Skyrim Item IDs: The Complete 2026 Guide to Console Commands and Cheat Codes

You’re deep in a Skyrim dungeon, your health is low, you’re out of potions, and that frost troll isn’t getting any friendlier. Or maybe you’ve been grinding for hours trying to find that one elusive ingredient for a high-level enchantment. Console commands and item IDs exist for moments like these, whether you’re troubleshooting a bugged quest, testing a new build, or just want to skip the grind and get straight to the fun.

Item IDs are alphanumeric codes that represent every object in Skyrim’s vast world. By using them with console commands, players can spawn weapons, armor, potions, ingredients, and even rare quest items directly into their inventory. It’s not cheating if you’re on your fifth playthrough and just want to experiment with a Daedric warhammer build without spending 40 hours leveling smithing, right?

This guide covers everything from basic console command syntax to comprehensive lists of item IDs across all categories, including Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfire DLC content. Whether you’re a modding veteran or a first-time console user, you’ll find the exact codes and commands you need to take full control of your Skyrim experience.

What Are Skyrim Item IDs and Why Use Them?

Item IDs are unique identifiers assigned to every item, weapon, armor piece, ingredient, and miscellaneous object in Skyrim. These eight-character codes (like 0001397E for a Steel Sword or 0003AD5B for a Health Potion) allow the game engine to track and reference objects. When combined with console commands, they give players direct access to the game’s item database.

The primary reason players use item IDs is convenience. Maybe a quest item glitched and disappeared, or you want to test a specific enchantment without farming soul gems for three hours. Console commands let you bypass RNG, broken quest triggers, and the tedium of resource grinding. They’re especially useful for:

• Build testing: Trying out different weapon types, armor sets, or spell combinations without leveling multiple characters.
• Bug fixes: Retrieving quest items that vanished due to AI quirks or scripting errors.
• Modding and creative projects: Spawning items for screenshots, roleplay scenarios, or testing mod compatibility.
• Speedrunning practice: Setting up specific inventory states for routing or glitch execution.

It’s worth noting that console commands are PC-exclusive. Xbox and PlayStation players don’t have access to the developer console, though mods on those platforms can offer limited alternatives. For PC players, though, item IDs are an essential toolkit for anyone who’s moved past their first blind playthrough and wants more control over their game.

How to Use Item IDs with Console Commands

Opening the Console Command Window

Accessing the console on PC is straightforward. Press the tilde key (~), usually located just below the Escape key and to the left of the 1 key on US keyboards. For UK and other international keyboards, you might need to try the grave accent (`) or another key depending on your layout.

Once the console opens, the game pauses and a text input cursor appears at the bottom of the screen. The UI dims slightly, and you can start typing commands. To close the console, press the tilde key again.

Basic Console Command Syntax for Adding Items

The most common command for spawning items is player.additem. The syntax is:

player.additem [Item ID] [Quantity]

For example, to add 10 Lockpicks (Item ID 0000000A), you’d type:

player.additem 0000000A 10

Press Enter, and the items instantly appear in your inventory. A few important notes:

• Leading zeros can be dropped: 0000000A works the same as A. But, keeping the full eight-digit format helps avoid confusion with DLC items, which use different prefixes.
• No brackets in actual commands: The [Item ID] and [Quantity] notation is just a placeholder. Don’t type the brackets themselves.
• Case doesn’t matter: player.additem and PLAYER.ADDITEM both work.

For enchanted or leveled items, you might need additional parameters or different commands (covered later). But for most standard items, weapons, armor, potions, ingredients, player.additem is all you need.

If you’re looking for broader utility beyond just adding items, there are many other powerful options available through the Skyrim console commands system.

Essential Skyrim Item ID Categories

Weapon Item IDs

Weapons are one of the most commonly spawned item types. Here’s a breakdown of base-game weapon IDs by material tier:

One-Handed Swords:

• Iron Sword: 00012EB7
• Steel Sword: 0001397E
• Orcish Sword: 000139A9
• Elven Sword: 000139A8
• Dwarven Sword: 000139A7
• Glass Sword: 000139A5
• Ebony Sword: 000139A6
• Daedric Sword: 000139B5

Two-Handed Swords:

• Iron Greatsword: 00013982
• Steel Greatsword: 00013983
• Orcish Greatsword: 000139AD
• Elven Greatsword: 000139AC
• Dwarven Greatsword: 000139AB
• Glass Greatsword: 000139AA
• Ebony Greatsword: 000139AF
• Daedric Greatsword: 000139B6

Bows:

• Long Bow: 0003B562
• Hunting Bow: 000139B4
• Orcish Bow: 000139B2
• Elven Bow: 000139B1
• Dwarven Bow: 000139B0
• Glass Bow: 000139AE
• Ebony Bow: 000139B3
• Daedric Bow: 000139B7

For players experimenting with different weapon builds and combat styles, spawning multiple weapon types lets you compare damage, swing speed, and feel without hunting down smithing materials.

Armor and Apparel Item IDs

Heavy Armor (Full Sets – Cuirass):

• Iron Armor: 00012E49
• Steel Armor: 00013952
• Steel Plate Armor: 0001395C
• Dwarven Armor: 00013965
• Orcish Armor: 0001396B
• Ebony Armor: 00013969
• Daedric Armor: 0001396D

Light Armor (Full Sets – Armor):

• Hide Armor: 000136D5
• Leather Armor: 0003619E
• Elven Armor: 00013939
• Scaled Armor: 0001393D
• Glass Armor: 0001394D
• Dragonscale Armor: 00013957

For complete armor sets, you’ll need to spawn individual pieces (helmet, gauntlets, boots, shield). Each piece has its own ID, following similar naming conventions with different suffixes.

Potion and Ingredient Item IDs

Common Potions:

• Minor Health Potion: 0003EADE
• Health Potion: 0003AD5B
• Plentiful Health Potion: 0003AD60
• Minor Magicka Potion: 0003EAE0
• Magicka Potion: 0003AD5F
• Minor Stamina Potion: 0003EADF
• Stamina Potion: 0003AD5D

Useful Ingredients:

• Blue Mountain Flower: 0002F3F4
• Wheat: 00064B3F
• Snowberries: 0001CD7C
• Hanging Moss: 0006BC0D
• Vampire Dust: 0003AD76
• Daedra Heart: 0003AD5A
• Dragon Scales: 0003ADA3
• Dragon Bone: 0003ADA4

Ingredients are essential for alchemy builds and for crafting Daedric or Dragonbone equipment. Spawning a stack of Daedra Hearts saves hours of farming Dremora or waiting for merchant restocks.

Soul Gem and Enchanting Item IDs

Empty Soul Gems:

• Petty Soul Gem: 0002E4F4
• Lesser Soul Gem: 0002E4FB
• Common Soul Gem: 0002E4FC
• Greater Soul Gem: 0002E4FD
• Grand Soul Gem: 0002E4FF
• Black Soul Gem: 0002E500

Filled Soul Gems (Grand):

• Grand Soul Gem (Grand Soul): 0002E504
• Black Soul Gem (Grand Soul): 0002E505

For enchanters, having a stockpile of filled Grand or Black Soul Gems makes gear experimentation much faster. You can spawn dozens at once and test different enchantment combinations without depleting your stock.

Rare and Unique Item IDs Worth Collecting

Daedric Artifacts and Legendary Weapons

Daedric artifacts are some of the most powerful and lore-rich items in Skyrim. Most are obtained through lengthy Daedric quests, but with item IDs you can get them instantly:

• Mehrunes’ Razor: 000240D2 (dagger with a chance to instantly kill)
• Wabbajack: 0002AC6F (staff that casts random effects)
• Dawnbreaker: 0004E4EE (sword that deals fire damage and causes explosions against undead)
• Ebony Blade: 000233E3 (two-handed sword that absorbs health, strengthened by killing allies)
• Volendrung: 0002ACD2 (warhammer that absorbs 50 stamina)
• Mace of Molag Bal: 000233E0 (mace that absorbs stamina and magicka, fills soul gems)
• Sanguine Rose: 0001CB36 (staff that summons a Dremora)
• Azura’s Star: 00063B27 (reusable soul gem)
• The Black Star: 00063B29 (reusable black soul gem)
• Skull of Corruption: 00035066 (staff that deals damage based on dreams harvested)

These artifacts are excellent for themed builds or roleplay scenarios. Spawning Dawnbreaker for an undead-hunter playthrough or Mehrunes’ Razor for an assassin saves the hassle of tracking down specific NPCs and quest triggers.

Quest-Specific and Rare Books

Some books in Skyrim are quest items or skill trainers that are easy to miss:

• Oghma Infinium: 0001A332 (one-time skill boost book from Hermaeus Mora’s quest)
• Lusty Argonian Maid, Vol. 1: 0001E7FC (collectible book)
• Lusty Argonian Maid, Vol. 2: 0001E7FD
• Wolf Queen, Vol. 1: 0001AFC2
• The Black Arrow, Vol. 1: 0001AFAB

Skill books grant a permanent +1 to a specific skill when read. Spawning them can speed up leveling, though it does remove the satisfaction of hunting them down naturally. For completionists working on library collections in player homes, having the item IDs on hand is invaluable.

DLC Item IDs: Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfire

Dawnguard Expansion Items

Dawnguard introduced crossbows, vampire and werewolf perks, and unique weapons. DLC item IDs begin with a two-digit prefix that depends on your load order. If Dawnguard is the first DLC in your load order, the prefix is usually 02. If it’s second, use 03, and so on.

Dawnguard Weapons (assuming 02 prefix):

• Dawnguard Crossbow: 02000800
• Enhanced Dawnguard Crossbow: 0200E738
• Dragonbone Bow: 0200C5CE
• Auriel’s Bow: 0200F1A1 (legendary bow from the main Dawnguard questline)
• Harkon’s Sword: 0200F3F3 (unique sword that absorbs health, magicka, and stamina)

Other Notable Dawnguard Items:

• Vampire Royal Armor: 0200CFD0
• Dawnguard Heavy Armor: 0200E035
• Spell Tome: Vampire’s Seduction: 02008A8F

Crossbows are a standout addition, offering unique mechanics compared to traditional bows. They ignore a portion of armor and deal consistent damage, making them excellent for stealth archer builds looking for variety.

Dragonborn Expansion Items

Dragonborn takes players to Solstheim and adds a wealth of new gear, including Stalhrim equipment and Miraak’s gear. The prefix is typically 04 if it’s the third DLC, but check your load order.

Dragonborn Weapons and Armor (assuming 04 prefix):

• Stalhrim Sword: 0401CD84
• Stalhrim Greatsword: 0401CD85
• Stalhrim Bow: 0401CD87
• Stalhrim Heavy Armor: 0401CD89
• Stalhrim Light Armor: 0401CD8C
• Miraak’s Sword: 04039FB5 (unique sword that absorbs stamina)
• Miraak’s Robes: 04039FA5 (robes that reduce spell cost and regenerate magicka)
• Bloodskal Blade: 0401CB64 (greatsword with energy wave power attacks)

Unique Dragonborn Items:

• Black Book: Waking Dreams: 0401E99E (quest item, portal to Apocrypha)
• Dragon Aspect Shout (word wall unlock): Can’t be directly added, but books and quest items related to it can be spawned.

Stalhrim gear is particularly valuable for frost-focused builds due to its enchantment bonuses. Frost enchantments on Stalhrim weapons deal 25% more damage, making it ideal for battlemages or elemental warriors.

Hearthfire Building Materials and Items

Hearthfire focuses on player housing and adopting children. Its item IDs (prefix usually 03 or 05 depending on load order) include building materials, furniture, and unique decorations.

Hearthfire Building Materials (assuming 03 prefix):

• Quarried Stone: 03003043
• Sawn Log: 03005A69
• Clay: 03005A68
• Straw: 0300300F
• Iron Fittings: 03003011
• Hinge: 0300300D
• Lock: 0300300E

Household Items:

• Fish Hatchery: 03006264
• Child’s Doll: 030030F9
• Wooden Sword (for adopted children): 03003104

For players building out all three Hearthfire homes (Lakeview Manor, Heljarchen Hall, Windstad Manor), spawning building materials saves the tedium of quarrying and logging. You can focus on designing your home instead of grinding resources.

Crafting Material and Resource Item IDs

Crafting materials are essential for smithing, enchanting, and alchemy, but gathering them organically can be a slog. Here are the most useful resource IDs:

Smithing Ores and Ingots:

• Iron Ore: 0005ACE4
• Iron Ingot: 0005ACE5
• Steel Ingot: 0005ACE3
• Corundum Ore: 0005AD9E
• Corundum Ingot: 0005AD9F
• Orichalcum Ore: 0005AD99
• Orichalcum Ingot: 0005AD9A
• Gold Ore: 0005ACDA
• Gold Ingot: 0005AD9E
• Quicksilver Ore: 0005ADA0
• Quicksilver Ingot: 0005ADA1
• Malachite Ore: 0005AD93
• Refined Malachite: 0005AD94
• Ebony Ore: 0005AD9D
• Ebony Ingot: 0005AD8D

Leather and Hides:

• Leather: 000DB5D2
• Leather Strips: 000800E4
• Bear Pelt: 0006BC02
• Sabre Cat Pelt: 000DB5D2

Enchanting Materials:

• Filled Soul Gems (see earlier section)
• Scroll of Flame: 0001AA5C (can be disenchanted for learning)

Many players turn to guides and community resources on sites like Nexus Mods for additional tools and scripts that automate resource collection or enhance crafting mechanics. But, console commands remain the fastest method for acquiring materials in vanilla Skyrim.

For anyone building a custom arsenal, knowing the IDs for ingots and ores means you can test smithing perks and upgrades without clearing out every mine in Skyrim.

Advanced Console Commands for Item Management

Removing Items from Your Inventory

Sometimes you add too many items or want to clean up your inventory. The command for removing items is:

player.removeitem [Item ID] [Quantity]

For example, to remove 50 Iron Arrows (Item ID 0001397D):

player.removeitem 0001397D 50

This is useful for clearing quest items that bugged and stayed in your inventory, or for resetting your loadout before testing a new build.

Another handy command is player.removeallitems. This strips every item from your inventory, effectively resetting you to a blank slate. Use with caution, there’s no undo button.

Finding Item IDs In-Game

If you want to find the item ID of an object you see in the game world, you can use the help command:

help [item name] 0

For example:

help "ebony sword" 0

This returns a list of all objects matching that name, along with their IDs. The 0 at the end tells the console to search all categories. You can narrow it down with specific numbers (like 4 for items only), but 0 is a safe default.

Another method is clicking on an item in the world while the console is open. The item’s reference ID appears at the top of the console window. Type:

player.additem [ref ID] 1

This clones the item into your inventory. It’s especially useful for unique or modded items that don’t appear in standard lists.

For players who want more nuanced control over gear and combat mechanics, exploring the full range of weapon customization options through console commands can open up entirely new playstyles.

Troubleshooting Common Item ID Issues

Even with the right ID, things can go wrong. Here are the most common issues and their fixes:

DLC prefix problems: If a DLC item doesn’t spawn, your load order prefix might be different. Try swapping 02, 03, 04, or 05 at the start of the ID. You can check your load order by looking at the Data Files menu in the Skyrim launcher or using a mod manager.

“Item not found” errors: Double-check the ID for typos. Skyrim item IDs are case-insensitive, but even one wrong character breaks the command. If you’re copying from a website, make sure there are no extra spaces or hidden characters.

Enchanted items not appearing correctly: Some unique enchanted items use leveled lists rather than static IDs. For example, spawning a generic “Fortify Health” amulet might give you an unenchanted version. In those cases, look for the specific variant ID (e.g., “Amulet of Health +30” vs. “Amulet of Health +50”).

Quest items causing bugs: Adding quest items outside their intended context can break scripts. For instance, spawning the Golden Claw before starting the Bleak Falls Barrow quest might prevent the door from opening properly. Use quest item IDs with caution, and always keep a backup save.

Items not showing stats: Occasionally, spawned items appear in your inventory but show no stats or damage values. This usually happens with modded or improperly tagged items. Dropping the item and picking it back up can sometimes fix it. If not, try spawning a different variant or checking for mod conflicts.

For those diving deeper into technical troubleshooting or looking for fixes to item-related bugs, community sites like Twinfinite often publish detailed walkthroughs and troubleshooting articles that complement console command usage.

One last tip: always save before using console commands. Some commands can permanently alter game states or introduce instability. Having a clean save to revert to prevents hours of lost progress if something goes sideways.

Conclusion

Skyrim item IDs and console commands transform the game from a static RPG into a flexible sandbox where you control the pace, difficulty, and creativity. Whether you’re fixing a broken quest, testing a new build, or just experimenting with gear combinations, knowing how to use the skyrim add item command efficiently saves time and opens up new ways to enjoy the game.

From base-game weapons and armor to DLC-exclusive Stalhrim gear and Daedric artifacts, the item ID system covers thousands of objects. Mastering the basic player.additem syntax is just the start, advanced commands like player.removeitem and in-game ID lookup with help give you even more control.

Console commands aren’t just for power users or modders. They’re tools for anyone who wants to bypass the grind, troubleshoot bugs, or explore Skyrim’s full potential without artificial barriers. And with guides like this, you’ve got the reference material to do it efficiently.

So fire up that console, spawn a Daedric Greatsword, and go remind those dragons who really runs Tamriel.