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 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 |
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Pottery |
stats.set_skill_level Major_Pottery 10 |
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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
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 |
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Idealist |
traits.equip_trait trait_idealist traits.remove_trait trait_idealist |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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Shady NPC |
traits.equip_trait trait_ShadyNPC |
Take on the appearance of Trashley Reelpearson and gain the “execute heist” interaction |
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Raccoon Tattoo |
trait.equip_trait trait_Hidden_ShadyNPC_TattooRecognized |
Get a discount from shady vendor Trashley Reelpearson |
Businesses & Hobbies small business cheats
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 |
|---|---|
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Hopeful Hustle |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 200 |
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Striving Startup |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 600 |
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Neighborhood Gem |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 1700 |
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Community Staple |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Rank 3700 |
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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 |
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Nefarious |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 0 |
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Neutral |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 200 |
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Virtuous |
stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_SmallBusiness_Reputation 400 |
Skill Mastery perk cheats
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 |
|---|---|---|
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Aspirational Creator |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalCreator |
Earn Satisfaction Points for crafting excellent quality items |
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Aspirational Thinker |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalThinker |
Earn Satisfaction Points while doing mental skills |
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Active Aura |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraActive |
Unlocks “Activate active aura” on self to help others nearby gain active skills faster |
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Creative Aura |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraCreative |
Unlocks “Activate creative aura” on self to help others nearby gain creative skills faster |
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Mental Aura |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraMental |
Unlocks “Activate mental aura” on self to help others nearby gain mental skills faster |
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Final Touch |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_FinalTouch |
Unlocks “Add final touch” on crafted objects to improve their quality |
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In the Zone |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_InTheZone |
Enter a state of focus without Needs decay |
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Mental Exercise |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_MentalExercise |
Stay muscular with high mental skills |
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Pigeonholed Active |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedActive |
Gain active skills faster, but others slower |
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Pigeonholed Creative |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedCreative |
Gain creative skills faster, but others slower |
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Pigeonholed Mental |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedMental |
Gain mental skills faster, but others slower |
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Pigeonholed Social |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedSocial |
Gain social skills faster, but others slower |
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Power Performer |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PowerfulPerformer |
Gain relationship with audiences while performing and make their negative emotions vanish |
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Second Wind |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecondWind |
Become revitalized while exercising |
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Secret Spice |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecretSpice |
Increase the quality of food with just a little extra spice |
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Skillful Sleep |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SkillfulSleep |
Unlocks “skillful sleep” on beds that summons a ghostly “projection” to practice skills while you slumber |
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Spacebender |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_Spacebender |
Unlocks “spacebend here” on terrain so you can teleport |
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Stronger With Age |
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_StrongerWithAge |
Lose energy very slowly and never become Dangerously Tired |
