In The Sims 4, players on all platforms can use cheat codes to instantly give their Sims a better life by getting them new items, and improving their money, skills, and friendships. Cheat codes are a big part of The Sims franchise, allowing players to get their Sims living the high life without bothering with ordinary day-to-day tasks.
Unlike in other games, using cheat codes in The Sims 4 is not only easy but also encouraged, with EA even publishing a list of their personal favorites. Even though players can get The Sims 4 for free, EA hasn’t yet given players all of the information they need. To use cheat codes, players need to open the Cheats Console.
Players should be aware that using some cheats will disable achievements and trophies.
How To Input Cheat Codes In The Sims 4 On All Platforms
On PC, players can open the Cheats Console by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C. Players can enter all of the codes listed below into the Cheats Console to use them in their games. It’s worth noting that players on PC should take care when using cheat codes if they’re using any custom content for The Sims 4, as mods and custom content don’t always play well with some base game features.
On console platforms, players need to press all of the bumper and trigger buttons on their controllers at the same time. For Xbox players, this involves pressing LB, RB, LT, and RT, while PlayStation players need to press L1, R1, L2, and R2.
At this point, some basic cheats can be used straight away, but to really get the most out of cheat codes in The Sims 4, players should also enter “testingcheats true” into the console. This enables many of the more complex cheats listed below.
Here are all of the cheats players can use in The Sims 4, courtesy of Ultimate Sims Guides.
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All Money Cheats In The Sims 4
Money cheats are the most consistently useful codes in The Sims 4. Players can pay bills for their Sims to keep the lights on and water running, or go much further by filling their household’s accounts with heaps of Simoleons. Below is a table of money cheats players can use in The Sims 4.
| Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| kaching | Gives 1,000 Simoleons to the current household |
| rosebud | |
| motherlode | Gives 50,000 Simoleons to the current household |
| money (amount) | Sets the current household’s funds to the amount specified |
| households.autopay_bills true/false | Pays the current household’s bills automatically (can be set on or off). |
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All Skills Cheats In The Sims 4
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There are ways to level up Skills such as The Sims 4’s Medium skill quickly, but players can also use this cheat to max out any Skill.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
stats.set_skill_level (Skill Type)(Level) | Sets the level of any skill to the specified level. |
Players first need to select the Sim whose skills they want to improve before using this cheat. They’ll also need the correct ID codes for the skill they would like to change.
Skill | Skill Type |
|---|---|
Acting | Major_Acting |
Archaeology | Major_Archaeology |
Baking | Major_Baking |
Bowling | Skill_Bowling |
Charisma | Major_Charisma |
Comedy | Major_Comedy |
Cooking | Major_HomeStyleCooking |
Dancing | Minor_Dancing |
DJ Mixing | Major_DJ |
Fabrication | adultmajor_fabrication |
Fishing | Major_Fishing |
Fitness | Skill_Fitness |
Flower Arranging | AdultMajor_FlowerArranging |
Gardening | Major_Gardening |
Gourmet Cooking | Major_GourmetCooking |
Guitar | Major_Guitar |
Handiness | Major_Handiness |
Herbalism | Major_Herbalism |
Juice Fizzing | adultminor_juicefizzing |
Knitting | adultmajor_knitting |
Logic | Major_Logic |
Media Production | Minor_Media |
Medium | minor_medium |
Mischief | Major_Mischief |
Mixology | Major_Bartending |
Painting | Major_Painting |
Parenting | Major_Parenting |
Pet Training | skill_Dog |
Photography | Major_Photography |
Piano | Major_Piano |
Pipe Organ | Major_PipeOrgan |
Programming | Major_Programming |
Research and Debate | major_researchdebate |
Robotics | Major_Robotics |
Rock Climbing | Major_Rockclimbing |
Rocket Science | Major_RocketScience |
Selvadoradian Culture | Minor_LocalCulture |
Singing | Major_Singing |
Skiing | Major_Skiing |
Snowboarding | Major_Snowboarding |
Vampire Lore | VampireLore |
Vet Skill | Major_Vet |
Video Gaming | Major_VideoGaming |
Wellness | Major_Wellness |
Writing | Major_Writing |
Child Creativity | skill_child_creativity |
Child Mental | skill_child_mental |
Child Motor | skill_child_motor |
Child Social | skill_child_social |
Toddler Communication | toddler_communication |
Toddler Imagination | toddler_imagination |
Toddle Movement | toddler_movement |
Toddler Thinking | toddler_thinking |
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All Friendship And Relationship Cheats In The Sims 4
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Players can also use the following cheats to change relationships in The Sims 4. To use these codes, they’ll need to have the names of both Sims.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
ModifyRelationship (Sim Name) (Target Sim Name) +/-amount LTR_Friendship_Main | Increases or decreases the friendship of two Sims. |
ModifyRelationship (Sim Name) (Target Sim Name) +/-amount LTR_Romance_Main | Increases or decreases the romance between two Sims |
ModifyRelationship (Sim Name) (PetName) +/-amount LTR_SimToPet_Friendship_Main | Increases or decreases the friendship between a Sim and a pet. |
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All Careers And Aspirations Cheats In The Sims 4
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Players can give their Sims a big boost to their careers and support their biggest Aspirations with the following cheat codes.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
aspirations.complete_current_milestone | Completes the current Aspiration’s milestone. |
sims.give_satisfaction_points amount | Gives the selected Sim the specified amount of Satisfaction Points. |
Achieving Aspirations can sometimes take hours of playtime, so using Aspirations cheats in The Sims 4 allows players to skip that. There are also cheat codes players can use for career advancement, which work for adult Sims, and for child and teenage Sims in school.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
careers.promote (Career) | Promotes the selected Sim in the specified career. |
careers.demote (Career) | Demotes the selected Sim in the specified career. |
careers.promote/demote gradeschool | Promotes/demotes the selected Sim in grade school (better/worse grades) |
careers.promote/demote highschool | Promotes/demotes the selected Sim in high school (better/worse grades) |
To use careers cheat codes, players need to enter the right career codes.
Career | Code |
|---|---|
Acting | Actor |
Astronaut | Astronaut |
Athlete | Athletic |
Babysitter | PartTime_Babysitter |
Barista | PartTime_Barista |
Business | Business |
Botanist/Florist | Adult_Gardener |
Civil Design | careers_Adult_CivilDesigner |
Conservationist | Conservationist |
Criminal | Criminal |
Culinary | Culinary |
Detective | Detective |
Doctor | Doctor |
Diver | PartTime_Diver |
Drama Club (After School Club) | dramaclub |
Education | careers_Adult_Education |
Engineer | Engineering |
Entertainer | Entertainer |
Fast Food Employee | PartTime_FastFood |
Fishing | PartTime_Fisherman |
Law | Law |
Lifeguard (adult Sim) | PartTime_Lifeguard |
Manual Laborer | PartTime_Manual |
Military | Military |
Painter | Painter |
Politician | Activist |
Retail Employee | PartTime_Retail |
Scientist | Scientist |
Secret Agent | SecretAgent |
Scouts (After School Club) | scout |
Social Media | SocialMedia |
Style Influencer | Influencer |
Tech Guru | TechGuru |
Writer | Writer |
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All Trait Cheats In The Sims 4
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Players usually give their Sims Traits during Create-A-Sim, but it’s actually possible for players to assign additional Traits using cheat codes. The code to add and remove traits is listed below, but it may not work with custom Sims 4 traits installed by mods.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
traits.equip/remove_trait (Trait) | Adds or removes the specified Trait from the selected Sim |
Players will also need the right trait codes to add and remove traits from their Sims.
Trait | Trait Code |
|---|---|
Active | active |
A True Master | TrueMaster |
Alluring | Alluring |
Always Welcome | AlwaysWelcome |
Ambitious | ambitious |
Angler’s Tranquility | AnglersTranquility |
Animal Affection | Attraction |
Antiseptic | Antiseptic |
Appraiser | Appraiser |
Argumentative | Argumentative |
Art Lover | artlover |
Bad Manners | BadManners |
Beguiling | Beguiling |
Beloved | trait_legendary |
Bookworm | bookworm |
Bro | bro |
Business Savvy | Business_Savvy |
Carefree | Carefree |
Cat Lover | catlover |
Champion of the People | Trait_ChampionOfThePeople |
Cheerful | cheerful |
Childish | childish |
Child of The Islands | islandancestors |
Child of The Ocean | childoftheocean |
Chopstick Savvy | ChopstickSavvy |
Clumsy | clumsy |
Cold Acclimation | ColdAcclimation |
Collector | Collector |
Companion | EternalBond |
Compassionate | Compassionate |
Connections | Connections |
Creative | creative |
Creative Visionary | CreativeVisionary |
Creatively Gifted | CreativelyGifted |
Critically Connected | trait_hidden_career_critic_thrifty |
Dance Machine | dancemachine |
Dastardly | Dastardly |
Dog Lover | doglover |
Domestic | FamilySim |
Emotional Control | EmotionalControl |
Entrepreneurial | Entrepreneurial |
Erratic | insane |
Essence of Flavor | EssenceOfFlavor |
Expressionistic | Expressionistic |
Evil | evil |
Family Oriented | familyoriented |
Father Winter’s Baby | FatherWinterBaby |
Fertile | Fertile |
Foodie | foodie |
Forever Fresh | ForeverFresh |
Forever Full | ForeverFull |
Free Services | FreeServices |
Freegan | Trait_Freegan |
Fresh Chef | FreshChef |
Friend of the Sea | FriendOfTheSea |
Frugal | Frugal |
Geek | geek |
Genius | genius |
Gloomy | gloomy |
Glutton | glutton |
Good | good |
Good Manners | GoodManners |
Goofball | goodball |
Great Kisser | GreatKisser |
Great Storyteller | GreatStoryteller |
Green Fiend | Trait_GreenFiend |
Gregarious | Gregarious |
Gym Rat | GymRat |
Handy | TheKnack |
Happy (Toddler) | happy_toddler |
Hardly Hungry | HardlyHungry |
Hates Children | hateschildren |
Heat Acclimation | HeatAcclimation |
Heatproof | BurningMan |
Hero of Strangerville | HeroOfStrangerville |
High Metabolism | High_Metabolism |
Hilarious | Hilarious |
Home Turf | HomeTurf |
Hot Headed | hotheaded |
I am The Master | TheMaster |
Iceproof | IceMan |
Incredibly Friendly | IncrediblyFriendly |
Independent | trait_independent |
Infected (Strangerville) | strangerville_infected |
Influential Individual | Trait_InfluentialIndividual |
Insensitive | LifeSkills_Unfeeling |
Insider | insider |
In The Know | InTheKnow |
Irresponsible | Irresponsible |
Jealous | jealous |
Kleptomaniac | kleptomaniac |
Lazy | lazy |
Loner | loner |
Long Lived | Longevity |
Loves the Outdoors | lovesoutdoors |
Maker | Trait_Maker |
Marketable | Marketable |
Master of the Sea | trait_FriendOfTheSea |
Master Maker | Trait_MasterMaker |
Mastermind | Mastermind |
Materialistic | materialistic |
Mean | mean |
Mediator | Mediator |
Melt Master | MeltMaster |
Memorable | Memorable |
Mentally Gifted | MentallyGifted |
Mentor | Mentor |
Morning Sim | MorningPerson |
Muser | Muser |
Museum Patron | Trait_Archaeology |
Music Lover | trait_musiclover |
Natural Leader | ClubPresident |
Natural Speaker | Trait_NaturalSpeaker |
Naturalist | OneWithNature |
Neat | neat |
Needs No One | NeedsNoOne |
Never Weary | NeverWeary |
Night Owl | trait_NightOwl |
Noncommittal | commitmentissues |
Observant | Observant |
Outgoing | outgoing |
Paranoid | paranoid |
Patriarch/Matriarch | PaMatriarch |
Perfect Host | PerfectHost |
Perfectionist | perfectionist |
Physically Gifted | PhysicallyGifted |
Piper | Piper |
Player | trait_Player |
Poetic | EpicPoet |
Potion Master | PotionMaster |
Professional Slacker | ProfessionalSlacker |
Professorial | Chronicler |
Quick Learner | Quick_Learner |
Recycle Disciple | Trait_RecycleDisciple |
Regained Humanity | RegainedHumanity |
Responsible | LifeSkills_Responsible |
Role Model | SuperParent_RoleModel |
Romantic | romantic |
Sacred Knitting Knowledge | trait_SacredKnittingKnowledge |
Savant | Savant |
Scouting Aptitude | ScoutingAptitude |
Seasoned Gamer | trait_SeasonedGamer |
Seldom Sleepy | SeldomSleepy |
Self-Absorbed | selfabsorbed |
Self Assured | selfassured |
Shameless | Shameless |
Shrewd | Invested |
Sickness Resistance | trait_Doctor_SicknessResistant |
Sincere | Sincere |
Slob | slob |
Snob | snob |
Socially Gifted | SociallyGifted |
Speed Cleaner | SpeedCleaner |
Speed Reader | SpeedReader |
Spice Hound | SpiceHound |
Squeamish | squeamish |
Storm Chaster | Stormchaser |
Steel Bladder | SteelBladder |
Stoves and Grill Master | StovesAndGrillsMaster |
Sulani Mani | trait_Hidden_IslandAncestor_Elemental |
Super Green Thumb | SuperGreenThumb |
Survivalist | Survivalist |
Thrifty | ValuedCustomer |
Top-Notch Toddler | top_notch_toddler |
Tormentor | Baner |
Treasure Hunter | Trait_JungleExplorer |
Uncontrolled | Uncontrolled |
Unflirty | unflirty |
Unstoppable Fame | UnstoppableFame |
Vaccinated (Strangerville) | strangerville_vaccinated |
Vegetarian | vegetarian |
Vicarious | LivingVicariously |
Waterproof | Waterproof |
Webmaster | Webmaster |
World-Renowned Actor | WorldRenownedActor |
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All Item Cheats In The Sims 4
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There are a few cheat codes players can use to unlock extra items for their best house layouts in The Sims 4. These can be used in Build Mode to make lots of extra environment and building items available, so players can purchase and place them on their building lots.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
bb.showhiddenobjects | Makes extra buildable items available. |
bb.showliveeditobjects | Makes even more buildable items available, including environment items. |
bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement | Makes all career-exclusive items available to purchase. |
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All Sims And Build Mode Cheats In The Sims 4
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Creativity is a big part of The Sims 4, and players can use cheats to ensure that it isn’t being restricted when creating Sims or using Build Mode. In an unnerving twist, players can even give themselves the power of life and death over their Sims by toggling death on and off, although this might make romancing the Grim Reaper in The Sims 4 tricky.
Cheat Code | Effect |
|---|---|
bb.moveobjects | Removes object placement restrictions. |
bb.enablefreebuild | Allows players to build on any lots |
cas.fulleditmode | Unlocks all Create A Sim features. |
death.toggle true/false | Toggle death on or off. |
freerealestate true/false | Makes all properties free to purchase. |
resetSim (Sim Name) | Reset stuck Sim |
sims.fill_all_commodities | Fills all Needs for the current Sim |
sims.give_satisfaction_points amount | Gives the selected Sim the specified number of Satisfaction Points |
sims.remove_all_buffs | Returns Sim to neutral mood |
stats.fill_all_commodities_household | Fills Needs for the current household. |
The Sims franchise has a long history of cheat codes and luckily for players, The Sims 4 hasn’t changed that in the slightest. Even several years on from release, each expansion and content pack released for The Sims 4 has added a few of its own cheat codes, making the game stand out from many modern releases where players are forced to play by the rules.
Whether it’s using cheat codes to transform Sims into master songwriters in the blink of an eye or to give them heaps of Simoleons, The Sims 4 makes it clear to players that it’s okay to bend the rules.
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Source: Ultimate Sims Guides, EA
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The Sims 4Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Life Simulation
Mode: Single Player
Platform: PS4, Xbox One
Rating: Teen
The Sims 4