Full list of The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies cheats with skills, perks, and hidden reward traits

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Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies - A sim molds a clay pot on a pottery wheel (Image credit: Electronic Arts)

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.

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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

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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

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