Fallout 4 Console Commands: Perk Points, Caps, Level Up, Item IDs

Fallout 4 console commands only work on PC. Press the ~ (tilde) key in game, type a command such as player.additem f 1000 for 1,000 bottle caps, and press Enter. The perk points command is cgf "Game.AddPerkPoints" 10 (quotation marks included), and player.setlevel 50 takes you straight to level 50. Below are the exact commands for caps, perk points, leveling, S.P.E.C.I.A.L., carry weight and power armor, plus a table of item IDs and the commands that can wreck a save. Checked October 30, 2026 UTC, against the Fallout Wiki’s console page and the latest PC patch (the August 18, 2026 update, version 1.11.240).

Quick answer

• Open the console: ~ or `, the key left of 1 on US keyboards. UK keyboards use ‘ (the @ key), German ^ or ö, French ² or ù.
• Bottle caps: player.additem f 1000
• Perk points: cgf "Game.AddPerkPoints" 10
• Level up: player.setlevel 50 (can’t go down), or player.modav experience 5000 to earn the levels normally.
• S.P.E.C.I.A.L.: player.setav strength 10. Use setav, not modav, or the perk chart won’t unlock.
• Carry weight: player.modav carryweight 1000
• God mode / noclip: tgm / tcl
• Power armor: player.placeatme 2079e 1 spawns a frame, player.additem 75fe4 10 adds 10 fusion cores.
• Any item ID: help "gauss" 4 weap, then scroll with Page Up and Page Down.
• Not available: on Xbox, PlayStation, or in Survival difficulty.

How to open the console in Fallout 4 (PC only)

The Fallout Wiki’s console commands page describes the console as a debugging tool in the PC version. It works in the base game, the Game of the Year Edition and the Anniversary Edition that Bethesda released on November 10, 2025.

1. Load a save, then make a separate save before your first command.
2. Press ~. The HUD disappears, a prompt appears in the bottom-left corner and the game pauses.
3. Type the command and press Enter. Case doesn’t matter: tgm, TGM and tGm all work.
4. Press ~ again to close it. The Up and Down arrows scroll through commands you’ve already typed.

If the key does nothing, find your layout in the wiki’s list (Spanish ñ, Italian or ò, Nordic ø, å or Æ, Russian ё). The wiki’s fallback is to switch the Windows keyboard layout to US and restart the game. A controller can stay plugged in; you just need a keyboard to type.

Two places the console won’t open: Xbox and PlayStation, which have no console at all, and Survival difficulty, where it’s disabled on PC too.

“player.” commands and clicking a target

Commands written as player.command act on you. Leave player. off and the command hits whatever you last clicked while the console was open. Its reference ID shows at the top of the console. Your own ID is 14, so prid 14 selects you. Leading zeros in IDs are optional: player.additem 000D83BF and player.additem d83bf both give you a pipe wrench. You can chain commands with a semicolon: player.additem f 500; player.resethealth.

Fallout 4 caps, perk points and level up commands

What you want	Command	What it does and the catch
Bottle caps	player.additem f 1000	Caps are form ID 0000000f. To remove caps, use player.removeitem f 1000: unlike Skyrim, a negative additem amount crashes Fallout 4.
Perk points	cgf "Game.AddPerkPoints" 10	Adds points to spend in the normal perk chart without changing your level. Keep the quotes.
Set your level	player.setlevel 50	Jumps to that level. It can’t lower your level.
Earn levels and their perk points	player.modav experience 5000	Adds XP, and each filled level bar gives a level-up with a perk point. The wiki advises against amounts over 400,000 at once; let the bar finish before entering more (or save and reload to skip the wait).
XP as a reward	cgf "Game.RewardPlayerXP" 5000	Rewards that amount of XP directly.
A specific perk	player.addperk <perk ID>	Adds one rank only. For rank 4 of a perk, add ranks 1 to 3 as well. IDs are in the table below.
Remove a perk	player.removeperk <perk ID>	Doesn’t refund the point. The wiki notes it fails on V.A.N.S. and Critical Banker.
Carry weight	player.modav carryweight 1000	Adds 1,000 on top of your normal limit, and Strength still raises it. forceav locks an exact number that nothing changes afterwards.
Full health	player.resethealth	Refills health but leaves radiation damage.
Movement speed	player.setav speedmult 150	Percent of normal speed; 100 is the default.

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

Each stat has a console name: strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility, luck. For example, player.setav charisma 10.

The difference between the two commands matters here. According to the Fallout Wiki, setav changes the stat and unlocks the matching perks in the chart. modav changes the number in your Pip-Boy but doesn’t unlock perks. Stats above 10 work, but the wiki lists diminishing returns from 11 up. showspecialmenu reopens the menu where you set your name and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points. showlooksmenu 14 1 reopens the face editor for your character.

Perk IDs for the most popular perks

Use these with player.addperk, in order, one line per rank. The IDs come from the Fallout Wiki’s all-perks batch list.

Perk	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	Rank 4
Local Leader	0004d88d	001d2468	–	–
Gun Nut	0004a0da	0004a0db	0004a0dc	0016578e
Science!	000264d9	000264da	000264db	0016578f
Armorer	0004b254	0004b255	0004b256	001797ea
Scrapper	00065e65	001d2483	–	–
Strong Back	0004b24e	00065e5b	00065e5c	001d2489
Locksmith	000523ff	00052400	00052401	001d246a
Hacker	00052403	00052404	00052405	001d245d
Lone Wanderer	001d246b	001d246d	001d246e	–

For any other perk, type help "idiot savant" 4 perk and the console lists every rank with its ID.

Fallout 4 item IDs: ammo, aid, materials and power armor

Use player.additem <ID> <amount>. IDs are from the item pages and batch lists on the Fallout Wiki. These are base-game IDs. DLC items carry a load-order prefix instead of 00, so look those up with help in your own game.

Item	ID	Example
Bottle caps	0000000f	player.additem f 5000
Bobby pin	0000000a	player.additem a 50
Stimpak	00023736	player.additem 23736 20
RadAway	00023742	player.additem 23742 10
Nuka-Cola Quantum	0004835f	player.additem 4835f 5
Fusion core	00075fe4	player.additem 75fe4 10
Fusion cell	000c1897	player.additem c1897 500
Mini nuke	000e6b2e	player.additem e6b2e 10
5.56 round / .308 round	0001f278 / 0001f66b	player.additem 1f278 500
10mm round / shotgun shell	0001f276 / 0001f673	player.additem 1f276 500
Adhesive	001bf72e	player.additem 1bf72e 200
Aluminum / Steel	0006907a / 000731a4	player.additem 731a4 1000
Screw / Circuitry	00069081 / 0006907b	player.additem 69081 200
Nuclear material	00069086	player.additem 69086 100
One of every material shipment	001ec66a	player.additem 1ec66a 1

Power armor commands

• Frame: player.placeatme 2079e 1. The wiki says additem doesn’t work for a frame, so it has to be placed in the world. If you freeze when you climb in, click the frame and use setangle x 0 and setangle y 0 to level it first.
• X-01 pieces: helm 154ac5, torso 154ac8, left arm 154ac3, right arm 154ac4, left leg 154ac6, right leg 154ac7. Add them with player.additem and attach them at a power armor station.
• Weapons: Fat Man bd56f, Gauss rifle d1eb0, Minigun 1f669, Combat shotgun 14831c. Use player.additem for weapons, not placeatme: the wiki says weapons spawned with placeatme can’t be picked up.

How to find any other item ID

Type help "<name>" 4 <type>. Types include weap (weapons), armo (armor and clothing), alch (food, drinks and chems), ammo, misc (junk) and perk. Use quotation marks around names with spaces, for example help "combat armor" 4 armo. If you’d rather break junk down than spawn materials, our guide to scrapping junk in Fallout 4 shows which items give what.

Cheat commands list: god mode, noclip, map, quests and settlements

Command	What it does	Caveat
tgm	God mode: no damage or radiation, unlimited ammo, AP and carry weight, unlimited workshop resources	Stimpaks and RadAway don’t work while it’s on. Fusion cores still drain.
tim	Immortal: you take damage but can’t die	A kill animation (a Deathclaw, for example) can permanently cripple your character. The wiki says only an older save fixes that.
tcl	Noclip: fly through walls and terrain	Click empty space first so no target is selected. Map borders still stop you.
tmm 1	Reveals every map marker with fast travel	tmm 0 removes all markers
coc <cell>	Teleports you, for example coc RedRocketExt	coc QASmoke opens a developer test cell with most items in the game
unlock	Unlocks the clicked door, safe or terminal	Not doors locked from the other side
kah / killall	Kills all hostiles / everything nearby	killall spares companions; essential NPCs only fall down
tai / tcai / tdetect	Toggles all AI / combat AI / detection	Global when nothing is selected
resurrect	Revives the clicked NPC	Doesn’t work on NPCs scripted to stay dead
setstage <quest> <stage>	Moves a bugged quest forward	The wiki recommends it over completequest. It can’t go back a stage. sqs <quest> lists the stages.
movetoqt <quest>	Teleports you to the quest target	sqt lists current quest targets and their IDs
caqs	Completes every quest stage	Very buggy, can crash, and unlocks quest achievements
setav CA_affinity 1000	With a companion selected: sets their affinity	The wiki advises setav rather than modav for affinity
setav 349 <value>	With a workbench selected: raises the settlement size limit (triangle budget)	setav 34b <value> raises the draw-call budget
player.placeatme 20593	Spawns a settler	Move them to a settlement in Workshop mode before assigning work
set timescale to 20	Game time speed (20 is the default)	The wiki warns it can crash when spawned NPCs fight
tfc / tm / fov 90 90	Free camera / hides the HUD / field of view	tfc 1 also freezes animations for screenshots

To unlock a settlement without its quest, the wiki’s method is to select the workbench, enter setpv OwnedByPlayer True and then setav 33c 1, and fast travel away and back.

Do Fallout 4 console commands disable achievements?

Bethesda doesn’t document it, and guides disagree. GamesRadar’s cheats guide says using cheats disables achievements. Other community sources say the console doesn’t. Here’s what the sources agree on:

What you use	Achievements
Mods (a save marked [M])	Blocked, according to the Fallout Wiki’s achievements page
caqs	Unlocks quest achievements by itself, so you get them without playing the quests
Other console commands	Sources conflict. Don’t count on achievements unlocking in a save you’ve cheated in

If achievements matter to you, keep one clean save for them and cheat in a separate one.

How to cheat without breaking your save

• Save first, under a new name. The console can’t undo most changes.
• Never type a negative amount with additem. It crashes the game. Use removeitem.
• Don’t duplicate quest NPCs or unique items with placeatme or spawndupe. The wiki warns it can cause bugs and crashes.
• Avoid saq (start all quests). The wiki says it crashes the game and you can’t get past the opening scene.
• Batch files save typing: put one command per line in a .txt file in the Fallout 4 install folder (for example SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4cheats.txt), then type bat cheats in the console.

Cheating in another Bethesda RPG? See our Skyrim console commands for gold, perks and item IDs. We also have Cyberpunk 2077 console commands for patch 2.5, Valheim’s 1.0 devcommands and Schedule 1 money and item commands.

FAQ

What is the Fallout 4 perk points command?

cgf "Game.AddPerkPoints" 10 adds 10 perk points without changing your level. Change the number to add more or fewer. The quotation marks around Game.AddPerkPoints are required.

Why are my Fallout 4 console commands not working?

Start with three checks. Did you put player. in front of a command meant for you? Without it, the command hits whatever you clicked last. Is your difficulty set to Survival? The console is disabled there. Is the ID from your own load order? DLC and mod items don’t start with 00. If the console won’t open at all, try the key for your keyboard layout listed above.

Are there Fallout 4 cheats on PS5, PS4 or Xbox?

No. The console is PC only. Console players can install mods through the in-game Creations menu, and some add similar options, but a modded save can’t earn achievements or trophies.

How do I get caps fast in Fallout 4 with a command?

Type player.additem f 1000 and change 1000 to the amount you want. The f is the caps form ID with the leading zeros dropped.

Sources: Fallout Wiki: Fallout 4 console commands (commands, character variables, perk and item batch lists), Fallout Wiki item pages (Stimpak, RadAway, Fusion core, Bottlecap, Bobby pin, Nuka-Cola Quantum, Mini nuke, Power armor frame, X-01 power armor, Fat Man, Gauss rifle, Minigun, Combat shotgun), Fallout Wiki: achievements, Fallout Wiki: patches, Bethesda: Fallout 4 update, August 18, 2026, Bethesda: Anniversary Edition, GamesRadar, Steam Community: perk points command. Checked October 30, 2026 UTC.

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