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
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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
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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
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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
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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
