When you hit that button, you are immediately greeted with the console screen, allowing you to input cheats to mutilate and manipulate the mutants and other wasteland marauders. If you use any other keyboard layout, your Fallout 3 console command button is below the ESC key. However, if you are brand new to this, we have you covered.įirstly, when you get into a save game, you need to press the tilde key on US Keyboards. Fallout New Vegas is a later release, with the devs having the benefit of looking at what Fallout 3 missed out on. Both RPG classics use the Gamebyro engine, meaning they share mostly the same cheats and console commands. If you’re familiar with Fallout 3’s sister game, Fallout: New Vegas, you’ll likely already know how to open up Fallout 3’s console and begin your cheating spree.