Skyrim console commands: cheats for an unbeatable Dragonborn

God mode, no clip, and and maxed out skills are just a few Skyrim console commands away.

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Questing for Skyrim console commands to help explore the land of the Nords? You may dream of Bleak Falls Barrow each night, but have you shapechanged into a giant to stomp around Whiterun while screaming townsfolk scurry underfoot? Have you leapt into the skies and flown from Riften to Winterhold just to take in the view of a freshly created aurora? Have you masterfully crafted a personal throne out of thousands of wheels of cheese, or just spread holiday cheer asSkyrim’s very own Santa Claus?

Skyrim console commands make all of these shenanigans ready to go at your fingertips. And more everyday useful things in case you’re the more practical sort, like making yourself invincible, leveling up annoying skills, or just unlocking that key treasure chest when you’ve broken the last of your lockpicks. All good thieves are experienced at bending the rules from time to time, after all.

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Here’s how it’s done:

How to use Skyrim console commands

To enable the console, just hit the tilde (~) key and enter one of the appropriate codes, which are listed below. You can turn on more than one in a row, so you can become invincible, fly, and teleport all at the same time.

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Be warned, some of these console commands may cause glitches, problems, or crashes, so it’s definitely worth saving your game first. You don’t want to make some change and get stuck with it.

Many of these console commands require specifying an NPC or item or place with a reference number. If you’re specifying an item or NPC in front of you, click on them while you’ve brought up the console to get their code immediately. Otherwise, here’s a quick cheat sheet of reference pages where you can find those codes. Remember, CTRL+F is your friend!

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Most useful Skyrim console commands

While we’ve listed the full range of Skyrim’s console commands further below, these commands are probably the ones you’re looking for if you’re in need of some quick Skyrim cheat codes.

Toggled Skyrim 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.

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. For commands that require an item or NPC ID, check our linked lists above.

Targeted Skyrim console commands

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

Quest-related Skyrim 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.

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.

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