Survival crafting is a genre that often encourages you to make your own fun. Whether by building a giant base, hunting mutants, or cutting down every tree on the island, Sons of the Forest can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. However, some of these activities might require more busy work than you’d like to engage in, or maybe you just want an army of Kelvins. For that sort of thing, there are console commands. In this guide, we’ll explain how to access the debug menu and provide a list of console commands for Sons of the Forest.
Accessing the Debug Menu
There are two methods of accessing the debug menu; one with a mod manager and one without. If you don’t intend on using any other mods, then you can simply type in “cheatstick” in the game to access the menu. The process for this is quite simple:
Load up a game in Sons of the Forest.
Accurately type in “cheatstick” (without the quotations).
Your character will move around and probably enter your inventory — this is normal.
Press F1 and the dbug menu should populate.
Note: There are some reports of certain keyboard language settings not working for the “cheatstick” method. If this happens to you, try switching your keyboard language to US English or use the mod manager approach below.
As for the second method, you’ll first need to install a mod that grants access to the debug menu. The easiest way to do this is by first installing the Thunderstore Mod Manager. In the mod manager, search Sons of the Forest and select it, then click “Get Mods”, select the DebugConsole mod, then click “Download with dependencies”. Once that finishes, you can click “Modded” in the upper right of the mod manager to launch the game with the mod active.
Note: It’s a good idea to either do this on a new save, or else make a copy of your save folder before opening a save with mods active. You can find your saves here: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves
In game, all you have to do is press F1 — this will bring up the Debug Console, allowing you to type in commands. You’ll also see all the available commands below where you type in the commands. Some require additional text in order to function, so we’ll go over how some of the key ones work in the next section.
It can be a bit overwhelming the first time you hit F1
When you initially press F1, you’ll be able to type commands into the prompt in the upper left. If you click somewhere on the screen, however, you won’t be in the prompt anymore. To type a command, or to close the console, you’ll need to first click where it says “load” next to the $> symbols in the upper left of the console. You can then type a command and hit enter, or press F1 again to exit the console.
Useful Console Commands
We’ve tested quite a few of the promising-sounding console commands, and have listed the useful ones below (plus some we found interesting). When something is in [brackets], it means you type something where the brackets go — don’t include the actual brackets in your commands. For example, you’d type “aighostplayer on” or “aighostplayer off” to turn on or off that specific command.
Note: These commands may have unexpected and unpredictable results. We recommend using them on a new save, and/or making a copy of your save file before messing around in the console.
Player & Inventory
addallitems – Puts every item in your inventory, including the maximum carriable of things like sticks and rocks
additem [item] – Adds a specific item. Items seem to be one word, so you’d type”additem shotgun”, “additem flashlight”, “additem canopener”, etc
aighostplayer [on/off] – Makes you invisible to enemies when activated
buffstats – Fills your hunger/thirst/rest meters
cavelight [on/off] – Generates a bright light around the player while active
energyhack [on/off] – When active, actions cost no stamina
godmode [on/off] – Makes you invincible and prevents basic need meters from decaying
instantbookbuild [on/off] – Lets you build anything in the book instantly by selecting it (this only works in the classic build section, where you select prefab structures)
regen health – Sets your health to 100%
removeallitems – Removes everything from your inventory except the tools from the Emergency Pack, keycards, the repair tool, and the can opener
setplayerrace [1-6] – Changes your character’s skin tone
setstrengthlevel [X] – Sets your character’s strength level to the indicated number
showhud [on/off] – Turns the HUD on and off
speedyrun [on/off] – Makes sprinting incredibly fast (make sure you’ve got godmode on if you don’t want to fly off a mountain and die)
superjump [on/off] – Makes your jump very high
AI (Companions & Enemies)
addcharacter robby [X] – Spawns X Kelvins in front of you (note that you must indicate a value of 1 or greater)
addvirginia – Spawns a Virginia in front of you
aianimspeed [X] – Changes AI animation speeds — you can put any number, including decimals, from 0 up.
aidisable [on] – Removes all AI characters in an unknown radius around you — off doesn’t seem to work, so don’t do this unless you’re sure you want to remove the AI around you, and possibly on the whole map, don’t use this command without saving your game first
aigodmode [on/off] – Turns god mode on and off for AI (companions and enemies)
aipause [on/off] – Freezes companions and enemies
aishowanims [on/off] – Shows AI animations (warning: this seems to make it impossible to re-open the console — cycling through the F-keys and retrying the console can help get it back, but try at your own risk)
aishowthoughts [on/off] – Shows AI thoughts (warning: this seems to make it impossible to re-open the console)
killradius [x] – Kills everything around you in the indicated radius
Environment & Miscellaneous
createlight – Spawns a bright light at the player’s location
forcerain [light/heavy/off] – Sets the rain level
gravity [X] – Changes the gravity. 0 appears to be standard, and negative numbers can also be used to bring yourself back down to earth if you go flying off.
locktimeofday [morning/noon/night] – Locks the time of day to the selected point
season [spring/summer/fall/winter] – Changes the season
settimeofday [1-24/morning/noon/night] – Changes the time of day
spawnobject [object] – Spawns an object in front of you
spawnworldobject [object] – Spawns an environmental object. So far we’ve only found tree, stick, and rock that work.
togglefpsdisplay – Turns the FPS counter on/off (this one also seems to break the console until you press all the F-keys a bunch, so you’re better off just using the Steam FPS counter)
All Console Commands
Below, you’ll find all the available console commands in Sons of the Forest. Many of them do useful things, while some are clearly there for the developers to debug and test the game, and likely won’t do anything particularly interesting for most players.
Note that many of the commands in the list below likely require additional parameters like “on” or “off”, or a number — if you’ve discovered a use for one of the commands, please let us know in the comments!
A
addallbookpages
addallitems
addallstoryitems
addcharacter
additem
additemswithtag
addmemory
addprefab
addvirginia
aiangerlevel
aianimspeed
aiarmorlevel
aiarmortier
aidisable
aidodgetest
aidummy
aiforcestrafe
aighostplayer
aigodmode
aijumpdebug
aiknockdowndisable
aimemoryadjust
aipause
aipoolstats
airadar
airunworldevent
aishowanims
aishowdebug
aishowdebugcamera
aishoweventmemory
aishowhealth
aihownavgraph
aishowpaths
aishowplayerinfluences
aishowstats
aishowsurvivalstats
aishowthoughts
aistatadjust
aistructurelog
aitestsleep
aithought
aithoughtnocooldown
aivailstats
aiverboselog
aivillageclosest
aiworldeventstats
aizonestats
allowasync
ammohack
animallimitmult
animalsenabled
animstatesgui
anisoenabled
anisominmax
applydefaultmaterials
areashadow
astar
audio2dtest
audiodebug
audiodebugstates
audiodescription
audioparametert
audioplayevent
B
billboardenabled
billboardignorechanges
blockplayerfinaldeath
breakobjects
buffstats
buildermode
buildhack
C
cameradlss
camerafov
capsulemode
cavelight
characterlods
checkattachedentities
checkexitmenu
checkfrozenentities
clear
clearallsettings
clearaudioparameters
clearbushradius
clearmidactionflag
cloudenable
cloudfactor
cloudshadowsenable
combatteststart
count
countgowithlayer
countlinkedstructures
counttag
createlight
creepyvillage
crouchtoggle
D
damagedebug
damagefreeformstructure
deathcount
debugplayerhitlog
debugplayermelee
demomode
destroy
destroyfreeformstructure
destroyragdoll
destroywildcard
diagrenderers
diggingclear
disablecomponent
disablegameobjecttester
disablego
disablegowildcard
disablescene
disconnectplayer
disconnectplayers
dismemberradius
dumplobbyinfo
duplicateobject
dynamicresolutioncycletest
dynamicresolutionoverride
dynamicresolutiontarget
E
enablecheats
enablecollisionbasedkillbox
enablecomponent
enablego
enablescene
enablestructureghosts
energyhack
exportlinkedstructurestojson
exposuresetspeed
F
filteraudio
findobjectswithshader
firstlookforce
follow
followstop
footstepdebug
forcecloud
forcecloudprofile
forceplayerexpression
forcerain
forceremovetrees
freecamera
G
gainstrength
gameoverdelaytime
gamepaddeadzone
gamepadxsensitivity
gamepadysensitivity
gcollect
getgamemode
getlayerculldistance
godmode
goto
gotocoords
gotoforce
gototag
gotozone
grabsgeneratebuilt
gravity
greebledrockscollision
H
heallocalplayer
help
hideworldposfor
hitlocalplayer
I
igniteradius
importlinkedstructuresfromfile
inspectgo
instantbookbuild
instantrespawnhere
invertlook
invisible
J
joinsteamlobby
jumptimeofday
K
kickplayers
killlocalplayer
killradius
knockdownlocalplayer
L
lightninghittreechance
lightninghittreemustbeinfrontofplayer
lightninginterval
listachievements
listactiveentities
listdeathmarkers
listgowithlayer
listitems
listitemswithtags
listobjects
loaddebugconsolemod
loadmacros
loadplayer
loadscene
loadscenesingle
locktimeofday
loddebugbillboards
loddebugmaterials
loddebugranges
lodforce2ddistance
lodforce3ddistance
logging
loghack
logshowererrors
logshowinfo
logshownone
logshowwarnings
logtextures
logvirtual
M
mipmapsstreaming
mipmapstreamingbudget
mipmaps
N
netanimator
netskinnedbones
netspawnplayer
O
openmacrosfolder
outputsnappointstofile
P
physicsupdatetime
playcutscene
playdeathcutscene
playdeathmarker
playdeathmarkerindex
playeranimparams
playerdebugcamera
playerinterruptkeys
playernetanimator
playervisbility
playgameover
postprocessingcomponent
profilersample
profilersnapshot
Q
qualitytexture
R
radiodebug
refillcontainers
refreshentities
regenhealth
removeallitems
removeallstoryitems
removedead
removeitem
removeliving
removeshader
renderspheres
replaceshader
reporterrorsnow
reportlogsnow
reportwarningsnow
resetachievement
resetallachievements
resetinputaxes
resetsettings
revivelocalplayer
robbycarry
robbyincutscenes
rumbletest
S
save
saveplayer
season
sendmessageto
setcurrentday
setdifficultymode
setexitedendgame
setgamemode
setgamesetupsetting
setgametimespeed
setinventorypercent
setlayerculldistance
setlookrotation
setopeningcrash
setplayerrace
setproperty
setsetting
setspeakermode
setstat
setstrengthlevel
settimeofday
setwindintensity
setworldobjectsstaterange
showactivelights
showbutterflyinfo
showcollisionobjectnames
showdebugzones
showfps
showhud
showinworldui
showmeshmaterialnames
showmeshobjectnames
showmeshtrianglecounts
showobjectlocation
showprojectiletrails
showstimuli
showtriggercollision
showui
showworldobjects
showworldposfor
slapchop
spawnedobjectstats
spawnfallingtree
spawnitem
spawnpickup
spawnrenderspheres
spawnworldobject
speedyrun
sprinttoggle
superjump
survival
T
targetframerate
terrainparallax
terrainpixelerror
terrainrender
terrainrendersimple
terraintess
terraintessdist
testeventmask
testingsamplefps
timeofdayconnectiondebug
timeofdaydebug
timescale
togglebeamdebug
togglefiredebug
togglefpsdisplay
togglego
togglegrabberdebug
togglegrabsfacedebug
toggleocclusionculling
toggleoverlay
toggleplayerstats
togglestructureresistancedebug
togglesuperstructureroomsvisualdebug
togglevsync
toggleworkscheduler
trailer3
treecutsimulatebolt
treefallcontactinfo
treeocclusionbonus
treeradius
treescutall
U
unloadscene
unloadunusedassets
unlockseason
userigidbodyrotation
V
veganmode
virginiagiveitem
virginiacutscenes
virginiasentiment
virginiavisit
vitalsshowdebug
vrfps
W
workscheduler
worldobjectenableall
wsscaling
We hope this guide on Sons of the Forest’s console was helpful! Please let us know if you’ve found any more useful commands by using the comments below.
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