The decision to turn The Sims 4 into a F2P was a complete success. The EA and Maxis simulator was always the most played (especially on PC), but with this conversion it has been placed as one of the most popular free titles at the moment.
Without going any further, The Sims 4 has more than 70 million players between the PC, PlayStation and Xbox versions. Of course, remember that the only free version is the basic one (without expansions).
If you want to rock the best life simulator, you can do it right now… and without paying a Simoleon (the currency in The Sims 4). Do you already know how to activate the cheat console?
Since its origins, the EA saga has been characterized by the use of tricks to make our lives a little easier. And yes, The Sims 4 has its own cheat console. we teach you The best tricks to earn money on PC and consoles.
How to activate cheats
As in life itself, in The Sims 4 we need to earn money. Otherwise, you may have to leave your home and live on the streets, since you will not be able to pay the bills as your checking account dwindles beyond measure.
In The Sims 4 we can earn money (simoleons) working, but there is a way to achieve it with much less effort. Yes, we are talking about the tricks. I wish they existed in real life.
Enabling cheats in The Sims 4 is very simple, and can be done on both PC and PlayStation or Xbox. For this you must open cheat console.
How is it done? Simply press a combination of buttons, and then enter a series of codes…but not before adding some code to enable these cheats. We can also disable them at any time.
These are the buttons to press to open the console:
- PC y Mac: Ctrl + Shift + C or Command + Shift + C
- PlayStation: L1 + L2 + R1 + R2
- Xbox: LB + LT + RB + RT
When the command console opens (at the top of the screen), enter the command ”testingcheats on” to enable cheats. To disable them, just enter ”testingcheats off”.
Notice: When we enable cheats, some achievements and trophies in The Sims 4 will be blocked.. If you want to avoid this, we recommend using multiple save files.
Tricks to earn money
Now that we have activated the cheats in The Sims 4, we are going to provide you with some codes that will earn you a few Simoleons.
To begin with, we are going with three well-known tricks in the simulator community. It’s not a lot, but it will be enough to get you out of trouble.
- rosebud: 1000 Simoleones
- kaching: 1000 Simoleones
- motherlode: 50.000 Simoleones
In The Sims 4 there is a limit of Simoleons that we can accumulate. We can never exceed 9,999,999 Simoleonsso don’t push yourself trying to beat this figure using cheats.
Of course, when it comes to earning money, in reality any command is valid as long as it has the term ”money” in front of it. Yes, we can earn 9,999,999 Simoleons at once.
For it, just write ”money”, and then the desired amount of Simoleons, in the cheat console of The Sims 4. Ex: ”money 9,999,999”.
The Sims 4 is available for free at PC, PS4 y Xbox One. It is possible to play the PS4 and One versions through backward compatibility on PS5, Xbox Series X y Xbox Series S.
are you playing the sims 4? If so, we recommend you take a look at these guides: 20 tricks to build better in the EA and Maxis simulator, How to increase the capacity of the house and have more than 8 Sims, or 10 tricks of The Sims 4 that every player should know.