Oblivion Console Commands PC & Cheats Guide (God Mode)

How to Open the Developer Console in Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion includes an integrated developer debug console designed directly into Bethesda's Gamebryo Engine. This console empowers players to alter character statistics, bypass difficult dungeon puzzles, test magical spells, and manipulate world objects in real time.

To open the console on PC, press the ~ (tilde key, positioned directly beneath the Esc key on standard keyboards). Pressing this key freezes active gameplay simulation and brings up a blinking prompt cursor in the lower-left corner of your display. Type the desired command string and press Enter to submit.

Windows 10 / 11 Troubleshooting: If pressing tilde fails to open the console, an infrared transceiver device or keyboard mapping conflict is likely intercepting the key input. Navigate to Windows Device Manager, expand Human Interface Devices, and disable any Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver drivers. In addition, open Documents/My Games/Oblivion/Oblivion.ini and verify that bAllowConsole=1 is set.

Essential Console Commands: God Mode, NoClip & Spells

Every verified console command and cheat code supported in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition on PC is detailed below with exact syntax and operational functionality.

Item IDs & Spawning: Gold Septims, Lockpicks & Skeleton Key

In Oblivion, every item, weapon, piece of armor, ingredient, and quest token possesses a hexadecimal Form ID. To place an item directly into your personal inventory, use the player.additem [FormID] [Quantity] command syntax.

• Gold Septims (0000000F): Gold pays for Imperial City houses, trainer lessons, and enchanted weapons. Typing player.additem 0000000F 50000 grants 50,000 gold pieces instantly. Leading zeroes can be omitted: player.additem f 50000 works identically.
• Lockpicks (0000000A): Picking tumbler locks in Ayleid ruins frequently snaps fragile iron picks. Typing player.additem 0000000A 100 ensures you never run out of lockpicks during dungeon exploration.
• The Skeleton Key (0000000C): The Skeleton Key is Nocturnal's Daedric artifact. It never breaks when attempting to pick locks and permanently increases your Security skill by 40 points while in your inventory. Type player.additem 0000000C 1 to obtain it.
• Varla Stone (00000194): Rare glowing Ayleid stones that recharge all enchanted weapons in your inventory simultaneously.
• Welkynd Stone (00000193): Ancient crystalline stones that completely restore your character's Magicka reserves on consumption.

Legendary Daedric Artifacts & Weapon Form IDs

Acquiring Daedric artifacts naturally involves tracking down obscure shrines across Cyrodiil and offering specific sacrifices to Daedric Princes. With console commands, players can summon these legendary weapons directly:

• Goldbrand (000228A0): Boethiah's legendary katana sword dealing 25 fire damage on every strike. Type player.additem 000228A0 1.
• Umbra Sword (00026B22): One of the highest base-damage one-handed swords in Oblivion, carrying a 120-second Soul Trap enchantment. Type player.additem 00026B22 1.
• Dawnbreaker / Dawnfang (xx045618): Shivering Isles transforming blade that switches between fire damage at day and ice damage at night.
• Mace of Molag Bal (00027117): Crushing blunt mace that absorbs enemy Magicka and Strength on impact. Type player.additem 00027117 1.
• Spellbreaker Shield (00027113): Peryite's legendary heavy shield that reflects 30% of incoming hostile spells back at enemy mages. Type player.additem 00027113 1.
• Azura's Star (00000192): Infinite reusable grand soul gem that never breaks when enchanting gear or recharging staves. Type player.additem 00000192 1.

Character Leveling: Advlevel, Advskill & Setav Syntax

Oblivion's leveling system ties world enemy scaling directly to your character's level. If you level up inefficiently without maximizing your +5 attribute modifiers, high-level Daedroth and Minotaur Lords can become formidable bullet sponges. Console commands grant total control over your stat progression.

1. Advancing Skills & Leveling Up

To advance your character toward a level-up naturally while earning attribute multipliers, use advskill [skill_name] [number]. For example, typing advskill blade 10 increases your Blade proficiency by 10 full skill points. To force an immediate level-up without waiting, type advlevel.

2. Directly Setting Attributes with Setav

To directly set an attribute or skill to a permanent value, use player.setav [actor_value] [value]. For example:

• player.setav strength 100 — Maximizes carry weight and melee weapon damage.
• player.setav intelligence 100 — Maximizes base Magicka capacity for high-tier spells.
• player.setav speed 100 — Increases running and sprint velocity across the open world.
• player.setav endurance 100 — Increases maximum Health and per-level health gains.
• player.setav acrobatics 100 — Allows jumping across rooftops and leaping across rivers.

Custom Spellcrafting, Magicka Pools & Master Alchemy

Magic in Oblivion is governed by the Arcane University's spellmaking altars in the Imperial City. Joining the Mages Guild normally requires recommendation letters from seven guild halls across Cyrodiil. With console commands, players can bypass guild restrictions.

By typing coc testinghall, you can walk directly into the magical testing quarters where all enchanting and spellcrafting altars operate without Mages Guild rank requirements. To grant your character infinite spellcasting reserves without God Mode, type player.setav magicka 10000.

For master alchemists, brewing custom potions of Invisibility, Fortify Health, and Chameleon requires master apparatus gear. You can spawn Master Mortar and Pestle (player.additem 0006EE5C 1), Master Alembic (player.additem 0006EE5D 1), Master Calcinator (player.additem 0006EE5E 1), and Master Retort (player.additem 0006EE5F 1) to brew world-class concoctions anywhere in the wild.

Targeted Manipulation: Unlock, Resurrect & Kill

Oblivion supports targeted console operations. Unlike commands entered with the player. prefix, targeted commands operate on the specific object, NPC, or door selected in the game world.

To use a targeted command, open the console with ~, then click directly on the object or NPC with your mouse cursor. A hexadecimal reference ID (such as "Imperial City Guard" (0002F442)) will appear in the top center of your screen. Type one of the following commands and hit Enter:

• unlock: Immediately unlocks the targeted door, gate, or chest. Bypasses Hard and Very Hard locks without needing keys.
• resurrect: Restores life to the targeted fallen NPC or creature. If an essential merchant or quest-giver was slain by a wandering vampire, targeting their corpse and entering resurrect revives them with full health.
• kill: Instantly drops the targeted non-essential enemy or creature. Note that essential NPCs (marked with a crown crosshair icon) will merely be knocked unconscious.

World Teleportation & The Developer Testing Hall (coc)

Navigating the vast province of Cyrodiil on foot can take dozens of hours. The tmm 1 command discovers every fast-travel icon on your map, allowing you to click any landmark for instant transit.

For true teleportation without fast-travel delays, the Center on Cell command (coc [cell_id]) instantly transports your character to interior locations across the game world. Entering coc testinghall transports you to Bethesda's internal developer testing facility. This interior hall contains doors leading to weapon arsenals, full armor display racks, every spell merchant in Cyrodiil, and lockpicking test zones.

To exit the Testing Hall and return to the main game world, open the console and type coc imperialcityarena or coc weyrunonastery to teleport directly to Cyrodiil landmarks.