A list of all The Sims 4 cheats for free money, max skills, and more

What are all of The Sims 4 cheats? Whether you’re after that all-important Sims 4 money cheat for some extra Simoleons, we’ve listed heaps of handy shortcuts to make the lives of your virtual family more manageable. In this guide, we’ll let you know all of the Sims 4 cheats, and more importantly, how to use them.

Cheats are by no means new to The Sims 4, and EA even actively encourages their use. Still, it can be hard to keep track of all The Sims cheats, so we’ve put them all in one handy place – including those all so important Sims 4 money cheats. Our list is perfect if you’ve never played past entries in one of the best PC games, or are wondering if all those old cheats still work, and we even add new cheats for new DLCs and expansion packs.

How to enable The Sims 4 cheats

To turn on cheats in The Sims 4 on PC or Mac, open the Sims 4 cheat console by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C. Enter the cheat text from the list below into the text box, then press ‘Enter’ or ‘Done’.

You may then see a pop-up that asks you to confirm you are happy to use cheats. Enabling cheats prevents you from earning achievements in that particular save, even if you turn them back off again – but it’s worth it for the extra fun.

Some of the cheats below are shift-click cheats. For these, instead of entering a code, you must type ‘testingcheats true‘ into the cheat console. Then, either type an additional command or click the Sim or object for more options.

Sims 4 money cheats

Sims 4 satisfaction and needs cheats

To alter a Sim’s needs, such as making them happy in an instant, you can also type ‘testingcheats true’ into the console, and shift-click the Sim in question. Select the need change from the options.

Alternatively, to keep a sim at its current state, whether good or bad, by using ‘testingcheats true’, shift-clicking the Sim, choosing ‘cheat need’ from the options, and then ‘disable need decay‘.

Sims 4 death cheats

Adult Sim skill cheats

To max out your Sim’s skills, enter the cheat ‘stats.set_skill_level Skill_[Skill] 10‘. Here are some examples:

Level ten is an adult’s maximum skill level, but you can set it lower than this if you don’t want to max out your Sim instantly.

Sims 4 career cheats

You can add or remove a career using the cheat ‘careers.add_career [career]‘ or ‘careers.remove_career [career]‘. If you want to tweak your career progression fast, you can input ‘careers.demote[name of career]’ or ‘careers.promote[name of career]’ to decide your place in the job market. Here are some examples:

Sims 4 relationship cheats

The two big ones are a bit long winded. To increase the friendship value between you and another Sim, use ‘modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetSimFirstName] [TargetSimLastName] X LTR_Friendship_Main’.

To increase the romantic relationship between two Sims, instead use, ‘modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetSimFirstName] [TargetSimLastName] X LTR_Romance_Main‘. ‘X’ is the value you’re adding, to a maximum of 100, and you can use the minus symbol to subtract. See examples below.

Sims 4 pregnancy cheats

Sims 4 building cheats

Sims 4 teleport cheat

To move a Sim anywhere, enter ‘testingcheats true‘ into the console, and Shift + Click anywhere on the ground. Click on ‘Teleport Me Here‘ to move your Sim.

Create-A-Sim cheat

Sims 4 UI cheats

There are only a couple of cheats for changing the UI, which we’ve listed below, but some Sims 4 mods, such as Show Sim Info and Dark Mode UI, offer more UI options.

You might also be interested in the UI cheats extension mod, which changes the cheat UI itself. It doesn’t add any new cheats, but it replaces the need to open the command console and manually type in the cheats. If you find yourself needing to use a lot of cheats, it’s a pretty sweet quality-of-life mod.

Lovestruck DLC cheats

Seasons DLC weather cheats

The Seasons expansion is undoubtedly one of the best Sims 4 expansion packs, as it offers massive gameplay changes to the entire game. Use these Sims 4 weather cheats to have complete control over the weather.

Cats & Dogs DLC pet cheats

You can also use the friendship cheat from above for your pet with this expansion pack. Enter ‘modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetPetFirstName] [TargetPetLastName] X LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_Main‘, replacing ‘X’ with a value between 0 and 100 to change the friendship level between a Sim and a pet.

Sims 4 Vampires cheats

Sims 4 Werewolves cheats

Horse Ranch DLC cheats

You can use cheats in the official Horse Ranch expansion pack to quickly give your Sim a new personality trait or remove them. Enter ‘testingcheats true’ into the console before entering these cheats.

Get Famous DLC cheats

To use these cheats for the Get Famous expansion pack, be sure to enter ‘testingcheats true’ into the console first.

Island Living DLC cheats

Change your tan and even turn your Sim into a mermaid with the following Island Living cheats, as long as you enter ‘testingcheats true’ into the command box first.

Discover University DLC cheats

Enter ‘testingcheats true’ into the command box before trying any of these Sims 4 University cheats.

Snowy Escape DLC cheats

To boost your enjoyment during your snowy escape with these Sims 4 cheats, type ‘testingcheats true’ into the command box.

Cottage Living DLC cheats

After enabling ‘testingCheats True’, you can also shift-click livestock to bring up a menu allowing you to:

• Unlock all animal homes
• Cheat relationship
• Get all animal clothes
• Buy animal clothing
• Create wool inventory
• Create all feed recipes
• Cheat outcomes

You can also spawn animals by shift-clicking on the ground, an animal shed, or a chicken coop. When shift-clicking on a chicken coop, you can spawn rare eggs.

Shift-clicking on a Wild Bird Home allows you to control wild birds or discover their gift preferences, and shift-clicking on a fridge allows you to unlock all animal treat recipes – these can also be spawned in your inventory. To spawn colored rabbits, shift-click on the Wild Rabbit Home and click ‘create rabbit in home’. The color of the rabbit will be random. You can shift-click on sims to kill them with a vicious killer rabbit.

For Rent DLC cheats

Dine Out DLC cheats

Jungle Adventure DLC cheats

And there you have it, a list of all the most useful The Sims 4 cheats to help you manipulate your tiny little virtual people in ways you’d never thought possible. We’ve got a list of games like Sims if you need more to scratch that simulation game itch ahead of any The Sims 5 release date window. Hopefully, our cheat sheet helps you speed things up a bit in your latest save.