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The Sims 4 cheats are great for anyone looking to get extra items, simoleons, and stats quickly. After bringing up a text bar to type into, you can insert a plethora of cheats that can do pretty much anything you need to in the game.
Our The Sims 4 cheats guide covers needs, money, career, skills, and more whether you’re playing on PS4, PC, Xbox One, Mac or elsewhere.
Table of contents
- How to use The Sims 4 cheats (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Mac)
- Testing cheats
- Needs cheats
- Money cheats (simoleons)
- Building and buy mode cheats
- Career cheats
- Skill cheats
Enable Sims 4 cheats
To get the cheats bar to appear, press Ctrl+Shift+C on PC and Command+Shift+C on Mac. After you do this, you can type in whichever cheat code you need and hit enter to submit it. Once you’re done, you can close out this text bar by pressing Esc.
On consoles like PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, you can hold the four shoulder buttons simultaneously to open the cheat console. Pressing the shoulder buttons again will close the text box out as well.
Below we’ve listed some of the most useful cheats you’ll need to design homes, upgrade stats, debug your game, and more.
Turning on “testing cheats”
Typing in “testingcheats true” turns on a mode that allows you to do essentially anything with your Sim and objects on the active lot.
When this is enabled, you can select the mailbox to toggle “needs decay,” which determines whether or not your Sim needs to go to the bathroom, sleep, and do other similar tasks. Lots of more in-depth cheats, like the ability to edit your Sims’ skill levels, will require this cheat to be on.
You can use the the following when testing cheats are enabled.
Sims 4 testing cheats
| Testing cheats | Results |
|---|---|
| Testing cheats | Results |
| death.toggle true | Turns off death. Toggle back on by switching “true” to “false.” |
| resetSim (first name) (last name) | Resets the sim, canceling all queued actions for that sim. |
| household.autopay_bills true | Allows the household bills to be paid automatically. Switch off by turning “true” to “false.” |
| sims.remove_all_buffs | Removes all the moodlets and buffs from the active sim. |
| cas.fulleditmode | Takes your currently selected sim into the full version of Create-a-Sim, allowing you to change their walk style, name, traits, and other normally uneditable things. |
Needs cheats
There aren’t any specific cheat codes to alter needs, but if you enable testing cheats and Shift-Click the mailbox on your household’s lot, you’ll see new options. On PS4, you’ll need to press X and O simultaneously. On Xbox One, you’ll need to press A and B simultaneously to use this on the mailbox.
Through Shift-Clicking, you can disable or enable needs decay. Disabling them will keep their needs bars up to max permanently, until you enable it again. You can also select “Make Happy,” which will max out their needs, though it won’t keep it up permanently.
Money cheats
These cheats allow you to add money to your household or help you save money.
Sims 4 money cheats
| Money cheats | Results |
|---|---|
| Money cheats | Results |
| kaching | Gives the active household $1,000. |
| motherlode | Gives the active household $50,000. |
| FreeRealEstate On | Allows your Sim to move to any residential lot for free. Toggle by switching the “On” to “Off.” |
Building and buy mode cheats
These building and buy mode cheats allow you to move items freely, unlock objects, and build on lots you can’t normally build on.
Sims 4 building and buy mode cheats
| Cheats | Results |
|---|---|
| Cheats | Results |
| bb.moveobjects | Place items that intersect each other. |
| bb.enablefreebuild | Build anywhere (even on lots where you can’t usually build). |
| bb.ignoregampelayunlocksentitlement | Buy items that are usually locked by career achievements. |
| bb.showhiddenobjects | Shows hidden buyable objects in the catalog. |
Career cheats
You can quickly promote your currently selected Sim in their respective career using these cheats. You can also replace “promote” with “demote” to lower their career rank.
Sims 4 career cheats
| Command | Result |
|---|---|
| Command | Result |
| careers.promote actor | Actor/Actress career (Get Famous expansion needed) |
| careers.promote astronaut | Astronaut career |
| careers.promote athletic | Athlete career |
| careers.promote criminal | Criminal career |
| careers.promote adult_critic | Critic career (City Living expansion needed) |
| careers.promote culinary | Culinary career |
| careers.promote detective | Detective career (Get to Work expansion needed) |
| careers.promote doctor | Doctor career (Get to Work expansion needed) |
| careers.promote entertainer | Entertainer career |
| careers.promote adult_gardener | Gardener career (Seasons expansion needed) |
| careers.promote painter | Painter career |
| careers.promote activist | Politics career (City Living expansion needed) |
| careers.promote scientist | Scientist career (Get to Work expansion needed) |
| careers.promote scout | Scout career (Seasons expansion needed, child/teen sims only) |
| careers.promote secretagent | Secret Agent career |
| careers.promote socialmedia | Social Media career (City Living expansion needed) |
| careers.promote styleinfluencer | Style Influencer career |
| careers.promote techguru | Tech Guru career |
| careers.promote writer | Writer career |
Skill cheats
The Sims 4 skill cheats allow you to change your currently selected Sim’s skill level. You can increase it or decrease it. Replace the “#” in the codes with any number from 1-10, depending on what you want to set the skill level to.
Sims 4 skills cheats
| Cheats | Skills |
|---|---|
| Cheats | Skills |
| stats.set_skill_level major_charisma # | Charisma skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_comedy # | Comedy skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_fishing # | Fishing skill |
| stats.set_skill_level skill_fitness # | Fitness skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_gardening # | Gardening skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_gourmetcooking # | Gourmet Cooking skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_guitar # | Guitar skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_handiness # | Handiness skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_logic # | Logic skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_mischief # | Mischief skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_bartending # | Mixology skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_painting # | Painting skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_piano # | Piano skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_programming # | Programming skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_rocketscience # | Rocket Science skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_videogaming # | Video Gaming skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_violin # | Violin skill |
| stats.set_skill_level major_writing # | Writing skill |
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