Fallout: New Vegas console commands only work on PC. Press the ~ (tilde) or ` key while playing, type a command such as player.additem f 1000 for 1,000 bottle caps, and press Enter. player.forceav guns 100 sets a skill to 100, player.forceav strength 10 maxes a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat, and player.rewardxp 15000 grants every level that XP reaches at once. Below: every command by task, item codes, and what the console does to Steam achievements. Checked November 2, 2026 UTC, against the Fallout Wiki’s console, perk, trait and item pages.
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Quick answer
- Open the console: `, the key left of 1 and under Esc. It shows as ~ on US keyboards and ¬ on UK keyboards, ^ on German, ² on French, or | on Italian.
- Caps:
player.additem f 1000 - Skills:
player.forceav speech 100(any skill name, no spaces:energyweapons,meleeweapons) - S.P.E.C.I.A.L.:
player.forceav luck 10 - Level up:
player.rewardxp 15000,player.advlevel(one level) orplayer.setlevel 20 - Perks and traits:
player.addperk <ID>;showtraitmenure-picks traits - God mode / noclip:
tgm/tcl - Repair your gun:
player.setweaponhealthperc 100 - Achievements: any command switches Steam achievements off until you quit and relaunch the game.
- Not available: on Xbox or PlayStation. The console is PC only.
Outgunned by a super mutant? tgm gives infinite health and ammo, while tdm keeps ammo limited. Image: Bethesda Softworks
How to open the console in Fallout: New Vegas (PC only)
The Fallout Wiki’s New Vegas console page calls it a PC debugging tool that can also be used to cheat. Most commands are shared with Fallout 3, which runs on the same engine.
- Load your game and make a new save first. Most console changes can’t be undone.
- Press ` or ~ while the game is running, not from the pause menu. The HUD disappears, the game pauses and a
|prompt appears in the bottom-left corner. - Type the command and press Enter. Press the same key again to close the console.
If the key does nothing: the wiki says players with an Xbox controller connected may need to switch the controls to mouse first. It also says some “Microsoft home MCIR” infrared devices in Windows Device Manager block the tilde key; removing them brings the console back.
“player.” commands, clicking targets and IDs
Commands written as player.command act on your character. Without player., a command acts on whatever you clicked with the console open. You can drop the leading zeros in base-game IDs, so player.additem 0000000f 200 and player.additem f 200 both add 200 caps. Items from the add-ons are different: their first two digits depend on your load order, which is why this guide writes them as xx. To see the real IDs of things you already carry, type player.showinventory.
Fallout New Vegas caps, skills and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. commands
| What you want | Command | What it does and the catch |
|---|---|---|
| Bottle caps | player.additem f 1000 |
Caps are form ID 0000000f. player.removeitem f 1000 takes them away again. |
| Set a skill | player.forceav guns 100 |
Sets an exact value. The wiki gives the range as 1 to 100 for skills. |
| Raise a skill | player.modav energyweapons 25 |
Adds to the current value (a negative number lowers it) and stops at the normal maximum of 100. |
| Set S.P.E.C.I.A.L. | player.forceav strength 10 |
Range 1 to 10. player.modav intelligence 2 adds instead. |
| Check a value | player.getav speech |
Prints the current number for any skill, stat or Karma. |
| Karma | rewardkarma 500 |
Use a negative number, such as rewardkarma -500, to lower Karma. |
| Carry weight | player.modav carryweight 1000 |
Adds 1,000 to your limit. The wiki warns that this, or forceav carryweight, may stop Strength from changing carry weight afterwards. |
| Move faster | player.setav speedmult 150 |
Percent of normal speed; 100 is the default. |
Skill and stat names for the console
The Gamebryo console reference says to type any skill without spaces. New Vegas has 13 skills: barter, energyweapons, explosives, guns, lockpick, medicine, meleeweapons, repair, science, sneak, speech, survival and unarmed. The seven stats are strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility and luck.
forceav or modav? The Fallout Wiki’s Gamebryo console page recommends modav if you might want to undo a change. forceav overrides the game’s own calculation, and from then on only another forceav or modav changes that value. Change your stats only after you leave Goodsprings, too. The wiki says changes made before then are reset when you leave, because you exit with the set number of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points and tag skills you picked.
Level up commands: XP, levels and the level cap
| Command | What it does | Catch |
|---|---|---|
player.rewardxp 15000 |
Adds 15,000 XP. The wiki says any levels gained are granted immediately, one after the other | You can’t take XP away; the wiki says negative XP is refused |
player.advlevel |
Advances one level, with that level’s perks and points | It adds no XP, so you won’t level again until your XP catches up with the levels you skipped |
player.setlevel 20 |
Sets your level directly | Save first |
setgs iMaxCharacterLevel 60 |
Raises the level cap | Game settings reset every time you restart the game |
The wiki’s skills page puts the level cap at 30, plus 5 for each of the four story add-ons, so 50 with all of them.
Perk and trait IDs
New Vegas gives you a perk every two levels, so there are no “perk points” to add. Use player.addperk <ID> to add a perk or a trait directly, and player.removeperk <ID> to take one away. The IDs below come from the Fallout Wiki’s perks list and traits list.
| Perk or trait | ID | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Power Armor Training | 58fdf |
Lets you wear every power armor (normally a reward for Eyesight to the Blind, Tend to Your Business or For Auld Lang Syne) |
| Intense Training | 44cb1 |
+1 to a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat (see the warning below) |
| Educated | 31dd8 |
+2 skill points every level |
| Swift Learner | 31dd3 |
+10% XP per rank |
| Strong Back | 31dde |
+50 carry weight |
| Better Criticals | 31dbb |
Critical hits do 50% more damage |
| Wild Wasteland (trait) | ed568 |
Adds “wacky” encounters and removes some “sane” content |
| Good Natured (trait) | 137afe |
+5 to Speech, Medicine, Repair, Science and Barter; lower combat skills |
Intense Training warning: the wiki says adding it opens the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. screen with a point to spend. If every stat is already at 10, you can’t close that screen normally. Type cam to force it shut, or reload. The Old World Blues traits (Skilled, Hoarder and others) carry an add-on prefix, so check their IDs in your own game.
Skills run 1 to 100: player.forceav guns 100 maxes Guns, and the same pattern works for all 13 skills. Image: Bethesda Softworks
Fallout New Vegas item codes: caps, ammo, aid, weapons and armor
Use player.additem <ID> <amount>. Each ID is from that item’s page on the Fallout Wiki.
| Item | ID | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Bottle caps (Nuka-Cola) / Sunset Sarsaparilla caps | 0000000f / 001017c6 |
player.additem f 5000 |
| Bobby pin | 0000000a |
player.additem a 50 |
| Stimpak / Super stimpak | 00015169 / 000ccef2 |
player.additem 15169 20 |
| RadAway / Rad-X | 00015167 / 00015168 |
player.additem 15167 10 |
| Doctor’s bag / Med-X | 000cb05c / 00050f8f |
player.additem cb05c 5 |
| Weapon repair kit | 00140a68 |
player.additem 140a68 5 |
| 9mm / 10mm round | 0008ed03 / 00004241 |
player.additem 8ed03 300 |
| 5.56mm / .308 round | 00004240 / 0006b53c |
player.additem 4240 500 |
| .44 Magnum round / 12 gauge shell | 0002937e / 0008ecf5 |
player.additem 2937e 200 |
| Energy cell / Microfusion cell | 00020772 / 00004485 |
player.additem 4485 500 |
| Anti-materiel rifle / Brush gun | 0008f21c / 00121148 |
player.additem 8f21c 1 |
| Ranger Sequoia / Lucky | 00129a44 / 000e2c86 |
player.additem 129a44 1 |
| Riot shotgun / Cowboy repeater | 0008ed0a / 0008f21a |
player.additem 8ed0a 1 |
| Fat Man / Missile launcher / Minigun | 0000432c / 00004340 / 0000433f |
player.additem 432c 1 |
| NCR Ranger combat armor | 00129254 |
player.additem 129254 1 |
| Remnants power armor / T-51b power armor | 00133166 / 000a6f77 |
Needs Power Armor Training to wear |
| Sierra Madre chip (Dead Money) | xx011236 |
Replace xx with your Dead Money prefix |
| Survivalist’s rifle (Honest Hearts) | xx00dd79 |
Replace xx with your Honest Hearts prefix |
| Elite riot gear (Lonesome Road) | xx00885b |
Replace xx with your Lonesome Road prefix |
Power armor without the quest: player.addperk 58fdf (Power Armor Training) or setpccanusepowerarmor 1 both make it wearable.
How to find other item codes
Look the item up on the Fallout Wiki (the form ID is in each item’s infobox), or pick it up and read its ID with player.showinventory. The search command some guides list needs JIP LN NVSE, a third-party mod, not part of the game; the wiki notes mods can stop achievements unlocking.
Cheat commands list: god mode, noclip, map, quests and repair
| Command | What it does | Caveat |
|---|---|---|
tgm |
God mode: infinite health, unlimited ammo, no reloading, unlimited carry weight | Type it again to switch it off |
tcl |
Noclip: move through walls and terrain | The wiki’s go-to fix when you’re stuck |
tmm 1 |
Shows every map marker so you can fast travel to it | tmm 1 0 1 shows markers without discovering them or allowing fast travel |
coc <cell> |
Teleports you, for example coc Jacobstown, coc GSDocMitchellHouse or coc TOPSCasino |
Some cells drop you into a black pit; reload or use tcl |
movetoqt |
Teleports you to the current quest target | Using it inside a Strip casino can lose the weapons the casino took from you |
player.setweaponhealthperc 100 |
Fully repairs your equipped weapon | Works on whatever is in your hands |
player.srm |
Opens the repair menu up to your Repair skill | The caps you “spend” are paid back, so it costs nothing |
setstage <quest> <stage> |
Moves a bugged quest to a stage | The wiki recommends it over completequest. Quest IDs are on the wiki’s quest ID page |
caqs |
Completes every stage of every quest | It effectively finishes the game’s quests without the ending. Don’t use it on a save you care about |
killall |
Kills every non-essential NPC nearby | Hits companions too: unconscious in normal mode, dead in Hardcore |
tfc / tm / fov 90 |
Free camera / hide the HUD / field of view | 75 is the default FOV, and it resets when you restart |
Reputation commands
Reputation has two numbers per faction: fame (1) and infamy (0). addreputation 0f43de 1 5 adds 5 fame with the NCR, and removereputation f43dd 0 5 removes 5 infamy with Caesar’s Legion. Other faction IDs: Boomers 0ffae8, Brotherhood of Steel 11e662, Great Khans 11989b, Powder Gangers 1558e6, The Strip 118f61, Goodsprings 104c22. The wiki says you can only move reputation about 5 points per command because ranks can’t be skipped. For Idolized, you need fame at 90 and infamy below 4.
Stuck in a fight or a quest? killall clears the area but also hits companions, and setstage moves a bugged quest forward. Image: Bethesda Softworks
Do Fallout New Vegas console commands disable achievements?
Yes, for that play session. According to the Fallout Wiki’s New Vegas achievements page, entering any command on PC switches achievements off until you quit, even a harmless one like save. They come back when you exit the game completely and relaunch. Loading a save where the console was used does not disable them.
| What you do | Achievements |
|---|---|
| Open the console without entering a command | Still on, according to the achievements and console pages. The older Gamebryo page says merely opening it switches them off, so restart to be safe |
| Enter any command | Off until you exit and relaunch |
| Load a save you cheated in, after a fresh launch | On |
| Play with mods | Can block achievements, the wiki notes |
Routine: cheat, save, quit to desktop, relaunch, then play for achievements.
How to cheat without breaking your save
- Save under a new name first. Quest commands like
caqsandresetquestcan’t be undone. - Leave casinos the normal way. The wiki says using
cocormovetoqtinside a Strip casino can lose your confiscated weapons or leave you stuck at the entrance later. - Batch files save typing. Put one command per line in a .txt file in the game’s root folder (the one with FalloutLauncher.exe), then type
bat <filename>, for examplebat cheats.
More Bethesda-engine cheat sheets: Fallout 4 console commands for caps, perk points and item IDs (Fallout 4 swapped skills for a perk chart, so its commands differ), Skyrim console commands for gold, perks and item IDs and Oblivion Remastered console commands. Waiting on a sequel? Read our Fallout: New Vegas 2 wishlist.
FAQ
What is the Fallout New Vegas console command for caps?
player.additem f 1000 adds 1,000 bottle caps. Change 1000 to any amount. The f is the caps ID 0000000f with the leading zeros dropped.
How do I max all skills in Fallout New Vegas with commands?
Enter player.forceav <skill> 100 once per skill, for example player.forceav lockpick 100. To do all 13 at once, put the 13 lines in a batch file and run it with bat.
Why are my Fallout New Vegas console commands not working?
Check that you put player. in front of commands meant for you, that DLC item IDs use your own load-order prefix instead of 00, and that stat changes happen after you leave Goodsprings. If the console won’t open, try the key for your keyboard layout above.
Sources: Fallout Wiki: Fallout: New Vegas console commands (commands, reputation and faction IDs, bugs), Fallout Wiki: Gamebryo console commands (character variables, forceav/modav warnings, game settings, batch files), Fallout Wiki: perks, traits, skills, achievements and trophies, the cell ID page, and item pages (Bottle cap, Bobby pin, Stimpak, Super stimpak, RadAway, Rad-X, Doctor’s bag, Med-X, Weapon repair kit, ammunition, weapons and armor listed above), Steam: Fallout: New Vegas (screenshots). Checked November 2, 2026 UTC.
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