Businesses & Hobbies cheats list for The Sims 4

The Sims 4’s small business-focused expansion added a couple new skills and several new panels and menus for managing your operation. With a full list of Businesses & Hobbies cheats, you can swap the alignment of your in-home hustle from lawful to shady, level up your painting and tattooing skills, or skip the work to grab some new aspiration reward traits.

See our main list of Sims 4 cheats for a refresher on all the basics, or scroll down to get the trait codes you need for unlocking those new abilities.

Pottery and Tattooing skill cheats

The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies - A sim brushes a pot with a sponge on a pottery wheel — (Image credit: Electronic Arts)

The Businesses & Hobbies expansion comes with two new skill tracks. Use the cheat testingcheats true before setting a skill level via cheat code.

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Skill	Max skill cheat
Pottery	stats.set_skill_level Major_Pottery 10
Tattooing	stats.set_skill_level Major_Tattooing 10

❗Remember that the artistic pottery reconstruction art Kintsugi is not a separate skill track. You unlock the “repair ceramic” interaction at Pottery skill level 7.

Businesses & Hobbies trait cheats

Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies - a sim with the shady trait whispers conspiratorially

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There are two new standard sim traits in this expansion: Idealist and Shady. You can easily add or remove these by:

Using testingcheats true in the cheat console
Using cas.fulleditmode in the cheat console
Clicking your sim and selecting “Edit in CAS”
Find both in the “Social” traits section

You can also add or remove these traits in the cheat console with the codes below.

Standard traits

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Trait

Cheat code

Idealist

traits.equip_trait trait_idealist

traits.remove_trait trait_idealist

Shady

traits.equip_trait trait_shady

traits.remove_trait trait_shady

❗ Remember that Shady and Idealist are mutually exclusive traits. You’ll have to remove one before you can add the other.

Reward traits

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Trait	Cheat code	Effects
Beloved Brand	traits.equip_trait trait_BelovedBrand	Earn the reward trait for the Esteemed Entrepreneur aspiration to automatically have more positive reviews for your small business
Motivational Speaker	traits.equip_trait trait_MotivatingSpeaker	Earn the reward trait for the Master Mentor aspiration to give motivational speeches that improve other sims’ skill gain and happiness

Hidden Traits

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Trait	Cheat code	Effects
Shady NPC	traits.equip_trait trait_ShadyNPC	Take on the appearance of Trashley Reelpearson and gain the “execute heist” interaction
Raccoon Tattoo	trait.equip_trait trait_Hidden_ShadyNPC_TattooRecognized	Get a discount from shady vendor Trashley Reelpearson

Businesses & Hobbies small business cheats

Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies - Small Business perks menu showing unlockable perks for different renown tiers

(Image credit: Electronic Arts)

Find the Small Business menu in the very bottom right of your interface in “Owned Businesses” where you can see your small business alignment and renown level. You can control both values with the cheats below and then open the “Small Business Perks” menu from the same panel to buy perks with your renown points.

Small Business rank cheats

The easiest way to increase your small business rank is with a Shift + Click cheat. Make sure that testingcheats true is enabled first, then Shift + Click on your sim. Use this interaction path:

Pack cheats > Expansion packs > EP18 > Increase small business renown

That interaction will move your small business rank up by one level at a time. If you want to set your small business to a specific renown level, use the cheat code values below.

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Business Rank	Cheat code
Hopeful Hustle	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 200
Striving Startup	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 600
Neighborhood Gem	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 1700
Community Staple	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 3700
Local Legend	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 8300

Small business reputation cheats

The fastest way to directly set your small business alignment is with a Shift + Click cheat. Make sure that testingcheats true is enabled first, the Shift + Click your sim. Use this interaction path:

Pack cheats > Expansion packs > EP18 > Set small business alignment

You can choose any of the seven alignment values by selecting their name. You can also achieve the same thing with these cheat codes:

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Business reputation	Cheat code
Nefarious	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 0
Neutral	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 200
Virtuous	stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 400

Skill Mastery perk cheats

Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies - A sim with a glowing blue aura of mental mastery

(Image credit: Electronic Arts)

This expansion introduced skill mastery perks with powerful skill-boosting side effects which you can find at the top of the Skills panel. You can unlock these perks naturally, buy Mastery Perk potions from the Satisfaction Points rewards menu, or just cheat them. Your sim can only have four skill mastery points at once, so you can use the cheats below to add or remove them at will.

traits.equip_trait [trait code]
traits.remove_trait [trait code]

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Perk	Cheat code	Trait effects
Aspirational Creator	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalCreator	Earn Satisfaction Points for crafting excellent quality items
Aspirational Thinker	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalThinker	Earn Satisfaction Points while doing mental skills
Active Aura	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraActive	Unlocks “Activate active aura” on self to help others nearby gain active skills faster
Creative Aura	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraCreative	Unlocks “Activate creative aura” on self to help others nearby gain creative skills faster
Mental Aura	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraMental	Unlocks “Activate mental aura” on self to help others nearby gain mental skills faster
Final Touch	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_FinalTouch	Unlocks “Add final touch” on crafted objects to improve their quality
In the Zone	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_InTheZone	Enter a state of focus without Needs decay
Mental Exercise	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_MentalExercise	Stay muscular with high mental skills
Pigeonholed Active	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedActive	Gain active skills faster, but others slower
Pigeonholed Creative	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedCreative	Gain creative skills faster, but others slower
Pigeonholed Mental	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedMental	Gain mental skills faster, but others slower
Pigeonholed Social	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedSocial	Gain social skills faster, but others slower
Power Performer	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PowerfulPerformer	Gain relationship with audiences while performing and make their negative emotions vanish
Second Wind	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecondWind	Become revitalized while exercising
Secret Spice	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecretSpice	Increase the quality of food with just a little extra spice
Skillful Sleep	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SkillfulSleep	Unlocks “skillful sleep” on beds that summons a ghostly “projection” to practice skills while you slumber
Spacebender	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_Spacebender	Unlocks “spacebend here” on terrain so you can teleport
Stronger With Age	traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_StrongerWithAge	Lose energy very slowly and never become Dangerously Tired