IN-GAME CHAT COMMANDS

Scrap Mechanic Chat Commands

Scrap Mechanic has a chat console with commands for giving items, stopping raids, freeing a stuck character and changing the time of day. Most of the Survival ones only appear once the game is started in developer mode. This page lists all of them, grouped by the mode they belong to.

46 commands across 3 game modes

How to turn on Survival commands

A normal Survival session registers only the two commands a host needs. The rest are developer commands, and the game adds them to the chat console when it is started with the -dev launch option.

Close the game, then open your Steam library.
Right-click Scrap Mechanic and choose Properties.
On the General tab, find the Launch Options box.
Type -dev into the box and close the window.
Start the game and load or create a Survival world.

Press Enter to open the chat box, type a command starting with a slash, then press Enter again. The console autocompletes command names and, where the game ships a list of values, the values too.

/kick and /ban are the exception. They belong to whoever hosts the session and work without the launch option.
Creative needs no launch option. Its commands are registered for everyone in the session as soon as the world loads, and the two that wipe a world are reserved for the host.
The challenge commands only exist while you are building a challenge. They do not appear when you play one someone else published.

What the launch option changes about a world

The option does more than add commands to the console. A Survival world played with it on begins differently, and on a world you create while it is on the difference is hard to miss:

The opening quest chain does not start. With the option on, the game never begins the tutorial quest when the loading screen lifts, so the Logbook stays empty and the crash site steps never appear.
The opening cinematic is skipped, so the world simply starts.
A character joining for the first time gets different starting equipment: a fuller set of tools and items instead of the two the normal opening gives you.

None of that is a fault in your save, but it does mean the story does not start itself. If you want the campaign as it was written, create that world without the option and keep the developer one for a save you are experimenting with.

Before you use them

These are development tools, not a difficulty setting. They can hand you items you have not unlocked, delete every shape in a Creative world, or leave a Survival save in a state the story was not written for. Copy your save folder first if the world matters to you.

The commands players look for most

Four commands account for most of the searches. Each one needs developer mode, and each one is listed again in the Survival table below with its arguments.

/disableraids

Example: /disableraids true

Turns raids off for the world. The argument is not optional: type true to stop raids from being scheduled, or false to allow them again. It does not cancel a raid that is already counting down, so pair it with /stopraid if a wave is already on its way.

/unstuck

Example: /unstuck

Moves your character free when it is wedged in terrain or inside a creation. It takes no arguments and only affects the player who types it, which makes it the safest command on this page.

/god

Example: /god

Stops mechanic characters from taking damage. It is a switch rather than a value, so typing it a second time puts damage back. Falls, bots and drowning all stop hurting while it is on.

/unlimited

Example: /unlimited

Switches the session to the unlimited inventory, the same one Creative uses, so every part is available without crafting. /limited puts the normal Survival inventory back.

How to read the tables

<name>: An argument in angle brackets has to be typed. The command does nothing useful without it.
[name]: An argument in square brackets can be left out.
default: Where the game uses a set value for a missing argument, that value is shown next to the argument.
flips the setting when omitted: Some arguments flip the current setting when you leave them out, so typing the command twice returns to where you started.
accepts: Where the game accepts a fixed set of words, those words are listed and the chat console autocompletes them.
In-game description: The game prints these descriptions in English regardless of the language you play in, so they are reproduced here word for word.

Survival commands

Two of these belong to the host of the session. The other twenty-nine are developer commands and need the launch option above.

Chat commands for Survival commands
Command	Arguments	In-game description	Available to
/aggroall/aggroall	None	All hostile units will be made aware of the player's position	Developer mode
/ammo/ammo [quantity]	`[quantity]`intdefault: 100	Give ammo (default 100)	Developer mode
/baguette/baguette	None	Give 1 revival baguette	Developer mode
/ban/ban <player name>	`<player name>`string	Ban a player from server	Host only
/components/components [quantity]	`[quantity]`intdefault: 10	Give <quantity> components (default 10)	Developer mode
/die/die	None	Kill the player	Developer mode
/disableraids/disableraids <enabled>	`<enabled>`bool	Disable raids if true	Developer mode
/exportmultishape/exportmultishape	None	Exports a blueprint shape file	Developer mode
/foodplease/foodplease	None	Give 5 of each edible type	Developer mode
/gatling/gatling	None	Give the potato gatling gun	Developer mode
/glowsticks/glowsticks [quantity]	`[quantity]`intdefault: 20	Give <quantity> components (default 10)The shipped help line repeats the wording of /components, default and all, while the command hands out glow sticks and uses the default shown in the argument column.	Developer mode
/god/god	None	Mechanic characters will take no damage	Developer mode
/keycard/keycard	None	Give 1 keycard	Developer mode
/kick/kick <player name>	`<player name>`string	Kick a player from server	Host only
/limited/limited	None	Use the limited inventory	Developer mode
/noaggro/noaggro [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Toggles the player as a target	Developer mode
/powercore/powercore	None	Give 1 powercore	Developer mode
/seedsplease/seedsplease	None	Give 20 of each seed type and some soil	Developer mode
/setbreath/setbreath <breath>	`<breath>`number	Set player breath value	Developer mode
/sethp/sethp <hp>	`<hp>`number	Set player hp value	Developer mode
/shotgun/shotgun	None	Give the fries shotgun	Developer mode
/spawn/spawn [unitName] [amount]	`[unitName]`stringaccepts ball, blue, bt, c, cable, cablebot, f, farmbot and 33 more green, greentapebot, gtb, h, haybot, l, leaf, lootbot, m, miner, minerbot, red, redtapebot, rt, rtb, seedbot, t, tapebot, tb, toteblue, totebot, toteleaf, totered, toteyellow, trash, trashball, trashbot, woc, worm, yellow, yellowtapebot, yt, ytb `[amount]`intdefault: 1	Spawn a unit: 'woc', 'tapebot', 'totebot', 'haybot'	Developer mode
/spudgun/spudgun	None	Give the spudgun	Developer mode
/starterkit/starterkit [name]	`[name]`stringdefault: startaccepts start, trashbot, mechanic, tutorial, pipe, food, seed	Spawn a starter kit	Developer mode
/stopraid/stopraid	None	Cancel all incoming raids	Developer mode
/sunshake/sunshake	None	Give 1 sunshake	Developer mode
/timeofday/timeofday [timeOfDay]	`[timeOfDay]`number	Sets the time of the day as a fraction (0.5=mid day)	Developer mode
/timeprogress/timeprogress [enabled]	`[enabled]`bool	Enables or disables time progress	Developer mode
/tumble/tumble [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Set tumble state	Developer mode
/unlimited/unlimited	None	Use the unlimited inventory	Developer mode
/unstuck/unstuck	None	Unstuck the player	Developer mode

Creative commands

Creative registers these for every player in the session. The two that clear a world are held back for the host, and the clearing command has to be unlocked by the other one first.

Chat commands for Creative commands
Command	Arguments	In-game description	Available to
/aggroall/aggroall	None	All hostile units will be made aware of the player's position	Everyone
/allowclear/allowclear [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Enabled/Disables the /clear command	Host only
/clear/clear	None	Remove all shapes in the world. It must first be enabled with /allowclear	Host only
/day/day	None	Sets time of day to day	Everyone
/dropscrap/dropscrap	None	Toggles the scrap loot from Haybots	Everyone
/killall/killall	None	Kills all spawned units	Everyone
/night/night	None	Sets time of day to night	Everyone
/noaggro/noaggro [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Toggles the player as a target	Everyone
/noaggrocreations/noaggrocreations [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Toggles whether the Tapebots will shoot at creations	Everyone
/place/place <harvestable>	`<harvestable>`string	Places a harvestable at the aimed position. Must be placed on the ground. The harvestable parameter controls which harvestable to place: 'stone', 'tree', 'birch', 'leafy', 'spruce', 'pine'	Everyone
/popcapsules/popcapsules [filter]	`[filter]`string	Opens all capsules. An optional filter controls which type of capsules to open: 'bot', 'animal'	Everyone
/restrictions/restrictions [enable]	`[enable]`boolflips the setting when omitted	Toggles restrictions on creations	Everyone

Challenge builder commands

These three exist inside the challenge builder and act on the challenge you are editing.

Chat commands for Challenge builder commands
Command	Arguments	In-game description	Available to
/save/save	None	Save the challenge	Challenge builder
/stop/stop	None	Stop the test	Challenge builder
/test/test	None	Test the challenge	Challenge builder