The Sims 4 cheats: UI, career, skills, build, money cheats on PC, PS4 & Xbox

There are plenty of cheats that you can use in The Sims 4 on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox consoles. By activating cheats you can boost your Sims career, change skills, and make money fast. Here are all the cheats you can currently use in The Sims 4. 

By using cheats in The Sims 4, players can fine-tune the game and gain greater control over their Sims than usual. Expansion Packs (Game Packs) typically include new cheats that players can use to adjust their careers and skills.

Below you can find a full rundown of all available cheats in The Sims 4 from every pack that has been released so far on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox.

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Contents

• How to enable cheats in The Sims 4
• Career, skill, and relationship Sim cheats
• Sims 4 Lifestyle cheats
• Sims 4 Money cheats
• Sims 4 UI cheats
• Sims 4 Shift-click cheats
• Sims 4 Build/Buy cheats
• Sims 4 Mermaid, Vampire, and Ghost cheats
• Sims 4 Werewolves cheats
• Sims 4 Cottage Living cheats
• Sims 4 High School Years cheats

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How to enable cheats in The Sims 4 on PC and Console

While there are mods that can be downloaded that enable cheats to be accessed by clicking on certain UI elements, using The Sims 4’s cheat console is the main method that Simmers will need to use.

The cheat console is where you’ll be entering all of the codes found here in this guide. To bring it up, press the following buttons on your platform of choice:

• PC: CTRL, Shift, and C.
• Mac: Command, Shift, and C.
• PS4/PS4/Xbox: Hold down all four shoulder buttons.

How to turn on testing cheats in The Sims 4

If you’ve done this correctly, a white bar will appear in the top left corner of your screen where you can now enter a cheat.

• Firstly, you’ll need to enter ‘testingcheats true‘ or ‘testingcheats on‘, as some cheats require this to work correctly.
• If at any point you’d like to turn these off, simply type ‘testingcheats off‘ or ‘testingcheats false‘.

It’s worth noting that while this cheat will then be enabled for your save going forward, many cheats listed below will need to be entered each time you load up the game.

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The Sims 4 career, skill, and relationship cheats

If you’ve decided to give your Sim a cool new promotion, another trait, some new skills, or want to change their relationship with one another, there’s a whole host of cheats to enter:

For the below-listed skill cheats, you’ll need to enter the correct skill code followed by the level you want to set it to. For example, if you want to raise your Sim’s baking skill to level 8, you’d enter ‘stats.set_skill_level major_baking 8‘ into the cheat console. All of the skill codes are:

The cheat can also be used for child and toddler Sims, too. The skills available for them are:

• Child_Creativity
• Child_Mental
• Child_Motor
• Child_Social
• Toddler_Communication
• Toddler_Imagination
• Toddler_Movement
• Toddler_Potty
• Toddler_Thinking

Skills in The Sims 4 have different max levels depending upon their type. For example, ‘major_painting’ has 10 levels, but ‘minor_mediaproduction’ only has 5.

Similarly, skills such as Dancing, Bowling, Juice Fizzing from Eco Living, and the Selvadorardian Culture skills from Jungle Adventure all have 5, too. Minor skills typically don’t go above this value, whereas many others will go to 10 (or above in the case of Vampire Lore).

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How to get Lifestyles in The Sims 4 Snowy Escape

Introduced in The Sims 4 Snowy Escape, Lifestyles are traits that are obtained by a Sim completing certain activities and interactions (or alternatively, by not doing them). Each has its own positive and negative moodlet effects, with ‘Health Food Nut’ adding options to make alternatively healthy meals, or ‘People Person’ adding a greater social need for the Sim.

These can also be cheated to your Sim in the same way as skill and other traits are added. For the ‘Single and Lovin’ It’ Lifestyle, you’d type in ‘traits.equip_trait trait_lifestyles_noneedforromance’ to obtain and it, and replace ‘equip’ for ‘remove’ if you’d like to get rid of it.

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The Sims 4 money cheats

Want to give your new Sim a headstart in their life, or just want to never have to worry about bills and move them into a large mansion? There are plenty of money cheats you can enter in The Sims 4:

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The Sims 4 UI cheats

Ever wanted to take a perfect picture of something in-game without your Sims’ plumbob or turn off the annoying line that appears around objects when you hover over them? Read on to find out how to turn them off:

The Sims 4 shift-click cheats

Not all cheats in The Sims 4 have to be entered with a code, though. With ‘testingcheats‘ enabled, you can press Shift and left-click on PC/Mac / X & O on PlayStation / A & B on Xbox to bring up some extra cheats:

• Shift-clicking Sims:
  • ‘Make Happy’ fills up their needs to full.
  • ‘Disable Need Decay’ turns off needs decaying over time.
  • ‘Enable Need Decay’ turns this feature back on.
  • ‘Modify in CAS’ allows you to edit a Sim and change their hair, clothes, and makeup. With ‘cas.fulleditmode’ turned on, you can completely edit everything about a Sim, from the face, traits, and body types.
  • ‘Cheat Sim Info’ allows you to change a Sim’s lifestyles, preferences, and lock their motives.
  • ‘Make Into Plant Sim’ turns your Sim into a Plant Sim.
  • ‘Reset Object (Debug)’ resets a Sim if stuck.
  • ‘Add to Family’ adds the selected Sim to the currently active household.
• Shift-clicking the ground allows you to teleport the selected Sim to that location.
• Shift-clicking the Mailbox on a lot allows you to alter needs for both the world and household.

Depending upon which Packs you have installed, Shift-clicking on your Sims can give you a whole host of things to play with. Fancy some Bits and Pieces from Eco Living, or some items from Journey to Batuu? There’s lots to discover with shift-click cheats.

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The Sims 4 Build/Buy and move objects cheats

Want to build and furnish something truly incredible, free of the restrictions the game initially places on you? Get ready to become THE Dream Home Decorator, as there’s a whole host of essential cheats for any Simmer to use:

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The Sims 4 Vampire, Mermaid, and Ghost cheats

Decided to turn your Sim into a Mermaid, Vampire, or want to let them experience life as a ghost before death? If you’ve got The Sims 4 Vampires Game Pack or the Island Living expansion, you can turn your Sims into these occults in-game without needing to do it in Create a Sim.

You can also replace the ‘equip’ part of the above cheats with ‘remove’ to take away any of these Occult statuses that you no longer want for your Sims.

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The Sims 4 Werewolves Game Pack cheats

The cheats introduced in the title’s latest DLC can speed along the process of certain features of Werewolves’ Game Pack with some wolfy cheats. There are a fair few available to use, which can accomplish everything from unlocking Temperaments and traits to turning a human Sim into a werewolf themselves.

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The Sims 4 Cottage Living cheats

With the release of Cottage Living, there were lots of new cheats released for Simmers to play with. We’ve compiled all of our favorite ones to help you automatically create Llama wool, level up your cross-stitch skill, purchase animal clothing, or even spawn chicken eggs out of thin air!

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The Sims 4 High School Years cheats

Summer 2022’s Expansion Pack for The Sims 4, High School Years, added more life to gameplay for Teen Sims, and with it, a few new cheats arrived around traits and new skills. Check the table below for everything you’ll need.

Check out our review of The Sims 4 High School Years to see our verdict on whether the Pack is worth it in 2022.

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So, there you have it. All of The Sims 4 cheats that you need to know about to make your game that much easier (or harder!)

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