PS4 and PS5 Cheats and Secrets - The Sims 4 Guide - IGN (2024)

This Sims 4 Cheats and Secrets guide details everything you need to know about cheat codes on the PS4 and PS5 consoles. In addition, this cheats guide will also detail how to enter cheats, as well as a complete list of all cheat codes, such as career and relationship-based cheats, unlimited money, and much more.

It is also important to note that, unlike the PC version, you will also have to give up earning Achievements and Trophies should you wish to activate cheats. Before we continue, please note that the following list of cheats and secrets has yet to be fully tested on the PS4/PS5, so keep that in mind when entering them into your game.

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• How to Use the Cheat Console on PS4 and PS5
• All Sims 4 Cheats on PS4
• All Sims 4 Console Cheats

To activate any cheat in The Sims 4, you'll first need to open the cheat console. To activate hold all four shoulder buttons at once.

Once opened, the cheat console will appear as a thin box at the top of the screen. Into that, you can type any of the cheats below or on other pages. To close the cheat console, simply press the same keys or buttons.

Some cheats require you to first do this:

testingcheats true

Note that you have type" true" to actually enable the cheats. They won't work otherwise.

When TestingCheats is enabled, other cheats can also be toggled. To turn off TestingCheats, type this into the cheat console:

testingcheats false

(Note that "false" can be replaced with "off.")

Additionally, some cheats require shift-clicking Sims or objects on the PC or Mac. To execute a shift-click on consoles, hold Circle and press X.

Before you begin, know that using cheats disables PlayStation achievements and trophies.

Below are all known Sims 4 Cheats for the PS4 and PS versions of the game:

Money Cheat - Get Money Fast

While motherlode and rosebud are beloved cheats, an easier way to get your sims the Simoleons they need is by typing "Money X" with X being the amount you want to give your household. You can also use this to subtract funds from your household.

• Money #- Set your household's Simoleons to a specific amount
• motherlode - 50,000 Simoleons
• kaching/rosebud - 1,000 Simoleons

How to Unlock Sugar Skulls and Other Seasonal Event Items

Items from past seasonal events (like Sugar Skulls, Holiday Cracker Plushies, Decorative Eggs, and Magic Beans) are still in the game. You can get them using cheats.

With cheats on, make sure you're in Live Mode and open the cheat box. Enter "bb.showhiddenobjects" and submit it. Then, enter Build Mode.

In the Objects by Function menu select the Decorations tab. Go to the Misc decorations, scroll through all the new items, and you'll find Sugar Skulls and the other event collectibles. Buy them, drop them in the world, and have your Sims put the items in their inventory to have them add it to their "Household Collections."

Build Mode Cheats

With testingcheats true enabled, you can enter the following codes from the console for the corresponding effects in Build Mode.

• [ and ] - The left bracket enlarges an item and the rightone shrinks it
• 9 and 0 - You can raise and lower objects using the 9 or 0 keys
• bb.moveobjects on/off - You can merge objects together and place them wherever you wish
• bb.showhiddenobjects - Items that normally must be found or dug up are now visible
• bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement - All build items you would typically have to earn are unlocked

Submitted by: jboo_chillin

Pregnancy Effects Cheats

With testingcheats true enabled, you can enter the following speed up pregnancy cheat codes from the console for the corresponding effects.

• sims.add_buff buff_pregnancy_trimester1 - Make Sim or Ghost pregnant in first trimester
• sims.add_buff buff_pregnancy_trimester2 - Make Sim or Ghost pregnant in second trimester
• sims.add_buff buff_pregnancy_trimester3 - Make Sim or Ghost pregnant in third trimester
• sims.add_buff buff_pregnancy_inlabor - Make Sim or Ghost pregnant at term (purchase a bassinet and they will have a fake birth)

Submitted by: igber

Imminent Death Cheats

With testingcheats true enabled, you can enter the following codes from the console for the corresponding effects.

• sims.add_buff buff_death_electrocution_warning - Cause death while fixing electric item
• sims.add_buff buff_death_elderexhaustion_warning - Cause death after working out
• sims.add_buff buff_mortified - Cause death by embarrassment within five hours
• sims.add_buff buff_motives_hunger_starving - Cause death by hunger within one day

Submitted by: young_teen56

Skill Editing Cheats

With testingcheats true enabled, you can enter the following code from the console to set the desired level on a given skill:

stats.set_skill_level [skilltype] [1-10]

As an example, you might enter stats.set_skill_level Major_Fishing 7 to set your skill level on Major Fishing to 7. The list of available skill types is as follows:

• Major_Fishing
• Major_Mischief
• Major_Guitar
• Major_Reaping
• Major_Programming
• Major_Gardening
• Major_GourmetCooking
• Major_Comedy
• Major_Charisma
• Major_Writing
• Major_VideoGaming
• Major_Violin
• Major_RocketScience
• Major_Painting
• Major_Piano
• Major_Logic
• Major_Handiness
• Major_HomestyleCooking
• Major_Bartending
• Major_Dj
• Skill_Fitness
• Skill_Child_Social
• Skill_Child_Motor
• Skill_Child_Creativity
• Skill_Child_Mental

Submitted by: somedude1800

Interaction Cheats

While in the cheats console for the PS4 or PS5, if you enable additional cheats using the testinghcheats true code and then type in cas.fulleditmode, you will enable all CAS abilities. Then you can press X + Circle on the selected sim to enable the sim or object interaction menu.

• Sim - Allows Sim to be modified, except name and inherited traits (Modify in CAS)
• Sim - Reset a Sim (Reset Object)
• Sim - Add the Sim to the current family (Add to Family)
• Sim - All motives are full and mood is Happy (Cheat Motive > Make Happy)
• Sim - Motives change dynamically (Cheat Motive > Enable Motive Decay)
• Sim - Motives remain static (Cheat MOtive > Disable Motive Decay)
• Object - Resets object
• Dirty-able Object - Makes object dirty
• Dirty Object - Makes object clean
• Mailbox - Resets mailbox
• Ground - Teleports your Sim to that vicinity

Submitted by: ign_cheats

Miscellaneous Cheats

You can enter the commands below to activate the corresponding effects.

• Help cheats
• motherlode – 50,000 Simoleons
• kaching/rosebud – 1000 Simoleons
• FreeRealEstate [on/off] – When entered at neighborhood/world level, makes all homes free
• Death.toggle – Disables Death
• resetSim [FirstName] [LastName] – Resets the specified Sim
• fullscreen – Toggles full screen on/off
• headlineeffects[on/off] – Hides all headline effects (plumbobs, thought balloons, etc.)
• testingcheats [true/false] – Enables additional cheats
• households.autopay_bills - Pays bills automatically
• ui.dialog.auto_respond - Backs out of dialog or makes a choice automatically
• aspirations.complete_current_milestone - Completes current aspiration milestone
• careers.demote[name of career] - Earn a demotion in chosen career
• careers.promote[name of career] - Earn a promotion in chosen career
• careers.remove_career[name of career] - Abandon career
• crafting.shorten_phases - Faster crafting
• sims.fill_all_commodities - Fill commodities for one Sim
• stats.fill_commodities_household - Fill commodities for all Sims in household
• sims.modify_funds [amount] - Add specified amount of funds
• sims.remove_all_buffs - Moodlets are removed
• sims.spawnsimple[number of Sims desired] - Spawn specified number of Sims (keep the number low to avoid crashes)
• bb.moveobjects - Disable object placement rules
• sims.give_satisfaction_points[number of points desired] - Give satisfaction points to Sims
• bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement - Unlock all career rewards in Buy Mode

Submitted by: ign_cheats

Relationship Cheats

• modifyrelationship [First name of the first sim] [Last name of the first sim] [First name of the second sim] [Last name of the second sim] [Number] Ltr_Friendship_Main- Add more friendship between two Sims
• modifyrelationship[First name of the first sim] [Last name of the first sim] [First name of the second sim] [Last name of the second sim] [Number] Ltr_Romance_Main- Add more romance between two Sims

Become the Grim Reaper Cheat

To control the you can add him to your household if someone else dies. With testingcheatsenabled on, shift+click on the Grim Reaper before he leaves, and click Add to Family.

MoveObjects Cheat

The MoveObjects (or Move_Objects) cheat is a classic from the Sims franchise, and it returns in The Sims 4. To activate it, you must first open the cheat console. Into the box, type the following line including punctuation:

bb.moveobjects

The coding serves as a toggle, so if you need to turn it off, simply re-enter the code. You can close the cheat console by pressing the same combination of keys or buttons as you did to open it.

MoveObjects used to be used in the Sims franchise to shift household objects when Sims were stuck. The cheat is no longer necessary for this; even without cheats or mods, you can move objects at any time even if a Sim is interacting with them, and the Sim will terminate their actions and reset themselves to a nearby tile.

However, MoveObjects in Sims 4 has additional features. With the cheat enabled, objects can be moved vertically or onto surfaces they should not be able to be placed. You can place tables onto beds, or toilets onto pools! Note that when used this way, Sims often cannot use the object in question; they wouldn’t be able to physically reach it to trigger the object's animation scripts. The cheat can be used instead to design houses in unique ways.