Do you use Sims 4 money cheats or are you a liar?
How do I use cheat codes in The Sims 4?Cheating inThe Simsseries is as much a traditional part of the game as building a wall around the pool and watching your Sim slowly drown. Our ultimate guide toThe Sims 4cheats will tell you all about how to enable cheats, and which cheats will give you loads of money to spend, let you build anywhere in the game, or just kill whichever Sims you don’t particularly like. No judgement from us.
How do I enable cheats in Sims 4?
To use Sims 4 cheats on PC, you first need to open up the cheat console within the game. Exactly how you do this will depend on your hardware:
In order to enable many of the below cheats, you’ll first need to enter the following into the console:
Not every cheat code in the game requires this, but many do. Now that’s all taken care of, you’re ready to begin using cheats inThe Sims 4! There are a lot of Sims 4 cheats to play with, so we’ve split this page up into sections according to their purpose:
Some cheats defy easy characterisation, but are nevertheless some of the most useful in the game, particularly if your Sim finds themself in a tight spot:
Money makes the world go round in The Sims 4, and just like in real life, it often feels like there’s never enough of it. Luckily, there are money cheats aplenty to give your Sims a leg-up if you choose to provide them with one:
The expansive and flexible Build Mode is widely considered a highlight of The Sims 4. To really take your building skills to the next level, though, you might like to play around with the following cheats:
Keeping Sims feeling positive makes it easier to improve their skills, career performance, and more. Use the cheats below to set your Sims' moods:
Note:There are literally thousands of moodlet buffs in the game, and it would be impossible to list them all here. Elsewhere in the guide, we include codes for buffs that convey specific special statuses (i.e. temporary occult status) on the Sim for their active duration.
Without strong relationships your Sims can’t keep their social needs high, advance in many careers, or (duh) make more Sims together. Here are the cheats to help you skip the small talk:
Life-long aspirations and short-term whims give Sims a sense of purpose and direction in their lives, and fulfilling them grants Satisfaction Points you can spend on bonuses. The cheats below can help speed up the process:
Traits are what give Sims their individual personalities. In The Sims 4 there are hundreds of traits in various categories, but they all have one thing in common: you can equip them on your Sim using the following cheat formula:
In the majority of cases, the cheat code name for a trait is just its in-game display name with no spaces. However, there are some exceptions, so please refer to the tables below for a full list of trait codes in The Sims 4.
Note:For Cause of Death traits and others that convey a supernatural creature status on a Sim, see the Occult Cheats section below.
You can also use the following cheat to instantly remove all Traits from the active Sim:
Sims will have trouble if their kids don’t attend school now and again — though work for adults is, technically, completely optional (seeMoney cheats, above). But it doesn’t have to be a matter of hard graft, thanks to the cheats below:
Sims can practice a wide variety of skills to help advance them through their careers, fulfil their aspirations, and generally make day-to-day life easier and more rewarding. You can use the following cheat to set a Sim’s proficiency level in any skill:
Sims are designed to age and die, but you can customise their lifespans in thegameplay options menu(including turning ageing off altogether). To really exercise power over life and death, however, you can use the following cheats:
For ways to insta-kill your Sims, see theOccult Cheatssection below, which details how to equip a Cause of Death trait (resulting in instant death and a playable ghost Sim).
Sims can take on occult status through gameplay, and with certain DLC you can create occult Sims in CAS. However, if you want to skip straight to the good part, these cheats will confer supernatural status on the active Sim right away:
You can track the occult talent progress of Vampires (from Vampires) and Spellcasters (from Realm of Magic) in their Simology tab. To artificially increase or decrease their respective XP points, use the cheats below:
While the other sections in this guide cover cheat codes that you enter into the command console, there are other cheats in The Sims 4. With testing cheats enabled,shift+clickon a Sim or object to reveal a host of previously-hidden debug options for you to play with.
Just like with buff cheats, there are far too many of these to list comprehensively here — not to mention the fact that some of them don’t actually do much for you anyway. So instead, I’ve put together a list of the most useful ones:
And there you have it! Every single Sims 4 cheat at your fingertips. Whether your intention is to create a paradise for your Sims or a hellish life of suffering and torment (again, to each their own), you can now do exactly that.
For more on how to get the most out of The Sims 4, check outour comprehensive buyer’s guide to The Sims 4 DLC.
