Remember the glory days of cheats in (single-player) video games? Those are mostly gone, but luckily the people behind the GTA series at Rockstar, and the people behind Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series at Bethesda maintain the quaint flame alive by giving players a wide array of shady functionalities they can use to make their experience more fun.
Let’s have a look at all the console commands and cheats in Fallout 4.
How to enter cheats in Fallout 4
You introduce cheats in Fallout 4 via the game’s console, but opening the console isn’t equally simple for everyone. Some players will be able to open the console by using the ~ (tilde) key, while others will hit it and see no results. That’s because the default key to open the game’s console is whatever key is to the left of your Return (or Enter) key, which might or might not be the ~ key.
Fallout 4 cheats list
Here are all of the basic Fallout 4 console commands:
| Cheat command | What it does |
|---|---|
| Killall | Kills all non-companion and non-essential NPCs in your vicinity. Be warned that it might trigger game-breaking glitches |
| Kah | A better alternative to the killall command, as it only kills enemy NPCs |
| Kill [character name] | Murders specific character. Find their IDs here |
| resurrect [character name] | Brings specific character back to life |
| tgm | God mode on/off |
| toggleimmortalmode | Toggles a mode where you will still take damage but cannot die |
| togglegamepause | Pauses the game |
| togglesky | Skybox on/off |
| player.resethealth | Replenishes your health |
| tcl | Noclip on/off |
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| tfow | Fog of war on/off |
| tfc | Free camera on/off |
| twf | Toggle wireframe |
| set timescale to [x] | If you use the numerical value of 1, then the game will take place in real time. Using a higher number will result in a sped-up timescale (16 is the default). 0 will result in getting stuck forever in the moment of the day you’re on |
| tai | NPC AI on/off. NPCs stand around and do absolutely nothing |
| tcai | NPCs’ combat abilities on/off |
| tdetect | Makes you invisible to the AI |
| fov [70-110] | Changes the game’s field of view. Setting fov to 0 will make your field of view revert to the default value |
| setscale [1-10] | Changes the size of your character |
| clear | Clears the console of all messages |
| coc qasmoke | Takes you to a debug room containing every item in the game |
| csb | Resets all effects present on the screen |
| tm | Turn UI on/off. Be careful as this causes the console to disappear as well |
| tmm 1 | Activates all Pip Boy markers on the map |
| recycleactor | Resets a character |
| sexchange | Changes character’s sex. |
| removefromallfactions | Removes targeted character from all factions |
| unequipall | Unequips all items from the selected character |
Complex Fallout 4 console commands
Here are some of the more complex Fallout 4 console commands for both the player and NPCs:
| Cheat command | What it does |
|---|---|
| coc [cell ID] | Moves players to any area in the game they want so long as they know its cell ID code, which they can find here |
| player.setav speedmult [0-???] | Adds a multiplier to your character’s moving speed |
| player.removefromfaction [faction id] / Removefromfaction [faction ID] | Removes your character/ a character from a faction. Faction list here |
| removefromallfactions | Removes selected character from all factions |
| player.addtofaction [faction ID] [0 – 1] / addtofaction [faction ID] [0 – 1] | Adds your character / a character to a faction. Faction list here |
| player.additem [item ID] [amount of items you want] | Adds an item to your inventory. See item ID list here. |
| player.setlevel [desired level number] | Changes your character’s level |
| player.placeatme [NPC or Object ID] | Places an NPC or item in your vicinity. Object IDs can be found here and NPC IDs here |
| CompleteQuest [Quest ID] | Completes the quest of your choosing. Find the quest IDs here |
| player.addperk [perk ID] / player.removeperk [perk ID] | Adds or removes specific perks. Perk ID list here |
| caqs | Completes the game |
You can enjoy Fallout 4 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. You can also watch the Fallout TV series on Amazon, which tells an original story set in the same world as the games.
