Cheats & codes

Half-Life 2 Cheat Codes

Grouped by type and platform, each one labelled reported working or tested.

There are 78 cheat codes for Half-Life 2 across PC (Microsoft Windows). Each code below lists the exact button combination or console command, what it does, and whether using it disables achievements.

Verified 15 Oct 2026

Console commands

Adjust Viewmodel Size

Adjusts the size of the carried weapon model (default 54)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

All Weapons Full Ammo

Grants every Half-Life 2 weapon with full ammunition

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Buddha Mode

Damage still applies but your health can never drop below 1, so you can't die

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Change Level Keeping Inventory

Changes to the named level while carrying your current inventory, e.g. changelevel d1_trainstation_01

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Damage Player

Applies the given amount of damage to the player

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Display Crosshair

Displays the crosshair

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Draw Trigger Volumes

Draws game trigger volumes

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Enable Cheat Mode

Master switch that enables cheat commands; required before most of the entries below

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Enable Cheats

Activates cheat commands for the session.

Enable the developer console (Options → Keyboard → Advanced), press ~, type this first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Cheats disable Steam achievements while active.

Enable cheats first

Required before any other cheat command will be accepted.

Enable the console in Options → Keyboard → Advanced, press `, then type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Every command below is refused until this one has been entered.

Enable Mouse Look

Enables mouse look

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Enemies Ignore Player

Enemies stop treating you as a target and ignore you

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Enemies Ignore You

Enemies do not notice or attack you.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. May break scripted events.

Equip Spawned NPCs

Equips subsequently spawned NPCs with the named weapon, e.g. npc_create_equipment weapon_smg1

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Execute Console Script

Executes a console script file

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Freeze Enemy AI

Freezes all NPC movement and animations.

Open the console (~) and type the command; type again to re-enable.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. May break scripted events.

Freeze NPC AI

Freezes all NPC AI (on/off) so NPCs stand still and never engage; use ai_disable 0 to restore

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give .357 Magnum

Spawns the .357 Magnum for you.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Replace with other weapon_ IDs for other guns.

Give 9mm Pistol

Hands you the 9mm Pistol

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Alyx's Pistol

Hands you Alyx Vance's custom pistol

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Bugbait

Hands you the Bugbait (antlion pheromone pods)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Combine Stun Baton

Hands you the Combine Stun Baton

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Crossbow

Hands you the Crossbow

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Crowbar

Hands you the Crowbar

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Fragmentation Grenade

Hands you a Fragmentation Grenade

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Gravity Gun

Hands you the Gravity Gun (Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Grigori's Shotgun

Hands you Father Grigori's modified shotgun

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Health Vial

Spawns a small (10 HP) health vial

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give HEV Suit

Grants the HEV suit

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Large Health Kit

Spawns a large (25 HP) health kit

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give MP7 Submachine Gun

Hands you the MP7 Submachine Gun

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Overwatch Pulse Rifle

Hands you the Overwatch Pulse Rifle

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give RPG Launcher

Hands you the RPG launcher

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Shotgun

Hands you the 12-gauge Shotgun

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Give Weapon or Item

Spawns the named weapon/item entity, e.g. give weapon_physcannon

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Grunt-O-Matic

"Grunt-O-Matic" listed by cheat references (an old impulse test function)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Holster Weapon

Holsters your current weapon, removing the weapon model from view

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Infinite ammunition

Weapons never run out and never need reloading.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Infinite Suit Power

Unlimited sprint, flashlight and oxygen power.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Some guides list it as "infinite_aux_power".

Jump to a chapter

Loads any map by name.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Kill All NPCs

Kills all NPCs in the area.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. May break scripted events.

List Available Maps

Lists the available maps in the console

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Load Map

Immediately loads the named map, e.g. map d1_trainstation_01

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Moon Gravity

Lowers world gravity (default is 600).

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Reset with sv_gravity 600.

Never Die

Your health cannot drop below 1.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

No Clip

Fly through walls and objects.

Open the console (~) and type the command; type again to disable.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. You can fly outside the map.

Noclip

Toggles flight and wall-phasing so you can fly through geometry

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Set Gravity

Sets the gravity value (default 600; lower values float you upward)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Set View Angle

Sets the player's view angle

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Show FPS Counter

Shows or hides the FPS counter

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Skulls Effect

"Skulls" effect listed by cheat references (an old impulse test function)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Slow motion

Slows the whole game. Use 1 to return to normal speed.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Spawn a crowbar

Places the named weapon in your inventory.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Spawn Airboat

Spawns the airboat in front of you.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Alternative: ch_createairboat.

Spawn Airboat (Command)

Spawns the Airboat vehicle

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Alyx Vance

Spawns Alyx Vance

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Combine Soldier

Spawns an Overwatch Combine soldier

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Headcrab Zombie

Spawns a headcrab zombie

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Jeep

Spawns the scout car (jeep) in front of you.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Alternative: ch_createjeep.

Spawn NPC by Name

Spawns the named NPC entity, e.g. npc_create npc_alyx

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn NPC Facing Away

Spawns an NPC facing away from the player

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Scout Car (Command)

Spawns the scout car (Jeep) vehicle

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn Scout Jeep

Spawns the Jeep (the buggy scout car) at your position

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Spawn the gravity gun

Gives the zero-point energy field manipulator.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Super Gravity Gun

Upgrades the Gravity Gun to the Citadel super version.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Can glitch rollermines.

Supercharge Gravity Gun

Upgrades the Gravity Gun to its supercharged (blue) Citadel state

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Switch Camera View

Switches between third-person and first-person camera views

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Take damage but never die

Health drops to 1 and stops.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Teleport to Coordinates

Teleports the player to the given coordinates

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Toggle Developer Messages

Toggles developer messages in the console (2 is verbose)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Toggle Entity Picker

Toggles the entity picker/debug mode

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Toggle HUD

Shows or hides the HUD

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Toggle HUD (Alternate)

Shows or hides the HUD (alternate command)

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

Unlimited HEV Suit Aux Power

Gives unlimited HEV suit auxiliary power (sprint, flashlight, oxygen); sources disagree on the exact command name

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

sv_cheats 1 disables achievements

God Mode

You take no damage.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

No clipping

Fly through walls and geometry.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first. Type it again to turn it off.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

All Weapons and Ammo

Gives every weapon with full ammo.

Open the console (~) and type the command.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

Ignore enemies

Enemies stop noticing you.

Requires sv_cheats 1 first.

PC Reported working

Did this work for you?

A code stopped working after a patch? Tell us and we will retest it. Know one we are missing? Submit it here. What the tested badge means, and which codes carry it.

Tools for Half-Life 2 cheats

Why is my Half-Life 2 cheat not working?
Answer a few questions and get the specific reason, from our guides.
Search Half-Life 2 codes by effect
Type "money" or "god mode" and find the code, typos forgiven.
Build a console command for Half-Life 2
Change the amount, item or location and copy a checked line.
Test your controller and button sequences
See every button respond, and check a sequence press by press.

Quick answers

About Half-Life 2 cheats

How many cheats does Half-Life 2 have?

This page lists 78 for Half-Life 2, all of them console commands.

How do you enter cheats in Half-Life 2?

Enable the console in options, press ~, type sv_cheats 1 first. A few codes use a different method, shown beside each one.

Do cheats disable achievements in Half-Life 2?

56 of the 78 codes here carry a warning about achievements or trophies. The note reads: "sv_cheats 1 disables achievements."

Which platforms are these Half-Life 2 cheats for?

The codes on this page are listed for PC (78 codes). Where the game came out on other systems, the codes may differ there.

Are these Half-Life 2 cheats still working?

All 78 are marked "Reported working": each comes from a documented source, and none has been run by us yet. A code we test gets a dated "Tested" badge.