In this game codes possess a wide range of features. With its help, you can change your character’s abilities and interact with the game world, items and enemies of The Forest. Moreover cheats and console commands allow you to change the difficulty level, the weather etc.
Many of codes are switches, which means that if you enter the command again it would be turned off. Such commands are marked with the special sign in the table.
At the end of such cheats there is a special ending on or off. To switch off the code you should type the same command in The Forest with opposite value. For example, godmode on activates god mode, but godmode off switches this mode off.
Most of codes needs an activation of a special console. To activate the use of the console, you need to type the command developermodeon in the main menu screen of The Forest. After it you can load an existing game or start new one. Any notification that shows cheat mode is active is not provided.
After all the steps press F1 button while in The Forest, it will open a special console for codes input. You can also use an arrow keys to edit commands you've inputted.
| The code | Execution result |
|---|---|
| faststart on | Allows to use a quick start(skipping the plane crash) |
| save | Saves game wherever you are in the world |
| revealcavemap | Reveals all the map in The Forest - surface and dungeons |
| goto [location] | Instant teleportation to exact place. Learn more |
| cavelight on | Adds lighting in the caves. Like a daylight |
| survival off | Cheat code turns off your character needs in The Forest (food and water) |
| energyhack on | Turns on the infinite energy and stamina |
| godmode on | The God mod. Two previous commands and adds an immune to the damage |
| setstat [index] [number] | Allows you to tune exact characteristic. Can be used for: health, stamina, energy, sanity, fullness. The value should be from 0 to 100. Also there is a command in The Forest that boost all the characteristics to the maximal values |
| speedyrun on | Faster running. Be careful while using this, because if you move too fast, you can die |
| invisible on | Allows you to walk and work underwater. Turns off the swimming effects, the paint, the dirt and the dust can be washed off only by the rain |
| buildhack on | Cheat code turns on the creative mode in The Forest, where you can build without any resource limitation |
| buildermode on | The same command as the previous one but also turns the God mode on and turns off all the enemies |
| itemhack on | Turns on the unlimited consumables of theitems |
| addallitems | Adds all the existing items in The Forest, without plot items |
| addallstoryitems | Adds all the plot items such as keycard |
| additem [item] | Adda item with an ID to your inventory |
| spawnitem [item] | Cheat code spawns exact item in front of you in The Forest |
| removeitem [item] | Deletes all the copies of the item from your inventory |
| buildallghosts | Build all of your projects in The Forest |
| cancelallghosts | Removes all the subjects you’ve placed before |
| placebuiltobjects [building] | Places any building or subject near you. Learn more |
| killallenemies | Kill all your enemies that are in the game, but they can reborn. If you want to kill the warms you need to use a special console command killallworms. For the final boss there is a command killendboss |
| addclothingbyid [clothing] | Cheat code allows you to change the clothes to any selected in The Forest. Learn more |
| killclosestenemy | Instantly kills nearest enemy |
| knockdownclosestenemy | Knocks down your nearest enemy. Some of the enemies, for example creepy mutants, are insensitive to this |
| enemies off | Turns off all the enemies in The Forest |
| killallanimals | Kills all the animals, that are now in the game, but they can reborn |
| killclosestanimal | Instantly kills selected nearest animal |
| animals off | Cheat code turns off presence of all the animals (all the species) in The Forest |
| spawnanimal [Animal species] [number] | Spawns an animal of the exact species. If you need only one animal, it is not necessary to type a number. All the species: rabbit, lizard, deer, turtle, tortoise, raccoon, squirrel, boar, crocodile |
| terrainrender off | Turns off the visibility of the landscape. You can walk anyways |
| timescale [number] | Changes the speed of the game, where 0 – pause, 1 - normal speed, 2 and more – faster than normal. It is not recommended to change game speed into the very high values. To remove pause in The Forest, press Esc two times |
| gametimescale [nubmer] | Allows you to change cycle of the day and the night, change hunger, thirst, energy etc. This command is alike with the previous console command, but using this one is much safer |
| lightingtimeofdayoverride [daytime] | Sets the lighting into the selected one. Possible options: morning, noon, sunset, night or exact time (hour and minute, for example, 10:00). If it doesn’t work, use command lightingtimeofdayoverride on |
| allowsunshine off | Cheat code turns off effects of the sun and the fog. Can affect the range of visibility in The Forest |
| setdifficultymode [difficulty] | Changes the difficulty. Options: peaceful, normal, hard, hardsurvival |
| setgamemode [mode] | Sets the game mode. Variants: standard, creative, mod |
| checkday | Checks and displays what times of the day is it now in The Forest |
| advanceday | Rewinds time in the game one day ahead |
| setcurrentday [nubmer] | Sets current day. You can use any number |
| forcerain [weather] | Cheat code changes weather in The Forest to selected type. Variants: light, medium, heavy, cloud, sunny (first three types are rains of different strength) |
| cutdowntrees [number] | Cuts down indicated count of trees. It can be number or percent (for example cutdowntrees 10%) |
| cutgrass [number] | Cuts all the grass on the indicated radius around the player |
| growalldirtpiles | Fills the puddles in The Forest. It can be useful for camouflage |
| plantallgardens | Plants the beds, and then shows it’s count in the console |
| showgamestats | Shows current game’s statistics. Represents different aspects of most of the game elements. Such as: days, trees, enemies, animals, food, builldings, items, weapon, infections etc. |
| The button | Pressing result |
|---|---|
| F2 or ~ (tilde) | Shows or hides logs and technical status |
| F3 | Shows or hides power, athleticism, calories and weight statistics |
Such codes have limited opportunities. You should enter it before you start the game - enter combination in the main menu screen. Most of them turn off while you enter the command again.
| The code | Execution result |
|---|---|
| ironforest | Buildings cannot be destroyed (In the The Forest buildings) |
| meatmode | Makes impossible using console commands (cheats) |
| rawmeatmode | Turns off the final death mode. When the player dies, this save automatically deletes |
| regrowmode | After entering this code sleeping time will increase for 10%, from every cutted tree, only if it’s stumps are not destroyed |
| vegetarianmode | Enemies appear only in night time |
| veganmode | Enemies spawn only in caves |
| woodpaste | Deletes all the holes made by the cutter |
There are some extra opportunities. Let us show you some more codes and other ways of getting interesting advantages in The Forest.
There are a lot of interesting places in the game. Such as: caves, plot locations, items coordinates and many others. Cheats let you instantly teleportating in The Forest between places by using coordinates. Learn more.
The Forest gives players a wide range of useful items, up to a selicic gun, that makes game process much easier. Using codes gives you an opportunity of getting any of it. Learn more.
One of the important parts of the game is building. Usually players don’t want to spend a lot of time on this action, in this case they can use help of the cheats in The Forest. Moreover it opens a lot of different and unusual types of buildings. Learn more.
For many of the The Forest players appearance is really important. Though choice of the clothes is not wide enough, using a console commands will help you to find a good one from all the represented variants. Learn more.