Updated: May 6, 2022 7:13 pm
Will Worrall
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Enable the Console
Dragon Age: Origins Useful Console Commands
Dragon Age: Origins Cheat Console Commands
More RPG Console Command Guides
Back in the Xbox 360 era, Dragon Age: Origins took RPG fans by storm. It was the latest iteration of the BioWare RPG style first seen in games like Knights of the Old Republic and refined in Mass Effect, and it bought a dark and corrupt world filled with magical racism and a lot of blood decals all over the place. The game is over a decade old at this point, yet it’s still pretty fun to revisit from time to time. Though, if you’re planning on doing so, you should consider using console commands.
Dragon Age: Origins console commands can help you to become the most powerful Grey Warden who ever lived, or make everyone around you love you unconditionally. Hell, you can even become a giant magical bowling ball and just destroy your enemies for 20 seconds. Read on to discover the wonders that await you in DA: Origins.
Enable the Console
Before you start going crazy with power, we’re going to need to actually enable the console. If you’re playing an older PC version of the game, you can simply make a shortcut to the Dragon Age: Origins executable file by right-clicking it and selecting the option. Then you right-click your shortcut, select ‘properties’ and then add the code below to the target field, making sure to leave a space after the text that’s already there. Now when you’re in the game, you can launch the console by pressing the key underneath your Escape key.
If you’re using the Ultimate Edition on Steam, then you’ll have to right-click the game in your library, and once again select properties. Now you just add the text below to the Launch Options field. Once again, you can get to the console by pressing the key underneath your Escape key. However, in both cases, you’ll need to download the Make Console Commands Visible mod from ModNexus if you want to actually see the command console.
Dragon Age: Origins Useful Console Commands
There are quite a lot of console command options available to you in Dragon Age: Origins, so we’ve split them up a bit to make it easier for you to find them. These commands below probably don’t count as cheating, at least not to us, but they might have a big impact on your gameplay experience, so maybe consider making backups of your save files before you use them.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
|---|---|
| Turns you into a Dragon (visually) | runscript appearance 4 |
| Turns you into a Wolf (Visually) | runscript appearance 49 |
| Turns you back into the default character | runscript apperance -1 |
| Sets all models in the area back to their starting positions | runscript rubberband |
| Opens the approval debug menu | runscript zz_app_debug |
| Skips you straight ahead to the climactic scene of the game | runscript zz_cli_debug |
| Adds the nearest NPC character to your party, even if you already have a full party | runscript zz_test_hire |
| Adds Morigan, Alistair, and Dog to your current party, even if you already have a fully party (only use once they’ve been encountered or risk breaking your game) | runscript zz_getparty |
| Removes everyone from your party | runscript zz_dropparty |
Dragon Age: Origins Cheat Console Commands
Now that you’re done tinkering and debugging, you can get into the real fun stuff. All of these console commands do fit into the category of cheating, so make sure you’re okay with that before you use them. Even more than the last set of commands, you need to save and back up your saves before typing in these commands, as they can really mess with your files.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
|---|---|
| Gives you [amount] of experience points | runscript addxp [amount] |
| Turns you into a giant glowing bowling ball for 20 seconds (can glitch out your party) | runscript bowlingforferelden |
| Gives the entire party 30 armor and 200 defence for 2 minutes | runscript cheat – Inspired: Major Cunning |
| Heals the entire party | runscript healplayer |
| Kills all hostiles on the map (could cause bugs) | runscript killallhostiles |
| Makes it impossible for you to die, but you still take damage | runscript pc_immortal |
| Gives the player [amount] of money | runscript zz_money [amount] |
More RPG Console Command Guides
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- Fallout: New Vegas Console Commands
- Fallout 4 Console Commands
- The Witcher 3 Console Commands
- Cyberpunk 2077 Console Commands
- Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition Console Commands
- Morrowind Console Commands
- Skyrim Console Commands
