Fallout 3: Cheat Codes and Console Commands

Easy to Navigate Table version.

While playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function:

How to Access cheat codes

Fallout 3 is one of them games you should complete without cheats or spend a good time without using them in order to get full enjoyment from the game. I recommend that you play the game normally before using cheats to enhance the playing experience.

While playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function:

The key can be found above TAB (next to ‘1’ on the left.)

How to use Item specific cheats (Like unlock for doors & PC’s)

Unlock Doors & PCs

To do this enter the cheats console and left mouse click the door or computer you wish to unlock. An item code should appear at the top of the screen. Once you have done this enter the cheat code into the console and it should unlock/hack the item you clicked on.

General Console Commands (Part 1.)

Effect/Code:

Activates the last door you clicked on in the console that is locked but needed to be opened from another place. (doors that unlock doesn’t work on) – activate
add # special points – addspecialpoints #
Advance one level – advlevel
Ages the targetted character with 1, and de-ages them with -1 – agerace #
Ages yourself with 1, and de-ages you with -1 – player.agerace #
All mapmarkers – tmm 1
Allows player to wear Brotherhood of Steel armor without the training prerequisite. – SetPCCanUsePowerArmor 1
Allows you to add blood to your screen. Higher numbers make more blood spots. 0 = none. – tsb [number]
Allows you to change your field of view (by angle) – fov [1-180]
Allows you to spawn any NPC next to you. – player.placeatme
Alters the speed in which the in-game time passes. – set timescale to #
Ammo for Instant-Kill Magnum – Player.AddItem 2937e 500
Automatically kill the target you selected in Console Mode – Kill
Become a giant! 1 = giant ; -1 =normal – player.modScale <1 or –1&gt;
Center on cell. Teleports you to the cell you specify. – coc [Cell ID]
Change your name for free, no court fees! – ShowNameMenu
Changes how high your player will jump. Replace the # with the desired height. (default = 64) – setgs fJumpHeightMin #
Changes level to #, doesn’t affect anything else. – player.setlevel #
Changes run speed. Replace the # with the desired speed. (default = 4) – setgs fMoveRunMult #
Changes size of any targeted object/NPC. Replace # with a number between -10 and 10. Default size is 1. – setscale #
Changes the chosen stat by adding the given number. e.g. lmodpca luck 3 would take your 5 luck to 8. – modpca (s.p.e.c.i.a.l) #
Changes the sex of the player character – SexChange
Closes all open menus – cam
Complete quest objectives – CompleteAllObjectives / CompleteQuest
Directly set your skill values. – player.ForceAV <amount>
Disables all mines allowing you to pick them up, without them blowing up. – disableallmines
Disables enemy AI, enemies stand still and do not fire back. – tcai
Disables mines – DisableAllMines
Displays xp needed for next level – getXPfornextlevel
Dogmeat is marked Essential (Unkillable) – setessential 6a772 1
Everyone wants to be a kid again! – SetPCYoung
Free repair up to your repair level – player.srm
Gets info on the selected targets value (such as getavinfo luck) – GetAVInfo [Actor Value]
Gives achievement with the number you put in(1-53) ex. addachievement 23 – addachievement xx
Gives player ownership of selected item – Setownership
God Mode – tgm
I’m working on finding and making an ObjectID list, but for now, just use the ones we know: 000000A (Pins) & 000000F (money) – player.PlaceAtMe <objectID>
If the item_id exists in the selected target’s inventory, it will be equipped – EquipItem <item_id>
If the item_id exists in the selected target’s inventory, it will be unequipped – UnEquipItem <item_id>
Just in case… – CloseAllMenus
Kills everyone in the area, if you are outside it kills everything outside. – Killall
Loads a saved game. – load [name]
Makes V.A.T.S incredibly perfect when it comes to aiming. – SetGS fVATSDistanceFactor 0.0001
Matches the geometry of another NPCs face – Player.MatchFaceGeometry #
Modifies player’s desired skill. (player.modav luck 10) – player.modav skill #
Move around during “locked” cinematics – EnablePlayerControls
Moves the player to the current quest marker – movetoqt
Moves you to the specified NPC. – player.moveto #
Multiplies Pick pocket skill by 100 – SetGS fPickPocketActorSkillMult 100
No clipping mode – tcl
Open the character creation screen – showracemenu
Open the haircut menu. – showbarbermenu
Open the plastic surgery menu. – showplasticsurgeonmenu
Opens a text file with all objects (items, NPCs, props) and their corresponding ID Form codes (unique for every savegame) – save fred 1
Permanently modifies players max action points. – player.modav actionpoints #
Permanently modifies players max hp – player.modav health #
Permanently modifies players max weight. – player.modav carryweight #
Purge cell buffer, which frees up memory if you have lots of cells loaded, increasing performance. – pcb
Quits the game fast with no promps – QQQ
Remove all the Weapons and Cloths from Selected NPC (inc kids!) – Removeallitems
Removes “XXX” number of items from your inventory of <ObjectID> type. Useful for removing quest flagged items – player.removeitem <ObjectID> “XXX”
Replace “XXX” with the amount of caps(money) you want. – player.additem 0000000F “XXX”
Replace xxx with the number of experience points to receive – rewardxp xxx
Resets a quest… assuming you would want to do such a thing? – ResetQuest
Restores equipped weapon to 100% – Player.SetWeaponHealthPerc 100
Returns 1 if the quest with QuestID has been completed and 0 if it hasn’t – GetQuestCompleted/GetQC [QuestID]
Revives dead target – resurrect
Reward # karma points to player – rewardKarma #
Roll credits/end gameplay – exit vats
Saves your game with a custom save name. – save [name]
Secret Weapon: Instant-Kill Magnum – Player.AddItem 50f92 1,100
Select player, or NPC and acts as a full heal – Resethealth
Selects an object. Useful for selecting yourself in first person view (use ‘PRID player”). – PRID [name]
Set selected targets x coordinate (you can also use Y and Z with this function; click an object while in the console to select it) – SetPos X
Set the melee damage inflicted by your character. (Note, other variables will affect your final damage output.) (Insert desired damage in place of ##) – player.setav meleedamage ##
Set the number of special points to # – setspecialpoints #
Set the percent chance to score a critical hit when inflicting damage. (Note, input desired percentage in place of ## [0-100]) – player.setav critchance ##
Set the percentage of fire damage absorbed by your player. (Note, input desired percentage in place of ## [0-100]) – player.setav fireresist ##

General Console Commands (Part 2.)

Set the percentage of physical (Gunshot or melee) damage absorbed by your player. (Note, input desired percentage in place of ## [0-100]) – player.setav damageresist ##
Set the percentage of poison damage absorbed by your player. (Note, input desired percentage in place of ## [0-100]) – player.setav poisonresist ##
Set the percentage of radiation absorbed by your player. (Note, input desired percentage in place of ## [0-100]) – player.setav radresist ##
Set the unarmed damage inflicted by your character. (Other variables will affect your final damage output.) (Insert desired damage in place of ##) – player.setav unarmeddamage ##
Sets how much an NPC has to trade with – SetBarterGold [amount]
Sets skill level to #. Max 100. this sets all skill bonuses but those from gear, tag skills, or attributes. – player.setav <SKILL> #
Sets the base force for lock breaking to 100% so that you can open any lock by forcing it. – SetGS fLockSkillBase 100
Sets the maximum level that your character can reach through experience gain. Replace the ### with the desired maximum level. – setgs iMaxCharacterLevel ###
Sets the name of the selected NPC. Use “player.setactorfull name” to change your character’s name. Last name (and any further spaces) optional. – setactorfullname “Firstname Lastname” (Use the quotes if the name has spaces)
Sets the NPC as essential. – SetEssential <ID> 1
Sets the typed attribute to the number provided. (1-10) – player.setav <S.P.E.C.I.A.L.> #
Shows all items and their id’s, of the selected target, in the console (click an object while in the console to select it) – showinventory
Speed up SNEAK MODE * = speed times this number – setgs fmovesneakmult *
Starts a quest, useful if you want to reset – “startquest <quest ID>” eg startquest 00014ea3 which starts “Trouble on the Homefront”
This code breaks the hard-coded 85% pick pocket success chance – SetGS fPickPocketMaxChance 100
Toggle on/off grass. – TG
Toggle on/off trees. – TT
Toggle wirefram mode on/off – TWF
Toggles AI processing on/off. Freezes the AI – tai
Toggles free camera mode (useful for character screenshots) – tfc
Toggles ONLY combat AI on/off. AI will still be active, but enemies will not attack. – tcai
Turns off/on the HUD (useful for character screenshots) – tm
Unlocks any selected physical lock (doors, chests, etc) and terminals. – unlock
Use this code to delete a character without having to kill or harm them (Perfect for those pesky kids!) – Disable
View selected targets x coordinate (you can also use Y and Z with this function; click an object while in the console to select it) – GetPos X
View some polygons and boxes of collisions. – tmg
Warp Back – coc megatoncommonhouse
Warp to Room with All Items – coc testqaitems
Warp to your quest’ target location – MoveToQuestTarget/movetoqt <optional: questID>

Using Item Codes

Use one of the following values with the “player.additem [item code] [number]” code:

Item Codes Part 1.

Item/Code:

.32 Pistol – 0000080A
10mm Pistol – 0001A334
10mm Pistol – 0000434F
10mm Pistol – 0006F210
10mm SMG (Sydney’s “Ultra”) – 0006E7CC
10mm Sub Machine gun – 00004321
A3-21’s Plasma Rifle – 0006B539
Acid Spit – 000B8793
Acid Spit – 0006E8CE
Alien Blaster – 00004322
Ant’s Sting – 000C553E
Assault Rifle – 0001FFEC
Baseball Bat – 0000421C
BB Gun – 000C0327
BB Gun – 00004323
Black Bart’s Bane – 0006B535
Blackhawk (scoped .44 Magnum) – 000303A2
Board of Education – 000C310F
Bottlecap Mine – 0000433A
Brass Knuckles – 00004324
Breaker (wooden board with nails) – 000CB546
Burnmaster (unique flamethrower) – 000C80BD
Butch’s Toothpick – 00078440
Buzzsaw – 0003BC6F
Cherry Bomb – 00022108
Chinese Assault Rifle – 0000080B
Chinese Officer’s Sword – 0006415D
Chinese Officer’s Sword – 0002B3CB
Chinese Pistol – 00004325
Clover’s Cleaver – 000C80B8
Col. Autumn’s 10mm pistol – 0006B531
Col. Autumn’s laser pistol – 000ABBE4
Combat Knife – 00004326
Combat Knife – 00064093
Combat Shotgun – 0003713D
Combat Shotgun – 00004327
Curse Breaker (baseball bat) – 000C80BB
Dart Gun – 0000432A
Deathclaw Gauntlet – 0000432B
Electrical Zap – 00022FF1
Eugene (minigun) – 0006B538
Excalibat – 000C80BC
Experimental MIRV – 0003422B
Fat Man – 0000432C
Fawkes’ Super Sledge – 0007843F
Fire Hydrant (on a pole) – 00021367
Firelance (alien blaster) – 000C80BA
Fisto! – 000CB601
Flamer – 0000432D
Flamer – 0000432D
Frag Grenade – 00004330
Frag Mine – 0000433C
Frag Mine – 00028172
GasTrap Dummy – 000001F6
Gatling Laser – 0000432E
Gatling Laser – 0000432E
Hand Laser – 00018B9E
Highwayman’s Friend – 00078442
Hunting Rifle – 00004333
Jack – 000C6E5B
Knife – 00004334
Laser Pistol – 000B4178
Laser Pistol – 00063E8A
Laser Pistol – 00004335
Laser Rifle – 00074795
Laser Rifle – 00004336
Law Dog – 0006B532
Lead Pipe – 00004337
Lincoln’s Repeater – 0003C07A
Love Tap – 000C80B9
Mesmeron – 00004339
Mesmetron – 000BF5A4
Minigun – 0000433F
Mirelurk Bait Grenade – 00030664
Miss Launcher – 000B2644
Missile Launcher – 00004340
Mysterious Stranger’s .44 Magnum (no icon in Pip-Boy) – 00050F92
Nail Board – 000A01DD
Nail Board – 00063FDC
Nuka-Grenade – 00004342
O’Grady’s Peacemaker (police baton) – 0007843D
Occam’s Razor (combat knife) – 000CB602
Ol’ Painless – 00066C76
Plasma Grenade – 00004332
Plasma Mine – 0000433D
Plasma Pistol – 00004343
Plasma Rifle – 00004344
Plunkett’s Valid Points – 000CAFA9
Police Batton – 00004345
Pool Cue – 00004346
Power Fist – 00004347
Protectron’s Gaze – 000C553F
Pulse Grenade – 00004331
Pulse Mine – 0000433E
Radioactive Spit – 00058717
Railway Rifle – 00004348
Repellent Stick – 0002D3B7
Reservist’s Rifle – 00092966
Ripper – 00004349
Rock-it launcher – 0000434B
Rolling Pin – 00029769
Rolling Pin – 000B2943
Sawed-Off Shotgun – 0000434C
Sawed-Off Shotgun – 000AE8AE
Scoped .44 Magnum – 0000434D
SentryBot Minigun – 00057E8E
Shishkebab – 0000434E
Shriek – 0007F598
Silenced 10mm Pistol – 00004350
Slasher Knife – 0002869C
Sledge Hammer – 00004351
Sledgehammer – 00063FA2
Smuglers End (Laser Pistol) – 0006B536
Sniper Rifle – 00004353
Spiked Knuckels – 00004354
Stabhappy – 000C80BE
Super Sledge – 000B0E7C
Super Sledge – 00004352
Switchblade – 0006407F
Switchblade – 000289C3
The Break (pool cue) – 00066C77
The Kneecapper (shotgun) – 0006B53A
The Shocker – 000BFF62
The Tenderizer – 000A874B
The Terrible Shotgun – 0006B534
Tire Iron – 00004328

Item Codes Part 2. & Ammunition

Vampire’s Edge (Chinese officer’s sword) – 00078441
Vengeance (Gatling laser) – 000CB547
Victory Rifle (sniper rifle) – 000CB548
Wanda (unique assault rifle) – 0006B533
Wazer Rifle – 00061793
Xuanlong Rifle (Chinese rifle) – 000C800E
Zhu-Rong v418 (Chinese pistol) – 00060C2C

Item/Code:

.308 Caliber Round – 0006B53C
.32 Caliber Round – 000207F7
.44 Round Magnum – 0002937E
10mm Round – 00004241
5.56mm Round – 00004240
5mm Round – 0006B53D
Alien Powercell – 00029364
BB – Ammo – 0002935B
Bottlecap Mines – 0000433A
Dart – 0002936E
Electron Charge Pack – 000615AF
Electron Charge Pack – 0006B53E
Energy Cell – 00020772
Flamer Fuel – 00029371
Frag Grenades – 00004330
Frag Mines – 0000433C
Mesmetron Power Cell – 0006A80D
Microfusion Cell – 00004485
Mini Nuke – 00020799
Missile – 000B8791
Missile – 0005F706
Missile – 00078CC5
Missiles – 00029383
Pulse Grenades – 00004331
Railway Spikes – 00029384
Shotgun Shell – 00028EEA
Sonic Energy – 00056634

Weird Pistols/Code:

Alien Atomizer – 0500083f
Alien Pulverizer – 0500a77f
Alien Blaster – 00004322
Captains Sidearm – 0500a5dd
Firelance – 000c80ba
Laser Pistol – 00004335
Colonel Autumn’s Laser Pistol – 000abbe4
Protectrons Gaze – 000c553f
Smugglers End – 0006b536
Mesmetron – 00004339
Microwave emitter – 0400c1c3
MPLX Novasurge – 0500ab86

Weird Rifles/Code:

Alien disintegrator – 05000842
Destabilizer – 0500a77e
Gauss Rifle – 0100c07d
Laser Rifle – 00004336
Metal Blaster – 0300b513
A3-21 Plasma rifle – 0006b539
Tesla Cannon – 04006725
Tri-Beam Laser rifle – 04005818

Weird Ammo/Code:

Alien Power Module – 0500160c
Alien Power Cell – 00029364
SEC (Energy Cell) – 00020772
Mesmetron Power Cell – 0006a80d
Microfusion Cell – 00004485
Electron Charge Pack – 0006b53e

Important Notice about Cheats and Achievements

Steam Achievements will not be unlocked if you use cheats, however this restriction ends when your current game session finishes.

Steam Achievements

Unlockable/How to Unlock:

Agatha’s Song (20GP) – Completed “Agatha’s Song”
Ambassador of Peace (20GP) – Reached Level 14 with Good Karma
Big Trouble in Big Town (20GP) – Completed “Big Trouble in Big Town”
Blood Ties (20GP) – Completed “Blood Ties”
Data Miner (20GP) – Hacked 50 terminals
Doesn’t Play Well with Others (20GP) – Killed 300 people
Escape! (20GP) – Completed “Escape!”
Finding the Garden of Eden (20GP) – Completed “Finding the Garden of Eden”
Following in His Footsteps (20GP) – Completed “Following in His Footsteps”
Galaxy News Radio (20GP) – Completed “Galaxy News Radio”
Harbinger of War (20GP) – Reached Level 14 with Bad Karma
Head of State (20GP) – Completed “Head of State”
Keys are for Cowards (20GP) – Picked 50 locks
Last, Best Hope of Humanity (30GP) – Reached Level 20 with Good Karma
Mercenary (10GP) – Reached Level 8 with Neutral Karma
Oasis (20GP) – Completed “Oasis”
One-Man Scouting Party (20GP) – Discovered 100 locations
Paradigm of Humanity (30GP) – Reached Level 20 with Neutral Karma
Picking up the Trail (20GP) – Completed “Picking up the Trail”
Pinnacle of Survival (20GP) – Reached Level 14 with Neutral Karma
Protector (10GP) – Reached Level 8 with Good Karma
Psychotic Prankster (10GP) – Placed a grenade or mine while pickpocketing
Reaver (10GP) – Reached Level 8 with Bad Karma
Reilly’s Rangers (20GP) – Completed “Reilly’s Rangers”
Rescue from Paradise (20GP) – Completed “Rescue from Paradise”
Scientific Pursuits (20GP) – Completed “Scientific Pursuits”
Scourge of Humanity (30GP) – Reached Level 20 with Bad Karma
Silver-Tongued Devil (20GP) – Won 50 Speech Challenges
Slayer of Beasts (20GP) – Killed 300 creatures
Stealing Independence (20GP) – Completed “Stealing Independence”
Strictly Business (20GP) – Completed “Strictly Business”
Take it Back! (40GB) – Completed “Take it Back!”
Tenpenny Tower (20GP) – Completed “Tenpenny Tower”
The American Dream (20GP) – Completed “The American Dream”
The Bigger They Are… (20GP) – Kill all the Super Mutant Behemoths
The G.O.A.T. Whisperer (10GP) – Took the G.O.A.T.
The Nuka-Cola Challenge (20GP) – Completed “The Nuka-Cola Challenge”
The Power of the Atom (20GP) – Completed “The Power of the Atom”
The Replicated Man (20GP) – Completed “The Replicated Man”
The Superhuman Gambit (20GP) – Completed “The Superhuman Gambit”
The Wasteland Survival Guide (20GP) – Completed “The Wasteland Survival Guide”
The Waters of Life (20GP) – Completed “The Waters of Life”
Those! (20GP) – Completed “Those!”
Tranquility Lane (20GP) – Completed “Tranquility Lane”
Trouble on the Homefront (20GP) – Completed “Trouble on the Homefront”
Vault 101 Citizenship Award (10GP) – Got the Pip-Boy 3000
Vault-Tec C.E.O. (30GP) – Collected 20 Vault-Tec Bobbleheads
Weaponsmith (30GP) – Made one of every custom weapon
Yes, I Play with Dolls (10GP) – Collected 10 Vault-Tec Bobbleheads
You Gotta Shoot ‘Em in the Head (20GP) – Completed “You Gotta Shoot ‘Em in the Head”

Original Link – Continuation of discussion

How to Access cheat codes

How to use Item specific cheats (Like unlock for doors & PC’s)

General Console Commands (Part 1.)

General Console Commands (Part 2.)