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It’s possible to playThe Sims 4without the use of any cheat codes, but where is the fun in that? Especially since many of the cheat codes can really shake up the game and add to the experience. With the Life and Death expansion, we now have even more cheat codes to use while playing.
In this guide, we are going to take a look at all new cheat codes added with The Sims 4: Life and Death. This will just cover new additions, excluding existing codes from the base game or other expansions.
to use cheats, press"Ctrl/Command + Shift + C" (PC or Mac)orall four shoulder buttons (console)and then type in “testingcheats on”. Once this has been input, you’re free to use cheats.
Trait Cheats
Trait cheats are not new to Life and Death, but with this expansion, there are afew more traits that you can use with the existing cheat.Below, you can find the trait, description, and cheat used to gain it.
CAS Trait?
Skeptical
Your Sim is skeptical about things around them and needs proof that everything is as it seems.
traits.equip_trait trait_Skeptical
Yes
Chased By Death
Your Sim will have a higher chance to die, as well as have more near death experiences.
traits.equip_trait trait_ChasedByDeath
Macabre
Your Sim embraces death and the scary! There are a lot of aspects to this, but basically, these Sims can get positive moodlets in scary situations.
traits.equip_trait trait_Macabre
Ghost Whisperer
Your Sim has completed the Ghost Historian Aspiration! This lets Sims make friends with ghosts easier.
traits.equip_trait GhostWhisperer
traits.equip_trait Grimborn
traits.equip_trait GrimDescendant
No
Anger
This is atype of griefthat your Sim can have in order to cope with sad events.
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_anger
Blues
This is a type of grief that your Sim can have in order to cope with sad events.
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_depression
Denial
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_denial
Holding Together
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_hold
Notice a new trait left out? We’ve only included traits that seem to have cheats. If a cheat (such as Burning Soul) isn’t included,there doesn’t seem to be any cheat that you can use to obtain it.
Career Cheats
There are two new jobs included in Life and Death;Reaper and Undertaker.While you can progress through these jobs as normal,these cheats can help get your Sims promoted (or demoted).
Careers.Promote Mortician
Careers.Demote Mortician
To immediately promote your Sim to the top of their career track, just use these cheats a few times. We suggestincreasing their associated skills as well, allowing them to keep up with their new promotion.
Skill Cheats
Life and Death introduces one new skill to us, which is calledThanatology.This skill essentially helps Simsunderstand grief and death a bit better.In real life, Thanatology involves the scientific study of death and dying.
There are onlyfive levels to this skill;to tweak the level of a Sim’s Thanatology skill, you’ll use the following cheat.
When using this, replace the [skill level] with a number between 1 and 5! For example, to max out the skill, enter"Stats.Set_Skill_Level Minor_Thanatology 5".You can also use this to lower a skill bytyping in a number lower than the current skill level.
Aspiration Cheats
Next, we have aspiration cheats. There is only one new aspiration, which sets your Simson a track to learn as much as they can about ghosts.In order to complete the current milestone of theGhost Historian aspiration,use the following cheat.
This cheat isn’t specific to the Ghost Historian aspiration; you canuse it with any aspiration in the game.Be sure to currently be on the Ghost Historian track though;you’ll need to at least start it in order to use this cheat.
Ghost Mastery Cheats
Lastly, we have Ghost Mastery.When playing as a ghost, you’ll now be able tolevel up ghostly skills and unlock new abilities.If you are familiar withvampires and witchesin The Sims 4, the mechanics are similar.
In order to get more Ghost Mastery experience, use the following cheat code.
