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If you've been playing a decent amount of Skyrim, you may have noticed that children are annoying. Really annoying. However, while trying to bash one of the little snots into the ground to teach him some manners, I noticed that they're invulnerable to damage.

Obviously, they're witches, or at the very least cheaters. Is there a console command to make them less invincible? If not, is there one that will shut them up?

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Honestly, this question needs to be asked for most games. – LessPop_MoreFizz Nov 19 '11 at 15:32
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Unrelenting force off a cliff :D – Domocus Nov 19 '11 at 16:05
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Pretty sure that without a mod this won't be possible, as I'd always heard it was due to censors/ratings. I guess it's viewed as bad taste, even in a game... – Eric Nov 19 '11 at 16:06
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It's satisfying nonetheless :D – Domocus Nov 19 '11 at 16:10
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Wow. The title change on this question makes me look like a seriously heartless misanthrope. – LessPop_MoreFizz Nov 22 '11 at 3:44
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Console commands are too much effort.

Fortunately for us, there's a mod!

Poor Mila.

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I just installed this to make the game more realistic although I might not killed a kid on purpose. But I guess it makes an accidental dragon shout more funny... :) – Tom Wijsman Nov 19 '11 at 20:14
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The orphanage will never be the same...mwa ha ha. – Artless Nov 20 '11 at 0:09
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Holy heavens. Jesus forgive me. Now I know why it was not included in-game. Mother of God. – aditya menon Jan 22 '12 at 11:57
Last night, I was dreaming about a Dead Thrall - the most horrible one I had ever seen. – aditya menon Jan 23 '12 at 1:34
Link dead.54321 – NiteCyper Apr 23 at 11:22
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Open the console (` by default).
Type in help <kidsNameGoesHere> 4. You'll see a list of ID's, one of them will say something like:
_NPC (somenumberswillbehere) kid'sname
Next type in SetEssential <thenumbersfrombefore> 0 at the console and hit ↲ Enter.
Replace with the kid's npcID, and he should be killable, unless Bethesda implemented their invulnerability in a unique way.

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Okay, I think I might be stupid, but I cannot get this to work, no matter what combination of things I type in. It keeps telling me that either I've created a syntax error, I'm missing the parameter "actor base" or that the id I type in is an invalid item for "actor base." Could you maybe toss in an example of a string you typed in for this for a specific NPC? – Artless Nov 20 '11 at 0:08
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Just click on the person or child while your console is open (~) then type SetEssential 0. Don't type npcid manually or you'll get errors most of the time. I have noticed that a lot of npcids are different between the 360 and PC version while some are still the same, so just click to target then type command without the need for the npcid specification.

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The mods, Killable children V2 and Killable and Lootable Children allows killing of children but at the same time, setting as unkillable or 'essential', certain quest-related children, preventing bugs and avoiding missing some quests. This is like the vanilla Skyrim behavior where certain quest-related NPCs can not be killed.

The Killable and Lootable Children mod also allows you too loot children, and makes the 'essential' children, 'non-essential' when their related quests are finished.

The mod in action.

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@NiteCyper It might be a server issue. I just tested it and the first link works fine here. Also: downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/… – galacticninja Apr 23 at 12:18
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You can kill children in the PC version of skyrim by changing their races in the setrace commend. once you change them you can be able to kill them with the kill command to not get a bounty. this works if you want to kidnap a child WITHOUT teleporting. or you can download a mod that doesnt require doing this process.

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Just dual wield the spell "Raise Zombie" and cast it on the kid, they just crumble into ash.

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