Quake FAQs

1.1 Cheat Codes
1.2 How do I kill Shub-Niggurath?
1.3 Getting rid of choppy sound in Quake II

1.1 Cheat Codes

To use a cheat, simply bring up the command console by pressing the tilda (~) key. This is usually in the top left hand corner of your keyboard, below the "Esc" key... Then type in the cheat code.

Quake Code Quake II Code What It Does
GOD GOD Makes you invulnerable
IMPULSE 9 - Gives you a full set of weapons and keys.
IMPULSE 255 GIVE QUAD Gives you the Quad Damage bonus
GIVE GIVE Quake I -
  • to get weapons type in 'GIVE', followed by a number to get that numbered weapon. For example, "GIVE 7" gives you the rocket launcher.
  • to get ammo type in 'GIVE', followed by a letter - S(hells), N(ails), R(ockets) or C(ells), followed by how much you want. For example, "GIVE N 50" gives you 50 nails.
  • to get health type in 'GIVE H' followed by how much you want. For example, "GIVE H 50" gives you 50 health.

Quake II -

  • "GIVE ADRENALINE" - gives you adrenaline
  • "GIVE AIRSTRIKE MARKER" - gives you the airstrike marker
  • "GIVE ALL" - gives you all equipment, weapons and ammo
  • "GIVE AMMO" - gives you full ammo
  • "GIVE AMMO PACK" - gives you the ammo pack
  • "GIVE ANCIENT HEAD" - gives you the ancient head
  • "GIVE ARMOR" - gives you 200 armour
  • "GIVE ARMOR SHARD" - gives you an armour shard
  • "GIVE BANDOLIER" - gives you the bandolier
  • "GIVE BFG10K" - gives you the big f*cking gun
  • "GIVE BLASTER" - gives you the blaster
  • "GIVE BLUE KEY" - gives you the blue key
  • "GIVE BODY ARMOR" - gives you 1 armour
  • "GIVE BULLETS" - gives you 50 bullets
  • "GIVE CELLS" - gives you cells
  • "GIVE CHAINGUN" - gives you the chaingun
  • "GIVE COMBAT ARMOR" - gives you the combat armour
  • "GIVE COMMANDERS HEAD" - gives you the commanders head
  • "GIVE DATA CD" - gives you the data CD
  • "GIVE DATA SPINNER" - gives you the data spinner
  • "GIVE ENVIRONMENT SUIT" - gives you the environment suit
  • "GIVE GRENADE LAUNCHER" - gives you the grenade launcher
  • "GIVE GRENADES" - gives you grenades
  • "GIVE HEALTH" - gives you 100 health
  • "GIVE INVULNERABILITY" - gives you invulnerability
  • "GIVE JACKET ARMOR" - gives you the jacket armour
  • "GIVE MACHINE GUN" - gives you the machinegun
  • "GIVE POWER CUBE" - gives you the power cube
  • "GIVE POWER SHIELD" - gives you the power shield
  • "GIVE PYRAMID KEY" - gives you the pyramid key
  • "GIVE QUAD DAMAGE" - gives you the quad damage
  • "GIVE RAILGUN" - gives you the railgun
  • "GIVE REBREATHER" - gives you the rebreather
  • "GIVE RED KEY" - gives you the red key
  • "GIVE ROCKET LAUNCHER" - gives you the rocket launcher
  • "GIVE ROCKETS" - gives you rockets
  • "GIVE SECURITY PASS" - gives you the security pass
  • "GIVE SHELLS" - gives you shells
  • "GIVE SHOTGUN" - gives you the shotgun
  • "GIVE SILENCER" - gives you the silencer
  • "GIVE SLUGS" - gives you slugs
  • "GIVE SUPER SHOTGUN" - gives you the super shotgun
  • "GIVE WEAPONS" - gives you all weapons but no ammo
NOCLIP NOCLIP Allows you to fly and walk through walls. Type NOCLIP a second time to return to normal...
- NOTARGET Enemies won't attack you
FLY - Allows you to fly. Whilst flying using d to go up and c to go down...
SV_GRAVITY ### - Type in a number instead of ### and this will set the amount of gravity on a level. 850 is the default. So to half the pull of gravity, type SV_GRAVITY 425. Reducing gravity allows you to jump higher and fall slower.

1.2 How Do I Kill Shub-Niggurath?

At the end of Quake I you face Shub-Niggurath, a big ugly lump of goop looking like some twisted nightmare of a tree. Loosing your entire arsenal into it is a waste of time. So how do you kill old Shub?

Well, you see that spikey ball thing that's flying around Shub? OK, wait until you see the ball enter Shub, and then step into the teleporter you'll find at the end of a flight of stairs. Presto - you telefrag Shub. Disappointing anti-climax of an ending, but it does produce an impressive shower of gibs...

1.3 Getting rid of choppy sound in Quake II

A lot of people have reported choppy sound in Quake II. To solve this, try typing s_primary 0 at the console, followed by snd_restart. If this doesn't work, then try s_wavonly 1 and try snd_restart again...

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