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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints
Editing Your Character
To change the various attributes of your character, you can use "player.setav" to set new values for them. You can set your health, magicka, fatigue, attributes, skills, and some other things this way.
Here are some examples. Note that you don't type in the double-hyphen comments.
player.setav health 88000 -- gives you a vast amount of health player.setav strength 200 -- sets your Strength attribute to 200 player.setav armorer 100 -- sets your Armorer skill to 100 The "player.modav" command can be used to temporarily take away health, magicka, fatigue, attribute points, and skill points. It can also restore them. However, it can't be used to increase anything beyond its normal value.
player.modav health -50 -- take 50 away from current health (but not max) player.modav strength -5 -- drain Strength attribute by 5 points player.modav strength 10 -- restore up to 10 drained Strength points player.modav handtohand 100 -- restore up to 100 drained Hand to Hand skill points NOTES: The highest value possible for any attribute or skill is 255, though most skills won't benefit at all from values over 100. Only Athletics and Acrobatics do, and the benefits are minor. You won't get skill perks by using the "player.modav" command, so if you want those, use the "advskill" command instead. For instance, to raise your Mercantile skill from 17 to 100 and get all four skill perks, use this command: advskill mercantile 83.
Below are some other parameters you can use with the "player.setav" command. Since you can't view the values of these things in the game, use the "player.getav" command to see the current values (as in: player.getav resistmagic).
* resistmagic # - your innate magic resistance * spellreflectchance # - percentage chance of reflecting spells * spellabsorbchance # - percentage chance of absorbing spells * reflectdamage # - percentage of physical melee damage reflected * chameleon # - raise this to make you naturally hard to see * attackbonus # - higher numbers make it easier for you to hit while attacking * defendbonus # - sets a kind of natural AC * magickamultiplier # - the higher this number, the higher your max magicka * waterbreathing # - set to 1 to be able to breathe underwater (0 disables) Here are some other commands that you can use to modify your character.
* advlevel - allows you to level up once via the standard level-up screen * setpcfame # - set your Fame value to # * setpcinfamy # - set your Infamy value to # * player.setcrimegold # - sets your bounty (use a 0 to erase it) * player.setlevel # - set your character's level to # * psb - get all the spells in the game * player.addspell # - add a spell or spell effect using its form number * player.removespell # - remove the spell or spell effect using its form number The "player.addspell" command is mainly useful for giving yourself neat constant effects, some of which are in the list below.
