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The introduction of Skill Mastery Perks inThe Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbiesexpansion pack brings an exciting layer of strategy and customization to the game.These perks provide Sims with unique abilities, such as learning skills more efficiently, managing their needs effectively, or even enhancing interactions with other Sims. They offer players the chance to fine-tune their Sims' strengths, aligning them perfectly with personal goals or lifestyles.
For those who want to skip the grind, cheats provide a quick and effective way to unlock these powerful perks. Using cheats allows players to instantly access these mastery perks, saving time and adding flexibility to their gameplay. If players are looking tofast-track skill masteryor experiment with different gameplay styles, incorporating cheats can open up new possibilities for exploring all the features the expansion has to offer. Here’s how to add Mastery Perks with cheats in The Sims 4.
When playing the game without cheats, Sims are limited to having a maximum of four Mastery Perks. However, cheats allow players to bypass this restriction and add perks beyond the default limit. Although the in-game UI does not display the perks added through cheats, a subtle notification sound will confirm that a perk has been successfully added. Players can verify these additional perks by using the Mastery Perk Remover or Mastery Perk Bestower potions, which provide a clear overview of all perks assigned to a Sim. They will be then able to benefit from each one of them.
How To Get Skill Mastery Perks Without Resorting To Cheats in The Sims 4
There are 3 official ways to get Skill Mastery Perks, however, they can be quite time-consuming or otherwise expensive in terms ofrequired Satisfaction Points.
The Sims 4 Skill Mastery Perks Cheat Codes
To use Skill Mastery Perk cheats, players must first enable cheats byopening the cheat console. This can be done by pressingCtrl + Shift + Con PC (orCommand + Shift + Con Mac). Once the console appears at the top of the screen, typetestingcheats trueand press Enter to activate cheat mode, granting access to various cheat commands.
Skill Mastery Perk cheats work similarly to Trait cheats, as they share the same initial command line: From there, players can input specific codes to unlock or remove the desired perks for their Sims. Here are all the skill mastery perk cheats for adding all 18 Mastery Perks. Players will need to do them one by one, as there is no way to add all of them at once.
Not all in-game Mastery Perks share the same cheat code with the in-game title for the Mastery Perk, although the majority do.
In order to add Skill Master Perks, players will need to usetraits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_TraitNamewith the trait name being replaced by the desired mastery perk as follows:
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraActive
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalCreator
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AspirationalThinker
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraCreative
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_FinalTouch
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_InTheZone
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_AuraMental
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_MentalExercise
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedSocial
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedMental
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedCreative
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PigeonholedActive
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_PowerfulPerformer
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecondWind
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_SecretSpice
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_Skillful Sleep
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_Spacebender
Stellar Stamina
traits.equip_trait trait_MasteryPerk_StrongerWithAge
To remove traits instead of equipping them, players need to replace ‘equip’ with ‘remove’ in the first part of the code (traits.remove_trait). However, since the Mastery Perk Remover costs only 100 Satisfaction Points each, it might also be worth using the satisfaction points cheat to manually drink the potion each time.
