Fallout: New Vegas is equipped with a powerful console that allows for changing of settings like how much weight you can carry, your intelligence, and your karma. This console enables the ability to cheat, but it also is a tool for fixing glitches, learning about the game, and troubleshooting quest and companion problems. This article will go over almost all cheats and console commands in Fallout New Vegas.
Fallout Console
To open the console in Fallout: New Vegas, open your game, and press ~ (the button above tab) to open the console
The most common cheats people want for Fallout: New Vegas are for changing the statistics of a character (player), like Strength and Lockpicking. "player.modav" and "player.getav". To change a trait for your Fallout character, the player.modav command is used. To see what the trait is currently set to, player.getav is used. Each cheat code will increase or decrease the players skill level rather than set it directly. When 20 is entered, it will change the players skill by 20, not set it to 20. Each change is relative. Here are the 2 commands used with a Fallout characters skills:
Character Cheats
player.modav <skill> <x amount>
change a specific skill by x amount
player.getav <skill>
display a players skill level for a specific skill
S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Cheats
Fallout SPECIAL traits
SPECIAL abilities are the main statistics for a Fallout character, and they influence all other traits. To explain these abilities, and the traits they govern, see the Fallout Wiki article for: SPECIAL. All of these cheats are relative, they do not set the trait, they change the value- addition or subtraction. Here are the SPECIAL abilities for a Fallout: New Vegas character:
SPECIAL Abilities
Strength
Perception
Endurance
Charisma
Intelligence
Agility
Luck
Examples
player.modav strength 2
Increase the players strength by 2. (not set to 2)
player.modav intelligence -2
Decrease the players intelligence by 2.
player.getav luck
Display the characters luck skill level
Skills Cheats
Fallout New Vegas Skills
Skills are the secondary traits that a Fallout: New Vegas character has. These skills are partially determined by SPECIAL attributes, but can be leveled up individually also. Lockpick and Guns are some examples of skills. For more information about these skills, take a look at the Fallout Wiki article for skills. Skills can be changed in Fallout just like the SPECIAL traits.
Fallout Skills
Barter
Energy Weapons
Explosives
Guns
Lockpick
Medicine
Melee Weapons
Repair
Science
Sneak
Speech
Survival
Unarmed
Examples
player.modav repair 20
This would add 20 to the players repair skill
player.modav barter -20
This would remove 20 from the players skill
player.getav medicine
This would print the players medicine skill level
Stats Cheats
Fallout New Vegas Wallpaper 1920x1080
This section of cheats will change specific, non-primary stats that a Fallout character has. These stats are usually calculated from SPECIAL abilities, but they can be changed individually as well by using console commands. A more detailed explanation of these traits can be found at the Fallout Wiki for derived statistics
Derived Stats
actionpoints
carryweight
criticalchance
damagethreshold
damageresistance
fatigue
fireresistance
hitpoints
starvation
meleedamage
poisonresistance
radiationresistance
skillrate
sleep
dehydration
unarmeddamage
Examples
player.modav carryweight 50
Increase the players backpack size by 50
player.modav hitpoints 50
Increase the players hitpoints by 50
player.getav meleedamage
Display the players meleedamage
Perks Cheats
Fallout - Pip Boy - Perks
Perks are extra skills or abilities that affect how the game and character act. The list of perks for Fallout: New Vegas is extensive, and is not yet part of this article. A few of my favorite perks are listed below, but for a real list, go to Fallout New Vegas Wiki - Perks. Perks are identified by an 8 character unique string in hex format. It is possible to add perks and remove perks using the console. Here are some examples for enabling specific perks.
Fallout Perk Cheats
player.addperk
Add a perk
player.removeperk
Remove a perk
Fallout - Mister Sandman Perk
*Best Perks List (not complete!)
Cannibal - 00094ebc
Eat people!
Bloody Mess - 00094eba
Bodies explode
Strong Back - 00031dde
50 pounds extra carryweight
Mister Sandman - 00031dad
Kill sleeping people for extra XP
Jury Rigging - 00165815
Repair any item with a similar one
Examples
player.addperk 00094ebc
Adds the cannibal perk to the player
player.addperk 00031dad
Adds the Mister Sandman perk to the player
General Fallout Cheats and Commands
There are many generic cheats and commands in Fallout: New Vegas. These generic cheats are unique, and perform a specific function in the game. Most of these cheat commands do not have any parameters (options).
Generic Cheats
help - lists all commands
tgm - God mode (invincible)
tcl - no clipping (walk through walls)
QQQ - Fast quit game
CloseAllMenus - closes all menus in game
Save <title> - save the game with this title
saq - save and quit
Graphics Commands
Fallout - Setscale Cheat
tg - toggle grass
tfc - toggle free camera
setscale <amount>
set the scale of an NPC (default: 1)
player.setscale <amount>
sets the scale of the player (default: 1)
bdisableallgore=<1 or 0>
whether the game shows gore (default: 1)
tlv - toggle leaves
Gameplay Cheats
tmm 1 - All map markers
unlock - unlock any door or terminal
kill - kill enemy or NPC
resurrect - resurrect dead NPC or enemy
setownership - sets ownership to an item
removeallitems - removes all items of an NPC
tfow - Toggle fog of war
setgs fmoverunmult <amount>
Sets game speed for NPC and player (default: 4)
movetoqt - teleport player to quest location
activate - open a door without unlocking
killall - kills all NPCs in the area
Player Cheats
Fallout - Pip Boy - Perks
These cheats change how the player operates and interacts with the New Vegas environment
addspecialpoints <number> - adds special points to character
advlevel - Advance one level
SexChange - Change sex of player
player.setweaponhealthperc <number>
Set current weapons health to X percent
player.srm - repair all items
ShowBarberMenu - change hair options
ShowPlasticSurgeonMenu - change face options
RewardKarma <amount>
Gives X karma (negative for bad karma)
player.setlevel <amount>
change player to level X
player.resethealth - restore limb damage and health to full
setgs fVATSHitChanceMult <amount>
Sets VATS accuracy to 100
setpccanusepowerarmor 1 - allows player to use power armor
setgs fJumpHeightMin <amount>
How high a player can jump (default: 64)
tDetect - toggles whether a player can be detected
