Skyrim console commands give the unlimited power you crave

by Griffin McElroy on Nov 18th 2011 12:48PM

Players who have already dipped into the seemingly infinite world of Skyrim already know the power of words. For instance, a clearly-spoken "Fus" has the ability to send the contents of a meticulously set dinner table into an adjacent room. Despite the strength of your shouts, there's another language that carries even more otherworldly potency: Console commands.

PC Gamer has corralled all the console commands for the PC (duh) version of Skyrim; a codex which includes spells like "sexchange" (which changes your character's gender) and "killall" (which kills all things). Give them a look, provided you're playing the appropriate version of Bethesda's epic RPG, and are also a cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater.

Source: PC Gamer

Tags: bethesda, Bethesda-Softworks, cheats, console-commands, elder-scrolls-5, pc, rpg, skyrim, the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim

Reader Comments (53)

The console commands are why I got it on PC instead of console. Ironic.

@singleandlovinit
Blarg. I should've done that. I went with X360 here.

@singleandlovinit
console commands? seriously?
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wait a second, that is kinda smart. console commands helped me fix 2 ingame bugs (one questbreaking).
but i would still go for Mod support in the first place. Deathstar Moon!
skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=441

@singleandlovinit

That and the mods.

But console commands have saved my bacon during bugs. TCL has saved my butt 3 or 4 times when I've fallen through the earth or clip into a rock.

@singleandlovinit and full nude mod. =)

Mwa ha haha.

/killallnerds.exe

@foxhound
What? No one reads Gunshow? Awww.. :\
http://gunshowcomic.com/186

@foxhound

I actually knew what you were referring too.
. . . Which is why I downvoted you.

If we ever get this kind of functionality on the 360 version, we should call them "PC commands". For clarity.

Ignoring the humor there, just so other people won't ask, it's called "console" for a different reason.

It falls under the "central command point for a mechnical, electric, or electronic system" definition.

@Drakkenfyre

Why would you ignore the humor when that was the entire point?

@Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En

For the benefit of the people who wouldn't get it.

I expected to see a comment about "Why the hell is it called a console command if it's for the computer?" when I clicked on this story. I was trying to head it off.

@Drakkenfyre

my friend, this is joystiq not kotaku

j/k

I didn't realize there were people who didn't know about Beth's console commands.

@Faceless Troll
Well, Bethesda did claim that Creation wasn't Gamebryo, so I can understand people not experimenting, assuming all the console commands wouldn't be the same.

More like "cheater-cheater-DRAGON-eater." >.>

Almost every game on PC you can access the console commands. Why is this news I don't even know....?

It is a pretty neat little thing. Gives us the freedom to do what we want!! instead of being locked down to some specific settings we don't control.

@xiLeShadow

Only games which were programmed to have one.

The entire Quake series, the Half-Life 2 series and all games running on the same engine (TF2 requires you to enable "Dev Console" in the options.) The Unreal series, several other minor games, and some others.

@Drakkenfyre

Consoles are used my developers when making their games. Most of the time, they are left unlocked for PC gamers to use as well.

@xiLeShadow

I hadn't finished my reply because this stupid commenting system has blocked me from posting the rest about 15 times now.

My reply boiled down to this.

Console gamers aren't usually aware of them, because they are usually removed, never had one, or simply can't be activated.

Yes, most games are made with one, but not all. And unless the developer specifically leaves them in, they can't be accessed.

Ok, so now that I have broken my comment into 4 different replies, I have found it seems Joystiq's commenting system is having a problem with me saying a particular game and the console, and what happened with it.

Seriously, Joystiq, why the hell can't a particular game's name, and anything about console related to it?

Let's play pictures, if it won't let me say them.

This is the game (I think.)

http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/11/10887/UT3_logo2.jpg

This is what you had to plug in.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/ACNOR_keyboard.jpg/400px-ACNOR_keyboard.jpg

And they had to patch it out.

@xiLeShadow Only if most of the games you play are ones with the consoles left in.

I have a number of PC games that don't have any kind of console access.

@Drakkenfyre I think you a word.

@xiLeShadow
Consoles aren't always used by developers when making games, not by a longshot. You mean to tell me you think Mario games are built with a console in them, instead of just using a dev created world editor?* It'd be a wise practice if more did, but most devs use their own methods of calling up debug commands, not a console.

* Don't think editor like you'd see for fan content, sometimes they're super primitive, like building levels in spreadsheets.

This game is making me feel bad for not playing it on the PC. It's a great game on consoles, but man, the shit you can do on the PC makes me jealous.

@Vegeta has a ps3

Um....I thought it was common knowledge that all Bethesda games are much more free-like on PC. That is a reason why so many of us PC gamers have a love these games.

Because they are soooooooo easy to mod and are very mod-friendly.

@xiLeShadow

Easy to mod and mod-friendly mean the same thing >.>...double say.

but yea, if you have a PC-capable to run a Bethesda game (which isn't much really), you should always try to get for PC.

Now I understand, wanting to be with your friends and such, but it is a single-player game and you will be missing out on so much.

Doesn't this disable achievements for Steam owners?

@Anarqi I believe any console command does, yeah. I haven't tried it but I read that even changing the FOV leads to disabled achievements.

@Anarqi
I think it does if you use it for things like god mode or the like, but not if you are using it to unstick from a mountain or change fov or some such.

@obagelista
I can confirm that in my case it has NOT changed the achievements.
I changed my fov and that is all I have done, and I am still getting cheevos like normal.

@obagelista
I'm not so sure about that. I had to use a console command to get past a broken quest in the mage guild yet I still managed to get the achievement for completing the mage guild questline later on.

@obagelista It depends on the console commands, but it's not a permanent disabling. The purely cosmetic stuff won't affect it, god mode will, etc.

@Anarqi

I killed someone (using console) and resurrected him trying to fix a broken quest. Still getting achievements myself.

Btw it didn't work. My first Companions quest failed. Whyyyyyyy!!!#@#$

@Anarqi

I'm still amazed people care about achievements, heh.

This is one of the reasons I love Bethesda... they leave console access on by default, and they fully support the modding community. I sank a hundred hours into Oblivion on console and almost did it again when I got a PC that could handle it and discovered the mods.

@obagelista

Really? I can't think of a FP game I've played in the last few years on the PC that doesn't have console access.

It's not new or special. People were doing this over a decade ago.

I hate the stupid Joystiq commenting system which filters out normal posts. I have tried almost TEN times to finish a comment above, but it keeps getting blocked. It has no cursing, no links, no derogatory statements, just a normal comment, but the comment system is blocking it, because apparantly it's triggering the filtering system. You need to ease that filter up. Spammers get by, but normal comments get blocked.

@Drakkenfyre

All you need to do is not mention any terms for male anatomy and you'll be good.

Except I didn't.

It was blocking me from saying Unreal Tournament 3.

oh how i wish the ps3 version had access to mods and console commands :( my laptop runs this game super slow unless i connect it to my tv(which i dont understand how that makes any sense but w/e atleast i can still play it)

@Knives Chau
display resolution?

Well this is obviously another hackjob port. Why can't developers even bother to try and hide it by changing 'console' to 'pc'?

@Icculus

Hahaha I get it....

Wait...You weren't joking were you?

@Rannxz

Yes I was joking. I thought it was obvious, but apparently it's too close to what people actually type.

This game....I just broke the 40 hour mark and have literally done maybe 7 actual quests. My log is filled with misc quests that I just can't say no to.

I want to play this game but I can't afford to lose the time involved in playing it.

Ive been running around exploring sporadically and ignoring quests for the most part but I feel like Ive been getting overly generous loot. I am only several hours in but so far I feel overpowered (playing a high elf).
And also I have unintentionally come across parts of the main storyline which I feel shouldn't be accessible so early.

Other than those gripes, I love Skyrim and am enjoying it much more than Oblivion.

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