All Sons of the Forest cheats & how to use them

Wondering how to activate cheats in Sons of the Forest? Here’s a full list of all the cheats and how to activate them with console commands.

Sons of the Forest sees you fighting for survival on a mutant-infested island as you uncover the secrets of the game’s main story, which received a lot of new developments with the launch of the full game under the 1.0 update.

If you’re unfamiliar with survival experiences, the game can be very challenging, especially if you struggle to find better armor and weapons.

Those looking for a more fun experience, or just want to speed through the game, you may want to know how to use cheats in Sons of the Forest, as well as see a full list of them.

So, with that said, here’s a full list of all the Sons of the Forest cheats and how to use them.

• All cheats in Sons of the Forest
  • Player cheat commands
  • NPC cheat commands
  • Other cheat commands
• How to use cheats in Sons of the Forest

All cheats in Sons of the Forest

Here’s a full list of all the cheat commands and descriptions of what they do in Sons of the Forest:

Player cheat commands

Cheat command	Cheat description
addallitems	Gives player all items
additem [item name]	Adds an item of your choice (shotgun, chainsaw)
buffstats	Refills vitals
cavelight off	Turns off illumination
cavelight on	Lights area around you
createlight	Adds lightsource to world
forcerain heavy	Rainy weather
forcerain sunny	Sunny weather
godmode off	Deactivates god mode
godmode on	Activates god mode
instantbookbuild off	Turns off instant build cheat
instantbookbuild on	Builds anything selected from book
locktimeofday morning	Locks time of day to morning
regenhealth	Gives full health
removeallitems	Clears inventory
save	Saves the game
season autumn	Season change to autumn
season spring	Season change to spring
season summer	Season change to summer
season winter	Season change to winter
settimeofday [1-24]	Allows you to change time of day
settimeofday morning	Time changes to morning
settimeofday night	Time changes to night
showhud off	Turns off HUD
showhud on	Turns on HUD
spawnworldobject x	Spawns named item
speedyrun off	Turns fast run off
speedyrun on	Faster run
superjump off	Turns super jump off
superjump on	Gives you super jump

NPC cheat commands

Cheat command	Cheat description
addcharacter robby 1	Spawn another Kelvin
addvirginia	Spawn another Virginia
aigodmode on	Activates god mode for companions
aigodmode off	Deactivates god mode for companions
aighostplayer on	Activate god mode for companions
aighostplayer off	Enemies see you
aipause	AI freeze in place
aidisable	AI completely vanish
aishowthoughts on	Display AI paths/thoughts
killradius [number]	Kill everything in chosen range

Other cheat commands

Cheat Command	Cheat Description
addallbookpages	Adds all book pages to the player’s inventory
addallstoryitems	Gives the player all story-related items
additemswithtag	Adds items with a specific tag
addmemory	Adds a memory to the player
addprefab	Adds a prefab object
aiangerlevel	Adjusts AI anger level
aianimspeed	Adjusts AI animation speed
aiarmorlevel	Adjusts AI armor level
aiarmortier	Sets AI armor tier
aidodgetest	Tests AI dodge mechanic
aidummy	Creates an AI dummy
aiforcestrafe	Forces AI to strafe
aijumpdebug	Debugs AI jumping
aiknockdowndisable	Disables AI knockdown
aimemoryadjust	Adjusts AI memory
aipoolstats	Shows AI pool statistics
airadar	Displays AI radar
airunworldevent	Runs a world event for AI
aishowanims	Shows AI animations
aishowdebug	Shows AI debug information
aishowdebugcamera	Shows AI debug camera
aishoweventmemory	Shows AI event memory
aishowhealth	Displays AI health
aishownavgraph	Shows AI navigation graph
aishowpaths	Displays AI paths
aishowplayerinfluences	Shows player influences on AI
aishowstats	Shows AI statistics
aishowsurvivalstats	Displays AI survival statistics
aistatadjust	Adjusts AI statistics
aistructurelog	Logs AI structures
aitestsleep	Tests AI sleep
aithought	Adds an AI thought
aithoughtnocooldown	Adds AI thoughts without cooldown
aivailstats	Displays AI visibility statistics
aiverboselog	Enables verbose AI logging
aivillageclosest	Finds the closest AI village
aiworldeventstats	Shows AI world event statistics
aiworldstats	Displays AI world statistics
aizonestats	Shows AI zone statistics
allowasync	Allows asynchronous operations
ammohack	Unlimited ammo
animallimitmult	Multiplies animal limit
animalsenabled	Toggles animal spawns
animstatesgui	Displays animation states GUI
anisoenabled	Toggles anisotropic filtering
Anisominmax	Sets anisotropic filtering min/max
applydefaultmaterials	Applies default materials
areashadow	Toggles area shadows
astar	Toggles A* pathfinding
audio2dtest	Tests 2D audio
audiodebug	Toggles audio debug
audiodebugstates	Shows audio debug states
audiodescription	Shows audio descriptions
audioparameter	Adjusts audio parameters
audioplayevent	Plays an audio event
billboardenabled	Toggles billboard rendering
billboardignorechanges	Ignores billboard changes
blockplayerfinaldeath	Blocks player’s final death
breakobjects	Breaks objects
buildermode	Toggles builder mode
buildhack	Enables building hack
cameradiss	Adjusts camera dissipation
camerafov	Adjusts camera field of view
capsulemode	Toggles capsule mode
characterlods	Adjusts character LODs
checkattachedentities	Checks attached entities
checkexitmenu	Checks exit menu
checkfrozenentities	Checks frozen entities
clear	Clears the console
clearallsettings	Resets all settings to default
clearaudioparameters	Clears all audio parameters
clearbushradius	Clears vegetation in a specified radius
clearmidactionflag	Clears mid-action flags for player actions
cloudenable	Toggles cloud rendering
cloudfactor	Adjusts cloud rendering factor
cloudshadowsenable	Toggles cloud shadow rendering
combatteststart	Starts a combat

How to use cheats in Sons of the Forest: How to open console command

You’ll need to use the console commands in Sons of the Forest in order to activate cheats. You can do this by following these steps:

1. Load your Sons of the Forest save file.
2. Once in the game, stand still and type “cheatstick” on your keyboard.
3. Next, press F1.
4. The console command will now be open, and you can input any of the cheats above to use in-game.

Well, there you have it, that was every cheat command in Sons of the Forest as well as how to open the console command to input and use them.

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