Let's take the setplayerrace command, which lets us change your character's race. If you've never seen console commands before, it might all look a bit complicated, but it really isn't! To help ease you in, here's a little example of how to actually type things into the console. This will bring up the console command menu. If you’re currently stuck scouring your keyboard, these keys are always sat next to the number 1 and above the TAB key. To enter console commands in Skyrim, you need to press the ‘grave’ key on a UK keyboard, or ‘tilde’ on a US keyboard.