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The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code you need to play God
By Tom Sykes, Lauren Morton
First Published 1 month ago

Every Sims 4 cheat for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

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The basic Sims 4 experience is great and all, but why be bound by the limitations of mere
mortals? Once you enable Sims 4 cheats, your toolset as a creator can truly open up.
Whether you want to grab some extra cash for a complete remodel, need certain skills for
your sims, or want to build without worrying about the pesky grid, there's basically a cheat
for everything. Play God without worrying about pesky little things like death.

This guide has recently been expanded with cheats from various Sims 4 expansions and
stu packs. Most expansions and game packs for The Sims 4 come with their own cheats
for the traits, jobs, and deaths unique to that pack.
Want to expand your game further? There's always our roundup of the best Sims 4 mods. 

HOW TO ENABLE CHEATS IN SIMS 4

To enable Sims 4 cheats, press Ctrl + Shift + C while in game to open the cheat console.
Type your chosen cheat codes into the text eld that opens and press enter.

For cheats marked as "shift click," you'll rst need to type "testingCheats [true/false]" into
the cheat menu. With testing cheats on, you can unlock some new Shift-Click menu options
on Sims, objects, or the ground.

With testingCheats active, you'll be able to move Sims between families, ll up their needs
and happiness bars, dirty or clean up objects, and teleport Sims anywhere you like, among
a few others detailed below.

SIMS 4 CHEAT CODES

Shift + Click Sims 4 cheats

After typing testingCheats true in the cheat console, Shift+Click on Sims and objects for
the following e ects:

Cheat Need > Make Happy: Sets all your Sim's motives to full and mood to Happy
Cheat Need > Enable/Disable Need Decay: Allows or stops Sims from Need changes
Reset Object: Works on Sims and objects to reset their status
Add to Family: Adds a Sim not in your family to it
Modify in CAS: Modify the Sim in Create-a-Sim aside from name and inherited traits
Make Dirty/Clean: Use on an object to make it dirty or clean
Teleport Sim: Shift+Click on the ground to teleport a Sim to that point    
Make head: Use on an object to stick it on top of your Sim's neck like a horrible chimera

Sims 4 money cheats

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Spending all your money on groceries and bills is too much like real life. Why make your
Sims start at the bottom when it's way more fun to start at the top? Enter any of these
Sims 4 money cheat keywords into the cheat console to instantly gain stacks of cash.

kaching: get 1,000 simoleons

rosebud: get 1,000 simoleons (for The Sims veterans who remember it)
motherlode: get 50,000 simoleons
Money [#]: change household simoleons to an exact number
FreeRealEstate [on/o ]: enter this in neighborhood or world view to make all lots free
 household.autopay_bills [true/false]: Turn household bills on and o . 

Sims 4 build and buy mode cheats

modebb.moveobjects: Ignore placement rules for objects and put them anywhere you
like
bb.showhiddenobjects: Buy hidden objects
bb.enablefreebuild: Build anywhere, even on locked lots
bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement: Buy items locked by careers

With an object selected you can also press Shift + [ or Shift + ] to make an object smaller or
larger. 

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Sims 4 live mode cheats

Things have a way of going entirely sideways in The Sims 4 when you lose track of time.
Here are some cheats to get you out of (or into, if that's your thing) sticky situations:

resetsim [ rstname lastname]: Resets a stuck Sim

sims.give_satisfaction_points [#]: Gives a Sim an amount of satisfaction points
llmotive motive_[motive]: Fills the speci ed motive, valid for: Bladder, Energy, Fun,
Hunger, Hygiene, Social
sims. ll_all_commodities: Fills the motives for all Sims in the household
aspirations.complete_current_milestone: Completes a Sim's current aspiration goal
and awards the matching points

To max out your Sim's skill in a speci c area use stats.set_skill_level Major_Logic 10. Of
course you can also set the value to something other than 10 if you don't want to max it
out. Substitute "Major_Logic" for any of the following other skills: 

CHEAT SHEETS

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 Major_HomestyleCooking 
Major_GourmetCooking
Major_Bartending  
Major_Charisma 
Major_Comedy 
Major_Fishing 
Skill_Fitness 
Major_Gardening
Major_Guitar  
Major_Piano 
Major_Violin 
Major_Handiness
Major_Mischief  
Major_Painting 
Major_Photography 
Major_Programming 
Major_RocketScience 
Major_VideoGaming 
Major_Writing 

For your child Sims, substitute with Skill_Child_[Creativity/Mental/Motor/Social] all of

which also max out at 10. 

After your Sims are all skilled up, you can also give them free promotions or add new
careers. 

Use careers.add_career [career] to add careers with names like "Actor", "Painter", "Writer",
and so on.

careers.promote [career] and careers.remove [career] work in the same way to get a
promotion or remove your Sim's job. You can also use careers.retire [career] to quit your
job and collect a weekly pension.
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Sims 4 friendship and romance cheats

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If your Sims have the same problem making friends that I have in real life, the cheat
console code relationship.introduce_sim_to_all_others will instantly introduce your Sim to
all their neighbors.

For an even easier icebreaker, relationships.create_friends_for_sim will spawn a new Sim

on the lot already already friends with yours.

If you need more speci c friendship (and romance) control, use the following to add and
subtract from relationships between two Sims:

modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetSimFirstName]

[TargetSimLastName] 100 LTR_Friendship_Main 

Substitute "Friendship" for "Romance" to change romantic relationship values. Positive

values will increase a relationship, while using a negative value (ex: -100) will decrease it.

Kill and un-kill your sims

To save your Sims from death entirely, use death.toggle [true/false]. For all your other
deadly designs, use the following:

sims.add_bu Ghostly will turn your sim into a ghost for 4 in-game hours. 
In the Sims 4 Vampire expansion, you can kill your fanged sims with stats.set_stat
commodity_Vampire_SunExposure -100. You can also turn a regular Sim into sun-killed
vampire with traits.equip_trait Vampire_Sun.  

In the Seasons expansion there are a few ways to kill and resurrect your sims with
seasonal e ects. Use traits.[equip/remove]_trait Ghost_Overheat to create or undo a Sim
who has died of heat. You can also substitute "Overheat" for "Frozen" or "Lightning". In the
Jungle Adventure expansion you can use "poison" instead.

For death and resurrection cheats related to other expansion packs, check the sections
below!

Sims 4 UI cheats

Use these handy UI cheats to remove game elements from your view or add extra utilities:

headlinee ects [on/o ]: Enables or disables headline e ects like plumbobs and speech
bubbles
hovere ects [on/o ]: Disable hover e ect when you mouseover a Sim
fullscreenToggle: Makes the game fullscreen/windowed
fps [on/o ]: Display the fps on screen

SIMS 4 BATUU CHEATS

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The Sims 4's newest pack is a Star Wars-themed expansion on the world of Batuu. There
are also a bunch of new cheats speci c to the Batuu location, so make sure you're there or
most of these cheats won't do anything.

Sims 4 Batuu Shift+Click cheats

After typing testingCheats true in the cheat console, Shift+Click on Sims and objects for
the following Journey to Batuu cheats.

Free Batuu items: Shift+Click your Sim, choose Batuu Cheats, and then Give Batuu Items.

Change your Sim's faction reputation: Shift+Click your Sim, choose Batuu Cheats, then
Batuu Reputation. This will let you set your allegiance with the First Order and Resistance,
but be aware that gaining positive rep in one means negative rep in the other.

Change Faction world states: Shift+Click your Sim, choose Batuu Cheats, then Faction
World States

Add Rey/Kylo Ren to your family: Shift+Click Kylo/Rey, choose Add to Family

Be aware that you'll obviously have to nd either character in Batuu to add them to the
family, so make sure your Faction World State is set to the right rank for either the First
Order or Resistance.

Sims 4 Batuu skill cheats

Max out your Lightsaber skill by punching in the following code:

stats.set_skill_level Skill_Fitness 10

As you can probably tell, your Lightsaber skill is actually drawn from your general Fitness
stat, so that's what you want to max out to become a master Jedi. Ten is the max, but
you're looking to set it to a particular value, just replace the 10 with any number between 1
and 9.

Sims 4 Batuu money cheat

If you want an unlimited supply of Galactic Credits, what you'll need to punch into the
console.

bucks.update_bucks_by_amount 512011000

Note that the "1000" at the end is the amount of Galactic Credits that you're giving your
Sim. You can change that number to whatever, so go crazy with it.

Sims 4 Batuu clothing cheat

The following clothing cheat will unlock the full catalog of Journey to Batuu items, but know
that you'll have to punch it in either in Create A Sim or the Dwelling in Batuu.

cas.unlockbytag GP09

ECO LIFESTYLE CHEATS

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Change Eco Footprint cheat

One of the rst things you might be compelled to do with Eco Lifestyle cheats is change
your neighborhood's Eco Footprint. If you just can't stand starting out with an industrial
neighborhood, use eco_footprint.set_eco_footprint_state [#] with one of these numbers:

0 - Green Eco Footprint

1 - Neutral Eco Footprint
2 - Industrial Eco Footprint

Eco Lifestyle Shift + Click Cheats

After typing testingCheats true in the cheat console, Shift+Click on Sims and objects for
the following  Eco Lifestyle cheats:

Enact or Repeal Neighborhood Action Plans: Shift + Click on your Public Voting Board or
Mailbox to instantly enact or repeal a NAP.

Get In uence: Shift + Click your Public Voting Board or Mailbox and choose "Give Sim
In uence+15" to gain 15 In uence.

Get Bits and Pieces: Shift + Click on your Sim, choose "Give Bucks" and choose Bits or
Pieces to get 500 of either. You can also Shift + Click on your Fabrication Machines and
choose "Give Bits and Pieces" to get 50 of each.

Eco Lifestyle Career and Skill cheats

The Eco Lifestyle expansion adds the new Sim careers as a Freelance Maker and Civil
Designer and a couple skills that relate to each.
As usual, use careers.[add/remove]_career [career] with either of the following career
cheat codes:

careers_Adult_CivilDesigner
careers_Adult_Freelancer_Agency_Maker

In order to become a better freelance maker, you'll want to increase your Fabrication skill.
Oh, and you may want to improve your juicing too. Here's how to level up your Eco
Lifestyle Skills:

stats.set_skill_level AdultMinor_JuiceFizzing [#] - Juice Fizzing max level is 5.

stats.set_skill_level AdultMajor_Fabrication [#] - Fabrication maxes out at 10.

Eco Lifestyle Trait Cheats

There are lots of new traits in the Eco Lifestyle expansion. In the cheat console you can
enter traits.equip_trait [trait code] with any of the following trait codes:

Champion of the People: trait_ChampionOfThePeople

Gain satisfaction when you gain In uence and get more gifts from other Sims

Eco-Engineer: trait_EcoEngineer
Create Eco-Updates faster and faster and get more parts when recycling

Must Of The Maker: trait_MasterMaker

Fabricate items at a reduced cost

In uential Individual: trait_Nature_In uentialIndividual

Other Sims will be more In uenced by this Sim

Eco Master: trait_eco_master

Inspire other Sims to become Eco-conscious

Entrepreneur: trait_entrepreneur
These Sims like taking chances on investments
A zzionado: trait_Fizzyhead
Become focused while creating better products in the juice Fizzer

Master Crafter: trait_makerNPC

Inspire fabrication recipes in other Sims

DISCOVER UNIVERSITY CHEATS

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Discover University Career cheats

Get promoted in any of the school-speci c careers and part time jobs. You can also use
careers.[add/remove]_career [Education/Engineering/Law] to get the job you'd like.

Careers.Promote Education - promotes your Teacher or Professor

Careers.Promote Engineering - promotes your Mechanical or Computer Engineer
Careers.Promote Law - promotes your Judge or Private Attorney
Discover University skill cheats

Use either of the two cheats below to set your desired level in Discover University's two
new skills.

Stats.Set_Skill_Level Major_Robotics [#] - 

Stats.set_Skill_level Major_ResearchDebate [#]

Shift+Click cheats for Discover University 

After typing testingCheats true in the cheat console, Shift+Click on your Sims in Live Mode
to enroll in university immediately.

Shift click on a Robotics Table to "Spawn Crafting Supplies" which will give you 50 of
everything in the current Sim's inventory.

ISLAND LIVING CHEATS

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The most recent Sims 4 expansion, Island Living, has plenty of cheats for altering the new
careers and traits that it adds. We've listed many of them here!

Becoming a merperson
 traits.[equip/remove]_trait trait_OccultMermaid: Turn your Sim into a merperson or
back into a normal Sim
traits.equip_trait_OccultMermaid_MermaidForm: Toggles a mer tail on land

Island Living Career cheats

Get promoted in any of the island-speci c careers and part time jobs:

careers.[add/remove]_career Conservationist: Add or remove the Conservationist

career
careers.promote Conservationist: Get promoted in the Conservationist career
careers.promote PartTime_[Diver/Fisherman/Lifeguard]: Get promoted in the part
time job of your choice
careers.promote Teen_Lifeguard: Get promoted in the Lifeguard job as a Teen

Island Living Trait cheats

Use trait.[equip/remove]_trait [trait name] to equip or remove any of the following Island
Living traits:

(Yes, the "trait_" at the beginning IS a part of the trait's name!)

trait_BeachBum_LaidBack: Laid back Sims never become tense

trait_Hidden_IslandAncestor_Elemental: Island Ancestor Sims can increase the quality
of plants and...summon volcanic bombs?
trait_NaturalSpeaker: Natural Speakers are great at rubbing elbows and enthusing
other Sims
trait_FriendOfTheSea: These Sims become friends with dolphins and merpeople easier
than others

Shift+Click cheats for Island Living

After typing testingCheats true in the cheat console, Shift+Click on your Sims in Live Mode
to give them tans and burns or lock the current sun-a ected tint of your Sim's skin.

Start the party with an eruption

On a lot with the "Volcanic Activity" trait, use volcanic_eruption [small/large] to make lava
bombs rain from the sky onto your lot.

GET FAMOUS CHEATS

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Getting more famous in Get Famous

If you want to climb the fame ladder, you can use the super simple famepoints [#] which
will add the number of fame points to your currently selected Sim. 
Get Famous career, skill, and trait cheats

Before you work on getting promoted you can also use careers.[add/remove]_career
[Actor.DramaClub] if you've not started your path to stardom the non-cheat way.

careers.promote Actor - promotes your Sim in the acting career

careers.promote DramaClub - promotes your kid Sim in the Drama Club

You'll also want to set your skill levels for the Get Famous pack if you're in a bind.

stats.set_skill_level Major_Acting [#] - Acting skill maxes out at 10

stats.set_skill_level Minor_Media [#] - Media Production maxes out at 5

Last up, you might want one of the special traits that your Sims can have as part of Get
Famous.

traits.equip_trait WorldRenownedActor - Renowned actors never fail at an acting

action
traits.equip_trait UnstoppableFame - Unstoppable Sims never experience Fame decay
over time and aren't ru ed by Paparazzi.
 SEASONS CHEATS

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Cheats for changing the season

You can't change the season at will after creating a new world, so you'll have to use a cheat
instead. Or, you know, live through each season in Live Mode but that would take way too
long. 

Use seasons.set_season [#] to change it at will. Each season is represented by a number:

Summer: 0
Fall: 1
Winter: 2
Spring: 3
You can also use seasons.advance_season to go forward in time by just one season.

Seasons death cheats

To kill your Sims in Seasons-speci c ways, use the cheat traits.equip_trait [trait] to turn
them into a ghost killed by any of the following:

Ghost_Overheat
Ghost_Frozen
Ghost_Lightning

You can use traits.remove_trait [trait] to un-kill your Sims in the same way.

Seasons skills, careers, and traits

Use careers.promote [career] to rank your Sim up in one of the Seasons careers:

Adult_Gardener: Levels up your Botanist or Florist

Scout: Levels up your Teen or Kid Sim in the scouting line

Use stats.set_skill_level [skill] [#] to set your Sim's pro ciency in these Seasons skills:
 statistic_skill_AdultMajor_FlowerArranging: Max level for Flower Arranging is 10
Hidden_Skating 5: Max level for skating is 5

With traits.equip_trait [trait] you can also make your Sims invulnerable to some Seasons-
speci c damage types (like lightning strikes). Here are all the traits you can equip in
Seasons:

Stormchaser: Your Sim loves terrifying weather!

Waterproof: Your Sim won't get wet, even in the rain.
IceMan: Iceproof Sims are negatively a ected by the cold.
BurningMan: Burnproof Sims love the heat.
HeatAcclimation: Acclimated Sims are slightly less a ected by hot conditions.
ColdAcclimation: Same goes for cold acclimation.
ScoutingAptitude: Your Sim will earn Scouting experience faster.
FatherWinterBaby: Your Sim is...Santa's baby?

CATS & DOGS CHEATS

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Pets skills, careers, and traits

Sims 4: Cats & Dogs adds the Veterinarian career and several pet-related traits. Here's how
to set them to your liking for your animal a cionados. Remember to rst use testingcheats
true before the rest of these cheats!

Use stats.set_skill_level [skill] [#] to change your Sims' level in these pets abilities:

Major_Vet: The veterinary skill tops out at 10.

skill_Dog: Your Sim's ability to train pets goes up to 5.

You can use traits.equip_trait Attraction to have your Sim's relationships with animals
begin at a higher level.

You can use the following cheats to change your Sims' status in the Vet career path:

careers.add_career Vet
careers.promote Vet
careers.remove_career Vet
careers.retire Vet

Killing and un-killing your pets

traits.equip_trait Ghost_OldAge [Pet ID] will turn your pet into a ghost if you are either an
absolute monster or (spoiler alert) attempting an elaborate Sim version of John Wick. To
get your pet's ID (you monster), use sims.get_sim_id_by_name [PetFirstName]
[PetLastName]

You should also be able to resurrect your pets with traits.remove_trait Ghost_OldAge [Pet
ID].
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