Console Commands and Cheats for Fallout New Vegas

What are the Fallout New Vegas Console Commands and Cheats?

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, both built on the Gamebryo engine, share many elements, including console commands. If you’re looking to make instant changes or even cheat in your Fallout game, here is a comprehensive list of console commands for Fallout New Vegas. These commands will help you navigate the harsh wasteland and make your gameplay easier.

How to Use Fallout New Vegas Console Commands and Cheats

To enter commands into Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas, you’ll need to open the developer console. Press the ’tilde’ key (~) on American English keyboards or the ‘grave’ key (`) on UK English keyboards. This will bring up a text prompt (|) in the lower left corner of the screen. Simply type in a command and press enter for the effect to take place. Replace any text surrounded by <> brackets with the required information, and do not type the brackets. Replace # with numerical values.

Fallout New Vegas Console Commands and Cheats List

Fallout New Vegas Camera Commands

• Free Camera – Toggle on/off the free camera, allowing you to move the camera anywhere you please. Use tfc 1 to pause the game too.
• Free Camera Movement Speed – Changes the speed for the free camera. Replace <#> with 1 for a slow camera and up to 10 for a fast camera.
• Remove HUD – Toggle on/off menus and HUD.
• Field of View – Adjusts the field of view. Default is 75, Narrow is around 40, and wide is around 90. Set the value to your own preference.
• Toggle Lightbrite – Toggle on/off lightbrite mode, which increases lighting in dark areas.

Fallout New Vegas Inventory Commands

• Add Item to Inventory – Adds an item to your inventory. Items will be at ‘full health’ and undamaged.
• Remove Item from Inventory – Removes an item from your inventory.
• Repair Menu – Opens the Repair Menu, allowing the player to use their Repair skill to fix items. The menu works like a merchant repair trade, but payment will be given back to the player.
• Show Inventory IDs – Lists the player’s inventory with item IDs.
• Equip Item from Inventory – Equips an item from your inventory.
• Change Weapon Health – Changes the health of your currently held weapon. Replace # with a number between 1-100.

Fallout New Vegas NPC Commands

• Set Target – The same as left-clicking on a target, but useful if you cannot see the target. Most NPC commands will require a target.
• Teleport to NPC – Moves you across the map to an NPC.
• Teleport NPC – Moves an NPC to your character.
• Add/Remove NPC Inventory Item – Adds or removes an item from an NPC’s inventory.
• Equip NPC – Equip or unequip an item to an NPC.
• Display NPC Inventory – Shows every item in an NPC’s inventory, including hidden items.
• Barter Menu – Shows the barter menu, for use with NPC traders.
• Restore NPC Health – Brings an NPC back to full health.
• Kill NPC – Makes an NPC die.
• Revive NPC – Brings an NPC back from the dead. (Will also reroll their inventory, so previously owned items may disappear.)
• Toggle Combat AI – Toggles on/off combat artificial intelligence, so NPCs are unable to fight.
• Toggle AI – Toggles on/off all artificial intelligence, so NPCs are unable to do anything.
• Set NPC Faction – Allies an NPC to a specific faction. <0> sets as an ally, <1> sets as a friend.
• Set Faction as Enemy – Sets a faction as an enemy with another faction. <0> sets an enemy, <1> sets as neutral.
• Make NPC Immortal – Makes an NPC unable to die. <1> sets NPC as immortal, <0> sets NPC as mortal.
• Remove/Restore NPC – Disable removes the NPC from the game, enable makes the NPC reappear.
• Start Combat – Starts combat with an NPC. Use command “stopcombat” to end combat, although NPC will remain hostile.
• Stop NPC Hostility – Stops an NPC from being hostile towards you.
• Add NPC Script – Adds a script to the targeted NPC. For example, use id “4083b” to make an NPC follow you.
• Clone an NPC – Creates a clone of an NPC and places it by the player character.
• Reset Companion Quest – Reset a companion’s hire quest.

Fallout New Vegas Stat Commands

• Damage Stat – Reduces a stat by a numerical value. The most typical stat variable would be ‘health’.
• Set Scale – Set player scale. The higher the scale, the faster and stronger you become. 1.0 is default. 0.95 is smaller, 1.1 is bigger.
• Actor Values – Provides a read-out of an NPC’s stat value. Example variables are karma and intelligence.
• Set NPC Stats – Set an NPC actor’s stats to a specific numerical value.
• Adjust an NPC value – Adjusts an NPC actor’s stats, up to but not exceeding the normal max values. Negative numbers lower the stat. The value you assign to # will be in addition to what the value currently is, rather than replacing the whole stat value.
• Add a Perk – Adds a perk or a trait to your character.
• Remove Perk – Removes a perk or trait from your character.
• Change Sex – Changes your player character gender.
• Change Name – Opens a menu to allow player character name changes.
• Change Race/Face – Opens a menu that will allow you to change your character’s face. Changing your face will disable perks, so they must be removed and added again manually.
• Change Traits – Opens a menu to change player traits.
• Change Hair – Opens a menu to change player hairstyle.
• Change Facial Features – Opens a menu to change player appearance.
• Level Up – Advances your character by one XP level.
• Change Level – Set the overall level of your character.
• Set Age – Sets the age generation of your character. Replace # with -1 for child, 1 for adult, 2 for elderly person.
• Grant XP – Adds a specified amount of XP to the player character.
• Grant Karma – Adds a specified amount of Karma to the player character.
• Set Setting – Sets a specific game setting, such as max level cap or damage resistance. Setting reset each time the game is started, so need re-applying each session. Replace with a setting, such as “iMaxCharacterLevel <#>“.

Fallout New Vegas Item and World Commands

• Delete Object – Deletes the targeted item.
• Set Item Scale – Sets the scale of an item in the game world.
• Show Item Scale – Shows a read-out of the targeted item’s scale.
• Unlock – Unlocks a locked safe, door, or container. The effect can be reversed with “lock”, which can also be modified by adding a numerical value equal to the required lockpick skill. A setting of “lock 255” will be unpickable and require a key.
• Activate an Item – Activates a targeted item without having to locate its switch.
• Delete Item – Deletes an item from the game world.
• Get Items – Places an item next to the player, of specified amount and quality.
• Move to Item – Move to a nearby item.
• Show Crafting Menu (New Vegas only) – Opens the crafting menu. Use one of the following categories: “0013b2c1” for Workbench, “0013e11a” for Reloading Bench, “0013b2c0” for Campfire, and “xx0103a0” for Vending Machine.
• Set Timescale – Sets how fast time progresses in the game. A setting of 1 is real-time, with 1 second in-game being 1 second in real-time. The default setting is 30.
• Set Game Hour – Sets the game hour to the specified time, and will be applied when the game is unpaused.

Fallout New Vegas Quest Commands

• Move to Quest Target – Moves player character to the quest target location.
• Show Quest Log – Display a log of everything the player has encountered and completed in the game.
• Quest Check – Checks if the current quest is complete. A result of “1” means complete, “0” means incomplete.
• Quest Reset – Resets progress on the specified quest.
• List all Objectives – Displays a list of all quest objective stages.
• Get Objective – Gets the objective level of a quest.
• Set Quest Objective Level – Sets a quest to a specified objective, which can be used to drop back by an objective if bugs arise.
• Complete all Objectives – Sets all objectives of the specified quest to ‘complete’.
• List Targets – Displays a list of all the current quest targets.
• Start All Quests – Starts all quests.

Fallout New Vegas Game Commands

• Save Game – Saves the game using the specified description.
• Load Game – Loads the game file with the specified description.
• Quit Game – Quits the game without using menus.

Fallout New Vegas Reputation Commands

• Add Reputation – Increases your reputation with a specified faction. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 100 is the highest value that can be attained.
• Remove Reputation – Removes reputation with a specified faction. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 0 is the lowest value that can be attained.
• Set Reputation – Sets your reputation with a specified faction to a specific level. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 100 is the highest value that can be attained.
• Remove from all Factions – Removes you from all factions. This will remove you from the “player” faction, which can cause issues. Re-add yourself back to the “player” faction with the command “player.AddToFaction 0001b2a4 1”.
• Set Faction Allied Status – Sets two factions’ status with each other. Variable can either be “0” for friendly or “1” for allied.
• Set Faction Enemy Status – Sets two factions’ status with each other. Variable can either be “0” for enemy or “1” for neutral.
• Make NPC Immortal – Makes an NPC unable to die. <1> sets NPC as immortal, <0> sets NPC as mortal.
• Remove/Restore NPC – Disable removes the NPC from the game, enable makes the NPC reappear.
• Start Combat – Starts combat with an NPC. Use command “stopcombat” to end combat, although NPC will remain hostile.
• Stop NPC Hostility – Stops an NPC from being hostile towards you.
• Add NPC Script – Adds a script to the targeted NPC. For example, use id “4083b” to make an NPC follow you.
• Clone an NPC – Creates a clone of an NPC and places it by the player character.
• Reset Companion Quest – Reset a companion’s hire quest.

Fallout New Vegas Reputation Commands

• Add Reputation – Increases your reputation with a specified faction. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 100 is the highest value that can be attained.
• Remove Reputation – Removes reputation with a specified faction. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 0 is the lowest value that can be attained.
• Set Reputation – Sets your reputation with a specified faction to a specific level. Replace “variable” with “0” for infamy reputation or “1” for fame. 100 is the highest value that can be attained.
• Remove from all Factions – Removes you from all factions. This will remove you from the “player” faction, which can cause issues. Re-add yourself back to the “player” faction with the command “player.AddToFaction 0001b2a4 1”.
• Set Faction Allied Status – Sets two factions’ status with each other. Variable can either be “0” for friendly or “1” for allied.
• Set Faction Enemy Status – Sets two factions’ status with each other. Variable can either be “0” for enemy or “1” for neutral.

That’s a list of all Fallout New Vegas console commands and cheats. Enjoy exploring the wasteland and customizing your gameplay experience!