Commands

Console Commands

238 / 238 commands

Press ~ or F3 to open the developer console, then type aa and press Enter to enable all commands.

Base Building

11 commands
autobuildbase

autobuilding =

baseflood

No description

bobthebuilder

Applies fastbuild, unlockall, nocost, fastgrow, fasthatch, radiation and gives Builder, Scanner, Knife, Repair Tool.

damagebase

No description

fastbuild

Removes build time for Habitat Builder structures (resources still required).

filterfast

Water Filtration Machines filter water almost instantly.

filtersalt

All Water Filtration Machines instantly produce Salt.

filterwater

All Water Filtration Machines instantly produce Large Filtered Water.

nocost

Toggles free crafting — removes all resource costs for Fabricator, Builder, Vehicle Bay, etc.

rebuildbase

No description

seal

Seals the currently active base compartment.

Blueprints & PDA

16 commands
ency
[verbose]

Unlocks a PDA encyclopedia entry. Use 'ency all' for everything.

firstuse

No description

goal
<pda|radio|encyclopedia><key>

Triggers a story goal (PDA message, radio signal, or encyclopedia entry).

lock
[TechType]

Locks (removes) a blueprint from your PDA.

logpendingitems

No description

noblueprints

Removes all unlocked blueprints.

pdaintro

Replays the PDA introduction sequence.

pdalog

Prints the PDA log to the console.

pendingitem

Could not find tech type for tech name =

precursorkeys

Unlocks all Precursor (Alien) Facility keys.

pulseradio

Sends a radio signal/message.

unlock
[TechType]

Unlocks a blueprint in your PDA.

unlockall

Unlocks all blueprints in the game.

unlockallbuildables

Unlocks all buildable items.

unlockdoors

Unlocks all doors.

unlockforced

Unlocked

Creatures & Flora

16 commands
debugcreatures

Toggles creature AI debugging.

fastgrow

Flora grows instantly after planting.

fasthatch

Creature eggs in Alien Containment hatch in seconds.

fastscan

Scanner scans almost instantly.

hatchingtime
[seconds]

Sets the time for eggs to hatch.

hellofish

Triggers a special fish greeting event.

killent

Kills all entities of the targeted type near you.

rotfood

Instantly rots all food items.

schoolfishai

No description

schoolfishrepulsedbyplayer

No description

schoolfishrepulsor

No description

seeall

Makes all entities visible on the map.

shark

Speed mult cheat =

sonic

Speed mult cheat =

spawnnearby

Spawns a creature near you.

spawnperf

No description

Debug & Misc

71 commands
abflip

No description

animculloff

animators were already ALWAYS ANIMATING. first one =

animstat

AlwaysAnimate set

bubbles

No description

buoyoff

No description

buoyon

No description

clearhistory

No description

commands

Console commands

cureplayergoaltrigger

Player Cure Goal Completed

dbbf

total water amt

dbc

No description

dblit

No description

dbregion

No valid region found at current cam pos

dbslots

No description

dcstats

dcstats.csv

debuginput

No description

debuginputhandlerstack

No description

debugquickslots

No description

debugrt

No description

debugsound

No description

debugstartmap

No description

disablepoolpurge

No description

drones

No description

dummy

clone

dumpgameobjectpool

No description

enablepoolpurge

No description

endsession

Ends the current play session.

entityslot
[density]

entreset

No description

entstats

No description

evdb

No description

evprof

No description

explodeforce

No description

farplane
[distance]

Sets the far clipping plane distance.

fishes

No description

gcc

No description

input2json

No description

inputoverrides2json

No description

language
<language>

Changes the game language.

lldetach

No description

lootprobability
[testCount]

No description

nearplane
[distance]

Sets the near clipping plane distance.

newsfeed

Invalid platform argument value. Valid values are

newsfeedreset

No description

nobubbles

No description

nohints

noHints cheat is now

notificationadd
[duration]

No description

notificationlist

No description

notificationremove

No description

octrees

VoxelandData's, total size =

osgui

No description

perf

BEGIN PERF STATS

resetachievements

No description

resetmotormode

Precursor Walk Mode Override Disabled

resstats

meshstats.csv

rib

Game Run in Background is now

rigids

Total RBs

savestartmap

Wrote startmap to "

scene

load in progress - wait

setwpcage

Setting creature age to

showresources

showresources =

spark

No description

stopwatch

Stopwatch

target

No description

techtype
[name]

Looks up the TechType ID for a translated item name.

testexception

This is a test exception

tools

No description

tooltipdebug

No description

trace

No description

translationkey
[string]

Looks up the localization key for a translated string.

vranim

VR animations enabled

Game Mode & Survival

23 commands
creative

Switches to Creative mode — no oxygen, food, water, or resource requirements.

crush
[depth]

Sets your character's crush depth (depth at which you take pressure damage).

cure
[radius]

Cures you and nearby creatures of the Kharaa Bacterium.

damage
[multiplier]

Sets your damage multiplier.

developermode

Toggles developer mode with additional debug options.

freedom

Switches to Freedom mode — no hunger or thirst, but oxygen still applies.

gamereset

Resets game state.

ghost

Toggles ghost mode — fly through terrain and objects freely.

hardcore

Switches to Hardcore mode — permadeath enabled.

infect
[amount]

Infects you and nearby creatures with the Kharaa Bacterium.

instagib

Toggles instagib — instant death for any damage.

invisible

Makes you invisible to all creatures — they will not attack or react to you.

kill

Kills your character instantly.

nitrogen

Toggles nitrogen/decompression sickness from deep diving.

nodamage

Toggles invincibility — you take no damage.

noenergy

Toggles power consumption off for vehicles, tools, and Seabases.

nopressure

Disables pressure/crush damage.

nosurvival

Toggles hunger and thirst requirements (Survival/Hardcore mode only).

oxygen

Toggles infinite oxygen — you no longer need air to survive.

playerinfection
[stage]

Sets your Kharaa infection stage (1-5; 5 = cured).

sandbox

Switches to Sandbox mode.

survival

Switches to Survival mode — standard gameplay with all requirements.

takedamage
[amount]

Deals a specified amount of damage to your character.

Graphics & Audio

30 commands
cambob

No description

camerabobbing

Toggles camera bobbing while moving.

camshake

Toggles camera shake effects.

debugmusic

No description

debugrendermode
[mode]

fog

Toggles underwater fog rendering.

fps

Toggles the FPS counter display.

interpolate

No description

limitshadows

Limits shadow quality to improve performance.

listambience

background

listmusic

music

nobloom

Disables bloom post-processing.

noshadows

Disables shadow rendering.

overdraw

No description

photoprofile

minimal

phototour

No description

recordtour

Recording phototour

shaderkw

No description

sizeref

Did not raycast anything

stopphototour

No description

stoprecording

No description

subtitles
[key]

Plays a subtitle entry.

targetframerate
[fps]

Sets the target frame rate.

togglefixedtimestep

No description

togglewaterfrustumcull

No description

togglewatershadowcast

No description

togglewatershadowrecieve

No description

vfx

cyclopssmoke

viewmodels

Listing all viewmodel layer objects with renderers

vsync

Toggles V-Sync.

Items & Spawning

18 commands
addlocked
[progress]

Adds a locked blueprint with optional progress.

charge

Fully charges your currently held tool.

clearinventory

Deletes everything in your inventory permanently.

collect

Collects all nearby pickupable items.

create

Could not find prefab with name

eggs

Spawns creature eggs.

equipment

Gives you all equipment items.

item
[amount]

Adds an item to your inventory.

madloot

Spawns 10 Glass, 10 Titanium, 5 Creepvine Samples, 4 Computer Chips, 3 Batteries.

magic

Magical effect (internal test command).

niceloot

Spawns a curated set of useful items.

pcannon

Equips and activates the Propulsion Cannon.

resizestorage
[width][height]

Resizes a storage container.

resourcesfor
[item]

Adds the crafting ingredients for an item to your inventory.

seaglide

Gives you a Seaglide.

shotgun

Gives you the debug shotgun weapon.

spawn
[name][amount]

Spawns an item, creature, or object in front of you.

spawnloot

Spawns a collection of basic resources (copper, silver, gold, quartz, etc.).

Story & Events

14 commands
countdownship

Starts the Aurora's dark matter reactor countdown (it will actually explode).

decontaminate

Removes the Kharaa infection from your character.

explodeship

Explodes the Aurora's dark matter reactor immediately.

fixleaks

Automatically fixes all radiation leaks on the Aurora.

forcerocketready

Prepares the Neptune Escape Rocket to launch without needing QEP disabled.

infectionreveal

Plays the animation where your character discovers they are infected.

ongoal

No description

playsunbeamfx

Plays the second half of the Sunbeam destruction event.

precursorgunaim

Triggers the Quarantine Enforcement Platform shooting down the Sunbeam.

radiation

Toggles radiation immunity — no radiation suit needed near the Aurora.

restoreship

Restores the Aurora to its pre-explosion state (radiation remains).

schedule

No description

startsunbeamstoryevent

Starts the Sunbeam story event, skipping the countdown.

sunbeamcountdownstart

Starts the Sunbeam countdown timer (40 minutes, shown top-right).

Teleport & Movement

15 commands
autopilot

Enables autopilot movement toward a target.

autopilotstop

Stops autopilot movement.

fastswim

Significantly increases swimming speed.

fly

Toggles fly mode.

freecam

Toggles a detached free camera.

goto
[location]

Teleports you to a named location.

gotofast

No description

gotospam

No description

gotostop

No description

randomstart

Teleports you to a random starting location.

speed
[multiplier]

Sets movement speed multiplier.

swimx

Speed mult cheat =

warp
[x][y][z]

Teleports you to specific coordinates.

warpforward

No description

warpme

Teleports you back to your last Seabase or Lifepod.

Vehicles

11 commands
attacksub

Commands creatures to attack the Cyclops.

cyclopsupgrades

Gives all Cyclops upgrades and modules.

damagesub

Deals 400 damage to all Cyclops submarines.

destroycyclops

Destroys all Cyclops submarines on the map.

exosuitarms

Gives the Prawn Suit every possible arm attachment.

exosuitupgrades

Gives all Prawn Suit upgrades and modules.

flood

Causes all Cyclops submarines on the map to start flooding.

restorecyclops

Restores all Cyclops submarines.

seamothupgrades

Gives all Seamoth upgrades and modules.

sub
[cyclops|aurora]

Spawns a submarine next to you.

vehicleupgrades

Gives all common vehicle upgrades.

World & Environment

13 commands
batch
[id]

Loads a specific streaming batch.

biome

Teleports you to a named biome.

chunk

world not ready yet

day

Sets the time to daytime.

daynight

No description

daynightspeed
[multiplier]

Sets the speed of the day/night cycle.

dig

No description

ecoevent

No description

ecostats

Dynamic rigidbody ents

erupt

Triggers a volcanic eruption event.

lavashell

No description

night

Sets the time to nighttime.

printbiome

Prints the name of the current biome to the console.