Skyrim Guides
How to open the console and use the most popular cheats in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Skyrim DLC Item Codes & the XX Load-Order Prefix
Why Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn form IDs start with XX, how to find the real first two digits for your game, and a tool to set your load-order prefix once and fill in every code on the site.
Read guideHow to Buy a House in Skyrim
Where to buy every player home in Skyrim — Breezehome, Honeyside, Vlindrel Hall, Hjerim and Proudspire Manor — what each costs, and the requirement to unlock it.
Read guideHow to Build a House in Skyrim (Hearthfire)
Buy a plot, gather quarried stone, clay and sawn logs, and build a Hearthfire homestead — Lakeview Manor, Windstad Manor or Heljarchen Hall — step by step.
Read guideHow to Become a Vampire in Skyrim
Catch Sanguinare Vampiris from a vampire, let it progress for three days to turn, and learn the four stages of vampirism, their powers and weaknesses.
Read guideHow to Cure Vampirism in Skyrim
Cure full vampirism by finding Falion in Morthal and filling a Black Soul Gem, or clear early Sanguinare Vampiris at a shrine — plus the console command fix.
Read guideHow to Become a Werewolf in Skyrim
Join the Companions and complete the Circle's ritual to gain Beast Form, what the werewolf perk tree does, and how to turn back or cure lycanthropy.
Read guideHow to Open the Console in Skyrim
Open the command console in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with the tilde (~) key on PC so you can enter cheat commands — and why using them disables Steam achievements.
Read guideSkyrim Item Codes: How to Add Items
Use the player.additem command with a Skyrim item code to spawn any weapon, armor, potion or ingredient straight into your inventory.
Read guideHow to Enable God Mode in Skyrim (tgm)
Turn on god mode in Skyrim with the tgm command for unlimited health, magicka, stamina and carry weight so nothing can kill or slow you down.
Read guideHow to Add Gold in Skyrim
Add gold instantly in Skyrim with player.additem 0000000F <amount> — the fast way to get rich without grinding for septims.
Read guideHow to Level Up & Boost Skills in Skyrim
Force a level-up with player.advlevel, grant skill XP with advskill, and set any skill to a level with player.setav in Skyrim.
Read guideHow to Add Perk Points in Skyrim
Grant perks directly with player.addperk and free up perk points by raising your skills with player.modav in Skyrim.
Read guideHow to Unlock Dragon Shouts in Skyrim
Unlock dragon shouts with addshout, teach individual words with player.teachword, and refill dragon souls with player.modav dragonsouls in Skyrim.
Read guideHow to Use No-Clip & Fly in Skyrim (tcl)
Toggle collision with the tcl command in Skyrim to walk through walls, escape stuck spots, and fly anywhere on the map.
Read guideKill, Resurrect & Disable NPCs in Skyrim
Click a target and use the kill, resurrect, disable and enable commands in Skyrim to remove enemies, revive the dead, or clean up bugged NPCs.
Read guideHow to Change Race & Appearance in Skyrim
Re-open the character creator at any time with the showracemenu command in Skyrim to change your race, face and appearance.
Read guideHow to Spawn NPCs in Skyrim (placeatme)
Spawn any creature, follower or enemy with player.placeatme <BaseID> in Skyrim, teleport NPCs to you with prid and moveto player, and clean up extras with disable and markfordelete.
Read guideHow to Start & Advance Quests in Skyrim (setstage)
Start, advance, complete or reset any Skyrim quest with setstage, sqs, completequest and resetquest, and teleport to the current objective with movetoqt.
Read guideSkyrim Alchemy: How to Brew Potions by Effect
Brew potions in Skyrim by combining ingredients that share an alchemical effect — use our effect pages to find every ingredient for an effect, then spawn them with player.additem.
Read guideHow to Teleport Anywhere in Skyrim (coc)
Teleport to any location in Skyrim with coc <CellID>, jump to the qasmoke test room, and warp across the world map with cow Tamriel <x> <y>.
Read guideHow to Add Spells in Skyrim (player.addspell)
Learn any spell instantly with player.addspell <SpellID> in Skyrim, grant every spell and shout with psb, and remove spells with player.removespell.
Read guideSkyrim Enchanting Console Commands
Console commands for enchanting in Skyrim — spawn soul gems with player.additem, fill them with grand souls, and grant spells with psb to power up your enchanting.
Read guideHow to Make a Health Potion in Skyrim
Make a Restore Health potion in Skyrim by combining two ingredients that share the Restore Health effect — Blue Mountain Flower, Wheat, Charred Skeever Hide, Imp Stool and more.
Read guideHow to Cure Disease in Skyrim
Cure disease in Skyrim with a Cure Disease potion (Charred Skeever Hide, Hawk Feathers, Mudcrab Chitin, Vampire Dust), at a shrine of any Divine, or with console commands.
Read guideFortify Enchanting Potion in Skyrim (the Crafting Loop)
Brew a Fortify Enchanting potion in Skyrim from Snowberries, Spriggan Sap, Hagraven Claw or Blue Butterfly Wing, and chain Alchemy, Enchanting and Smithing into the crafting loop.
Read guideSkyrim Alchemy Guide: How Alchemy Works
A complete Skyrim alchemy guide — how potions are made from ingredients that share an effect, how to level Alchemy fast, the Alchemy skill perks, and how to use the recipe finder.
Read guideSkyrim Dragon Locations (All Dragon Lairs)
Every dragon lair in Skyrim — Ancient's Ascent, Bonestrewn Crest, Shearpoint, Mount Anthor and more — each a word-wall and guaranteed dragon site, shown on the interactive map.
Read guideSkyrim Enchanting Guide
A complete Skyrim enchanting guide — disenchant items to learn effects, fill soul gems, use the Arcane Enchanter, level Enchanting, and stack the Fortify Enchanting potion loop.
Read guideBest Followers in Skyrim
The best followers in Skyrim ranked — the strongest, most useful companions, where to recruit each, and which are essential (unkillable). Plus how to spawn or teleport any follower with console commands.
Read guideSkyrim Soul Gems: How to Fill & Use Them
How soul gems work in Skyrim — the six sizes from Petty to Grand, what souls each holds, how to fill them with the Soul Trap spell, the Black Soul Gem for human souls, and every soul gem item code.
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