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>
• 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”

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