The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Editing Your Character

• To change the various attributes of your character, you can use "player.setav" to set a new value for them. You can set your health, skills, and several other things this way.
  
  Here are some examples. Note that you don't type in the double-hyphen comments.
  
  player.setav health 8000    -- gives you a vast amount of health
  player.setav magicka 2222    -- gives you a bunch of magicka
  player.setav onehanded 20    -- sets your One-Handed skill's base value to 20 (bonuses may make it higher)
  
  The "player.modav" command can be used instead of "player.setav," and the results will be pretty much the same. The main difference is that you can use negative numbers to lower an attribute by a certain amount. (Note that values modded upwards will be printed in green, and values modded downwards will be printed in red.)
  
  player.modav health -40     -- subtract 40 from current and max health
  player.modav magicka -2    -- subtract 2 from your magicka
  player.modav onehanded -10     -- subtract up to 10 points from your One-Handed skill's base value
  
  NOTE: If you want to change your Archery skill, use the word "marksman." For the Speech skill, use "speechcraft."
  
  You can use "player.getav" to get the current value of something, though most things can also be checked in-game. Below are some more things you can use "player.setav" and "player.modav" with.
  
  * speedmult -- how much faster you run when sprinting (default 100)
  * magicresist -- your resist magic percentage
  * reflectdamage -- percentage of melee damage reflected back onto the attacker (you still take the damage)
  * carryweight -- the limit of how much weight you can carry
  * dragonsouls -- how many captured dragon souls you currently have
  * meleedamage -- base damage for your melee weapon attacks
  * unarmeddamage -- base damage for your unarmed attacks
  * critchance -- your percentage chance for a critical hit
  * poisonresist -- your resistance to poisons
  * fireresist -- your resistance to fire-based attacks
  * waterbreathing -- your ability to breathe underwater indefinitely (1 means you can, 0 means you can't)
  
  Here are some other commands that you can use to modify your character.
  
  * player.resethealth -- fully heals you (sets current health to max health)
  * advlevel -- adds one to your level without giving you an attribute boost or a perk point
  * player.setlevel # -- sets your level to # without affecting anything else
  * player.advskill $ # -- adds # points of progress to skill $ (note that raising skills this way gets you level-up credit)
  * psb -- gives you all spells, shouts, and powers
  * player.modscale # -- use a 1 to become a giant, and a -1 to return to normal size
  * showracemenu -- brings up a window that lets you change your character's race and name
  

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