Sims 4 Needs Cheats: Popular Tricks to Improve Gameplay

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Your Sim is about to hook up with the love of their life when their moodlet suddenly switches to Uncomfortable —now, all they can think about is going to the bathroom! Sound familiar? In the world of The Sims 4 , there’s seemingly no room for romance (or anything else, really) when your Sim gets a sudden urge to use the restroom, take a shower, or eat a snack. Thankfully, Sims 4 cheat codes are here to save the day. In a matter of seconds, you can satisfy all of your Sims’ needs—and we’re here to show you how. Read on for plenty of foolproof cheats that’ll work on PC, Mac, and console versions of the game so you can spend less time caring for your Sims and more time playing with them.

How to Fill All Commodities in The Sims

  1. Pull up the cheat console on your computer by pressing Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + C . For consoles, press all 4 trigger and bumper buttons on your controller at once.
  2. Enter testingcheats true to switch on cheats in your Sims game.
  3. Press ⇧ Shift while left-clicking on your Sim to adjust their needs on PC.
  4. For Xbox One games, press A + B while hovering over your Sim. For Playstation games, press ✕ + O .
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Sims 4 Needs Cheats

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  1. The Sims 4 has a built-in interface that lets you add cheats to your game—to pull it up , simply press the Ctrl , ⇧ Shift , and C keys at the same time. Once you do this, a text bar pops up in the top-left corner of your game screen. [1]
    • Console version: Press both sets of trigger and bumper buttons simultaneously on your Playstation or Xbox controller to pull up the cheat console. [2]
  2. Once you type in this code correctly, “Cheats are enabled” pops up beneath the text bar in the game. Be sure to write testingcheats as a single word and add a space before true —otherwise, cheats won’t be enabled. [3]
    • This code is the same on PC, Mac, and console versions of The Sims 4 .
    • Press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + C to turn off the cheat console if you’re on PC or Mac, or press both trigger and bumper buttons together if you’re on console.
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  3. Hover your mouse over the Sim you’d like to adjust—then press ⇧ Shift while clicking on them. A small menu of options pops up, including Make Happy and Cheat Need . Click on either Make Happy or the Disable Need Decay option in the Cheat Need submenu to automatically make your Sims’ needs full. [4]
    • Console version: Press A + B (on Xbox) or ✕ + O (on Playstation) while hovering over the Sim you’d like to adjust. In the menu that pops up, select Cheat Motive , followed by either Make Happy or Disable Motive Decay . [5]
    • Make Happy makes your Sim’s needs full automatically, but they’ll eventually start to decay again. Use Disable Need Decay if you’d like your Sim’s needs to be full indefinitely.
    • To turn your Sim’s needs back on, simply press ⇧ Shift while left-clicking on your Sim and then select Enable Needs Decay . [6] If you’re on console, press A + B (on Xbox) or ✕ + O (on Playstation) while hovering over the Sim; then, select Enable Motive Decay from the Cheat Motive menu. [7]
  4. Enable cheats and type in sims.fill_all_commodities to make all of the Sims in your household happy. Once you hit Enter , your Sims’ needs will automatically go up. [8]
  5. Adjust your game interface just beyond your Sims’ home to find the mailbox. After pressing ⇧ Shift and left-clicking this mailbox at the same time, click Disable Needs Decay to permanently fill your Sims’ needs. To put things back to normal, select Enable Needs Decay . [9]
    • Console version: Hit A + B (on Xbox) or ✕ + O (on Playstation) while hovering over the mailbox to pull up a separate menu. Hit Disable Needs Decay to keep your Sims’ needs full permanently (or Enable Needs Decay to turn this feature off again).
    • The Make Happy option will fill up your Sims’ needs, but it won’t be permanent.
    • This hack gives you the option to adjust either your household’s needs or the needs of your entire Sim universe. Choose wisely! [10]
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Other Helpful Sims 4 Cheats

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  1. Enable cheats and type in kaching or rosebud to get 1,000 simoleons added to your in-game bank account, or motherlode to get 50,000. To add a larger amount of simoleons, type in the word Money followed by a numerical value (like Money 10,000,000 ). [11]
  2. Enable cheats and type in stats.set_skill_level , followed by the name of the skill you’d like to level up and the level you’d like to set it at. For example, to max out a Sim’s writing skill, you’d type stats.set_skill_level Major_Writing 10 . [12]
    • Most skills are written as Major , followed by an underscore, followed by the name of the skill (without any spaces). Major_Fishing , Major_Mischief , Major_VideoGaming , Major_Handiness , and Major_RocketScience are just a few skills that you can adjust for your Sim.
    • To level up the fitness skill, use Skill_Fitness .
  3. Type bb.moveobjects on to move and place your items freely . By default, The Sims 4 doesn’t let you place objects that interfere with other structures (like walls and other objects). To remove this barrier, open up your cheat console and type in bb.moveobjects on . [13]
    • Make sure that your game is “Build Mode” before you try out this cheat.
  4. Before moving your Sim household into a home, open up the cheat console and type in FreeRealEstate On . This cheat makes all residential Sims properties completely free, so you don’t have to burn through your hard-earned simoleons. [14]
  5. Worried about your Sim electrocuting themselves or getting eaten by a cowplant? Type death.toggle true into your cheat console to give your characters a new lease on life. [15]
    • Similarly, you can also use death.toggle false , which makes it so your Sim can die multiple times. [16]
  6. Not happy with the outfit you picked out for your Sim? Simply press ⇧ Shift while left-clicking to pull up a submenu. On this menu, click Modify in CAS to pull up the “Create a Sim” page and modify your Sim . [17]
    • Console version: Press A + B (on Xbox) or ✕ and O (on Playstation) while hovering over the Sim. Then, hit “Modify in CAS” to visit the “Create a Sim” page. [18]
    • If you’d like to adjust your Sim’s traits, type cas.fulleditmode before hitting the Modify in CAS option.
  7. With the cheat console open, click anywhere on the ground while holding ⇧ Shift . Then, select Teleport Me Here . Make sure you’re playing with the Sim you want to teleport. [19]
  8. Tired of helping your Sim climb the corporate ladder? Give them a leg up by cheating which level of their career they’re in. Simply open the cheat console and type careers.promote X , with “X” being the level you’d like them to be. [20]
    • For example, if you want your Sim to be a level 8 Doctor, make sure they’re in the Doctor career, and then use the cheat careers.promote 8 .
    • You can also add a career with careers.add_career X (with “X” being the career of choice), or retire a Sim with careers.retire X .
  9. You can make two Sims fall madly in love or be enemies in a matter of seconds. Simply open the cheat console and type in one of these cheats: [21]
    • ModifyRelationship {First Sim’s Full Name} {Second Sim’s Full Name} 100 LTR_Friendship_Main : 100% positive friendship
    • ModifyRelationship {First Sim’s Full Name} {Second Sim’s Full Name} -100 LTR_Friendship_Main : 100% negative friendship
    • ModifyRelationship {First Sim’s Full Name} {Second Sim’s Full Name} 100 LTR_Romance_Main : 100% romance between two Sims
    • ModifyRelationship {First Sim’s Full Name} {Second Sim’s Full Name} -100 LTR_Romance_Main : 100% negative romance between two Sims
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    Is there a cheat to train my toddlers faster?
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    There are no trustworthy cheats, however you could make it more interesting by finding the hidden tasks your Sim could learn, such as potty training, learning to read, and more!
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    Yes, use stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Communication 5 to max out communication, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Potty 3, to potty train your toddler, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Imagination 5 to max out imagination, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Thinking 5 to max out thinking and stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Movement 5 to max out movement.
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    I've seen people just click their Sims' needs and it will fill or lower. How do I do that?
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    It depends on the game you're playing. In Sims 4, you'll need to install the UI Cheats mod, which can only be used on the PC version of the game. In Sims 2 or Sims 3, you just need to enable testingcheats.
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      Warnings

      • Activating cheats on a console version of the The Sims 4 will switch off your ability to collect Achievements and Trophies as you play. If you’re hoping to unlock these as you play, don’t use these cheats in your game. The only exception to this rule are cheats that you use in “Build Mode” (as opposed to “Live Mode”). [22]
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      References

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      2. ↑ https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-4/Console_Cheats
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      8. ↑ https://www.cbr.com/the-best-sims-cheats-ranked/
      9. ↑ https://www.polygon.com/the-sims-4-guides/22700899/cheats-ps4-pc-xbox-one-needs-macmoney-skill-mob-objects-cas
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      2. ↑ https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/cheats#lmccq7
      3. ↑ https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-4/Console_Cheats
      4. ↑ https://www.polygon.com/the-sims-4-guides/22700899/cheats-ps4-pc-xbox-one-needs-macmoney-skill-mob-objects-cas#K484mk
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      6. ↑ https://www.eurogamer.net/sims-4-cheats-6026#section-8
      7. ↑ https://www.cbr.com/sims-4-best-cheats/
      8. ↑ https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sims-4-cheats-full-updated-list-of-codes-from-rosebud-to-motherlode/
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      10. ↑ https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/cheats
      11. ↑ https://www.eurogamer.net/sims-4-cheats-6026#section-4
      12. ↑ https://gamerant.com/how-to-use-sims-4-relationship-cheats-guide/
      13. ↑ https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/cheats#lmccq1

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