The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an adventure developed by Bethesda Game Studios, released 10 November 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 73 cheat codes for it.
What The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an adventure game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2011. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Creation Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Empire of Tamriel is on the edge. The High King of Skyrim has been murdered. Alliances form as claims to the throne are made. In the midst of this conflict, a far more dangerous, ancient evil is awakened. Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned to Tamriel. The future of Skyrim, even the Empire itself, hangs in the balance as they wait for the prophesized Dragonborn to come; a hero born with the power of The Voice, and the only one who can stand amongst the dragons.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 75 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the The Elder Scrolls series
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the 14th of 62 entries we hold in the The Elder Scrolls series. It arrived 4 years after The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition. The next entry was Minecraft: Dragonborn Mash-up in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition at 90.
How it was received
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 4,365 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 109.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 201.1 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor, 2GB System RAM and Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim launched on 10 November 2011, within three weeks of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition, Battlefield 3 and Assassin's Creed Revelations. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition, Battlefield 3, Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 73 cheat entries for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — 72 console commands and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim cheat codes
God Mode
Toggles god mode: infinite health, magicka and stamina, no damage, unlimited arrows
Press ~ (tilde) to open the console, type "tgm", press Enter
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Immortal Mode
Immortal mode: you still take damage but your health cannot drop to zero and kill you
Press ~ to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Console use can disable achievements for the session — save before experimenting
Add Gold
Adds 100,000 gold to your inventory
Press ~, type "player.additem 0000000f 100000", press Enter
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Add lockpicks
Adds 100 lockpicks.
Press ` and type the command.
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