Half Life 2: Episode One - Cheats

In order to initiate the Half Life 2: Episode One cheat mode, be sure to open Steam, go to your "Play Games" menu, and select the game. Right click on it and select "Properties". Click the "Launch Options" button then type -console. It should look something like this:

"C:Program FilesHalf-Life 2hl2.exe" -console

Click "Ok", then close. Double click "Half-Life 2: Episode One" to start the game. Once it is loaded and you are playing, press ~ to display the console window. Write sv_cheats 1 and press enter to enable cheat mode. You can now enter the following codes at the console window. Also, any code can be used as a command line parameter by prefixing it with the "-" character. For games that were downloaded from Steam, to use cheats in single player mode, start the game with the -applaunch -dev -tconsole command line parameter.

Unlock All Chapters

Modify your [install directory]episodiccfgconfig.cfg file (with notepad) and change sv_unlockedchapters to "6"


Cheat codes

God mode (server only) - god
Spawn indicated item - give
Reduce your health - buddha
Damage player - hurtme
All weapons - impulse 101
Ignored by NPCs - notarget
Walk through objects (server only) - noclip
List maps - maps
Load indicated map - map
Set max ammo for .357 Magnum - sk_max_357
Set max ammo for Pulse Rifle - sk_max_ar2
Set max ammo for Pulse Rifle energy orbs - sk_max_ar2_altfire
Set max ammo for shotgun - sk_max_buckshot
Set max ammo for crossbow - sk_max_crossbow
Set max ammo for hand grenades - sk_max_grenade
Set max ammo for pistol - sk_max_pistol
Set max ammo for RPG - sk_max_rpg_round
Set max ammo for submachine gun - sk_max_smg1
Set max ammo for SMG grenades - sk_max_smg1_grenade
Set damage value for pistol - sk_plr_dmg_pistol
Set damage value for .357 Magnum - sk_plr_dmg_357
Set damage value for Pulse Rifle - sk_plr_dmg_ar2
Set damage value for shotgun - sk_plr_dmg_buckshot
Set damage value for crossbow - sk_plr_dmg_crossbow
Set damage value for crowbar - sk_plr_dmg_crowbar
Set damage value for grenades - sk_plr_dmg_grenade
Set damage value for RPG rockets - sk_plr_dmg_rpg_round
Set damage value for submachine gun - sk_plr_dmg_smg1
Set damage value for SMG grenades - sk_plr_dmg_smg1_grenad


Map shortcuts

The following codes will warp you to different areas in the game, regardless of your single player progress, as these areas don't need to be previously unlocked.

ep1_citadel_00 - Game intro
credits - Credits part
ep1_citadel_04 - Near the end of the Citadel
ep1_c17_00a - City 17, after the first load point
ep1_c17_00 - Beginning of Chapter 3
ep1_c17_01 - Beginning of Chapter 4
ep1_c17_02 - Chapter 4, City 17 after the first load point
ep1_c17_02a - Chapter 4, City 17 after the second load point
ep1_c17_02b - Chapter 4, City 17 after the third load point
ep1_citadel_01 - Citadel, after the first load point
ep1_citadel_02 - Citadel, after the second load point
ep1_citadel_02b - Citadel, before the lift ride
ep1_citadel_03 - Citadel, after the third load point
ep1_c17_05 - Last Chapter
ep1_c17_06 - Last Chapter near the end


Spawn NPCs

Use the following command and the appropriate codes to spawn and NPC desired.

npc_create (code)

alyx - Spawns Alyx
antlionguard - Spawns an Antlion Guard
antlion - Spawns an Antlion
barney - Spawns Barney
breen - Spawns Breen
combinegunship - Spawns Combine Gunship
dog - Spawns Dog
eli - Spawns Eli
monk - Spawns Father Gregori
barnacle - Spawns a barnacle
turret_ceiling - Spawns a Ceiling Turret
citizen - Spawns a City 17 Citizen.
combinedropship - Spawns a Combine Dropship
helicopter - Spawns a Combine Helicopter
metropolice - Spawns a Combine Metrocop
cscanner - Spawns a Combine Scanner
combine_s - Spawns a Combine Soldier
crabsynth - Spawns a Crab Synth
crow - Spawns a Crow
headcrab_fast - Spawns a Fast Headcrab
gman - Spawns Gman
kleiner - Spawns Kleiner
mossman - Spawns Mossman
fastzombie - Spawns a Fast Zombie
turret_floor - Spawns a Floor Turret
launcher - Spawns a Headcrab Launcher
headcrab - Spawns a Headcrab
ichthyosaur -Spawns a Ichthyosaur
manhack - Spawns a Manhack
mortarsynth - Spawns a Mortar Synth
pigeon - Spawns a Pigeon
headcrab_poison - Spawns a Poison Headcrab
headcrab_black - Spawns a Poison Headcrab
poisonzombie - Spawns a Poison Zombie
rollermine - Spawns a Rollermine
seagull - Spawns a Seagull
stalker - Spawns a Stalker
strider - Spawns a Strider
vortigaunt - Spawns a Vortigaunt
zombie_torso - Spawns a Zombie without legs
zombie - Spawns a Zombie
zombine - Spawns a Zombine (Combine Zombie)