Console commands (Fallout 3)/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 3. 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. You can scroll through the console's history with the keyboard's Page Up key, and scroll back down with the Page Down key.

Stats and character

 * - Give damage with specified value. Ex. "player.damageactorvalue health 20" will remove 20 HP. Note that negative values will not heal you.
 * - set player scale; is default;  is smaller,  is big,  is huge (not recommended to use indoors). The higher your scale is, the faster you run and the stronger you hit. Smaller scales do the opposite.
 * - read out an actor value, for instance karma, intelligence or smallguns.
 * - set an actor value to a specific amount, for instance health, intelligence or smallguns.
 * - modify an actor value; the value will max out at its normal maximum value (100 for skills, 85 for resistances, 10 for S.P.E.C.I.A.L., etc.). A negative number lowers the variable.
 * Note: modav adjusts the value up or down by the specified amount, and changes are relative to the current value. For example, if your Carry Weight is 500, will set it to 650 (500+150), while  will lower it to 350 (500-150).
 * - set a value
 * - add a perk or trait
 * - remove a perk/trait
 * - changes the player character's sex
 * - open a menu to change PC's name
 * - open a menu to change the PC's race and face
 * Changing race will disable the perks, requiring you to remove and add them again.
 * - Open a menu to change traits
 * - open a menu to change the player's hairstyle
 * - open a menu to change the appearance of the player's face
 * - advance one level
 * - set level
 * - A total agerace of -1 results in being a child, 1 an adult, and 2 an elderly person. (ex: makes you a child no matter what agerace you currently are)
 * , - give player Karma or XP
 * - reselect "tag" skills.
 * - Set specified game setting, such as maximum level or damage resistance. Be aware that game settings reset every time the game is restarted.
 * Examples:
 * Sets level cap to #
 * Sets maximum armor rating to #
 * Sets maximum damage, radiation, fire and poison resistance to #.


 * - Show game settings value.

Examples

 * - add Power Armor Training
 * - set Guns, energy weapons, melee weapons, (etc.) to 100, the maximum
 * - lower Intelligence by 5 (minimum 1)
 * - remove 1,000 Karma
 * Sets player's max Carry Weight to 5000