Combat.MaxMagazineRecoilDataShotIndex: Maximum supported shot index for pre-calculated magazine recoil data
Combat.MaxShotsPerFrameMultishot: Number of shots a multishot weapon can run per frame
Combat.MaxWeaponsFired: 1-999, default 10
Combat.MinMeleeDamagePercent: Minimum damage of a melee weapon
Combat.NoDamage: Neither player nor enemies will cause damage
Combat.NoKillCam: Disables the kill camera
Combat.OnHitAlwaysCastSpell: OnHit spells will be cast every hit
Combat.OneShotKills: Players will one shot enemies
Combat.PerBulletWizz: AI bullet stimulus per bullet or longest trace
Combat.ProjectileLauncherPrespawnProjectilePool: Prespawn projectile pool if true
Combat.ProjectileLauncherProjectilePoolDesiredFreeActors: Desired free actors for projectile pool
Combat.ProjectileLauncherProjectilePoolMax: Max pool size for projectile launcher
Combat.Recoil.LiveData: Use cached recoil data (0) or parse live (1)
Combat.ReloadLog: Logs start and end times of reloading
Combat.TimeDilationInfinite: Time dilation meter will never drain
Combat.Tunables.BloomDecayTime: Replaces player's bloom decay time if set
Combat.Tunables.BloomMax: Replaces player's max bloom if set
Combat.Tunables.BloomPerShotPercent: Replaces player's bloom per shot % if set
Combat.Tunables.BloomReturnDelay: Replaces player's bloom return delay if set
Combat.Tunables.RechamberADSTime: Set ADS rechamber time for ranged weapons
Combat.Tunables.RechamberTime: Set rechamber time for ranged weapons
Combat.Tunables.ReloadTime: Set reload time for player weapons
Combat.Tunables.ShotTime: Set shot time for player ranged weapons
Combat.Tunables.Spread: Replace starting spread degrees if set
Combat.WeaponPrespawnProjectilePool: Prespawn projectile pool for weapons if true
Combat.WeaponProjectilePoolDesiredFreePerShotMultiplier: Desired free actor amount * ShotsPerShot
Combat.WeaponProjectilePoolMaxPerShotMultiplier: Max pool size * ShotsPerShot
CombatLog.Armor: Shows armor details
CombatLog.DTDR: Shows DT/DR calculations
CombatLog.Damage: Shows crit rolls and damage values
Melee.AnimSpeed: Set animation speed scalar
Melee.DrawCollision: Render melee collision
Melee.RecoilDebug: Every swing will recoil
MeleeSlot.Debug: Toggle MeleeSlot debugging
QuickMelee.DrawCollision: Render quick melee collision
QuickMelee.StealthEnabled: Enable stealth quick melee

Movement commands

CharMovement.CrouchAreaForcePhase: Entering crouch areas overrides characters to 'Force' phase mode
a.PlayerP3P.CrouchAlwaysCombatPose: 1 = combat pose while crouched, 0 = no
a.PlayerP3P.GunPointIK: 1 = enable IK for gun pointing, 0 = disable
a.PlayerP3P.GunPointSmooth: 1 = smooth gun pointing IK, 0 = disable
a.PlayerP3P.PointAtAimTarget: 1 = point at targets within MaxPointingDistance, 0 = TargetlessDistance
a.PlayerP3P.RootMotionEnabled: 1 = enable root motion, 0 = disable
SlideEnabled: Whether the player can slide or not
SlideAttackEnabled: Whether the player can shoot/melee while sliding
Stamina.Infinite: Never consume stamina
Stamina.NoRegen: Stamina will not regen over time
SetPlayerMaxParkourDistance
SetPlayerParkourClimbUpHeightMax

Camera and Cinematics commands

NonCombatCameraForwardMovement.Enable: If set to 1 the player will always face the camera forward while moving while in non-combat.
TPVCamera.DebugOffset: Multiplier for the distance between the the regular camera position and the debug camera position
TPVCamera.EnableAsyncWhiskerTraces: When enabled, whisker traces will be performed asynchronously
TPVCamera.EnableDebugOffset: When enabled an additional offset will be added to the camera. Offset distance can be adjusted by changing TPVDebugOffset
TPVCamera.EnableWhiskers: When enabled a whisker trace will be performed
TPVCamera.Profile: When true, displays the current TPV camera profile and its context.
TPVCamera.ShowYawOffsetDebug: When true yaw offset debug info will be displayed
TPVCamera.Whiskers.ForceInvisibleDistToCamera: If the dithered character is < this distance from the camera make them invisible. Negative values disable this feature.
TPVCamera.Whiskers.MinimumOpacityCombat: Minimum opacity for dithered characters when player is in combat
TPVCamera.Whiskers.OffsetHoldDuration: Controls duration of the delay before the camera returns to normal offset after hold
TPVCamera.Whiskers.OffsetLerpSpeed: Controls how fast the camera moves to a new offset
TPVCamera.Whiskers.ReleaseHoldLerpSpeed: Controls the speed in which the camera returns to normal offset after hold
TPVCamera.Whiskers.UseDynamicGeoDithering: Controls whether or not we dither characters that would occlude the player
TPVCamera.Whiskers.WhiskerRingSpread: Controls the redius of the whisker rings. Greater numbers mean a wider spread
TPVCamera.Whiskers.WhiskersNumRings: The number of whisker rings
TPVCamera.Whiskers.WhiskersPerRing: The number of whiskers to trace per ring
TPVCamera.Whiskers.WhiskersScale: Increases or decreases the magnitude of camera movement when whiskers get a hit
TPVCamera.Whiskers.bOnlyDitherCameraDuringCombat: When true characters near the player character will no longer be dithered. Only Characters closer than CameraIgnoreDistance will be dithered
TPVCamera.Whiskers.bUseForcedFPV: When true Whiskers will force FPV when the camera is pulled in far enough
OEI.Cinematics.FoVResolution: Changes how FOV is resolved in cinematic targetting. 0: As tight as possible. 1: Resolve from near plane with centered focal distance. 2: Resolve from far plane with centered focal distance. 3: Iterative f-stop expansion with derived focal distance.
OEI.Cinematics.FoVResolutionIterations: The number of iterations taken to dial in f-stop & focal distance.
OEI.Cinematics.FramingAdjustment: If enabled, the framing system will attempt to rotate the camera to fit additional target boxes in frame if their ideal screen space framing would push the target(s) outside the edge of the frame. <=0: No adjustments. 1: Framing will be adjusted (default).
OEI.Cinematics.FramingPrecision: The number of iterations used to determine the best fit
OEI.Cinematics.PlayerCameraControl: Defines whether or not the player camera can be controlled by the cinematic camera system. <=0: Cinematic player camera control will be disabled. 1: Cinematic player camera control will be enabled (default).
OEI.Cinematics.ShowFramingTargetRange: If enabled, the framing system's debug view will display the allowed range for each target. <=0: Off (default). 1: Range will be visible.
OEI.Cinematics.StageCameras: Defines whether or not cameras built into a stage will be used. false: Stage cameras will be disabled. true: Stage cameras will be used normally (default).

UI and Save Game commands

Companion.DebugFollow
Conversation.AdjustCompanionMarksToPlayerPosition: > 0: When entering a conversation, adjusts the stage markers of the companions to be relative to where the player is.
Conversation.AttachCameraToPlayerSocket: > 0: When entering a conversation, adjusts the camera to the location of the specified socket on the player's skeleton.
Conversation.KeepProxyOrientationWhenEnteringConversation: 0 - will use stagemark rotation immediately, (default), 1 - Will keep the proxy orientation
Conversation.RadioSubtitleTest: Set to 1 to test radio subtitle changes for AR-75331
Conversation.SkipProxyExitWarp: 0 - Will always warp, (default), 1 - Don't do a warp, just play the montage
Conversation.SpeakingCompanionsMoveForward: > 0: Companions will move towards the conversation owner when they are speaking or are soon going to speak for better conversation framing.
Conversation.ThirdPersonPlayerMesh: > 0: Enables third person player mesh during conversations during gameplay and conversation mode in editor.
oei.DrawConversationLightingRigDebug: Set to 1 in order to draw debug information about active conversation lighting rigs on screen.
oei.Language: Sets the 4 character language/region to use for displaying text. Example: oei.Language enus. enus (English US), engb (English UK), esmx (Spanish MX)
oei.LoadSaveFile: Attempts to load the save file with a given filename. Example: oei.LoadSaveFile autosave
oei.PauseGameCalendarDuringConversations: When enabled, the game calendar time will be paused during conversations
oei.PlayEquipAnimOnConversationEnd: 0: Weapon is immediately equipped. 1: Equip anim is used
Loot.PlayerLevels: Shows the player's level and the loot level used to generate loot.
Loot.ShowTable: Shows what loot tables are in this inventory.
SaveGameManager.AutosavesEnabled: Controls whether or not autosaves (of any type) are enabled
SaveGameManager.DebugFrequentAutosaves: A debug mode that makes autosaves very frequent
SaveGameManager.DestroyIndianaCharacters: Controls whether the save game manager is allowed to destroy indiana characters
SaveGameManager.DisableStateSerialization: If enabled all worlds will be considered invalid for save/load and will therefore not save/load state
SaveGameManager.ForceSaveSize: When generating a save if the size of it is smaller than this size (in bytes) it will be padded to this size with an extra file. Note that this file is never removed by the save process!
SaveGameManager.GameStateMetadataEnabled: Controls whether or not the general metadata file also serializes its FGameStateMetadata struct member variable.
SaveGameManager.MinActorsToParallelize: The minimum amount of actors we need to save at once in order to try to parallelize the work- if we try to save fewer actors than this at once it will just run single threaded to avoid syncronization overhead. 0 always enables, negative numbers disable.
SaveGameManager.SpawnTimeLimit: Per frame the time limit (ms) for the save game manager kicking off deferred spawns
UI.Downed.AllowTempResurrect: Allows Temp Resurrect to appear in the Downed/Death menu even in packaged builds.
UI.EnableNameFilter: If set, named will be run through PD provided name filter asset.
UI.EnableOnScreenFocusInfo: If true information about the currently focused widget will be displayed on screen (note, this can severely impact performance).
UI.ExpensiveTextureCount: Determines the number of UI textures we display when over UI texture budget.
UI.ForceSkipShaderCompilation: Workaround CVar to force Compilation to auto-skip on Init. In case some mechanism prevents it from completing as desired.
UI.IndicatorRatio: Percentage of Viewport the HUD Indicators will center on
UI.Inventory.ColoredCategories: Applies unique colors to inventory category pages for debugging.
UI.LogAudioCueEnum: Will now enable logging of the specific Audio Event called when invoking PlaySoundForEvent.
UI.MemoryUsageWarningLimit: The memory limit for UI usage - Set UIShowExpensiveTextures to 1 to display expensive textures.
UI.Minimap.ClusterHeightColors: Lightens fuzzy hostile clusters above the player, and darkens them below the player.
UI.Minimap.ShowClusterHeights: Lightens fuzzy hostile clusters above the player, and darkens them below the player.
UI.MinimapShroud: 0 = off, 1 = on
UI.RenderTransitionDelayFrames: How many frames should be waited between disabling/enabling world renders/actor stages- prevents overlap from render target allocations causing memory spikes
UI.ShowExpensiveTextures: If true, the most expensive UI textures will be output when over UI texture budget - Use UIExpensiveTextureCount to set the number of displayed textures.
UI.StatusTagSetting: 0 = Comfortable distance from reticle, 1 = Anchored from top compass element, 2 = Moving based on distance

Miscellaneous commands

Cover.StepOutRand: Cover.StepOutRand - how much randomness to add to cover step out
CoverGrass.FadeDepthRange: IAmNoRealVariable
CoverGrass.FadeMinAlpha: IAmNoRealVariable
CoverLean.DrawCoverActors: If true then cover lean will be shown
CoverLean.DrawCoverImpacts: If true then draw impact locations
CoverLean.DrawLines: If true then cover lean ray traces will be shown
CoverLean.Enable: If non-zero then the player will attempt to snap to cover
CoverLean.RotatePlayer: If true then the cover will attempt to rotate the player WIP
OEI.Chatter.Debug: OEI.Chatter.Debug < 1 (On) / 0 (Off) >
OEI.Chatter.Trace: OEI.Chatter.Trace < 1 (On) / 0 (Off) >
OEICrowd.CrowdDetailLevel: The maximum number of crowd characters that are moving at once.
OEICrowd.Disable: Turn on to disable the crowdsystem for next map load.
OEICrowd.DisableMoverWaiting: Turn on to disable waiting in a proxy to ensure we hammer on all moving related work.
OEICrowd.ForceGameThread: Turn on to disable the crowdsystem ticking characters on worker threads.
OEICrowd.ForceWorkerThread: Turn on to try to force the crowdsystem ticking characters to only run on worker threads.
OEICrowd.LogAnimProxyWeight: Turn on to log the weights of the anim proxies.
OEICrowd.MaxAnimProxyVisiblityTestsPerTick: The maximum number of async anim proxy visiblity tests we can kick off for non-rendered anim proxies each tick
OEICrowd.MergeAnimProxyFillers: Merge crowd characters in anim proxies.
OEICrowd.OptimizeMovement: Enables crowd movement optimizations.
OEICrowd.PathingTimeLimit: Sets the max amount of time to spend incrementally work on pathing
OEICrowd.TimeToWaitBetweenForcingCharactersToMoveMax: Sets the amount of time to wait between forcing characters to move
OEICrowd.TimeToWaitBetweenForcingCharactersToMoveMin: Sets the amount of time to wait between forcing characters to move
OEITickManager.ForceSingleThreadPriorityUpdates: Forces all priority updating to be done on a single thread (not nessecarily the game thread), even if a tick set states it can be parallelfor-ed.
OEITickManager.ForceSingleThreadTicks: Forces all ticks to be done on a single thread (not nessecarily the game thread), even if a tick set states it can be parallelfor-ed.
OEITickManager.MultithreadUpdateFrameInfo: If true updating frame counts and cumulative DTs for objects in each tick set will use a parallel for instead of being done on a single thread.
OEITickManager.OverrideBudgetScale: If greater than 0 this value will be used for budget scaling, regardless of any calculated/provided budget scaling.
OEITickManager.OverrideJobsToKickWhenTimeBudgeted: If non-zero we will kick this many jobs when doing multi-threaded time budgeted ticks, if this is zero we will kick as many jobs as we have workers.
OEIWwise.VolumeRetriggerComponent.Debug: Enable debug drawing for the OEIWwiseVolumeRetriggerComponent.
OEIWwiseAudioRetrievalSubsystem.DebugDraw: Enable Debug Drawing for the OEIWwiseAudioRetrievalSubsystem
r.Foreground.FOV: FOV (in degrees) for weapon FOV
r.WeaponFOV.DepthScale: Depth scale used for weapon FOV
Core.bFastDecimalFormatLargeFloatSupport: True implies we perform additional processing for floating point types over 9223372036854775807 to prevent clipping to this value.

Those are all The Outer Worlds 2 console commands and cheats to shape the world as you want. While you're here, read our companions guide to find out who you can recruit to your party in the space game.