Sons of the Forest cheats: How to spawn every item, including extra Kelvins

Several Kelvin characters in different outfits
(Image credit: Endnight Games)

Looking for cheats in Sons of the Forest? You can use console commands to turn on godmode, spawn every item in the game, change the time of day or the weather, run and jump like a superhero, or even enlist an army of helpful Kelvins to get your cabin built extra quickly. 

And here's more good news: It's pretty easy to access a debug console for the early access survival game that'll let you do all that and more.

How to enable cheats

How to enable Sons of the Forest cheats

To enable cheats in Sons of the Forest, you'll need a couple of mods you can find at Thunderstore, a popular mod repository for games like Valheim, Boneworks, and now Sons of the Forest. First you'll want to install the Thunderstore Mod Manager, and then use that to install BepInExPack IL2CPP and the Sons of the Forest DebugConsole mod.

Once installed, launch Sons of the Forest by choosing the "Modded" option on the top right of the Thunderstore interface. It may take a while to load if it's the first time you've launched the game this way, but after that first time it should load much more quickly.

Once Sons of the Forest has launched, start a new game or load a save. Once you're in the game, press F1 to bring up the debug console. In the top left corner of your screen, you'll see the console field to type commands. Press F1 again to close the console.

Below you'll find the commands we've tested, followed by a general list of commands discovered by the mod's creator, CallMeSlinky. We haven't tested them all and aren't sure what many of them do yet, so be sure to back up your saved games if you're worried about corrupting your save file. Your saved games should be located at:  C:\User\[UserName]\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves

Player cheats

Player cheats

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CommandIn-game effect
godmode onTurns on god mode
godmode offTurns off god mode
buffstatsRefills hunger, thirst, stamina
regenhealthRefills health
addallitemsGive yourself all items
removeallitemsRemoves most from inventory
additem [item name]Adds an item (ie: shovel, chainsaw)
spawnworldobject xSpawns item specified (ie: stick, rock)
instantbookbuild onBuilds anything selected from book
instantbookbuild offTurns off instant build cheat
showhud offTurns HUD off
showhud onTurns HUD on
superjump onLets you super jump
superjump offTurns off super jump
speedyrun onLets you run faster
speedyrun offTurns off fast run
cavelight onIlluminates area around you
cavelight offTurns off illumination around you
createlightAdds a lightsource to the world
settimeofday [1-24]Changes the time of day
settimeofday morningChanges time to early morning
settimeofday nightChanges time to night
locktimeofday morningTime remains morning
forcerain heavyChanges weather to rain
forcerain sunnyChanges weather to sunny
season summerChanges season to summer
season autumnChanges season to autumn
season winterChanges season to winter
season springChanges season to spring
saveSaves your game

NPC/Enemy cheats

NPC/enemy cheats

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CommandIn-game effect
addcharacter robby 1 Spawn an extra Kelvin
addvirginiaSpawn an extra Virginia
aigodmode onTurns on god mode for companions
aigodmode offTurns off god mode for companions
aighostplayer onEnemies ignore you
aighostplayer offEnemies see you
aipauseAI entities (including companions) freeze in place
aidisableAI entities (including companions) completely vanish
aishowthoughts onDisplay AI paths/thoughts
killradius [number]Kills everything within chosen range (ie, 10)

Additional cheats

Other cheats

Here are the rest of the console commands you can use in the debug console mod, though we haven't tested most of them yet. Some may require a number following them to work, others may require an on/off statement following them. Be careful when using them and remember to back up your saved games.

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Complete cheat list
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
aishownavgraph
aishowpaths
aishowplayerinfluences
aishowstats
aishowsurvivalstats
aishowthoughts
aistatadjust
aistructurelog
aitestsleep
aithought
aithoughtnocooldown
aivailstats
aiverboselog
aivillageclosest
aiworldeventstats
aiworldstats
aizonestats
allowasync
ammohack
animallimitmult
animalsenabled
animstatesgui
anisoenabled
Anisominmax
applydefaultmaterials
areashadow
astar
audio2dtest
audiodebug
audiodebugstates
audiodescription
audioparameter
audioplayevent
billboardenabled
billboardignorechanges
blockplayerfinaldeath
breakobjects
buffstats
buildermode
buildhack
cameradiss
camerafov
capsulemode
cavelight
characterlods
checkattachedentities
checkexitmenu
checkfrozenentities
clear
clearallsettings
clearaudioparameters
clearbushradius
clearmidactionflag
cloudenable cloudfactor
cloudshadowsenable
combatteststart
count
countgowithlayer
countlinkedstructures
counttag
createlight
creepyvillage
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
enablecheats
enablecollisionbasedkillbox
enablecomponent
enablego
enablescene
enablestructureghosts
energyhack
exportlinkedstructurestojson
exposuresetspeed
filteraudio
findobjectswithshader
firstlookforce
follow
followstop
footstepdebug
forcecloud
forcecloudprofile
forceplayerexpression
forcerain
forceremovetrees
freecamera
gainstrength
gameoverdelaytime
gamepaddeadzone
gamepadxsensitivity
gamepadysensitivity
gccollect
getgamemode
getlayerculldistance
godmode goto
gotocoords
gotoforce
gototag
gotozone
grabsgeneratebuilt
gravity
greebledrockscollision
heallocalplayer
help
hideworldposfor
hitlocalplayer
igniteradius
importlinkedstructuresfromfile
inspectgo
instantbookbuild
instantrespawnhere
invertlook
invisible
joinsteamlobby
jumptimeofday
kickplayers
killlocalplayer
killradius
knockdownlocalplayer
lightninghittreechance
lightninghittreemustbeinfrontplayer
lightninginterval
listactiveentities
listdeathmarkers
listgowithlayer
listitems
listitemswithtags
listobjects
loaddebugconsolemod
loadmacros
loadplayer
loadscene
loadscenesingle
locktimeofday
loddebugbillboards
loddebugmaterials
loddebugranges
lodforce2ddistance
lodforce3ddistance
logging
loghack
logshowerrors
logshowinfo
logshownone
logshowwarnings
logtextures
logvirtual
mipmapstreaming
mipmapstreamingbudget
mipmapstreamingdiscard
mousexsensitivity
mouseysensitivity
navgraphforceupdate
netanimator
netskinnedbones
netspawnplayer
openmacrosfolder outputsnappointstofile
physicsupdatetime
playcutscene
playdeathcutscene
playdeathmarker
playdeathmarkerindex
playeranimparams
playerdebugcamera
playerinterruptkeys
playernetanimator
playervisibility
playgameover
postprocessingcomponent
profilersample
profilersnapshot
qualitytexture
radiodebug
refillcontainers
refreshentities
regenhealth
removeallitems
removeallstoryitems
removedead
removeitem
removeliving
removeshader
renderspheres
replaceshader
Reporterrors
reportlogsnow
reportwarningsnow
resetinputaxes
resetsettings
revivelocalplayer
robbycarry
robbyincutscenes
rumbletest
save
saveplayer
season
sendmessageto
setcurrentday
setdifficultymode
setexitedendgame
setgamemode
setgamesetupsetting
setgametimespeed
setinventorypercent
setlayerculldistance
setlookrotation
setopeningcrash
setplayerrace
setproperty
setsetting
setspeakermode
setstat
setstrengthlevel
settimeofday
setwindintensity
setworldobjectstaterange
showactivelights
showbutterfly info
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
targetframerate
terrainparallax
terrainpixelerror
terrainrender
terrainrendersimple
terraintess
terraintessdist
testeventmask
testingsamplefps
timeofday
timeofdayconnectiondebug
timescale
togglebeamdebug
togglefiredebug
togglefpsdisplay
togglego
togglegrabberdebug
togglegrabsfacedebug
toggleocclusionculling
toggleoverlay
toggleplayerstats
togglestructureresistancedebug
togglesuperstructurerooms
togglevsync
toggleworkscheduler
trailer3
treecutsimulatebolt
treefallcontactinfo
treeocclusionbonus
treeradius treescutall
unloadscene
unloadunusedassets
unlockseason
visualdebug
Christopher Livingston
Staff Writer

Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.