Quake – Cheat Codes (Console Commands)

Quake, one of the pioneering first-person shooters, offers various console commands in order to improve your gaming experience. Dive into God mode, traverse through walls, or instantly access any level with easy-to-use commands. From mastering the arsenal with weapon codes to altering gameplay physics, these Quake – Cheat Codes (Console Commands) provide a tailored experience.

So, if you want to get all weapons or jump straight to the infamous ‘Shub-Niggurath’s Pit’, this blog will help you out as it has covered it all. To understand it better, make sure to check out the official Quake Wiki for more information.

How to Enable Console in Quake?

In order to enable the console in Quake, just press the ~ [Tilde] key and then type the command you want from the following list.

Quake Console Commands

god – God mode
noclip – Move through walls
fly – Fly mode
impulse 9 – All weapons and items
impulse 11 – Get the first rune (use again to get all four runes)
impulse -1 – Turn on quad damage
notarget – Enemies become blind
kill – Restart level
give weapons – All weapons
give ammo – Ammo for all weapons
give all – All items

Gameplay

sv_friction [num] – Friction while moving on surfaces
cl_forwardspeed [num] – Player movement speed
sv_maxspeed [num] – Maximum player movement speed
cl_sidespeed [num] – Player strafe movement speed
sv_stopspeed [num] – Player stopping speed
sv_gravity [num] – Gravity value
cl_rollangle [num] – Camera angle when strafing

Weapons

give 1 – Axe
give 2 – Shotgun
give 3 – Super Shotgun
give 4 – Nail Gun
give 5 – Super Nail Gun
give 6 – Grenade Launcher
give 7 – Rocket Launcher
give 8 – Thunderbolt

Items

give armor shard – Armor Shard
give bodyarmor – Body Armor
give combat armor – Combat Armor
give commander’s head – Commander’s Head
give health – Health
give invulnerability – Invulnerability
give power cube – Power Cube
give power shield – Power Shield
give blue key – Blue Key
give red key – Red Key
give security pass – Security Pass
give slugs – Slugs

How to Access any Level in Quake?

In order to access any level in Quake, you better enter the map ID command, where the ID is any of the following.

start – The Introduction Level
e1m1 – The Slipgate Complex
e1m2 – Castle of the Damned
e1m3 – The Necropolis
e1m4 – The Grisly Grotto
e1m5 – Gloom Keep
e1m6 – The Door to Chthon
e1m7 – The House of Chthon
e1m8 – Ziggurat Vertigo (Hidden Level)
e2m1 – The Installation
e2m2 – The Ogre Citadel
e2m3 – The Crypt of Decay
e2m4 – The Ebon Fortress
e2m5 – The Wizard’s Manse
e2m6 – The Dismal Oubliette
e2m7 – The Underearth (Hidden Level)
e3m1 – Termination Central
e3m2 – The Vaults of Zin
e3m3 – The Tomb of Terror
e3m4 – Satan’s Dark Delight
e3m5 – The Wind Tunnels
e3m6 – Chambers of Torment
e3m7 – The Haunted Halls (Hidden Level)
e4m1 – The Sewage System
e4m2 – The Tower of Despair
e4m3 – The Elder God Shrine
e4m4 – The Palace of Hate
e4m5 – Hell’s Atrium
e4m6 – The Pain Maze
e4m7 – Azure Agony
e4m8 – The Nameless City (Hidden Level)
end – Shub-Niggurath’s Pit