The Forest: How to Enable Cheats and Console Commands (2024)

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You love to play The Forest, but are sometimes annoyed by the eternal gathering of resources or by the dark caves? Or maybe you just want to focus on gathering and processing materials without being constantly attacked? No problem!

Things can often get frustrating in survival classic The Forest. Either there is a lack of logs, stones or other resources to further strengthen your base, or you are regularly overrun by cannibals and mutants before you have secured your camp sufficiently.

Conveniently, in-game, you can use some cheats and console commands to change the world around you or turn certain game mechanics on or off. In our guide, we show you all cheats and console commands in The Forest for PC and PlayStation.

Activate cheats in The Forest

In order to use cheats, all you have to do is go to The Forest's main menu and enter the appropriate cheat command on your keyboard. As a PlayStation player, you need a USB keyboard for this, which you have to connect to your console. Unlike some other games, The Forest on the PlayStation does not have its own cheats, only those that are also available for the PC version.

If you have typed in the corresponding cheat in the main menu and confirmed it with Enter, the cheat is activated.

All cheats in The Forest

Enable console commands in The Forest

In addition to the above cheats, you can enter numerous other commands through the game's command panel. These lead to visible changes in the game. To enter the commands, you have to go back to the main menu of The Forest and - as with the cheats - type in a command. Enter the word "developermodeon".

Once you've done that, you can always use the F1 key to open the console in the top left corner and use it to enter any console commands. If the console doesn't open, check your game settings to see if cheat input is enabled.

All console commands in The Forest

The following commands for the command console are only possible for the PC version of The Forest. Simply enter the appropriate command in the console and write "on" or "off" after it to activate or deactivate the respective effect:

• faststart on/off: The plane crash start sequence is skipped.
• godmode: The god mode is activated and you are immortal.
• buildermode on/off: All mutants and cannibals are deactivated. Instead, Godmode and Creativemode are activated. With this command, you can fully focus on exploring the island and building your base.
• cancelallghosts: All blueprints will be removed.
• buildallghost: All blueprints will be completed.
• addallitems: All game items (except story items) are added to your inventory.
• cavelight on/off: The brightness in the caves is greatly increased.
• buildhack on/off: Unlimited resources are at your disposal.
• survival on/off: You no longer need food and drink to survive.
• save: Saves your current game status.
• itemhack on/off: You cannot run out of any item in your inventory.
• addallstoryitems: You get all story items.
• killallenemies: All enemies are killed, but then spawn again.
• invisible on/off: You are invisible and can walk on water.
• speedyrun on/off: You run faster.
• forcerain sunny: The weather is always sunny.
• forcerain heavy: It's raining heavily.
• enemies on/off: All mutants and cannibals are disabled.
• cutdowntrees X: Number "X" of trees will be felled. You can also use "X%" to specify a specific percentage to be felled.
• cutgrass X: All grass within a radius of X will be removed.

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