Outward: Cheats and Console Commands

Outward has a huge fan base. The idea is that you start out as a normal person, not an all-powerful superhero . You start out on the coast of your hometown without a penny in your pocket, but your well-being is not as important as your survival . Hunger, thirst, and other basic needs come to the fore, just as you would in a similar situation in real life.

At some point, the game may become too difficult, and you will need cheat codes if you do not want to start all over again. In this guide, we will tell you about some tricks that you can use to improve your position in the brutal world of Outward.

Basic rules and mechanics

You will have a better chance of surviving if you follow the rules here. Surviving, avoiding enemies, and not getting caught are the three main rules you need to follow at first. To begin with, you need to pay special attention to your vital signs. There are three main indicators in Outward: stamina, health, and mana.

• Successful survival will require more stamina because you will have to run and travel on foot a lot. In some situations, you can completely deplete your stamina reserves, which is indicated by a yellow circle in the lower left corner of the screen, and you will need to restore it by any means necessary.
• Your health indicators determine your level of physical fitness. This is indicated by the red circle in the left corner of the screen, and you should constantly monitor it, as you can unexpectedly quickly part with life, without having time to heal in the heat of battle.
• Mana is responsible for the supply of magical energy needed to perform certain actions that are beyond the power of an ordinary person. However, it must be spent wisely, since it does not instantly regenerate on its own, and to fill that blue circle in the lower left corner of the screen, you will need to spend a certain amount of resources. Moreover, mana is spent even while your hero is resting.

How to use cheats?

Creating a special file will allow you to use cheats. If you follow these steps, you can enable the developer menu in the game:

• Create an empty notepad text file and name it DEBUG.txt
• Next, you need to move the file to the “Outward_Data” folder. This folder may be located in the same place where you usually store files for your other games.
• If you no longer need this feature, you can simply delete this text file.

During the game, you can access the developer menu by pressing Escape or Start. After that, a drop-down menu will appear where you can select “Spawn Item and Cheats”.

The next step is to use cheat commands that will allow you to access various game modes and features. As you will soon see, there are several cheats for Outward that can greatly improve and simplify the gameplay.

However, changing some parameters may affect the game’s performance and cause various errors, including crashes. This should be kept in mind when using the commands listed below.

Cheat commands for Outward

Here we will look at hotkeys and the functions they provide:

• F1 – Item Spawn Menu
• F2 – Menu for some gameplay functions such as fast travel
• F3 – Add or remove skills
• F4 – Quest Menu
• F11 – Return item
• F12 — Screenshot
• Num 1 – Slow down the game
• Num 4 – Random Kill
• Num 6 – Test Effect Status
• Num 7 – Delete Effect Status
• Num 8 – Heal Player
• Num 9 – Take Damage

Below are the key combinations and their functions:

• Ctrl + Alt + S – Save game
• Ctrl + Alt + L — Skip download
• Ctrl + Alt + X — Open developer console
• Alt + Page up – Next graphics settings
• Alt + Page down — Previous graphics settings
• Shift+O — Open GUI
• Shift+U — Enable Ragdoll Physics
• Shift+H — Hide user interface