The Sims 4 cheats on PC, PS4, PS5 & Xbox

The Sims 4 is chock to the brim with different cheats, all of which can be used regardless of whether you play on PC, PS4, PS5, or Xbox consoles. These helpful codes do it all, from helping you to boost your Sim’s career, to changing or improving skills, and even for making money fast.

In the sections below, you’ll find full rundowns of all how to enable and use all the available cheats in The Sims 4 for doing things like tweaking UI and build mode to turning Sims into Vampires, with dedicated sections for specific Expansion Packs and Game Packs.

How to enable cheats

While there are mods that can be downloaded that simplify cheats by clicking on certain UI elements, using The Sims 4’s cheat console is the method we’ll be explaining here, as this is where you’ll be entering all of the codes found in our list of cheats.

To bring it up, press the following buttons on your platform of choice:

• PC: CTRL, Shift, and C.
• Mac: Command, Shift, and C.
• PS4/PS5/Xbox: Hold down all four shoulder buttons.

Turn on testing cheats

With that done, you’ll then need to enter ‘testingcheats true‘ or ‘testingcheats on‘ in the white box that appears and press ‘Enter’ (or the X or A button on console) before you start using other cheats, as some codes require this to work correctly.

• If done correctly, a ‘Cheats are enabled’ message will appear.
  • To turn this off, type ‘testingcheats off’ or ‘testingcheats false’.
• While this cheat will then be enabled for your entire save going forward, many cheats will need to be entered each time you load up the game.

The Sims 4 skill cheats

For skill cheats below, you’ll need to enter the code followed by the number of the level you want to set your Sim’s skill to. For example, if you want to raise their Baking skill to level 8, you’d enter ‘stats.set_skill_level major_baking 8‘ into the cheat console.

Some skills are known as ‘Minor’ skills, and only have five levels, whereas others are known as ‘Major’ skills have 10. We’ve specified which is which, along with the DLC that skill is part of:

The Sims 4 UI cheats

Ever wanted to take a perfect picture of something in-game without your Sims’ plumbob showing, 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 career, CAS, needs & relationship cheats

The Sims 4 Aspiration and Satisfaction Points cheats

If you’re looking to get reward traits quickly or certain reward potions for your Sim without needing to break a sweat, there’s a few available to use:

The Sims 4 money cheats

It can take a little bit of time for your Sim to accumulate Simoleons and start living the life of luxury, so to have them never worry about bills or to move them into a mansion to kick off a storyline you’ve got planned with the free real estate cheat, there are plenty of money cheats to enter in The Sims 4:

The Sims 4 shift-click cheats

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 when interacting with a Sim, or objects like a mailbox:

• 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.

The Sims 4 build 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 Simmers to use, including unlocking all items right off of the bat and the famed ‘moveobjects’ cheat to help you place items wherever you want:

The Sims 4 Vampire, Spellcaster & death occult cheats

Decided to turn your Sim into a Vampire, Spellcaster, Mermaid, or want to give your Sim a taste of death to experience life as a ghost? These cheats can change your Sim’s Occult in a flash:

The Sims 4 Lifestyle cheats

Lifestyles are traits that Sims get by completing certain activities and interactions (or alternatively, by not doing them), but they can also be cheated. Each has its own positive and negative moodlet effects.

The Sims 4 Werewolves cheats

The cheats introduced in the Werewolves’ Game Pack lets you do everything from unlocking Temperaments and traits to turning a human Sim into a werewolf themselves.

The Sims 4 Cottage Living cheats

With the release of Cottage Living, cheats for the Expansion Pack can help you to automatically create Llama wool, level up your cross-stitch skill, purchase animal clothing, or even spawn chicken eggs out of thin air!

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 Sentiments:

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!) For more tips and tricks, check out our other guides, including the best Sims 4 mods and how to make money in The Sims 4