# Changing max level of stats
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [September 12, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518 "2015-09-12T23:35:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Hazeron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazeron)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/1 "2015-09-12T23:35:53Z")
I’ve been messing around with a super overpowered character, but even if I give myself 1000 character points it won’t let me raise any of the base stats (strength, dexterity, etc.) over 20. Any way past this?
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/2 "2015-09-13T07:48:45Z")
Edit them in debug menu. You need to bind it to a key in keybinding options.
Then in game you open the debug menu, then ‘d’ (edit NPC), select yourself, edit stats and set some superhuge stats there.
Don’t set them too high - 1000 is safe, but at 100000 weird things can happen.
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### Author:  [@Hazeron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazeron)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/3 "2015-09-13T13:49:38Z")
Thanks! Now I can make my Amazonian lizard woman who can drag buses and punch down super alloy walls!
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### Author:  [@Hazeron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazeron)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/4 "2015-09-13T18:29:00Z")
I tried to do that, but it just says “No NPC is there” when I use it on myself. Also, when I use it on NPC’s, it only lets me alter their skills, not their stats.
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/5 "2015-09-14T05:47:56Z")
Oh, it only works in experimental.
In stable, you have to manually edit the save. It is human-readable. You want to change the stats like “str\_max”, “per\_max” etc.
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### Author:  [@Hazeron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazeron)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/6 "2015-09-14T20:41:43Z")
What file do i have to edit?
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/7 "2015-09-14T20:56:27Z")
save/[world name]/[string of symbols].sav
Though I recommend playing experimental, it has a lot of new stuff.
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### Author:  [@Hazeron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazeron)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-max-level-of-stats/10518/8 "2015-09-14T22:03:50Z")
I saw. I just decided to download experimental to fuck around with Amazonian Lizard Chicks. However, I discovered that I can’t drag anything larger than a car no matter what, which makes me sad.