The recent remaster of Quake was a major surprise to many a fan of the classic game. Giving it a fresh lick of digital paint to not only bring it a little more up to snuff with more recent titles but also making it so the game would actually run on modern systems at a comfortable resolution. Of course, as fun as it is to bunny hop and blast your way through scores of petrifying polygonal pests it can get a little taxing to have to wade through scores of them time and again. And that is where this Quake Cheat Codes List comes in!
In this guide you will find a list of cheats for you to use next time you are playing the game. Maybe you are finding it too hard and need a little help. Maybe you are just looking for something to add a little spice into your next play through. Whatever your reasons this Quake Cheat Codes list has you covered. All these cheats have been tested to make sure that they work with the most recent version of Quake at the time of writing this guide. As many older cheat codes (and by extension cheat lists) you find online are obsolete and full of none functioning cheats. So you can rest assured that all these codes work.
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Before we get into this list it is worth pointing out a couple things. Firstly, these cheats will not work on the console releases of the game. There is no means of opening up the cheat menu on those devices, even if you plugged in a USB Keyboard. So if you want to use these cheat codes on the Switch, PS5, or XBox release then you are out of luck.
This is what the Cheat menu looks like.
Secondly in order to be able to use the cheats you have to press the “`” or “~” key. It will be the button to the left of the number one key on your keyboard. This will bring up a menu where you can input the code you want to use. But before you can get the cheats to work you must first time in “sv_cheats 1” (minus the quotation marks). This will activate the use of cheats for the remainder of your play time. Some cheats, such as the god mode cheat, will need to be activated whenever you enter a new level, so do be careful. So with all of that out of the way lets get cracking with some codes!
GENERAL CHEATS
To start us out in this Quake Cheat Codes guide we will begin with a set of rather general and miscellaneous cheats which don’t really fit into one category or another. Some are useful and others are just neat things that you can try if you are bored or just curious.
| Cheat Code | Effect |
| notarget | Enemies can’t see you. |
| god | God Mode. |
| kill | Kills you and restarts level with starting weapons. |
| skill # | Replace # to change game difficulty. 0= Easy, 1= Normal, 2= Hard, 3= Nightmare. You must restart the level for it to take effect. |
| r_fullbright 1 | Deactivates all lighting and activates fullbright mode. To undo this replace the 1 with 0. |
| impulse 255 | Activates Quad Damage mode. |
| impulse -1 | Also activates Quad Damage mode. |
| impulse 9 | Gives you all weapons, full armour and full ammo. |
Sure, using the Lightning Gun this early into Quake seems harsh, but its them or me!
LEVEL SELECT CHEATS
Next up in this Quake Cheat Codes guide comes some level select cheats. However these cheats require an additional step to get them to work. At the input screen you need to type “map ” (minus the quotation marks) and the type in the code of the level you want to load up. For example, if you want to go to “The Tomb of Terror” you type in map e2m3 and the level will then load up for you.
| Cheat Code | Level |
| Start | The opening area where you select your difficulty and the episode you wish to play. |
| e1m1 | The Slipgate Complex |
| e1m2 | Castle Of The Damned |
| e1m3 | The Necropolis |
| e1m4 | The Grisly Grotto |
| e1m5 | Gloom Keep |
| e1m6 | The Door To Chthon |
| e1m7 | The House Of Chthon |
| e1m8 | Zigguart Vertigo |
| e2m1 | The Installation |
| e2m2 | The Ogre Citadel |
| e2m3 | The Crypt Of Decay |
| e2m4 | The Ebon Fortress |
| e2m5 | The Wizard’s Manse |
| e2m6 | The Dismal Oubliette |
| e2m7 | The Underearth |
| e3m1 | Termination Central |
| e3m2 | The Vaults Of Zin |
| e3m3 | The Tomb Of Terror |
| e3m4 | Satan’s Dark Delight |
| e3m5 | The Wind Tunnels |
| e3m6 | Chambers Of Torment |
| e3m7 | The Haunted Halls |
| e4m1 | The Sewage System |
| e4m2 | The Tower Of Despair |
| e4m3 | The Elder God Shrine |
| e4m4 | The Palace Of Hate |
| e4m5 | Hell’s Atrium |
| e4m6 | The Pain Maze |
| e4m7 | Azure Agony |
| e4m8 | The Nameless City |
| End | Shub-Niggurath’s Pit |
You won’t get any achievements for visiting hidden levels via the cheats.
MOVEMENT & GAMEPLAY CHEATS
The follow Cheat Codes are all ones that effect the player character’s movement in Quake. From making you quicker in a certain direction to not allowing you to go up stairs. So if you desperately want to play Quake as a Dalek from the classic run of Doctor Who then you can!
| Cheat Code | Effect |
| sv_nostep # | Replace the # with 1 to make it so you can’t go up stairs. Replace # with 0 to allow you to go up stairs. |
| sv_friction # | Alters the level of friction when moving. Higher the value the more friction, the lower the less friction. |
| cl_backspeed # | Alters the speed you go when moving backwards. Higher the number the faster you go. Type in a negative and you start going forwards! |
| fly | Allows you to fly. |
| cl_forwardsspeed # | Alters the speed you go when moving forwards. Higher the number the faster you go. |
| cl_rollangle # | Alters how much the screen will tilt when strafing. |
| sv_maxspeed # | Changes you maximum movement speed. |
| noclip | Activates No Clip (this means you can fly and go though walls) |
| sv_gravity | Changes gravity. Higher the value the greater the gravity in the map. |
| cl_sidespeed # | Alters the speed you go when moving sideways. |
| sv_stopspeed # | Changes time it takes for you to stop moving. |
Honestly the flying cheat is kind of lame.
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