There’s a cheat to undo a sunburn if your Sim lays out too long in Sulani.
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One of the appeals of the Sims PC games is that you can make almost anything happen — the digital sky is the limit. The life-simulation game turned 20 years old this year and is still releasing new content. Last year, game developer Origin announced the Sims tropical expansion pack Island Living and pre-orders have just started for the new Eco Lifestyle expansion pack due out this summer.
Since the game’s infancy, the Sims has always offered cheat codes to enhance gameplay and give players helpful bonuses. There’s a cheat or a mod for almost everything; however, mods are a bit more complicated, even though the right ones can make for incredibly realistic gameplay. If you’re not in the mood for downloading and meticulously organizing a bunch of files needed to make a mod, it’s best to stick with good old cheat codes.
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If you’ve played The Sims even a handful of times, these codes will probably be pretty familiar. To enter them, you need to hit Ctrl + Shift + C on a Windows PC or Cmd + Shift + C on a Mac. This will open up the cheat console — type in your code and hit Enter for each cheat. To enable these cheats, you will need to type “testingcheats on” in the cheat console. “Testingcheats true” and “testingcheats yes” also work.
Note that the brackets aren’t required — they simply denote that you need to customize your code. Also, for cheats that give two options in brackets, just choose the one that applies. For example, to make all real estate in the game free, you would type “freeRealEstate on.”
This list by no means includes every Sims 4 cheat. There’s a multitude out there and some haven’t been tested. You can find more cheats to try in the Sims forums. More exhaustive lists an be found on Sims Online and Carl’s Sims 4 Guide.
Here are a bunch of the most popular and useful Sims 4 cheat codes.
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Money cheats
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Money cheats |
Effect |
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kaching |
Adds §1,000 to household funds |
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rosebud |
Adds §1,000 to household funds |
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motherlode |
Adds §50,000 to household funds |
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money |
Lets you set a specific amount for household funds |
Career and school cheats
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Career and school cheats |
Effect |
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Careers.add_career [NameOfCareer] |
Adds career to selected Sim |
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Careers.remove_career [NameOfCareer] |
Removes career from selected Sim |
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Careers.promote Gradeschool |
Raises child’s school performance one letter grade |
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Careers.promote Highschool |
Raises teen’s school performance one letter grade |
Sometimes depending on the career, the cheat code careers.promote adult_[career] will work.
Find ways to live sustainably in Evergreen Harbor with the new Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle expansion pack, due out this summer.
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Skill and aspiration cheats
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Skill and aspiration cheats |
Effect |
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Aspirations.complete_current_milestone |
Completes a Sim’s current aspiration challenge and awards points |
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stats.set_skill_level major_[skill] [#] |
Raises a skill for selected Sim, max the skill by entering 10 |
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stats.set_skill_level skill_child_[skill] [#] |
Gives a child a specific number in a skill |
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stats.set_skill_level statistic_skill_toddler_[skill] [#] |
Gives a toddler a specific number in a skill |
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sims.give_satisfaction_points [#] |
Gives specific number of satisfaction points to a Sim, which you can use to buy rewards |
Relationship cheats
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Relationship cheats |
Effect |
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relationship.introduce_sim_to_all_others |
Makes acquaintances with all Sims (takes a moment) |
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modifyrelationship [Sim 1 first name] [Sim 1 last name] [Sim 2 first name] [Sim 2 last name] [#] Friendship_Main |
Adds friendship between two Sims |
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modifyrelationship [Sim 1 first name] [Sim 1 last name] [Sim 2 first name] [Sim 2 last name] [#] Romance_Main |
Adds romance between two Sims |
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Build and buy cheats
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Build and buy cheats |
Effect |
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bb.moveobjects |
Placement rules no longer apply when moving objects in Build Mode |
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bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement |
Unlocks all career reward items in Buy Mode |
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Click + Shift + ] |
Increases the size of an object |
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Click + Shift + [ |
Decreases the size of an object |
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bb.showhiddenobjects |
Adds extra objects in Buy Mode |
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bb.showliveeditobjects |
Adds even more objects (requires bb.showhiddenobjects for it to work) |
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bb.enablefreebuild |
Allows you to edit the hospital, police station, science lab in Sims 4 Get to Work and the Magic HQ in Sims 4 Realm of Magic |
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FreeRealEstate [on/off] |
Use the cheat in Neighborhood/World view to make all lots free |
Death cheats
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Death cheats |
Effect |
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Death.toggle |
Disables death in the game |
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traits.equip trait Ghost_[cause of death] |
Turns your Sim into a ghost depending on how they died |
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traits.remove_trait Ghost_[cause of death] |
Brings your Sim back to life after being a ghost |
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The game also has shift-click cheats. I think those are easier to use than manually typing in the cheat codes that do the same thing. If you hold down the shift key while clicking on a Sim or object, you will have cheat options to select from.
Shift + click cheats
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Shift + click cheats |
Effect |
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Reset Object |
Resets the selected Sim that might be buggy or stuck |
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Add to Family/Remove from Family |
Adds or removes selected Sim to/from a household |
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Modify in CAS |
Edit your Sim (outfit, hair, etc.) You can make more in-depth changes by entering cas.fulleditmode in the console |
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Cheat Need > Make Happy |
Fills and puts all motive bars back in the green |
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Cheat Need > Disable Need Decay |
Stops motive bars from decreasing |
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Cheat Need > Enable Need Decay |
Sims needs will go up and down normally |
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Marriage > Clear Marriage |
The selected Sim’s marriage will be over, but the relationship will still be in tact |
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Make into Plant Sim |
Immediately transforms your Sim into a “plant” person |
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Public Image (with Sims 4 Get Famous) |
Lets you set a good or bad reputation, increase celebrity level or add fame quirks |
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University Debug Menu (with Sims 4 University) |
Lets you enroll in college without applying |
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Sunbathing Options (with Sims 4 Island Living) |
This allows your Sim to automatically become tanned, sunburnt, keep their tan, or remove a sunburn or tan |
Shift + click on object cheats
| Shift + click on object cheats | |
|---|---|
| Reset Object | Resets the object |
| Make Dirty | The object will become dirty |
| Make Clean | The object will become clean |
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