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Skyrim console commands: become a giant, a ghost, or a living god

Skyrim console commands
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You can do a lot with Skyrim console commands. At this point it's safe to say everyone and their grandma has already played Skyrim, and it's a great RPG. But Skyrim console commands let you fine tune the world's rules to your liking. You can become a god, summon a specific weapon or piece of gear, make yourself a giant, fly through the air, walk through walls, level up—pretty much nothing is off limits. Skyrim console commands are pretty easy to input, too.


For other ways to change, improve, and break Skyrim, try our list of Skyrim Special Edition mods, best Skyrim mods (the original), mods for playing Skyrim as another character, and Skyrim graphics mods.

Here's how it's done:

How to use 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.


Many of these console commands require specifying an NPC or Item or place with a reference number. Here's a quick cheat sheet of reference pages where you can find those codes. Remember, CTRL+F is your friend!

Skyrim toggle console commands

Toggle commands for Skyrim turn various game features off or on. You can turn off the UI for taking great screenshots or turn off detection from NPCs to make yourself the perfect thief.

tmm [0/1]Followed by 0 or 1 turns all map markers on or off.
tfowTurns off the fog of war on your local map, filling it in completely.

Skyrim player console commands

Skyrim player cheats can set different values for your Dragonborn. You can change your level, your face, your carry weight, and a bunch of other things. 

player.advlevelAutomatically gain one level.
player.modav skill [#]Where "skill" is the skill you want to modify, and # 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 ID] [#]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. 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 [Shout ID]Use the reference page of Shout IDs above to give yourself any Dragonborn ability you like.
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.
player.setav health [#]Up your health here.
sexchangeChange your character's gender.
player.moveto [NPC Ref ID]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 use the Ref ID (not the Base ID), the opposite of placeatme. You can find the ID in our list of Skyrim NPC codes.
player.drop [Item ID] [#]Forces the player to drop items, even usually undroppable quest items. Try just 'drop' to drop absolutely everything you're carrying.
coc [Cell ID]Teleports you to any specified cell in the world.

Targeted Skyrim console commands

Targeted Skyrim commands will have an effect on an NPC or item that you have selected. They're perfect for unlocking chests, instakilling enemies, and bringing them back to life again.

lock [#]For the opposite effect, you can set chests, doors (or NPCs?) to a locked state with a number from 1-100 representing the difficulty.
setownership [Item ID]This command sets you as the owner of the targeted item, removing all those annoying 'stolen' tags from your ill gotten gains.
unequipitem [Item ID]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.

Skyrim quest console commands

Skyrim quest commands can help you get around bugged issues in quests by automatically getting yourself to the next quest state or just let you cheat by moving directly to your next objective.

caqsAutomatically complete all the stages of your primary quest. Perfect if you hate playing games.
movetoqtGo straight to your quest target.
setstage [Quest ID] [Stage #]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.

Other Skyrim console commands

These are all of the odds and ends of Skyrim console commands. Do make sure you try out that secret developer room with all the toys.

coc qasmokeBethesda'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 " (or any other location) to return to the game.
qqqQuit the game without having to go through any of those pesky menus.
fov [#]Sets your field of view.
set timescale to [#]This defaults at 20. Up it to experience crazy timelapse-style Skyrim.
