Console Commands (Below Zero)

If you are looking for a specific command, do Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) + F and type the command you are looking for.

Warning! SAVE your game before using these commands! Using these commands might impair your Subnautica experience, and will disable achievements!

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Console Commands are a group of tools that adjust the player's experience outside the normal scope of the game. These commands can be used for debugging purposes, viewing partially implemented content, or simply for player enjoyment.

How to use

The console is an optional feature and is disabled by default. To activate it you need to press F3 and you'll see a checkbox ticked in the top left saying: "Disable Console". Press F8 to get a mouse cursor and uncheck the box to activate the console.

Once the console is enabled, press Enter, ~, Ø or Ö, depending on the keyboard, and type one of the commands below. Whenever you restart the game, you need to press one of the overlay keys first (e.g. F3) before pressing the console key.

It is recommended to close all overlays before typing a command, as entering a number does change the game settings on some overlays (e.g. on the F3 overlay).

Input box use

PC

• Pressing Enter, ~, Ø or Ö brings up an input box. This depends on country and keyboard layout.
• And press or .
  • This shows the previously entered commands.
  • Click Enter to select chosen commands

List of commands

Basics

[NAME]	Represents a variable text input that depends on the command.
[#]	Represents a number value of the player's choice.
[x] [y] [z]	Represent coordinates. [x] East & West [y] Altitude [z] North & South

General

item [NAME] [#]	Adds a specified amount of a certain item to the player's inventory. Example: item titanium 5 Will add 5 Titanium to the player's inventory. For items with spaces in their name (e.g. Stasis Rifle), make them one word (e.g. stasisrifle). A complete list of items can be found here.
clearinventory	Deletes everything in the Inventory.
spawn [NAME] [#]	Spawns a specified amount of a certain object in front of the player. Example: spawn hoopfish 5 Spawns 5 Hoopfish in front of the player.
filterwater	Causes every Water Filtration Machine on the map to instantly fabricate a Large Filtered Water.
filtersalt	Causes every Water Filtration Machine on the map to instantly fabricate Salt.
freeze	Freezes all small fish similarly to the Brinewing.
freezeplayer	Freezes the player similarly to the effect of the Brinewing.
hypnosison	Enables the Lily Paddler's hypnosis effect.
hypnosisoff	Disables the Lily Paddler's hypnosis effect.
vehicleupgrades	Gives the player every common vehicle module.
exosuitupgrades	Gives the player every Prawn Suit upgrade.
exosuitarms	Gives the player every Prawn Suit arm.
rotfood	Rots all the food in the player's inventory.
seatruckupgrades	Gives the player every Sea Truck upgrade.
spawnloot	Spawns some loot. Spawns: Quartz, Copper Ore, Content Magnesium, Salt Deposit, Gold and 4x Metal Salvage.
tools	Gives the player several tools.
madloot	Gives the player some loot and tools. Gives: Survival Knife, Habitat Builder, 3x Battery, 4x Computer Chip, 5x Creepvine Sample, 10x Titanium and 10x Glass.
niceloot	Gives the player an Ultra High Capacity Tank, one Metal Salvage, one Quartz, one Copper Ore, one Lead, one Mercury Ore, a Rebreather, a Reinforced Dive Suit, one Salt Deposit, one Gold, one Crystalline Sulfur, one Silver Ore, a Stasis Rifle, a Stillsuit, a Radiation Suit, a Compass, a Standard O₂ Tank, a Uraninite Crystal, one Cave Sulfur, one Kyanite, one Diamond, one Nickel Ore, one Lithium, one Table Coral Sample, one Ruby, one Coral Tube Sample, one Magnetite, and one Stalker Tooth.
precursorkeys	Gives the player one of each color precursor key, including the unused Red and White keys.
hatchingtime	Gives the player a Seaglide, three Ion Cubes, a Rebreather, Fins, a Lightweight High Capacity Tank, and Hatching Enzymes.
bobthebuilder	Enables: fastbuild unlockall nocost fastgrow fasthatch and adds a Habitat Builder, Scanner, Survival Knife and a Repair Tool to the player's inventory.
resourcesfor [NAME]	Provides resources for any specific craftable items. Example: resourcesfor knife Will give the player Silicone Rubber and Titanium.
ency [NAME]	Unlocks a specific data base entry. The entry name is case sensitive and requires exact spelling with no spaces. Example: ency hoopfish Will unlock the Hoopfish entry. Doing: ency all Will give the player all of the data bank entries, even ones not in the normal game yet.
damage [#]	Sets universal damage multiplier to player's choice.
takedamage [#]	Damages player's health % amount equal to value. Max health is 100%.
damagebase	Breaches all Seabases.
instagib	Toggles instagib mode, which allows to player to one-hit kill all killable creatures.
invisible	Creatures will ignore the player completely.
filterfast	Reduces the time Water Filtration Machines take to filter.
fastswim	Toggles fastswim mode, which allows you to gain a large speed boost while holding Left Shift.
fastscan	Reduces the scanning time when using the Scanner.
fastgrow	Plantable flora will grow within a few moments when placed in any type of planter.
fasthatch	Eggs will hatch within a few moments after being placed in an Alien Containment.
fastbuild	Allows the player to build modules in an instant of a second with the Habitat Builder. This is good to use together with "nocost" command.
noblueprints	Allows the player to play with all blueprints unlocked.
nocost	Toggles unlimited, free use of the Fabricator, Habitat Builder, Mobile Vehicle Bay, Vehicle Upgrade Console and Modification Station whether the player has the required items or not.
nodamage	Toggles damage.
noenergy	Toggles power usage for all vehicles, tools as well as the Seabases.
nohints	Toggles game hints.
nopressure	Toggles pressure effects on Seabases and Vehicles.
nosurvival	Disables the player's Food & Water requirements. Removes sustenance value on items. Only applicable for Survival and Hardcore modes.
oxygen	Gives the player an unlimited supply of oxygen. Warning: If used after Oxygen has reached 0, it won't save you from dying.
shotgun	Toggles shotgun mode, which allows the player to kill creatures by right clicking on them.
bubbles	Spawns several bubbles (air) around the player.
lavashell	Gives a Lava Lizard its lava shell.
goal [NAME] [NAME]	Triggers the desired Story Goal. Each type of Story Goal has a different effect but the names of specific goals are only found in the game files. There are four types of goals: PDA, Radio, Encyclopedia, and Story. To use the command, write the type of goal as the first parameter and the name of the story goal as the second parameter. Note that if the desired goal is not of the PDA type or is not recognized at all, typing it under the PDA type will simply show dialogue text containing the name. Usage: goal pda helloworld
seaglide	Spawns an unpowered Seaglide in front of the player.
hoverbikevariant1	Changes all spawned Snowfoxes to variant 1, meaning they have infinite boost and increased jump height. Functionally identical to hoverbikevariant2.
hoverbikevariant2	Changes all spawned Snowfoxes to variant 2, meaning they have infinite boost and increased jump height. Functionally identical to hoverbikevariant1.
skipintro	Kills the player, skipping the intro sequence and spawning them in the ice tunnel. If in Creative mode, also gives the player a Mobile Vehicle Bay, a Seaglide, a Survival Knife, a Flashlight, a Habitat Builder, a Stasis Rifle, a Propulsion Cannon and Fins.
startexchangerquest	Warps the player to the Exchanger Rocket and gives you a Repair Tool and two Coffee Americanos.
dig [#]	Removes all terrain around the player in a sphere with a diameter of # meters (max value: 100). This command puts a severe strain on the gameplay performance.
unlock [NAME]	Unlocks a specific blueprint. Example: unlock solarpanel Unlocks Solar Panels.
lock [NAME]	Locks a specific blueprint. Example: lock solarpanel Locks Solar Panels.
unlockall	Unlocks all blueprints.
unlockallbuildables	Unlocks every blueprint build by the Habitat Builder.
unlockdoors	Unlocks all doors in the Alien Bases. Does not apply for sealed doors which need to be cut with the Laser Cutter.
supplydrop [NAME]	Initiates a certain drop. Example: supplydrop briefing Initiates the supply drop that contains the Sector Zero briefing. Type supplydrop with no supply drop name for the following list: Supply Drops: drop_bioscannersupplydrop Contains the Bioscanner. droplifepod Drop a Drop Pod at Research Base Zero. precursorscan_level_1 Contains 2 Power Cells, 2 Disinfected Waters, and 2 First Aid Kits precursorscan_level_2 Contains 2 Ion Cubes and a Precursor Tether supplydropforbase Drops a Drop Pod in the Shallow Twisty Bridges. log_buildersupplydrop Contains the Habitat Builder. briefing-disabled Contains 1 Filtered Water. testdrop Drops a Drop Pod at Research Base Zero. testsupplydrop2 Contains 1 Power Cell. test3 Contains 9 Salt Deposits and 1 Nutrient Block.

Weather/Daytime

day	Sets time to day.
night	Sets time to night.
daynightspeed [#]	Sets the day/night cycle speed multiplier (default 1). A # of "2" would be a day/night cycle twice as fast (shorter day and shorter night). A float such as 0.1 will make the day/night cycle 10x slower.
accelweather [#]	Accelerates future weather event to the given number.
skiptime [#]	Skips a number of seconds. One day is equal to 1200 seconds.
daynight [#]	Sets the time of day. 0 and 1 are midnight, and 0.5 is noon. Numbers above or below 1 or 0 will be rounded down or up, respectively.
forcenextweather	Advances current weather to next one on the timeline.
forceweather [#]	Changes current weather to target weather ID. Currently non-functional.
lightning	Toggles lightning.
precipitation	Toggles rain.
resetweather	Re-rolls all weather for the next 24 in-game hours.
weather	Toggles weather.
weatherevent [NAME]	Sets the current weather to the given name. Weather Events: blizzard (Blizzard) calm (Calm weather) clearskies (Clear skies) cold (Cold weather) electricstorm (Electrical storm) hailstorm (Hail storm) heavyfog (Heavy fog) rain (Rain) lightsnow (Snow) snowstorm (Snowstorm)
wind	Toggles wind.

Technical

freedom creative survival hardcore	Changes game mode to chosen type.
cambob camerabobbing	Toggles camera bobbing.
camshake	Initates a camera shake.
cold	Toggles the effect of cold on the player. Currently disfunctional.
collect	Performs a garbage collection script.
debugcreatures dbc	Toggles the the creature debugger.
debughoverbike	Toggles the Snowfox debug menu. Only visible while riding a Snowfox.
debugmusic	Lists music currently playing, if one is playing. See listmusic command for more information.
farplane [#]	Changes your viewing distance. 1000 is default.
freecam	Allows you to freely leave your character and roam the terrain, even fly through solid objects. Use the command again to go back to your character. (WARNING: Very sensitive movements, cannot open menu or inventory while in freecam.) To manipulate freecam movement, use shift to accelerate. Pressing the numbers 1-5 also appears to change the speed at which you move using shift.
fog	Toggles in-game fog.
fps	Shows FPS.
ghost	Same as freecam, except player model is teleported to camera position when cancelled rather than vice versa. Very useful for making size references.
iceworm	Forces all spawned Ice Worms to start their ground-exit animation, wait a few seconds, and subsequently return into the ground.
interpolate	Toggles interpolation of player movement.
killvehicle	Changes all Sea Trucks and their modules' models to a pre-alpha render.
listambience	Lists all ambience files implemented in the game, as well as the biome ID they are associated with. Typing the command returns this list: lilly_pads (lilyPads*) sanctuary (TwistyBridges_InnerCave*) normal_cave (NormalCave*) ice_cave (IntroIceCave*) arctic_surface (arctic*) kelp_caves (arcticKelp*) kelp_background (kelpForest*) surface_generic_background (*) twisty_bridges (twistyBridges*)
listmusic	Lists all music files implemented in the game, as well as the biome ID they are associated with. Typing the command returns this list: arctic_background_music (arctic*) kelp_background_music (kelpForest*)
noshadows	Removes shadows. Game restart needed to re-apply.
pcannon	Gives all objects that can be picked up by the propulsion cannon a blue glow, similar to the effect while scanning an object. Also enables the noenergy command.
printbiome	Shows on screen what biome the player is currently in.
rib	Toggles background running for the game.
scene [NAME]	Loads a scene based on the NAME parameter. Currently known scene filenames are... Main
sizeref	Spawns the "Wasabi One" diver. Can be used as a size reference. Must be looking at terrain.
skiptrack	Ends the current playing track and moves onto the next.
speed [#]	Sets the game speed multiplier (default 1). A # of "2" would be 2x gameplay speed. A float such as 0.1 will slow gamespeed to 10%.
spikeyhunt	Forces all spawned Spike Traps into hunting mode.
spikeyrest	Forces all spawned Spike Traps into resting mode.
target	Toggles target debug.
techtype [NAME]	Prints the techtype for a given name. Example: techtype rock puncher Returns TechType for 'rock puncher' string is RockPuncher Can be useful for acquiring debug spawn commands. Note: if the command is successful, the given techtype will be placed into your clipboard.
vranim	Toggles VR animations.
vsync	Toggles VSync.

Teleports

biome [NAME]	Teleports the player to a specific Biome. Example: biome shallowtwistybridges Teleports the player to the Shallow Twisty Bridges. Type biome without a biome name to see the following list: Biomes: introarea (Research Base Zero) introicecave (ice cave leading to Alien Research Site Zero) shallowtwistybridges (Shallow Twisty Bridges) twistybridges (Twisty Bridges) lilypads (Lilypad Islands) crystalcave (Crystal Caves) deeppads (Deep Lilypads Cave) kelp (Arctic Kelp Forest) kelpcave (Arctic Kelp Caves) deeptwisty (Deep Twisty Bridges) thermalspires (Thermal Spires) purplevents (Purple Vents) treespires (Tree Spires) miningsite (Alterra Mining Site)
warp [x] [y] [z]	Warps the player to the coordinates of their choice. Example: warp 1 1 1
warpforward [#]	Warps the player forward by however many meters they desire
spawnnearby	Teleports the player half a meter in a random direction. Good for getting unstuck.
batch [x] [y] [z]	Warps the player to the centre of a batch of their choice. Batches do not use the same co-ordinate system as the warp command.
chunk [x] [y] [z]	Teleports the player to the chunk of their choice. Chunk -400 -400 -400 is the approximate middle of Sector Zero.
goto [NAME]	Teleports the player to a specific location. Example: goto rocket Teleports the player to the rocket at the top of the Rocket Island. Type goto with no location name to show see the following list: rocket (Exchanger Rocket launch pad) twistybridgesvalleyfloor (near the cave leading to the entrance to Sanctuary Zero) enzymesample (near the Sea Emperor Leviathan Juvenile in the Lilypad Islands) shieldbasecaveentrance (cave entrance leading to Alien Research Site Zero) shieldbase (entrance to Alien Research Site Zero) arcticspirescache (Arctic Spires Cache) crystalcache (Crystal Caves Cache) deeparcticcache (Methane Ice Caves Cache) fabricatorbase (Fabricator Base) sanctuary (Sanctuary Zero) rocketiceshelf (ice shelf near the Shallow Twisty Bridges) mtechsite1 (cargo area in the Deep Arctic) mtechsite2 (cargo area on an island near the Lilypad Islands) mtechsite3 (cargo area in the Deep Arctic) mbase (Marguerit Maida's Base) divesuit (Jo Jeffreys' divesuit) alterrabase1 (Research Base Omega) alterrabase2 (Research Base Cappa) alterratechsite1 (tech site in the Twisty Bridges) alterratechsite2 (Rocket Island dock) alterratechsite3 (tech site in the Arctic Spires) alterratechsite4 (tech site) tunnelexit (exit of the tunnel from Research Base Zero) basesupplydrop1 (first Drop Pod location) shieldbasetop (top of Alien Research Site Zero) radiotower (area between the Sparse Arctic and Arctic Kelp Forest) seatrucktest (trench in the Purple Vents) glacialbasin (Glacial Basin) hoverbikebase (Snowfox Base) spypenguintest (Spy Pengling test area in Glacial Basin) glacialbasinbridge (Large bridge in Glacial Basin) frozencreature (Frozen Leviathan) glacialbasinbunker (Jeffreys' Bunker) glacialbasinlargecave (Large cave in the Glacial Basin) glacialbasinjump (Ice ramp in Glacial Basin leading to Arctic Spires) glacialbasinstart (Above the slope leading to the Glacier) glacialbasindarkcave (Dark cave in the Glacial Basin) rocketarearockcave (Cave on the Rocket Island) spypenguintest2 (Spy Pengling test area 2) spypenguintest3 (Spy Pengling test area 3) spypenguintest4 (Spy Pengling test area 4) spypenguintest5 (Spy Pengling test area 5) spypenguintest6 (Spy Pengling test area 6) bigtreespire (Big Tree Spire) precursortechsite1 (Almanac Artifact in the Arctic Kelp Caves) precursortechsite2 (Almanac Artifact in the Purple Vents) precursortechsite3 (Almanac Artifact in the Arctic Kelp Caves) precursortechsite4 (Almanac Artifact in the Deep Twisty Bridges) precursortechsite5 (Almanac Artifact on the Rocket Island) precursortechsite6 (Almanac Artifact in the Tree Spires)
gotofast	Same as goto command, except teleports the player instead of moving them quickly.
gotospam	Teleports the player between two locations until the game is exited or the gotostop command is used.
gotostop	If the player has used gotospam, this stops the loop.
kill	Respawns the player instantly inside the lifepod. Useful as a "teleport" feature. Do NOT use on Hardcore game setting.