Fallout 4 Console Commands and Cheats

Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is equipped with a powerful console that allows users to modify their character, and the game, during gameplay. The console allows users to cheat, but also gives people the chance to work around glitches in the game, and experiment with parts of Fallout 4 they otherwise would not have access to.

To open the console in Fallout 4, press ~

Fallout 4 Character Cheats and Console Commands

These are commands that modify your Fallout 4 character's SPECIAL stats, derived stats, perks, and skills.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

SPECIAL abilities are the primary statistic in Fallout 4. SPECIAL points increase your character's general attributes, and are used to calculate game events like hit chance, and persuasion chance. Modifying the SPECIAL attributes of your character will unlock new perks in Fallout 4.

Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. list

• Strength - Carry weight, melee and unarmed
• Perception - Awareness, VATS accuracy, lockpicking
• Endurance - Hit points, resistance
• Charisma - Persuasion, companions, money
• Intelligence - XP, gun mods, hacking
• Agility - Sneaking
• Luck - Crit chance, enemy mishap

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. console examples

• player.getav endurance
  • Show the players current endurance level
• player.modav charisma 5
  • Increase the player's charisma to 5
• player.modav agility -2
  • Remove 2 from the player's agility

Skills

I am unsure how this works in Fallout 4, so this section comes later... May include things like repair skill.

Derived Stats

Normally things like carry weight, fire resistance, and critical chance in Fallout 4 are calculated based on your player stats. These can also be modified individually for fine tuning of your character.

Fallout 4 Derived Stats

• criticalchance

Derived Stats Examples

• player.getav criticalchance
  • Display the players critical chance
• player.modav fireresistance 20
  • Change the fire resistance to 20
• player.modav hitpoints -20
  • Lower players hitpoints by 20

Perks Commands

Fallout 4 Perk Chart

Perks are unique traits you can earn by levelling in the game. Perks can be unique abilies or enhancements to your stats. You can add single perks to your character using the console. I do not have a list of Fallout 4 perks.

Perks Command Examples

• player.addperk <perk id>
  • Add specific perk id to player
• player.removeperk <perk id>
  • Remove specific perk id from player

Generic Cheats and Console Commands

These are console commands that allow you to modify the game, the game world, graphics, and characters. These are console commands but many people will call them cheat codes.

Generic

• help - list all commands
• tgm - god mode
• tcl - no clipping (walk through walls)
• QQQ - fast quit game
• CloseAllMenus - force closes all menus
• Save <name> - save game with this name
• saq - save and quit

External Links

• PC Gamer, Cheat related commands - PC Gamer
• Gamepur, Cheat related commands - Gamepur