The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies cheats & how to use them

Using The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies cheats can help you achieve whatever goal you want in your preferred way and here’s a list of all of them.

The Sims 4’s Business and Hobbies Expansion Pack highlights the ability to turn your skills or hobbies into a profitable business, allowing your Sims to essentially open their own business – and, of course, be their own boss.

From selling paintings to opening their own tattoo parlor, these can be done conveniently at their own home. While that’s the case, there are always a few challenges they’re bound to meet.

Sometimes, you may stumble upon unhappy customers, or perhaps your Sim is too tired to work properly. Either way, we’ve got the best business and hobbies cheats that can help make the experience even more convenient.

How to enable cheats

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This is where you’ll need to enter chat codes.

In order for cheats to work, you have to press a combination of buttons to bring up the console commands window in the game. It’s a pretty straightforward process, but these buttons do differ depending on your platform.

Follow the steps below:

• PC: CTRL, Shift, and C.
• Mac: Command, Shift, and C.
• PS4/PS4/Xbox: Hold down all four shoulder buttons.

A small bar should now appear on top of your screen. Before we get to the list of cheats, however, make sure also to type testingcheats true, as this is required for activating some of them.

All The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies cheats

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A Sim working as a tattoo artist.

As opening your own small business is quite different from joining an existing career, a lot of cheats in The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies are related to skills instead, as these are essential in offering the services and objects for sale to your customers.

We’ve also included additional gameplay cheats like money as well as moods to give you a headstart in opening a small business if you prefer to speed things up.

Aspiration cheats

This pack comes with two new aspirations, which are related to how Sims would like to progress with their small businesses.

Skill cheats for small businesses

Your Sim’s first time tattooing someone when their tattooing skill is still level one, compared to when they’ve hit level ten, is going to be really different. 

If you’re not a fan of having to level up this skill as well as others that are related to your business, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.

With these cheats below, you’ll be able to instantly set the exact level of your Sim’s skill without having to spend time learning it. So, feel free to adjust the number in the cheat code to whichever you prefer.

Gameplay cheats: Money, needs, relationships

Being your own boss in your small business does allow you to be more flexible in the game, but it doesn’t mean that it’s always sunshine and rainbows. 

That’s where gameplay cheats come in handy, as these can instantly put your Sim in a good mood to deal with customers, have more money to start, and so much more.

Build/buy mode cheats

Build and buy mode cheats are a lifesaver if you want your small business to look aesthetically pleasing. Due to limitations, some objects are hidden in the game and you may not always be able to place the furniture exactly however you want.

These cheats below essentially remove these limitations. Just be sure to test out using the important objects that are related to your business first in your lot to avoid any pathing issues before you set the store to open.

So, that’s the list of the Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack cheats. Just remember to always enable the cheat window before you enter the codes.

While you’re here, check out other helpful guides, such as the Life & Death cheats, Lovestruck cheats, as well as the best mods to use to help spice up your playthrough.