Best Skyrim console commands on PC

❘ Published: 2021-10-28T16:21:59

Bethesda Softworks

Skyrim’s console commands help players to change the very fabric of the gameplay to suit them, from advancing quickly in quests to leveling up and granting skill points.

Skyrim’s console commands helps players to change the gameplay to suit them, from advancing in quests to levelling up and granting skill points. Here’s a breakdown of Skyrim’s best console commands and what each one does.

Players wanting to adjust the gameplay on PC will find Skyrim’s console commands invaluable. While these aren’t available on console versions of the game, they give PC players a ton of options.

These can be used to make changes to their Dragonborn character, be it changing their appearance, adding items or abilities – they can even be used to change NPCs, enemies, and quests! We’ve compiled a list of the best console commands in Skyrim and broken them down into categories.

Basic Skyrim console commands
Targeted console commands
Quest console commands
Player console commands
Movement console commands
Misc Skyrim console command

Exploring Skyrim is even more fun with the use of console commands.

Basic Skyrim console commands

The first batch of Skyrim console commands will allow you to toggle certain effects on and off’ can be expanded ever so slightly, saying like ‘giving you access to God Mode, Immortal mode and even turning off clipping to move through walls and floors.

skyrim NPC of a dunmer elf being controlled by console commands

Console commands can make NPCs do lots of fun things.

Targeted console commands

Skyrim’s targeted console commands allows the player options to target an NPC or enemy to make fine-tuned, individual changes:

Code	Effect
rm	Toggle Run Mode. This switches between running and walking.
tai	Toggle Artificial Intelligence. This basically turns NPCs into dummies.
tc	Toggle player Control of target character. Allows the player to control NPCs and enemies. To turn off simply target the player again.
tcai	Toggle Combat AI. This turns NPCs hostile to their surroundings, but they will not attack the player.
tcl	Toggle Collision. Turns off clipping for a target (they can move through walls or floors.)
tdetect	Toggle AI Detection. This does not work with Pickpocket.
teofis	Used to increase frames per second.
tfc	Toggle freefly camera on and off.
tfow	Opens all unexplored parts of the map.
tg	Toggles grass on or off.
tgm	Toggle God Mode (Gives infinite health, magicka, and stamina, carry weight.
tim	Toggle Immortal Mode (Character will still take damage, but won’t die.)
tll	Toggles LOD one or off
tm	Toggle Menus (Disables GUI such as menus, compass, subtitles and messages.
tmm <#>	Toggle Map Markers. Add

Code	Effect
additem	Adds item to target NPC.
DamageActorValue	Lowers the given attribute by the required amount.
disable	Makes the target disappear.
dispelallspells	Removes spell effects from the target.
duplicateallitems	After targeting an NPC, this can be used to copy their inventory to another NPC.
enable	Used to make targets re-appear.
equipitem	Forces the target to equip an item, if it is in their inventory.
equipspell	Forces the target to equip spell ight> will equip the spell into the target’s the left or right hand.
forceav	Forces
GetAngle	Returns the value of original rotational axis of target.
getlevel	Returns the original level of the target.
getrelationshiprank	Changes the affinity between two characters (-4–4). The higher the number the greater the affinity.
hasperk	Returns a target’s perk based on perk ID.
kill	Instantly kills target. (Essential characters just get knocked out.)
lock <#>	Lock chests, doors or characters.
MarkForDelete	Permanently deletes selected target. May require a save to be reloaded.
moveto player	Teleports the targeted NPC to the player’s location.
openactorcontainer <#>	Opens an inventory. Items within may depend on target’s affinity to the player.
playidle	Makes the target do the specified action, such as a certain animation.
pushactoraway	Bring the target closer to the player or push them away.
removeallitems	Removes all items in the targets inventory. Use the
resetai	Resets the AI of a target.
resetinventory	Restores the target’s original inventory.
resurrect <#>	Resurrect a dead NPC.
setactoralpha <#>	Make targets invisible or partly visible.
setessential	Make target immortal or makes them mortal again.
setfavorstate <#>	0 = inactive, 1 = active. Makes target obey player commands using cursor/mouse.
setghost <#>	Makes target intangible or resets it.
setgs	Change games Settings.
setlevel

Best Skyrim console commands on PC

Contents

Basic Skyrim console commands

Targeted console commands