Console commands (Fallout: New Vegas)/Player character

An overview of console commands relating to the player character

Overview
The console is a debugging tool in the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas. It is used for altering content while in-game. In order to access the console, you will need to use the key appropriate for your language. See full list here.

Player manipulation

 * - rewards specified amount of Karma (Use negative numbers to reduce Karma)
 * – 1 is default, 0.1 is tiny, 10 is gigantic (not recommended for indoor use - and note that this does not change fall damage).
 * – Get the current value of Skills, S.P.E.C.I.A.L. or Karma amount. See Fallout 3 console commands for the list. These can be modified with the modav command.
 * – Add or subtract from Skills or S.P.E.C.I.A.L. amount. (Example: +25 to Energy Weapons)
 * - Increases the stat by a specified value until it reaches maximum allowed.
 * - Reduces the stat by a specified value until it reaches minimum.
 * – Set precise value of Skill or S.P.E.C.I.A.L. level. A = Skill or S.P.E.C.I.A.L. name; X = amount - Skill range from (1-100), S.P.E.C.I.A.L. from (1-10) (Example: sets medicine level on 50)
 * – Levels the player up by one level, but does not add the Experience Points. While you gain all level perks, etc, you will not level again until you have made up all the points for the levels gained by this command and the experience required for the next level.
 * – adds 15000 exp. Any levels gained will be granted immediately, one after the other. (You cannot subtract experience using player.rewardxp -n. Attempting player.modav xp -n displays the message "Actor value 'XP' cannot be modified in scripts or the console.")
 * – Allows race editing, whenever.
 * – Allows hair editing.
 * – Allows renaming.
 * - Allows face editing.
 * - Opens the sleep/wait menu.
 * - Opens the crafting menu from specified category. Campfire: 0013B2C0, Workbench: 0013B2C1, Reloading bench: 00153621, Sierra Madre vending machine: 010103A0
 * – give player selected perk or trait. For list of perks, click the list of items here.
 * – removes the selected perk.
 * - changes the sex of your character.
 * - changes movement speed by percentage. Example: player.setav speedmult 50 cuts movement in half, while player.setav speedmult 150 increases movement by half.
 * – Allows the player to re-pick their traits.
 * – Allows the player to set their level
 * - restore NPC's health.
 * - 1 is default, 0.1 is ultimately microscopic, 10 is gigantic (not recommended for indoor use).
 * - As long as the race has properly defined child and elder sub-races, this will change them accordingly. -1 is child, 1 is adult, 2 is elder.
 * 1 activates hardcore mode, 0 disables it.