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Console commands / Cheats

By rarestMeow

Niche has in-built developer console where various commands could be type in. and yes, you can obtain achievements

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during the game press F1 to open a console. enter one of the following commands below to get various useful (and not) effects. console has a hint-feature and you can choose between various inputs with UP and DOWN buttons

if F1 doesn't work for you, then try ALT+F1 or ALT+1 or ALT+NUM1 - oddly, but for some players a different combination works

console commands are not case-sensitive
some console commands are bugged and can screw your progress, crash the game or softlock it. it is highly recommended to make backup of your save-files, which are located in
%APPDATA%\LocalLow\Team Niche\Niche - a genetics survival game

ExploreAllFields

- removes all grass on the current island. it messes with the spawning of wild-animals, and might be an issue if you are short on nest materials

DetectAll

DetectAll True/False

- removes fog-of-war (invisible areas) after you have visited them. area will be keep visible even, once a Nicheling had visited them. as "ExploreAllFields" command above, it does mess with spawning of wild-animals and may lead to throttle and stuttering

ChangeBerryCount

ChangeBerryCount %number%

- gives you a certain amount of food. you can input both positive and negative numbers to either increase or decrease the food supplies. there is no command for giving the nest materials

IncreaseAge

IncreaseAge %number%

- changes the age of an animal. you can input both positive and negative numbers to either increase or decrease the age: too high age will kill an animal, while using something like "IncreaseAge -10000" will render an animal (almost) immortal. it works on wild-animals too

there is a bug with decreasing Nicheling's life below zero. consider the following

a Nicheling has "17 days to live". you decrease his life by 500. now he has "-483 to live". you save the game, exit and load back. now that Nicheling will be in baby-status for 483 days!

in order to fix that issue you need to manually increase Nicheling's life to a zero ("IncreaseAge 483", in case above), end turn, then increase his age by 6 (to make that Nicheling an adult), end turn one more time, and then you can decrease his age below zero again

TakeDamage

TakeDamage %number%

- deals a damage to an animal. only positive number can be used here and, obviously, using a large number will kill an animal (including wild-animals)

SetTribeSizeLimit

SetTribeSizeLimit %number%

- limits tribe's size to a certain amount of Nichelings. after reaching the said limit you no longer can mate (until some of Nichelings will die)

SwitchGender

- changes the Nicheling's gender. changing the gender of pregnant Nicheling can break the game. the gender of Rogue Males can be changed too, and they still will try to mate with your females (fruitless, tho)

SetGene

SetGene %gene1% %gene2%

- changes one Nicheling gene to another. %gene1% is for active gene, and %gene2% is for recessive one. genes could be combined in any way, for example if you need a Nicheling with one Bearyena's claw and one Digging Paw, then you could use a command:

SetGene PawCarnivore PawDig

some changes (mostly the pattern-based genes) will come in effect only after reloading the game

the following genes are available:

-[Horn]- -[Eyes]- -[Ears]- HornNone EyesNormal EarsMedium HornRam EyesShortSighted EarsBig HornSavanna EyesBlind EarsRound HornAntlers EarsCarnivore (Bearyena) HornAntenna HornMegaloceros -[Snout]- SnoutBigNose SnoutNormal (Short Snout) SnoutPurr SnoutCarnivore (Bearyena) SnoutPoisonFangs SnoutSpit (Derp Snout) SnoutCrack SnoutBat SnoutPlatypus SnoutStickyTongue SnoutGilled DiggingTrunk SnoutBeak SaberToothFangs -[Body]- BodyNormal BodyWater BodyBig BodySpiky BodyLean BodyToxic BodyHeat BodyArmadilo (Armored Body) -[Paw]- -[Legs]- PawNormal (Runner Leg) PawBatWing HindLegsNormal PawNo (Deformed Paw) PawFlying WebbedHindLegs PawBerry (Nimble Fingers) PawWebbed HindLegsCarnivore (Bearyena) PawCarnivore (Bearyena) PawDig PawMummut (Mammoth Foot) PawVelvet PawClaw -[Tail]- TailScorpion TailPeacockFemale TailStinky TailPeacock FishingTail FluffyTail (Medium Tail) SwimmingTail TailHammer TailFin -[Fur Color]- -[Eyes Color]- -[Horns Color]- FurColor1 (Chestnut Brown) EyeColorOrange HornColorRed FurColor2 (Beige) EyeColorYellow HornColorBrown FurColor3 (Red Brown) EyeColorViolet HornColorWhite FurColor4 (Moss Brown) EyeColorBlue HornColorBlack FurColor5 (Yellow) EyeColorGreen FurColor6 (Red) EyecolorBrown FurColorWhite EyeColorBlack FurcolorBlack -[Pattern Color]- -[Pattern Kind]- -[Pattern Shape]- PatternColorBidge PatternMask PatternShapeA PatternColorRed PatternNone PatternShapeB PatternColorBrown PatternStripes PatternShapeC PatternColorWhite PatternDots PatternShapeD PatternColorBlack -[Pattern Size]- -[Pattern Density]- PatternSizeHuge PatternDensityVeryThick PatternSizeBig PatternDensityThick PatternSizeMedium PatternDensityMedium PatternSizeSmall PatternDensityThin PatternSizeTiny PatternDensityVeryThin -[Immunity]- -[Fertility]- -[Albino & Melano]- ImmunityGeneA FertilityHigh Albinism ImmunityGeneB FertilityMiddle Melanism ImmunityGeneC FertilityLow NoAlbinism ImmunityGeneD FertilityNo NoMelanism ImmunityGeneE ImmunityGeneF -[Blood Factor]- ImmunityGeneG Hemophilia ImmunityGeneH NormalBloodClotting ImmunityGeneI ImmunityGeneJ ImmunityGeneK ImmunityGeneFamily (Adam's Homeland gene)

the following genes do exist in code, but have no effect (not working):

SnoutRam BodySnow SnoutAntlers PatternWarningColor TriceratopsShield

MoveOccupant

- moves an animal from one spot to another one. first click on animal you would like to move, then right-click on the spot where you want him to move on, then type the command - and voila

DeleteOccupant

- deletes an animal from the game, simple as that

AddStatusEffect / RemoveStatusEffect

AddStatusEffect %effect%

RemoveStatusEffect %effect%

- adds or removes various status effect from an animal. some of those status effects could be bugged, for example adding "Pregnant"-effect to a Nicheling can softlock the save-files

there is one more command - "ActivateStatusEffect", it has the same effect as "AddStatusEffect"

the following effects are available:

Pregnant Hot Stunned PickedSmellyFruit BabyAnimal Burning Paralyzed RolledInMud YoungAnimal Cold Poison HiddingInCover Healing Frozen SleepSickness TemporaryWaterBreathing Bleeding CooledByShadow Swarmed LowOxygen HeavyBleeding CooledByWater ParasiteLeech CommonCold Tamed WarmedByPack

JumpToWeather

JumpToWeather Normal/Rain/Snow

- changes the current weather. using of "JumpToWeather Snow" on non-winter island will advance advance time to 100 days forward and will not lead to snow (bug, I guess)

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IncreaseSpawn

- increases the chance of spawning of a specific animal, entity, food-supply or whatever. that command quite buggy and you need to spam it a lot in order to spawn anything. could be even more buggy with "ExploreAllFields" and "DetectAll" commands (I honestly couldn't make it work at all)

GenerateAnimals

- doesn't work. should had to regenerate an entire island with new animals

SetCursorLockState

- locks the cursor, making unable to move it around. probably needed for the touch-screen devices

SetCursorVisibility

- makes the cursor invinsible. as with command above - probably designed for the touch-screen devices

DeleteAllPlayerAnimals / GameOver

DeleteAllPlayerAnimals

GameOver

- make you lose a current game. why you need it - is a totally different question

ResetAllAchievements_BEWARE

- removes all your achievement progress for this game. in case of need to remove a specific achievement from the game - use Steam Achievement Manager[github.com]

if you want to thank me...
...then check my guide about fixing various game issues: launching, crashing, optimization, stuttering, gamepads, etc. the guide is huge, but the topic is broad to begin with
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1935376439

21 Comments

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samojedhusky 16 May @ 1:28pm

@RoboticGarden3015 If there's not enough room, then the text is just not showing. You can still write, and the command will still work - you just can't SEE what you're writing, so you'll have to type carefully.

samojedhusky 16 May @ 1:27pm

dont use the "addstatus effect pregnant" unless you want your nicheling to give birth to a monstrosity. please.
Also there's a command called "activatestatuseffect" and im pretty sure ti does the exact same thing as "addstatuseffect"
also also, THANK YOU for explaining MoveOccupant for me and for telling me how to give a Nicheling the Home Island immunity. I've been wanting to knwo this for ages!

RoboticGarden3015 5 Feb @ 4:02am

There doesn't seem to be enough space in the console field to type 'IncreaseSpawn NPCplayeranimal' for wild nichelings to spawn. Am I doing it wrong?

chrissyseward10 11 Apr, 2024 @ 8:32am

Does anyone know a way to remove damage ?

eryoshimura 3 Mar, 2024 @ 3:55pm

how to open for keyboards without F1?

stun 6 Jan, 2024 @ 4:31pm

>the gender of Rogue Males can be changed too, and they still will try to mate with your females
nice

Twigzz 5 Nov, 2023 @ 6:29pm

someone help the console command key isnt working at all no matter what i try.

Grasser 1 Jun, 2023 @ 7:24pm

If you put the effect code and the one for the baby and nest a dragon thing appers

slime rancher 16 Oct, 2022 @ 12:46pm

if your f1 button does a different action than bringing up the console, try shift-f1 (for windowss, no idea about mac)

morph_dragon 9 Apr, 2022 @ 7:33am

I think the spawn command works, but it doesn't spawn the animals near your nichelings specifically. Perhaps you should look in the depths of the ocean for those pesky rabbils you spawn. just a theory.

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