Console commands

A guide to Console Commands.

Access
Use the backquote key while in-game (Unpaused). The backquote key shifts to tilde on U.S. keyboards, and the not symbol (') on UK keyboards. Other keyboards with different layouts will differ, but the key is usually to the left of or just under the Escape key. The key is the top left key under escape, on non-U.S. keyboards. (Example:, or  on Nordic (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish) keyboards, circumflex  on German keyboards,  on French keyboards,  or  on Italian keyboards, ` on Brazilian keyboards,  on Turkish keyboards).

The HUD will disappear and you will get a prompt in the lower left corner of the screen where you can input codes. You may have to change settings over to mouse if you are using a computer-compatible Xbox controller before you can use console commands. When command entry mode is enabled, the game will pause and the camera will freeze. If the left side of the console is not visible, one may need to edit the Fallout_default.ini file in the installation folder. Increasing the iConsoleTextXPos variable will move the prompt further right into the field of view.

Note

 * Should this for some reason not work, you can always set your keyboard's language layout to US in the Windows control panel. After restarting, pressing the equivalent button from above will open the console.
 * Enter help for the list of all console commands. The help command does not display all of the commands listed. It may display a few extra debugging commands.