I am aware that Arena has a number of "Built-In" Cheat functions .. e.g.: typing TGM in the console will toggle "God Mode" and so on,
but the cheat console needs to first be activated, by typing the ~ Key.

I have downloaded and installed the Free Version, as now offered by Bethesta, and it runs fine on my XP Pro with DosBox.
However pressing the tilde Key ~ does NOT bring up the console. (and I am tired of Dying in the First dungeon all the time.)

Therefore, if I have missed something during the installation then I would be very grateful for ANY Help from anyone as to "how to get the Console Function to work."?

(or has the "cheat console" function been removed from this, now, Free Version of Arena?)

I do hope someone will help.

Regards, Aerial

Err, Arena doesn't have cheats. - Daggerfall was the first game in the series to have them. The console functions you're referring to are for Morrowind and Oblivion.

I'm not sure why you need to use cheats, but I heartily suggest that you buy/make a Passwall spell once you've found a Mages' Guild. I swear by the thing - it'll allow you to go through entire portions of dungeons unscathed, and if you take the UESP's maps into account you can do the main quest without having to see much action if that's what you're hoping for. However, you should definitely play this game without cheats - it's really rough at first, but also quite rewarding. If you cannot get out of the starter dungeon (can you at least kill the enemies encountered with ease?) then perhaps you should rethink your character build. The intent of the starting dungeon is to test the viability of your class, and unfortunately most of the classes in Arena are fairly underpowered. Most people suggest you use a magic/melee combo such as a Spellsword.

http://uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Files#Save_Game_Editors are two command line save game editors, which should allow you to increment your character's stats. That's about the closest thing to a cheat I can give you.

Best of luck with the game. Wish I could give more help but this is really as much as can be given with a dated game like Arena. If you're still out for that retro Elder Scrolls experience but can't enjoy the game's natural progression, you may also want to consider checking out Daggerfall which holds far more replay value.

Thank you Stonefrog, your reply was very much appreciated ...

However, THESE are the "Cheat Instructions" I found on the Internet ..

(Ha Ha .. Mayby they DON'T apply to ARENA, although they "say they do) ... HOWEVER ...

ELDER SCROLLS – ARENA CHEAT CODES

God Mode
Anytime during gameplay, press the ~ key to bring up the Console Menu and
type TGM and then press enter. God Mode will then be activated. To turn it off,
simply type it again.

Boosting stats by editing save game files (HEX editor required)
Stats are stored in the save game files, which are name saveengn.xx, where xx is the save game number based on the slot you use (for example: the top slot would be saveengn.00, the second saveengn.01, and so on). You must be able to HEX edit. For example, you can give a character 1,000,000,000 GP like this:
(In the file)

Offset 41E 18
Offset 41F FA
Offset 420 C4 80
Offset 421 83 F8

Offset 041F is part of the field for Gold. Change it from what it is to CC to get around 65K gold pieces. Offset 040C is part of the field for Experience. Change it from 48 to 4F to get around 1.28 x 10^11 Experience points.

Field covers 4 bytes - 409 to 40C (hex) 409 holds the lowest value and 40C holds the highest value.

To give a character more attribute points make the following change: (next fight gives the points)

Offset 006 87 (make character level 1)

At the time of the next fight you will get a bunch of points to distribute. The number depends on the difference between level 1 and the character's current level. Do not go to 100 for each attribute as that will hang the game next time the character gains a level. Leave at least (6*(26-current level)) points available for distribution. If the idea is to increase stats, use the offset 006 change until the values you want to increase are high enough.

It is much easier to edit the spells, since they're kept in clear hex. Use Spellmaker to create a spell that does 1-1 pts of damage, +1-1/level, then look the spell up in the SPELLS.xx file (where xx is the savegame #), and change it to 99-99, + 99-99/level, etc, etc. You can change other factors such as chance and duration. There are also two effects (Cage and Death Spell) that seem to never have been implemented, but activating them and using them is not advisable, as that will result in disharmonious outcomes.

Duplicate rare quest items:
Kill the player character and get item that you wish to duplicate. Open the console
window and enable the player-]ra code to get the desired player character back.
Repeat the quest as often as desired to get as many rare items as needed.

Cheat List :
Press ~ to display the console and type player-] and one of the following cheats:

Result - Cheat:

Flight mode - setflying 1
Super jumps - setsuperjump 1
Walk on water - setwaterwalking 1
Breathe underwater - setwaterbreathing 1
Set player level - setlevel [number)
Add indicated amount of gold - additem "Gold_100" [number)
Set maximum fatigue value - setfatigue [number)
Set maximum magic value - setmagicka [number)
Set player health - sethealth [number)
Place character in the named cell - centeroncell -or- coc (cell ID)
Place character in exterior cell grid - centeronexterior -or- coe (x,y)
Create map image file for Xbox - createmaps ["filename.esp"]
Add all entries to journal - filljournal
Show all the towns on full map - fillmap
Teleport 128 units from location - fixme
Get faction reaction - getfactionreaction (faction ID)
Show help commands - help
Show variables - showvars -or- sv
Stop cell test - stopcelltest -or- sct
Test cells - testcells -or- tc
Test interior cells - testinteriorcells -or- tic
Test models - testmodels -or- t3d
Toggle AI - toggleai -or- ta
Toggle borders - toggleborders -or- tb
Toggle combat statistics - togglecombatstats -or- tcs
Toggle collisions - togglecollision -or- tcl
Toggle collision boxes - togglecollisionboxes -or- tcb
Toggle collision grid - togglecollisiongrid -or- tcg
Toggle debug text - toggledebugtext -or- tdt
Toggle dialogue statistics - toggledialoguestats -or- tds
Toggle fog of war - togglefogofwar -or- tfow
Toggle God mode - togglegodmode -or- tgm
Toggle grid - togglegrid -or- tg
Toggle kill statistics - togglekillstats -or- tks
Toggle load fade - toggleloadfade
Toggle magic statistics - togglemagicstats -or- tms
Toggle magic statistics - togglemagicstats -or- tms
Toggle menus - togglemenus -or- tm
Toggle path grid - tpg
Toggle scripts - togglescripts
Toggle stats - togglestats -or- tst
Toggle sky - togglesky -or- ts
Toggle texture string - toggletexturestring -or- tts
Toggle wireframe - togglewireframe -or- twf
Toggle world - toggleworld -or- tw
Show ownership and script name - togglefullhelp -or- tfh
Show selected actor's party - sg
Show selected actor's targets - st
Show scene graph - showscenegraph -or- ssg
One to one mode - moto
Toggle water/no water - twa
Toggle vanity mode - tvm
Toggle script output - tso
Toggle load fade - tlf
Toggle bot AI - tai
Display output info - ori
Toggle lighting - tl
Show variables - sv
Show animations - sa
Reset enemies, NPCs, players - ra
Purge textures - pt

Not enough codes for you? Search for more cheats at cheat codes club.
Or simply Click here to find more The Elder Scrolls : Arena cheat codes.

So Once Again ... ARE there "Cheat Codes" for Arena ?? or is the above (from the Internet "Fundies") just "Smoke and Hot Air" ?

ANY Comments about this are very welcome, from ANYONE.

Yes STONEFROG, You are totally correct .. The ONLY "cheats" for Arena, are the ones described using a HEX EDITOR.

The others are indeed for Daggerfall. I guess I did not READ the cheat descriptions properly, and got myself confused.

(However, I finally did manage to exit the First Dungeon without cheating, and am now looking for a Mages Guild to buy / make? that spell.)

Also, thank you very much for the two command line save game editors, and for the PassWall Spell Tip.

Your help was VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. May the force be with you.

Those console commands you listed are for Morrowind. Where on earth are you finding this awful information?

Yes, you are Totally Correct. I went back to the relevant sites, and found the CORRECT cheats for Arena, and for Daggerfall

SORRY PEOPLE, MY MISTAKE !

Now can a Moderator please CLOSE this topic ? or at least tell me how to do so ?

Thanks everyone for your input.

Click on the "Report" button under your username in your first post (Or any of your own posts in the topic)
Then say that you'd like your topic closed.