Best Fallout New Vegas console commands for armour, guns, cheats & more
Console commands are extremely strong in Fallout New Vegas, as they can do everything from giving you instant access to all of the best weapons and guns in the game, alongside a few fun cheats too.
Sometimes you'll find yourself needing just a few more bottlecaps to afford that all-important item, or stuck in a bind with a Deathclaw that keeps knocking you down with no reprieve. That's where console commands come in handy, giving you that extra boost of money or even invincibility to help you do whatever you want.
Weapon console commands
Weapon | Weapon ID code |
Lucky revolver | 000e2c86 |
Mysterious Magnum | 00127c6c |
Li’l Devil pistol | xx000805 |
Anti-materiel Rifle | 0008f21c |
Assault Carbine (GRA) | 0008f21e |
Christine’s CoS silencer rifle | xx0112ba |
Silenced .22 SMG | 0008f218 |
Sturdy Caravan Shotgun | 001735e3 |
Minigun | 0000433f |
Alien blaster | 00004322 |
Euclid’s C-Finder | 0014eb3c |
Pew Pew laser rifle | 00103b1d |
Flamer | 0000432d |
Plasma caster | 000906cf |
Tesla cannon | 000e2bec |
Fat Man | 0000432c |
Mercy | 0015fff4 |
Missile launcher | 00004340 |
Chainsaw | 0015fe44 |
Power Fist | 00004347 |
To give yourself a weapon in Fallout New Vegas, you'll need to use the following code in the console: player.additem <base_id> <amount>
Replace the 'base id' with the ID number of the weapon you want from the above table and replace the 'amount' section of the code with the amount of that item you want.
You can also input the reverse of this command to get rid of an item in your inventory by using 'player.removeitem <base_id> <amount>'
Armour console commands
Armour | Weapon ID code |
Brotherhood T-45b power armor | 00075201 |
T45d power armor | 00014e13 |
Combat armor, reinforced | 00126500 |
NCR Ranger combat armour | 00129254 |
Stealth Suit Mk II | xx00c12f |
Advanced Radiation suit | 0003307a |
As with the weapon codes, to give yourself armour in your inventory, you must input the following code: player.additem <base_id> <amount>
Replace the 'base id' with the ID number of the armour you want and replace the 'amount' section of the code with the amount of that item you wish to have.
Miscellaneous console command cheats
Below is a list of codes you can input for various results:
Console Command | Effect |
tgm | God Mode, this will give you infinite health, unlimited ammo and encumbrance |
tdm | Demigod mode - health and encumbrance are infinite, but ammo isn’t |
tfc | Activates and deactivates the free camera |
tm | Turns menus and UI off and on |
tcl | No clipping or collision |
tmm 1 | Adds all map markers to your map. Replace '1' with '0' to remove them |
set timescale to <#> | Speeds up or slows downtime. The default value is 30 |
kill | Kill a selected NPC |
killall | All NPCs and animals in the vicinity die |
resurrect | Bring a selected NPC back to life |
player.rewardxp X | Replace X with the amount of XP you want |
player.setlevel X | Replace X with the level you want to be |
unlock | Unlock a selected door or chest |
Cosmetic console commands
These specific console commands are great for changing the look or stats of your character after the opening of the game:
Console Command | Effect |
sexchange | Changes your sex |
showracemenu | Change your race |
showbarbermenu | Change your hairstyle |
shownamemenu | Change your name |
player.addperk <base_id> | Add any perk to your character, replacing <base_id> with the perk's ID code |
player.removeperk <base_id> | Remove any perk, replacing <base_id> with the perk's ID code |
player.setav speedmult X | Change your player's movement speed, replacing X with a value (100 is default, lower is slower and higher is faster) |
NPC reputation console commands
The following command will add 5 reputation points with the faction of your choice. To use it, you must replace the '<base_ID>' in the command listed below with the faction code of the NPC population you wish to apply it to. Choose between 1 to add reputation or 0 to add infamy.
Then replace <amount> with the amount of reputation you wish to add or remove. You can only add 5 at a time, to a maximum of 100.
addreputation <base_ID> <0/1 to add infamy/fame> <amount>
NPC Faction | ID Code |
Boomers | 000ffae8 |
Brotherhood of Steel | 0011e662 |
Caesar’s Legion | 000f43dd |
Followers of the Apocalypse | 00124ad1 |
Great Khans | 0011989b |
Powder Gangers | 001558e6 |
NCR | 000f43de |
White Glove Society | 00116f16 |
How to use console commands in Fallout New Vegas
- Open Fallout New Vegas and load your save/character
- Press the tilde '~' key in the top left of your keyboard to bring up the console command window
- Enter any of the commands listed above, making sure to replace any blank amounts with your desired quality/ID code
- Press the enter key and the command should be activated - you will receive an error if something has been written wrong
Console commands do disable achievements in Fallout New Vegas, but you can download a mod from Nexus Mods user 'gibbed' that enables them once more.
Now that you're armed to explore the wasteland with the best console commands, check out our Fallout homepage for more news and guides, or see the full list of Starfield console commands if you want to do a little bit of intergalactic cheating too.