Last updated: 21 October 2026

Sims 4 Cheats — Every Working Code (2026)

Open the cheat console with Ctrl+Shift+C on PC or Mac — or by holding all four shoulder buttons on PlayStation and all four triggers/bumpers on Xbox — then type testingcheats true and press Enter. That one line unlocks the full cheat set below: money, building, Create-A-Sim, skills, careers, relationships, aging, death and every pack's own cheats, verified against official EA sources and cross-checked community references, with the exact syntax and the enabler each one needs.

01Opening the Console & the Master Enabler

The cheat console is a text bar that appears at the top of the screen. How you open it depends on your platform:

Press the same shortcut again (or Esc on a keyboard) to close the console. Typing testingcheats true and pressing Enter unlocks every cheat on this page and lets you Shift+Click Sims, objects and the ground for extra cheat menus — most of the categories below need it. A handful of money and build cheats (motherlode, rosebud, kaching, most bb. commands) work without it.

On console, EA's own cheat FAQ confirms that entering testingcheats true disables Achievements and Trophies for that save only — other saves are unaffected. PC and Mac players widely report the same behaviour for Steam/EA app achievements once cheats are active, though EA's page doesn't state that for PC specifically, so keep a separate cheat-free save if achievement hunting matters to you.

02Find a Cheat Fast

This page lists more than 70 cheats across every category below. Use the search box to filter by cheat text or effect, or tap a category to jump straight to it — the full tables are always there if you'd rather scroll, including with JavaScript off.

03Money Cheats

The most-used cheats in the game. See our dedicated money cheats guide for the full breakdown of when to use motherlode versus money.

04Needs, Mood & Motive Cheats

Keep a Sim (or the whole household) topped up and in the right mood without hovering over the fridge:

05Skill Cheats (Max Any Skill Instantly)

All skill cheats share one format. See our skill cheats guide for the full code list, every toddler/child/pack skill, and the common mistakes that make them fail silently.

There is no vanilla command to max every skill at once — each one is set individually.

06Career Cheats

Promote, demote or swap a Sim's job instantly. See our best careers guide for which career pays and progresses fastest.

Career cheats take the career's internal ID, which doesn't always match the name shown on screen:

Cottage Living adds the Cross-Stitch skill but no dedicated career.

07Relationship & Romance Cheats

Shift a friendship or romance bar directly, or spawn an instant friend. See our romance & relationships guide for every relationship type and bar.

08Build & Buy Mode Cheats

These transform building. Most work even without the enabler, but typing testingcheats true first is the safe default:

09Create-A-Sim (CAS) Cheats

For editing Sims beyond the normal in-game options:

10Aging & Life Stage Cheats

For full control over how a save ages, see our how to age up guide.

11Death, Ghosts & the Grim Reaper

For the full mechanics of dying, haunting and the Grim Reaper, see our death & ghosts guide.

12Pregnancy Cheats (What Still Works)

Be careful with pregnancy cheats: several commands that once shipped as part of the base game — skipping a trimester, forcing labor, and setting an exact offspring count — have since been restricted by the developers and now work reliably only through a mod such as TwistedMexi's All Cheats Mod or MC Command Center. Results from the console commands below can vary by game version, so test on a backup save first. For non-cheat ways to plan a pregnancy, see our how to have a baby guide.

13Pack-Specific Cheats

Each expansion that adds a skill or career exposes it through the same formats above. Verified, documented pack cheats as of this update:

14Troubleshooting: Cheats Not Working

Most "cheats don't work" reports come down to one of these:

• Typo or spacing: it's testingcheats true — one space, lowercase, no extra characters. The console also accepts testingcheats false to turn it back off.
• Console not open or not focused: make sure the text bar is actually visible at the top of the screen before typing — Mac uses Ctrl+Shift+C, not Cmd+Shift+C, which is the most common Mac mistake.
• Skill/career/ghost codes are case- and underscore-sensitive: Major_Painting works; major_painting or Major Painting silently fails with no error message.
• Mods, especially MC Command Center: some mods intercept cheat input or need their own settings enabled; if cheats stop working right after installing or updating a mod, disable mods one at a time to find the conflict.
• After a game update: mods built for the previous patch are the most common cause of broken cheats post-update — check for mod updates before assuming the cheat itself changed. EA's scheduled October 27, 2026 patch, for example, reworks how the game handles heavy bb.moveobjects use specifically because it was causing endless loading screens on some lots.
• Achievements/trophies disabled: this isn't a bug — any cheat that needs testingcheats true flags the save and turns off achievement tracking for that session.