How to enable and use console commands in The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2 is upon us, improving substantially on the foundations laid by its predecessor, and coming close to Obsidian’s peak achievement, Fallout: New Vegas.

But, being an Obsidian game, and a first-person one at that, players are probably going to want to use a lot of mods and console commands.

However, the console does not come enabled by default in this game, so here’s how you can start using any command that you might need to enhance your experience.

The Outer Worlds 2 console commands and cheats guide

To use commands and cheats in The Outer Worlds 2, you’ll first have to enable the console itself, which requires an external mod. Thankfully, the mod is quite easy to set up, so here’s everything you’ll need to do:

• Go to the Console Enabler and BP ModLoader Nexus page.
• From the files, download SML and Console Enabler zip.
• Then, go to your The Outer Worlds 2 installation folder and navigate to Arkansas/Content/Paks.
• Create a folder called “~mods” in the Paks directory.
• Place all the files from the zip you’ve downloaded into the ~mods folder.
• Launch the game and press the tilde “~” key to open the console.

And that’s it, you’ve now enabled the developer console in The Outer Worlds 2.

To use console commands, simply navigate to the ~mods folder you’ve created and find the “Cheats” directory, which contains several text files that outline every console command that you can use. Keep in mind this console is a lot more technical than what you might be used to, so make sure to refer to the mod’s “How to read cheats” text file to equip yourself for understanding these commands.

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