Nomad Drive console commands are built into the game: press Ctrl + Q to open the developer console, no setup needed. This guide covers how to spawn items, which commands switch off achievements and the leaderboard, and the commands players are most likely to want.
Press Ctrl + Q in a game to open the developer console. Press it again to close it. You do not need a launch option, a mod or a special build.
world.listLoot to see the item keys, then world.spawnLoot followed by a key. The item appears where you are looking.world.listLoot, do not.| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open the console | Ctrl + Q, in any game. Source: The game files. |
| Commands | 307, each with a short note from the developers. Source: The game files. |
| Spawn items | world.listLoot, then world.spawnLoot with an item key. Source: The game files. |
| Achievements | Most commands switch them off for the rest of that game, for every player in it. Source: The game's code. |
| Commands that keep achievements | 151 of 307, the ones that only show information. Source: The game's code. |
| Leaderboard | A world where a console command was used no longer counts. Source: The game's text. |
Press Ctrl + Q while you are in a game. The console opens over the screen and takes your typing; press Ctrl + Q again to close it.
The console is part of the normal Early Access game. It is switched on in every build, so there is nothing to enable first. You do not need a Steam launch option such as -console; Ctrl + Q is all it takes.
Type a command and press Enter. Command names are written with a dot between the group and the command, such as time.setTimeOfDay, and any values go after a space.
Two commands do it.
world.listLoot to list every item you can spawn, one line per category, or world.listLoot with a category name to list one category with the items' names.world.spawnLoot and the key, for example world.spawnLoot Shovel. While you type, the game filters the list as you go and Tab completes the key.An item's key is its internal name with spaces removed, such as BottleWater or Shovel. You can also type the item's name as world.listLoot shows it, as long as only one item has that name; if several do, the console tells you which keys to use instead. The game's own names for items are on our items list.
Anything the game hands out as loot can be spawned this way, including furniture, tools, vehicle parts and the vehicles themselves. A spawned vehicle may come as a bare body that still needs its parts; we have not checked what it comes with. For blueprints there is a separate command, upgrade.spawnBlueprint, that takes ladder, roof_rack or motorcycle_holder and makes the matching blueprint from our blueprints guide.
Spawning an item switches achievements off for that game.
Most do. Running most developer console commands switches achievements off for everyone in that game, and it stays off for the rest of that game. The console says so when it happens: "Achievements are off for this session: '<command>' was run in this game."
The commands that do not switch achievements off are the ones that only show you something:
ach., graphics., display., ui., loc., net., network., mirror., audio., chat. and tips..world.listLoot, loot.perf and the save commands that only report: save.info, save.verify, save.backups, save.cloud.status, save.cloud.list and save.cloud.log.info, state, stats, list, status, log or history, for example journey.info or upgrade.state. The one exception is pry.state, which does switch achievements off.That leaves 151 commands that keep achievements and 156 that do not. Our achievements guide covers the achievements themselves.
The leaderboard works the same way for the whole world. Once a console command has been used in a world, the game shows: "This world no longer counts for the leaderboard because a console command was used in it."
These are the commands most players will want. The notes follow the developers' own notes in the game files. Commands the notes mark as host-only work for the host of a co-op game.
| Command | What it does | Keeps achievements |
|---|---|---|
world.listLoot | Lists every item key you can spawn, or one category with names | Yes |
world.spawnLoot key | Spawns an item where you are looking | No |
upgrade.spawnBlueprint upgradeId | Spawns a Ladder, Roof Rack or Motorcycle Holder blueprint (host) | No |
time.setTimeOfDay value | Sets the time of day; 12.5 means 12:30 PM | No |
time.forwardSmoothly hours speed | Moves time forward by a number of hours | No |
weather.set weatherName | Sets the weather for every player and holds it; Tab lists the weather names | No |
weather.auto | Ends a weather set with weather.set and returns to normal weather | No |
player.setNutrition value | Sets your food level | No |
player.setHydration value | Sets your water level | No |
player.setEnergy value | Sets your energy level | No |
player.healDamage value | Heals damage | No |
player.setStrong value | With true, carrying heavy items no longer slows you down | No |
vehicle.fuel litres | Sets the fuel in the nearest vehicle's tank (host) | No |
vehicle.engineCondition percent | Sets the condition of the nearest vehicle's engine (host) | No |
save.now | Saves the game now, like Save in the pause menu (host) | No |
journey.info | Shows how far you are from the start and your best distance | Yes |
radio.openFolder | Opens the folder the radio reads your own music from | No |
radio.rescan | Reloads that music folder | No |
Nomad Drive has 307 console commands in 63 groups. Most are tools the developers use to test the game: physics switches, network checks, performance counters and drawing helpers. The largest groups are:
| Group | Commands | Mostly for |
|---|---|---|
vehicle. | 40 | Vehicle physics, collisions and test setups |
camera. | 16 | Camera testing |
player. | 14 | Your stats and movement |
graphics. | 13 | Graphics settings and hardware checks |
smoking. | 13 | Cigarettes |
save. | 12 | Saving, backups and cloud saves |
weather. | 12 | Weather and lightning |
audio. | 10 | Sound levels and devices |
The other 55 groups have eight commands or fewer each, among them world., unstuck., upgrade., time., radio. and plate. for license plates. Four achievement commands, ach.unlock, ach.stat, ach.clear and ach.reset, only work in the developers' own builds.
player.setNutrition mean, what a spawned vehicle comes with, and how host-only commands behave when another player types them.For mods and other ways to change the game, see our Nomad Drive mods page. For the rest of the game, start at our Nomad Drive guide hub.
Not as cheat codes, but the game has a built-in developer console. Press Ctrl + Q to open it; its commands can spawn items, set the time and weather and refill your stats. Most of them switch off achievements for that game. Nomad Drive cheats in the sense of trainers or mod menus are third-party tools, not part of the game.
No. The console is part of the game and opens with Ctrl + Q in any game.
Most do, for the rest of that game and for every player in it. Commands that only show information, such as world.listLoot, do not.
Yes. Any player can open the console, but one player's command switches achievements off for everyone, and the developers' notes mark some commands, such as vehicle.fuel, as host-only.
Yes. world.spawnLoot can spawn any item the game hands out, including furniture and vehicles. A spawned vehicle may still need its parts.
No. A world where a console command was used no longer counts for the leaderboard.
Nomad Drive is on PC through Steam. Our release date and platforms page covers console versions.
Sources and version history for this guide: Nomad Drive sources and versions.
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