Looking for cheats in Sons of the Forest? You can use console commands to activate divine mode, obtain all in-game items, change the time of day or weather, teleport across the map, or even spawn an army of helpful Kelvins (opens in new tab) to build your cabin faster. And here’s more good news: it’s very easy to access a debug console for the early access survival game that will allow you to do all that and more.
To enable cheats in Sons of the Forest, you’ll need some mods that you can find on Thunderstore, a popular repository of mods for games like Valheim, Boneworks, and now Sons of the Forest. First you will want to install the Thunderstore Mod Manager (opens in new tab)and then use it to install BepInExPack IL2CPP (opens in new tab) and the Children of the Forest mod DebugConsole (opens in new tab).
Once installed, launch Sons of the Forest by choosing the “Modded” option in the upper right corner of the Thunderstore interface. It may take a while to load if this is your first time starting the game this way, but after that first time it should load much faster.
After Sons of the Forest launches, start a new game or load a saved game. Once you’re in the game, press F1 to open debug console. In the upper left corner of the screen, you will see the console field for entering 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 all of them yet and we’re still not sure what many of them do, so be sure to back up your game saves 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
| divine mode activated | Toggles god mode. Type ‘godmode off’ to disable |
| survival on/off | Turns survival needs on and off |
| add all items | Give yourself all game items |
| go to (xyz) | Teleport to map coordinates (ie: 110 -80 -900) |
| showhud on/off | Enables and disables the HUD |
| settimeofday (1-24) | Change the time of day |
| heavy rain force | Change the weather to rain |
| sunny forcerain | Change the weather to sunny |
| to save | Save your game without a shelter |
NPC/Enemy Cheats
NPC/Enemy Cheats
| add character robby 1 | Generate an extra Kelvin |
| addvirginia | Generate an extra Virginia |
| aighhostplayer on/off | Enemies ignore you |
| break | AI entities (including friends) freeze in place |
| helpful | AI entities (including friends) completely disappear |
additional cheats
other tricks
Here are the rest of the console commands you can use in the debug console mod, although we haven’t tested most of them yet. Some may require a number after them to work, others may require an on/off instruction after them. Be careful when using them and remember to back up your saved games.
add all book pages
ammunition
animallimitmult
qualified animals
add all items
add all story items
animastatesgui
add character
aniso enabled
add memory
addprefab
melee debugplayer
demo mode
to destroy
destroy free form structure
destroyragdoll
destroy joker
add item
additemswithtag
Anisominmax
apply standard materials
area shadow
a star
audio2dtest
audio debugging
audio debug states
audio description
diagrenderers
digging clear
disable component
disable game object tester
deactivate
deactivategowildcard
disable scene
addvirginia
aiangerlevel
aianimspeed
aiarmorlevel
aiarmortier
helpful
help test
helper
Air Force
aighhostplayer
aigodmode
aijumpdebug
aiknockdowndisable
memoryadjust
break
aipoolstats
airadar
airunworldevent
aisshowanims
aishowdebug
aishowdebugcamera
aisshoweventmemory
aisshowhealth
aisshownavgraph
aishowpaths
aishowplayer influences
aisshowstats
aishowsurvivalstats
aishowthoughts
aistata adjust
air structure record
aitestsleep
A thought
audio parameter
audio play event
billboard activated
billboardignorechanges
ultimate death lock player
break objects
buffstats
builder mode
buildhack
cameradiss
camerafov
capsule mode
cave light
charlods
verify attached identities
checkexitmenu
check frozen entities
Of course
clear all settings
clear audio parameters
clearbushradius
clearmidactionflag
enable cloud factor in cloud
cloudshadowenable
start of combat test
tell
countwithlayer
countlinkedstructures
counter
create light
a thought without cooling
availability statistics
aiverboselog
spooky village
nearest village
aiworldeventstats
aiworldstats
aizonestats
allow sync
player disconnected
disconnect players
dismemberradius
dumplobbyinfo
duplicate object
dynamic resolution cycle test
dynamic resolution override
dynamic resolution target
enable cheats
enable collision based killbox
activate component
enable
allows scene
enable ghoststructure
power hack
exportlinkedstructurestojson
set exposure speed
audio filter
findobjectswithshader
firstlookforce
follow
keep still
footstepdebug
force cloud
forcecloudprofile
force the player’s expression
force rain
forceremovetrees
free camera
gain strength
game delay time
vibration test
to save
save player
season
send message to
set currentday
divine way go to
gotocoords
gotoforce
logshownone
logshowwarnings
logtextures
virtual log
gototag
gotozone
mipmapstreaming
mipmapstreamingbudget
gravity
heallocalplayer
mipmapstreamingdiscard
set difficulty mode
mousexsensitivity
sexextedendgame
mouse sensitivity
set game mode
navgraphforceupdate
help
hideworldposfor
grab generate built
green rocks collision
hitlocalplayer
ignition ray
importlinkedstructuresfromfile
inspect
instant book creation
respawn here
invert look
invisible
netanimator
net bones
netspawnplayer
abramacrospasta
outputsnappointstofile
physics update time
playcutscene
play death scene
play death marker
playdeathmarkerindex
join the steam lobby
playeranimparams
jumptimeofday
playerdebugcamera
kickplayers
killlocalplayer
killradius
knockdownlocalplayer
lightning strike chance
lightninghittreemmustbeinfrontplayer
lightning range
list active entities
list death markers
list of items
listwithlayer
listitemswithtags
listobjects
load macros
loaddebugconsolemod
loadplayer
loading scene
loads scenes single
locktimeofday
loddebug billboards
loddebugmaterials
loddebugranges
lodforce2ddistance
lodforce3ddistance
player interrupt keys
playernetanimator
player visibility
playgameover
post-processing component
sample profile
profiler snapshot
quality texture
radiodebug
refill containers
Juices
regenerated health
remove all items
remove all history items
cable removed
remove item
remove live
removeshader
renderspheres
replace shader
report bugs
logsnowreport
report snow warnings
resetinputaxes
reset settings
revivelocalplayer
gamepad dead zone
gamepadxsensitivity
damage debug
gamepad sensitivity
logging
damage free form structure
gccollect
loghack
death count
getgamemode
logshowerrrors
robbycarry
getlayerculldistance
logshowinfo
debugplayerhitlog
robbyincutscenes
set game setting setting
set game speed
setinventorypercent
setlayerculldistance setlookrotation
setopeningcrash
setplayerrace
set property
settings
set speaker mode
setstat
set strength level
appointment
set wind strength
setworldobjectstaterange
showactivelights
show butterfly info
show collision object names
showdebugzones
show fps
showhud
showinworldui
showmeshmaterialnames
showmeshobjectnames
showmeshtrianglecounts
show object location
show projectile tracks
show stimuli
showtriggercollision
show world objects
showui
showworldposfor
slapstick
generated object statistics
spawnfallingtree spawnitem
spawnpickup
spawnrenderspheres
spawnworldobject speedyrun
sprinttoggle
Super jump
survival
target frame rate
parallax terrain
terrain pixel error
terrain renderer
simple terrain rendering
earthly
landsdist
testeventmask
testingsamplefps
time of day connectiondebug
time of day
time scale
togglebeamdebug
toggle firedebug toggle fpsdisplay
toggle
togglegrabberdebug
togglegrabsfacedebug
toggle occlusion delete
toggle overlay
toggle player stats
toggle structureresistancedebug
switch visualdeb superstructure rooms
ug
togglevsync
switch work schedule
trailer3
tree felling simulate screw tree fallcontact information
tree occlusion bonus
treeradius treecutall
unloading scene
unload unused sets
unlock season