Fallout 4 Console Commands & Cheats Master List (PC 2026)

Commanding Fallout 4 console commands unlocks the complete administrative potential of the Bethesda Creation Engine. Whether exploring the irradiated ruins of the Commonwealth under God Mode invulnerability, resolving broken quest script stages, generating thousands of Fusion Cores for Power Armor expeditions, or tele-transporting into the developer testing vault, console commands grant total control over your single-player Wasteland journey.

Specification Metric	Verified System Parameter
Game Title	Fallout 4
Platform & OS	Windows PC (Steam / GOG / Xbox App)
Supported Game Version	v1.10.984 / Next-Gen 2026 Engine Update
Developer & Publisher	Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks
Input Interface & Anti-Cheat	Developer Console (~ Tilde), Hexadecimal FormID Reference Parser
File Size	N/A (Built-in Creation Engine Console Terminal)

🎮 Developer Console & Input Activation Walkthrough

The developer command console is an administrative terminal embedded into the PC release of Fallout 4. It does not exist on PlayStation or Xbox consoles due to proprietary operating system restrictions.

Opening the Terminal Console

• During active, unpaused gameplay in the Commonwealth, press the ~ (tilde) key located directly beneath the Esc key on standard US keyboards. On UK keyboards, press the ' (apostrophe) key.
• The game will freeze character motion and display a transparent console prompt in the bottom-left corner of the monitor.
• Type your intended command string and press Enter.
• To dismiss the console and resume real-time gameplay, press the ~ key again.

Target Selection (Targeted Commands)

Certain powerful commands—including unlock, kill, resurrect, and disable—require a specific in-game target entity. To target an object:

• Open the console by pressing ~.
• Click your mouse cursor directly on the physical object (such as a locked door, safe, or enemy Super Mutant).
• The console will display the entity's hexadecimal reference ID enclosed in quotes at the top center of the screen (e.g., "0001a4ba" [EP]).
• Type your command (such as unlock) and press Enter. The action applies specifically to that clicked entity.
• To deselect a target, click an empty area of the skybox until the ID disappears.

⚡ Essential Survivability, God Mode & Flight Cheats

Survival in the post-apocalyptic Boston wasteland can be grueling. These fundamental command toggles eliminate physical vulnerability, encumbrance penalties, and environmental barriers.

1. God Mode vs. Immortal Mode

• God Mode (tgm): The universal invulnerability toggle. Grants infinite health, unlimited Action Points (AP), zero weapon ammunition consumption, boundless carry weight capacity, and complete immunity to environmental radiation poisoning. Power Armor equipped while in tgm will never deplete Fusion Core energy or take plate damage.
• Immortal Mode (tim): A balanced alternative. Your character takes damage normally from bullets, laser fire, and radiation. However, your health pool cannot drop below 1 HP, preventing death. Note that character limbs can still be crippled under tim, requiring Stimpaks to heal.

2. Collision & Camera Flight

• Toggle Collision (tcl): Enables "noclip" mode. Allows your character to walk through solid concrete walls, fly into the skybox, explore inaccessible rooftops, and clip into locked underground vaults. Ensure no target ID is selected before typing tcl.
• Free Camera (tfc / tfc 1): Detaches the game camera from your character's third-person perspective, allowing free-floating camera positioning across the landscape. Using tfc 1 freezes all game animations in place, making it the ideal tool for capturing high-resolution cinematic screenshots.

📦 Item Spawning & Hexadecimal FormID Syntax

Spawning items directly into player inventory requires understanding Bethesda's hexadecimal FormID architecture. The universal syntax is:

player.additem [FormID] [Quantity]

Note: Leading zeros in FormIDs are optional. Typing player.additem f 1000 works identically to typing player.additem 0000000f 1000.

Common Currency, Ammo & Medical IDs Table

Item Description	FormID Code	Example Console Syntax	Primary Utility
Bottle Caps	0000000f	player.additem f 50000	Wasteland currency for trading across Diamond City merchants
Bobby Pin	0000000a	player.additem a 100	Lockpicking safes, master security doors & ammo crates
Stimpak	00023736	player.additem 00023736 50	Emergency health regeneration & crippled limb restoration
RadAway	00023742	player.additem 00023742 50	Flushes accumulated rads from health bar
Fusion Core	00075fe4	player.additem 00075fe4 25	High-capacity atomic battery for Power Armor frames
Mini Nuke	000e6b2e	player.additem 000e6b2e 20	Heavy artillery ammunition for the Fat Man catapult
10mm Rounds	0001f276	player.additem 0001f276 500	Standard pistol ammunition for Vault 111 starter weapon

🧬 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Attributes & Perk Management

Fine-tuning character statistics in Fallout 4 allows players to test distinct role-playing builds without replaying the introductory pre-war sequence. The game engine stores primary attributes under accessible Actor Values:

1. Direct Attribute Reallocation

To permanently modify character base attributes, use the player.setav [Attribute] [Value] command structure. Setting any attribute to 10 immediately unlocks the entire associated perk column in your Pip-Boy tree:

• player.setav strength 10 — Increases melee damage and native carrying capacity.
• player.setav perception 10 — Enhances weapon accuracy in V.A.T.S. targeting.
• player.setav endurance 10 — Maximizes total health pool and lowers sprinting Action Point drain.
• player.setav charisma 10 — Guarantees success on all persuasion dialogue checks and increases settlement population caps.
• player.setav intelligence 10 — Amplifies all quest and combat experience point yields.
• player.setav agility 10 — Expands maximum Action Points for prolonged V.A.T.S. shooting sequences.
• player.setav luck 10 — Accelerates Critical Hit meter charging rates during gunfights.

2. Appearance & S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Menus

If you prefer using the game's native visual user interface rather than individual command strings:

• showspecialmenu — Re-opens the Vault-Tec S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points distribution sheet, allowing manual reallocation.
• showlooksmenu 14 — Opens the facial reconstruction surgery clinic interface, enabling total redesign of facial geometry, hairstyle, scars, and body proportions anywhere in the wasteland.

⚔️ Legendary Weapon & Armor Modifiers (attachmod / amod)

The Creation Engine handles legendary weapon perks as object modifications attached to individual weapon instances. You can forge custom legendary weapons without relying on RNG drops from legendary enemies:

1. Drop the base weapon (such as a Combat Shotgun or Hunting Rifle) from your Pip-Boy onto the ground.
2. Open the console by pressing ~ and click directly on the dropped weapon to select its unique Reference ID.
3. Type attachmod [Mod_FormID] (or amod [Mod_FormID]) and press Enter.
4. Pick up your weapon from the floor. It now possesses the legendary perk.

Top Legendary Weapon Modifier FormIDs

Legendary Modifier	FormID Code	Combat Effect & Synergies
Explosive	001E7EB6	Bullets explode on impact for 15 points of AOE blast damage (devastating on Minigun)
Two Shot	001CC2A6	Fires an additional unaugmented projectile while consuming only 1 ammo cartridge
Instigating	001F04EB	Deals double damage if the target is at full 100% health (ideal for sniper rifles)
Wounding (Bleed)	001E71F2	Targets bleed for 25 points of damage; stacks infinitely with high fire-rate automatics
Never Ending	001EC56D	Eliminates reload animations, drawing directly from reserve inventory ammo

🤝 Companion Affinity & Permanent Perks

Each recruitable companion offers a unique permanent perk once reaching maximum affinity (1,000 points). Rather than grinding hundreds of lockpicks or weapon modifications:

• Open the console and click on your companion (e.g., Piper, Nick Valentine, MacCready, or Paladin Danse).
• Type setav CA_affinity 1000 and press Enter.
• Initiate conversation with the companion. They will immediately deliver their highest trust dialogue and grant their signature perk.

Key Companion Perks & IDs

• Piper (Gift of Gab): Grants double experience points on successful speech persuasion dialogue and new location discoveries. (Perk FormID: 00178B25)
• Nick Valentine (Close to Metal): Grants an extra password attempt on terminal hacking and cuts hack lockout time by 50%. (Perk FormID: 002263C7)
• MacCready (Killshot): Increases headshot accuracy in V.A.T.S. by 20%. (Perk FormID: 00178B20)
• Paladin Danse (Know Your Enemy): Adds 20% bonus damage against Super Mutants, Feral Ghouls, and Synths. (Perk FormID: 000842B0)
• Deacon (Cloak & Dagger): Increases sneak attack damage by 20% and extends Stealth Boy duration by 40%. (Perk FormID: 0008530E)

🏗️ Workshop Shipments & Settlement Crafting

Settlement architecture requires immense supplies of purified raw materials. Instead of carrying heavy junk fans and typewriters, spawn wholesale shipment notes directly into your inventory:

Scrap Shipment Resource	FormID Code	Console Syntax (Shipment of 25-100)
Shipment of Adhesive (25)	001EC136	player.additem 001EC136 10
Shipment of Aluminum (50)	001EC134	player.additem 001EC134 10
Shipment of Copper (25)	001EC13B	player.additem 001EC13B 10
Shipment of Oil (25)	001EC147	player.additem 001EC147 10
Shipment of Screws (25)	001EC14A	player.additem 001EC14A 10
Shipment of Nuclear Material (25)	001EC145	player.additem 001EC145 10

⚠️ The Secret Developer QA Smoke Room (coc qasmoke)

Bethesda Game Studios built an isolated developer testing room containing organized crates storing every weapon, armor model, consumable, bobblehead, magazine, and power armor variant in the game.

• To teleport to this room, type: coc qasmoke into the console.
• You will materialize inside a dimly lit industrial bunker surrounded by storage trunks categorized by equipment type.
• Take whatever equipment you require for testing.
• Safe Exit Protocol: Because this room does not have a physical exterior door back to the Commonwealth, you must use a console teleport command to leave. Type coc SanctuaryExt to teleport to the bridge of Sanctuary Hills.

Advantages & Limitations of Wasteland Cheats

• Advantages: Instant unstucking from glitchy terrain via noclip, recovery of lost companion NPCs, bypass of terminal hacking mini-games, and unlimited scrap resources for base building.
• Drawbacks: High risk of breaking complex quest script stages if completing quest objectives out of order, and the potential to unbalance the survival challenge of the post-apocalyptic Commonwealth.

For more detailed game updates and official DLC manuals, consult Bethesda Game Studios or the official community page on Steam.

🛠️ Quest Fixing & Settlement Building Limit Removal

Console commands provide powerful recovery tools when quests become stalled by script glitches:

• Uncapping Settlement Size Limits: Travel to your settlement, open the console, click on the Workshop bench to select its ID, and execute: setav 349 3675530 followed by setav 34B 3675530. This resets both polygon count and draw call limits, allowing infinite building.
• Resetting Broken Quest Stages: If an NPC refuses to acknowledge a completed objective, find the Quest ID via help [QuestName] 0 QUST, check your current stage with getstage [QuestID], and advance to the next stage with setstage [QuestID] [StageNumber].
• Reviving Dead Quest NPCs: If an important merchant or settlement recruit dies during a raid, open the console, click their body to target their RefID, and type resurrect 1. They will immediately regain consciousness with their inventory intact.
• Spawning Fresh Power Armor Frames: To spawn an unowned Power Armor chassis directly in front of your character, execute: player.placeatme 00020799. Insert a spawned Fusion Core (00075fe4) to begin mounting armor plating pieces.
• Engine Physics Heap Throttling: Creation Engine Papyrus scripts process item physics in a single-threaded queue. Avoid executing bulk spawn commands exceeding 1,000 items at once, as loose item collision cascades can overflow the Havok physics memory heap and crash to desktop.
• Revealing Map Markers: Type tmm 1 to reveal every primary and secondary location across the Commonwealth Pip-Boy map.
• Hiding HUD for Photography: Type tm to completely hide health bars, compass markers, and menus. Press ~ and retype tm to restore the interface.