Pillars of Eternity console commands — the full cheats list

How to enable Pillars of Eternity console commands

Pillars of Eternity ships with a developer console that doubles as the game's cheat layer. It is single-player only, so nothing you type here touches anyone else's game — it simply gives you the keys to respec a build, recover from a bug, spawn a missing item or replay the story with a twist. This page keeps the working Pillars of Eternity console commands in one searchable place and explains exactly how to enable them — the cheats list below is the whole set. Here is how to enable the console in three steps.

The cheats and commands you will reach for most

A handful of Pillars of Eternity console commands cover ninety percent of what players actually want, and these cheats are the ones most people keep on the list. God toggles invulnerability for the whole party — nothing can bring you down until you run it again. Invisible is its stealthy cousin: enemies stop noticing you, which is perfect for walking a fragile party past an ambush or reaching a locked room without a fight. Between the two, most "I just want to get past this" moments are solved.

For loot and economy, GiveItem is the workhorse. It adds any item by its internal name, and because the console autocompletes, you rarely need to know the exact spelling — start typing and pick from the suggestions. Pair it with GivePlayerMoney to top up your copper pands, and with FreeRecipesToggle when you would rather craft and enchant without hunting down ingredients. The item & money reference goes deeper on naming and examples.

Rebuilding a character mid-run

Regret a stat spread? AttributeScore "<Character>" <Attribute> <value> rewrites any of the six attributes — Might, Constitution, Dexterity, Perception, Intellect and Resolve — for a named party member. SkillScore does the same for Stealth, Athletics, Lore, Mechanics and Survival. Use the character's name exactly as it appears, wrapped in quotes. AddAbility and RemoveAbility let you hand out or strip talents and abilities, and AddExperience pushes the party up a level or several at once.

For anything the console makes awkward — reordering an inventory, fixing a companion the console cannot target cleanly, or editing a save you are not currently playing — the save & asset editor is the better tool. It reaches into the save file directly, so the exact attribute and skill names it expects are listed on the attribute & skill reference.

World, map and time

Exploration commands smooth out the busywork. NoFog clears the fog of war on the current map; UnlockAll opens every locked container and door in your immediate area without a Mechanics check; and Rest lets the party recover on the spot with no camping supplies. UnlockBestiary fills in creature entries so you can read full stats and lore, and AdvanceTimeByHour nudges the clock forward for shops that restock or events that only fire at certain times.

Pillars of Eternity vs Deadfire

Everything above is written for the first Pillars of Eternity. The sequel, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, keeps the same spirit but runs a different console: command names and arguments changed, and a few features moved around. If a command here does not respond in Deadfire, that is expected — treat the two games as separate command sets and rely on the in-console autocomplete to surface what Deadfire actually accepts. For the sequel specifically, see the dedicated Deadfire console commands page.

A worked example: rescuing a broken build

Say your main character was built around a stat spread that simply is not working, and you are twenty hours in. Here is the whole rescue, start to finish. Open the console with ~ and run iroll20s to enable commands. Respec the core stats with AttributeScore "Watcher" Might 18 and a line or two more for the attributes you want to shift, then adjust skills the same way with SkillScore. If the new build wants different gear, spawn it: GiveItem the weapon and armour that suit it, letting the console autocomplete the names. Top up for enchanting with GivePlayerMoney 5000, flip on FreeRecipesToggle, and craft what you need without hunting ingredients. Ten minutes of console work turns a dead-end save back into the character you meant to play — and if anything looks off, the backup you made first puts everything back.

Common mistakes to avoid

Three trip people up. First, forgetting iroll20s — without it the other commands simply do nothing, and it is easy to assume the console is broken. Second, mistyping a character's name: the name goes in quotes and must match exactly, so lean on autocomplete rather than memory. Third, expecting first-game commands to work in Deadfire — they are different games with different consoles. Get those three right and the rest is smooth.