5 Things Pro Sims 4 Players Do That You Don't! (Sims 4 Tips & Tricks)

[@jackiekane]

Back when I had Wicked Whims installed, every day when Patchy would wake up to “help me with my garden,” he would actually just go beat it in the shower instead. 😭 literally traumatizing

[@wildboywifey6485]

Lol he was beating his wheat

[@llCoupDEtatll]

This is the best story I've ever heard. I may or may not have had a sim that got banged by patchy... 🥴

[@GentlethemJoey]

@@llCoupDEtatll I’ve definitely had sims woohoo with patchy. 😂

[@Mr.Cheeseburger24]

"back when..."? What, why would anyone uninstall it XD

[@Napptrully_Beautiful]

@@wildboywifey6485 So Good!!

[@Mynameis_Chloe]

I hate the welcome wagon 😂😂

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I like them. They give me a free fruitcake that I can stick in a toddler's inventory and not worry about feeding them for a couple days. Also works as travel food.

[@bigchungusiv4249]

Same! When I first started playing the Sims 4 a few years ago, I loved the welcome wagon but now it's just so annoying Especially because pretty much every single time I start the game I start a new household (I don't understand how people manage to play with the same family for months or even years lol)

[@ForeignLove]

Ugh and my sims always hate the fruitcake😭🤦‍♀️🤣

[@RG_Eph]

@@BonaparteBardithion omg😂 the toddler thing is amazing

[@EssJessperate]

Especially in strangerville!!!

[@piperbird7193]

At level 3 cooking you can make Fried Fish (this is an outdoor retreat recipe). It only takes 3 of any fish on the stove, and was accidentally coded with 0 calories. It's a group meal and is lactose free, and it's a great meal for simple living lot traits. My poor sims pretty much only eat fried fish to keep their figures.

[@yadiraa4594]

I make fruit salad instead

[@organicmosquito]

All my sims eat is milk bread and cheese cuz they take 10 days to go bad on the counter and when there's kids it's easy for them to get it to eat on their own 😭

[@sanyang66]

Complete the Master Chef aspiration and food you cook will never go bad again.@@organicmosquito

[@missdukette2168]

The first skill I always level up is Handiness skill ! - you can make good money once you reach level 5... that heart shape decoration thingy that you can do on level 5 (or 7?) sells for 500 simoleons a pop !!! - you can upgrade ALL your aplliances to reduce water and electricity bills (yes please) - you can also upgrade showers so you get clean quicker, or upgrade beds so that you sleep for less time ... that way you can pick your furniture and appliances depending on esthetic not comfort ... - you can upgrade stuff so it never breaks ! Handiness skill is so underated !!!

[@ganjanavierhonderdtwintig8319]

How do you go about levelling up their handiness skill? Is there another way besides reading the skillbooks when no electronics are broken?

[@carolinamirandafs]

@@ganjanavierhonderdtwintig8319 there are two ways to level up handiness. First is to go on your computer, buy some parts and start upgrading your appliances (you can only do this from level 2 and forward). The second way is to buy the crafting table and make objects/furniture.

[@ganjanavierhonderdtwintig8319]

@@carolinamirandafs aaah yes didn't think about those options, thank you for your reply 😌

[@kacieakers3629]

@@ganjanavierhonderdtwintig8319 you can also buy the books to increase your skill or take a skill class

[@mizzwright3976]

@@ganjanavierhonderdtwintig8319 also you can go into build mode and assign the “gremlins” lot trait. It causes your appliances to break more often, therefore giving your sim plenty of things to fix and gain handiness skill! You can always go back and cancel the lot trait once your sim has gotten their skill up.

[@marieduran6286]

I've been playing sims for years, and I didn't know about the permanent trait. These tips are very useful and appreciated. Thanks for putting out this video, I am sure a lot of new simmers are going to love the game now.

[@fish_toof]

i didn’t know about the permanent trait either!! literal game changer

[@DBT1007]

Lol 🤣

[@eaglezero78]

The other thing about the permanent trait is you get one when you choose an aspiration upon aging up to a teen, and a second when you choose an aspiration upon aging up to an adult, so choose an aspiration that is different so you get a second.

[@LiterallyAllNamesAreTaken]

I knew about it from James Turner. he’ll strategically pick a bonus trait during his scenario challenge videos, and I think in a few of his other one-off money earning type challenges; typically the collector trait.

[@DaGn0528]

Seriously the most useful tip that I never knew about

[@inoxydable3876]

My favorite pro tip is : CLUBS (from Get Together). You don't have to use clubs like it is a real life club, for example have a knitting club and club gatherings to knit from time to time. Use clubs like groups. Create friend groups with clubs, and when you want to invite people over, all you have to do is start a club gathering: it lasts for as long as you want and the sims won't leave until you stop the club gathering. It's also much easier to control the sims in a club. You don't have to create event or call people of after the other. But the best part is to create a club for you household only, and you leave the club gathering always running. Then, in the club, you put useful activities to do or common interactions, such as: be nice, make jokes, clean, make food, sleep, repair objects, etc. Your club points will go up by themselves overtime and you will be able to eventually purchase all bonuses, which will make your sims build skills faster, just be happier overall (stronger moodlets), etc. They will also clean, cook and repair objects (for example) more often autonomously. It's honestly very strong and not enough people know about this trick. Honestly now that I use clubs this way, I never wanna go back and couldn't play without Get Together ahah. (I didn't come up with it btw, I found out about this trick watching Simsav, IDK if she came up with it but I don't think she did either.)

[@revan6318]

That's a great idea! I will do a family gathering club where everyone can have a good time

[@kimmykimmy_]

I used to have a painting club, and the only thing to do was paint. My club members would get better over time and I would continuously sell their masterpieces for $$ lmao

[@demondog108]

Oh my god THANK you. I love exploits

[@inoxydable3876]

@@demondog108 NP! Be careful to end the club reunion when quitting your game if some of your sims are at work or school though, cause if you don't, when you'll open back your game, they will leave their job/school and you won't be able to send them back for the day.

[@skittles2]

I use clubs to make a factory of paintings. I make them all paint then I sell the paintings to get rich and famous real fast.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

Can I recommend a short guide on customizing neighborhood stories? I understand a new player will probably be less overwhelmed with them completely turned off, but I actually like having the neighbors move around and have kids on their own since a big problem of long term gameplay is active Sims being the only ones with descendants. It would be helpful to know where the settings are for turning off death (which is way too common) and telling specific households not to move around. The settings are kind of buried in the households panel even for families accessible by clicking on a house.

[@BookloverFantasy92]

I turn it off when playing rotational game play.

[@giggle_snort]

I like having certain aspects of the neighborhood stories, but yeah, I do disable some.

[@mari_piedra]

The downside is that they adopt like 6 kids 🫠

[@GentlethemJoey]

I’ve been playing this game for the whole 9 years or so it’s been out and I just now learned you can change the neighborhood stories settings. 😂 Thank you! (I know the neighborhood stories came later and haven’t been there the whole 9 years, but having been playing the game that long, sometimes I feel like I know everything and I definitely do not).

[@Shell05231]

Yeah I agree, you can leave it on for maybe 1 or 2 in game Sim weeks and be ok, but more than that every family will have 100 kids lol (exagerration) but most do end up with 2 or 3 at least, and the ones that don't like kids, as many dogs or cats lol! I tend to have it off for my favourite households, and leave it on on the others for a little bit then monitor it and turn it off again. The accidental deaths got out of hand though it kept killing new parents so I turned that off after only a day or two in game lol!

[@bashfyl]

I forgot to turn stories off. One of my kids I had moved out had triplet toddlers, then she called me and asked if she should try to have another baby and i said yes.. well when I went to her house to check on her she now has triplet toddlers and triplet infants. I agree strongly with turning neighborhood stories off. 🤣 Thank you for the tips!

[@mysteriousluck]

I had a sim get married to his friend who, before he proposed, asked if she should change her job. I as usual said "yes" because I like it when neighbors/friends have a life without thinking much about it. Forward the story a few sim weeks later - my sims, who are now married and have children, see that a flea market is happening. I send the father to go there and leave the mother and children home, but the wife calls. She tells me she changed her job as I told her to do - which was very painful, since I haven't saved in a long time. It wouldn't matter if it wasn't for the fact that I've been leveling up her artist career (it was lvl 8) because of her aspiration (it was painter extraordinaire, she only had the last task left, which was the job) and she changed it to another one. Then she calls me again to tell me she changed it back to artist - I can't with sims sometimes. Edit: fixed structure of a sentence + grammar

[@Liusila]

3:10 what I thought you’d mention too is to change the Sims’ aspiration to the gardening one when they’re gardening, to the painting one when they’re painting etc. It ensures you get aspiration points straight away.

[@OrangeCat1992]

I always get my beginning gardening stuff from the gift items menu via a computer. You can purchase roses, pomegranates, potatoes, even seasonal packets of seeds that way for a bigger variety of options. It’s a little more expensive, but I can sell a counter or two for a rose or a pomegranate which will yield much bigger returns.

[@CarrieLouise89]

Yer you can also order some plantables from ordering groceries xx

[@Jannyl13]

I actually love the gremlins lot challenge. I often use it in the beginning (ideally in combination with a tiny house that has few appliances) to quickly boost the handyness skill (is that what it's called? I play in German so I'm not sure). Once I've levelled up quite a bit, I delete the challenge and play normally.

[@Liusila]

Handiness, yes! That’s bold confidence in your sim not crying in poor in the middle of the night when they’ve come back from work exhausted and everything is broken lol

[@sarahfields3493]

honorable mention: go to the festivals (if you have city living) to harvest a dragon fruit, which you can plant and sell for A LOT

[@minecraftwithgadget1848]

my favorite trick now when I'm doing a gardener playthrough is to use seasons to create a "seed day" holiday with the only parameter being gnomes. you can easily Google what appeases each gnome and they'll give you dozens of free seed packs when you do so

[@younglove3362]

Sounds like a lot of work. I just buy them off the computer 🖥. They give you so many when you purchase them anyway.

[@minecraftwithgadget1848]

@@younglove3362 it's actually quite easy if you have a guide for what to give them, especially in early game when you don't have the skill unlocks for all the seeds yet. you get an absolute massive amount of seeds that open to fruits and vegetables you can also sell for cash

[@sumwhere08]

Been playing for years, had no idea that the aspiration trait stays with you even if you change aspirations 🤯

[@earlyjicama4302]

When I comes to gardening the one thing that annoys me is evolving everything one at a time. This is especially true when you have a lot of plants, packed close together and you have to try and figure out which one is glittering

[@bambina320]

I like gardening in the sims. But Evolving is annoying for sure for me at least. I usually leave enough space between the plants etc so its easier for me to see which ones need evolving. Also annoying is when you place say a bunch of seeds nicely and yours sims just scatters them and you have to rearrange them. Usually I don't even bother to place the seeds nicely anymore after the sims plants them then I arrange. I like making gardens and green houses.

[@AdamPersson]

Don't bother evolving these poor plants. It's not worth it until you get better ones anyway.

[@susannahharper2505]

Just get the golden chickens and befriend them and ask them to help look after your garden, they will go around and evolve all of your plants to the highest one which is Perfect. You can get them from the Country Living Pack

[@bambina320]

@@susannahharper2505 oh ma gosh all this time and it never even knew that was a thing that chickens did in the sims. Thanks so much for that tip.

[@kittybooboo6060]

Omg I hate fertilizing every single one. It takes sooooo long

[@nertmert]

The gardening tip is amazing. I made one family millionaires in a very short time span just off of a back yard full of dragon fruits. This was before I bought Seasons, so the growing time was always. Thank you for teaching me about Patchy!

[@RebeccaEd]

I don't have seasons, do the plants just pause during winter, or do you have to get a greenhouse to protect them or something?

[@Psyche0delic]

In Sims 4 with the Seasons pack, different plants have different growing seasons. So, there are plants that will grow in winter, but not summer and vise-versa; or plants that grow in Autumn and Spring, but not summer or winter, and etc. Also, you can put any plant you want in a green house (then you will see a sign that says "sheltered" when you hover over them) and they will grow year round.@@RebeccaEd

[@anais.s7656]

@@RebeccaEd I need answers too so I comment, but I read somewhere that with the pack that add greenhouses your can grow your plants anytime

[@omgggitsbee]

@@RebeccaEd It depends on the plant, each one has a season (or sometimes 2) that it will grow harvestables during. The exception to this is if they are planted under a roof of some sort (like in a greenhouse) in that instance they will produce harvestables year round. I know it's late but hope it helps

[@younglove3362]

Gardening is equivalent to money cheat. It's so easy that it's kinda boring 😴.

[@InedibleMuffin]

As a long time sims player, it's actually very interesting to see how differently we prefer our gameplay! I grew up on Sims 1~2, so I find the needs drain way too slow in the Sims 4, so the Aspiration traits are basically cheats for me 😆In the same vein, I would always play with Lot Challenges and Temperature effects; I always welcome more challenges (and more ways for sims to die). I also love to have Neighbourhood stories because then my unplayed households will keep changing and it feels less "dead". However!! Seems like we both agree on turning off aging on played sims lmao. Ain't got time to deal with the stress of mortality amirite. 💔

[@marczockt4211]

Hey Satch, this comment does not have anything to do with the video. I just want to tell you that I really love seeing your Channel growing day by day. You do such a great work and you inspire me very much. I just want to say thank you for making each and every day of my life :)

[@gortab]

Gotta love how OP gardening is, especially in early game. You can even hire a gardener to take care of your garden for you and it's extremely easy to make enough money from the produce to pay for hiring them. Also, plants growing inside a building can be grown at any time regardless of season so you can build a big greehouse looking thing full of planters (either buy of craft them) and grow whatever plants you want all year.

[@younglove3362]

And never starve when you're hungry. Plus ➕️ the effects from eating gives you a boost in your upgrades and learning.

[@erin6692]

I always put study spot on every lot. It actually makes every skill go up faster. Carls Sims found that in the code. It’s better than any of the other lot traits for skill building.

[@Jenafiregaming]

I always try to get Dragon Fruit, and plant that, then continue to plant more, and that is a huge gardening money supply. Also if you have Jungle Adventures, I recommend exploring the jungle, some of those golden prizes are worth a lot. I've built mansions from them. Great tips, loved the video!

[@MagnusItland]

Also you can splice dragonfruit from strawberries and snapdragon, both of which grow in the big garden (lot called Garden Essence?) one house away from the starter lot on the right-hand side of the Willow Creek map.

[@karolinaanna9209]

Morels are also good for making money, usually I plant a lot of them 😁

[@daisydot69]

Thank you for this video. I've been playing sims for years but I still found some of your tips incredibly useful 😊

[@derralle5705]

Don't forget to switch aspirations often. Before cooking, switch to a cooking aspiration, then switch to a painting aspiration and paint a picture. Before your sim goes to town, switch to a popular aspiration etc. I cannot emphasize enough enough just how useful aspiration points are. My main sims never sleep because I have spent their aspiration points wisely. Also it's a good idea to spend 5000pts on a moneytree seed and then use the copypasto spell from Realm Of Magic or the cloning machine from Get To Work on it. Oops. As a new player you may have neither, which is cool because packs are expensive. This is also why I am astonished that the Satch recommends gardening for moneymaking. Yes, I can confirm that Tiny Living and Seasons are nice packs, but without them I think it's better to start with woodworking, painting or writing. Especially woodworking is nice. Not only do you get decorations for your home that can be sold for good money, you also get the handiness skill which is a skill that always comes in handy.

[@DakalaShade]

Yeah, recently picked up Sims 4 myself, and while I'm Base Game Only with some Custom Content involved, well... It's only after my sims moved to a larger house/lot where gardening actually paid off. My four sims have _pretty much_ hit the four corners of the market. One's a writer who cranks out books like a madman. Another paints and she's the one who got us going in the first place. The third makes all sorts of sculptures and furniture to be sold, and fixes _everything_ around the house. And the fourth has been doing gardening, but it only, just now, paid off. Granted, doing the whole grafting thing to make Death Flowers was totally worth it, but it takes a long time to pay off. That said, Super Sell on flowers for a cool 1.2 million was awesome.

[@sugasweet435]

@@DakalaShade bro, writing books is pretty powerful cause of those royalties. Keep churning them out and you’re making thousands every day

[@DakalaShade]

@@sugasweet435 Yeah, between the books and the latest sim in the crew cranking out games, the royalties get _crazy_ and I love it. Sure, gardening can make you rich, but writing books doesn't need a guide, and _will_ make you rich.

[@chattycatty3336]

Idk I kinda have to agree with him. I don't have any packs but I can make quite a bit of cash from selling the stuff I've grown, especially roses

[@thalinororcbreaker2840]

I take cuttings and graft onto other plants, and the money fruits that grow on the spliced plant are harvestable and plantable. Cue forest of trees.

[@dawngrrrl]

I'd love to see a "realism" tips video next. I always strive for semi-realism when I play and need more ideas in that regard. A few of the things I do = use the simple living lot trait, use skin details and clothing to reflect age/lifestyle/finances/interests, cheat money down at the start of gameplay, never sell from their inventory so they can only use stalls, tables, plopsy, and cheat money down if they "buy" new clothes/accessories/tattoos.

[@hanayamamoto4239]

I have been playing the sims almost every day for 22, now 23 years, since the 2000 release date of "The Sims". I legit learned a couple of things here that I'm embarrassed to say I didn't now yet. Thank you so much!

[@gabrielawilson1816]

May I just say, I've played Sims for over 20 years now and I absolutely love your videos. I watch a lot of other simmers but you're one of my favorites because your videos are short and to the point and you focus more on information which even as a "veteran simmer" I find so interesting. I know you started your KZbin because of Plumbella but I like that you've got your own thing going on, just as she has. I hope your channel continues to flourish and thank you for the amount of info and quick reviews you've given me.

[@MissDesdemona]

I’m enjoying these pro tip videos. I had no idea I could make the seasons longer, which would be helpful with gardening. I can’t wait to try out these tips today.

[@fish_toof]

i’ve been playing the sims 4 for years and i didn’t know about some of these tips! super helpful! ♡ one thing that’s always bothered me about the sims 4 is you can’t change the “intensity” of their autonomy, like in the sims 3. full autonomy can be annoying, and it was convenient that you could have low autonomy so your sims would take care of their needs. edit: i’d love to see more videos like this from you! you’re the best!

[@TheJoyBinkley]

I've found that a few of the personality traits on the first tab are Super helpful with skill gains. They all help by periodically autonomously putting your sim into certain moods. For instance Cheerful is going to make your sim "happy" and that is going to buff any mood you're in by a point or 2. Creative is for "inspired" which speeds up all music/art/cooking/acting skilling. Genius gives you "focus" so science/wellness/fitness/gardening. And Self-Assured is for "confidence" dancing/politics etc. Obviously there's super easy ways to put your sims in any mood, but if you're planning on maxing out every instrument or being a mad scientist or something- it doesn't hurt to have them pop into it on their own. If anything their trait can buff up the shower/bath/tea/incense/decor/massage/lot trait.. w/e you already have going.

[@lisanull900]

Wow. Been attempting to play since launch, always wind up throwing up my hands. I learned quite a few new things that might change that. I didn't even know that scarecrow existed let alone you could make him come alive & garden for you! omg Revolutionary.

[@jai07070]

In all my years of playing all the Sims games I haven't gone into the depth of the game play as I should have. Thanks for bringing this together to this "seasoned " simmer! Can't wait to re explore the sims 4!

[@Damackism]

I must be a pro simmer. Because I knew 4 of the 5 tips. Never tried gardening in the sims. I also dont have the seasons expansion. I feel painting is still the most OP way to make money early game. Especially after all the patches over the years. Which made doing certain skill leveling activities faster.

[@pathogenofdecay]

The nice thing about making a "party size" of food is that you're discounted on your magically teleported ingredients more and more the larger the serving count is... and I think that when you group cook, the serving is increased even further to 12 servings (and probably for free), but sadly it can take some effort to get group cooking to work as it seems to possibly create simulation lag... or just very confused or currently occupied sims. I know that I've had group cooking take longer because a sim involved in the group was quite far away or in the middle of an activity or other interaction.

[@maximum_bird]

The tip about herbs is super helpful. Also, I like to use the soil plots from Country Living to help manage and keep my garden organized.

[@simbellaz]

Let me just correct Satch here.. DON'T UPROOT the Plants!🤣🙆‍♂️ cuz then you can't Harvest from them anymore or Replant them..

[@Lisa_The_Norwegian]

Thank you. I was fairly certain uprooted plants disappeared and can’t be planted somewhere else(they should though), so I was like, “wait? Has there been a change I don’t know about?”

[@simbellaz]

@@Lisa_The_Norwegian hahah yeah be careful 😅 I wish too you could replant them as they were

[@Emsev100]

True! I always let my sims plant them and then I move them in build/buy.

[@younglove3362]

You can't replant them. But you can take them with you if you move by taking all of your furniture.

[@hannah16554]

Ooh I just had a fun idea for a video based on this, something like "Sims 4 iceberg knowledge". You know them pictures of an iceberg where the knowledge gets more and more niche and complex as you go down to the bottom? Something similar to that so it's level 1, level 2 etc of different "did you knows"? And you could do that for bb, cas and gameplay as well if you were inspired. You can share your tips at all different skill levels and people get to have fun testing themselves if they know the most advanced stuff. Or, more simply, you could no doubt find a Sims 4 iceberg pic and just enjoy going through it and testing yourself plus explaining things to us that we might not know. I genuinely haven't seen this done before but no doubt some creators have in the past. Really enjoy your content and thanks for sharing all these tips 😊

[@VarmintLP]

3:30 you can put down watering things that can water all the plants in the area. So even less work for you.

[@fozzytheflyingmuppet]

Nice video, learned some new things and got confirmed some other things. The Simple Living lot challenge can be beneficial because it stops Sims from buying from the fridge so they eat the gardening produce.

[@profdork]

I was rewatching all your shorts and I noticed this video popped up 😭

[@Bestiehatispreppy]

One of my favorite traits is the Overachiever trait because it tends to have sims with the trait to raise skills faster

[@monicanickson3904]

I have literally every household make a garden and I love finding the flowers that sell at a higher rate. It is something that you invest in with so many returns. I also always sell paintings and books since the books will give the daily payouts. I'm commenting before I finish this video so idk if you talk about that too lol.

[@maddogdisorder]

I really like to make a club with the only activity being gardening and then start a club hangout anytime my garden needs tended. Free labour lol

[@catelynh1020]

Callmekevin does the same thing except he has them painting and will just sell the paintings done by the club

[@ianjdutoit]

I like starting with painting and writing instead of gardening. They are easy to build skills that gets me some free money. I usually also start with a vampire for having less needs, and a spellcaster for later game benefits. I choose self assured, goofball and cheerful for my sims, as they don't give negative moodlets for not doing something. For the lot traits, I choose natural light, fast internet and vampire lair. This helps with the writing and painting skills, and gives me some essentials for my vampire.

[@jordanmcneil6081]

me, a pro player ALSO one really fun easy way to make money or get free shit is from city living, at the spice festival i believe it is you can harvest all of their plants (including their dragon fruit) and sell it all. dragon fruit alone is 5k also in get famous, if you are an actor you can drag the food from the table into your inventory at the end of your job, and put it in your fridge as soon as youre home :)

[@juliamatic3994]

I steal posters and sell them for 100-200$

[@elle5413]

MY GOD THE TRICK FOR THE PERMANENT TRAIT IS A LIFE CHANGER OMG THANK YOU

[@Kualinar]

Plant strawberries and snapdragon. Graft them on one another to get dragon fruits. Those are worth a LOT. Place a huge roof above your lot. It's free and make your garden sheltered, allowing all plants to bloom in all seasons. Add a few bee hives. They help improve the quality of your plants. A lot challenge tat I personally like is «Volcanic activity» from Island Living. Yes, the tremors and volcanic eruptions will scare your Sims. Yes, they may cause stuff to brake. But, those volcanic bombs always contain some nice, and often valuable, goodies. Also, repairing the damage is good for handiness. The «gremlins» challenge will force your Sims to build their handiness skill as they repair the damage from those pests.

[@Veridant]

With High school years, if you make a teen in CAS you can get two of the Aspiration traits by selecting the first one you want, say the popularity aspiration's trait, Gregarious, finishing in CAS and then changing your active aspiration to one of the teen aspirations, then age up your sim with an active teen aspiration. The aging up menu will then prompt you to choosing an another adult aspiration because adults don't have access to the teen aspirations, meaning you can get a second permanent aspiration trait such as the romance aspiration trait, Alluring.

[@bubba9314]

Bro I've been playing the Sims for 1-2 years and some of these things even I didn't know and I love you for this 😭

[@auntiem0thman]

Another way to make money: on "Thanksgiving" appease the gnomes, put them in your inventory. They will spit out the seed packets into your household inventory and you can sell them for $100 each.

[@catelynh1020]

I didn't know that you could make it so they went straight into the inventory instead of just on the ground. That was why i always took that tradition off the holiday

[@auntiem0thman]

@@catelynh1020 it only works if the gnomes are in your inventory 💕

[@ajbarrett1997]

Been playing for years and I still love the welcome wagon 😂 it’s a great way to meet victims. I mean friends.

[@thexshattered]

If you're gonna start with gardening, best to start with flowers or fruits I think since the value of certain flowers and fruits goes way up. Roses, birds of paradise, pomegranates, dragonfruit are all my faves for get rich quick schemes. Btw, great tip about the prices in build mode items. I usually just go for the first few items on the menu, assuming they're the cheapest. But you make a really good point that you don't have to be limited to the first few items. I'll definitely check all the prices next time I need to do a budget build.

[@keshiaf282]

I love the neighborhood stories! I get bored quicker without the random drama and unexpected twists 😂😅

[@GentlethemJoey]

Thank you! There are settings I always immediately change, but it never occurred to me to look for settings for annoying pack “features” that I hate playing with. Such a simple but handy tip!

[@namazzinamu6804]

I've been playing this game obsesivly for the last month or so, and I just learned new stuff. THANK YOU

[@eaglezero78]

I think you should do a video on all the perk traits sims can get as they age up - the top-notch-toddler trait, gifted traits, scout trait, character value traits, etc, because I keep encountering people online who have the relevant packs but don't know much/anything about them. I play on short lifespan and can almost always get all of them so it's not too hard to do if you optimize gameplay. Sims with all of them are pretty OP and once they get to teen years and get the savant trait and have parents mentor them they can max any mentorable skill in a day. One tip is to always do the child social aspiration only after you've completed creativity and motor and most of mental if you have outdoor retreat so you can buy the "incredibly friendly" reward which will help a lot with making friends. Also most of the child aspiration goals double up with things you need to do for scouts, so by the time you get to teen the only scouting thing left is the outdoor activities, which you can get by just grilling several meals.

[@ninaplayssims]

I loooove the high school years build/buy and yessssss the stuff on there can really be sooo much cheaper than Base game stuff ❤ I needed this reminder.

[@coreanhall7416]

Gardening is my go to when I don't want to cheat to make money fast. LILIES & ROSES are the most profitable, harvested from the Newcrest neighborhood. I make around $2500 - $7000+ per garden "sell all" from 8-12 planted Lily Flowers or Rose Flowers, depending on the quality of the garden. Great Soil and Homey lots, and Greenthumb help the garden thrive.

[@catarinateixeira3118]

I've pretty much mastered the making of money on Sims: Gardening- always activate the lot trait for good crops Use the skills: painting, knitting, cross stitching - sell them on plopsy because it sells at a way better price (if you have those expansions) Writing: gives you daily simoleons when you publish If you want to earn money: always start and complete the get-rich aspiration. When you complete you receive weekly interest. Also, try to get 5000 satisfaction and buy the money tree!!! When you have the money try it doesn't let you just collect to replant. So you will grab the tree (when is full of "fruits" to harvest) and put it in your house inventory. Magic... you have the tree and 5 new seeds to plant ;) And last if you are playing the homeless challenge: start by digging the stones, frogs, and fishing.

[@kyuopi]

God I have to say hands down you are the most helpful sims influencer/KZbinr. I’ve been playing sims 4 for SO long and have had no idea about some of these tips. Also love how real you are about the game and how each detail you mention is actually useful. I don’t think I’ve ever skipped forward in any of your videos. Genuinely appreciate your content and opinions. Thanks for being you!

[@xaviorskailuu8158]

my little top from me is if youre looking to get a lot of early money from one plant, begonias from the starter flower packets are a really good starting point. theyre worth ~15 simoleons at the start, but at perfect they can go up to 60 simoleons per flower. They come in the seasons pack and they grow in summer and fall.

[@user-nc7dx5nr4x]

That's great tips, thank you! One more thing that LITERALLY keep me sane is that you can turn off the dust and dust bunnies. When they came to the game I found them really ANNOYING. And then i found out that it could be turned off in settings and it is blessing really

[@viddeliten]

1. I find buying seeds are more handy through a gardening pot. Just buy one and then click it and buy seeds 2. If you really want the plats in a straight line you need to either leave som space between them and they'll plant where you put them OR just put them all out randomly and move them once your sim has planted all of them. I do the latter.

[@MagnusItland]

For those who don't have seasons but do have Discover University, one of the small bots you can make is a gardening bot. You can build it at the Foxbury student community center if you can't afford a robot station at home. No need to enroll either. Realm of Magic has a couple gardening spells. Not game changers, but they let you grow your plants and your magic power at the same time. (Spinningplumbobs' Fairies vs Witches mod has a couple more, as has Triplis' Become a Sorcerer mod, but not everyone can use mods.)

[@uchiha1234Uzumaki]

Just started a new save today and I'll be checking these advices out. Lets see the diferences from other gameplays I did. Thank you so much!

[@mariannadefendini8174]

As an avid sims player, I feel like I know the game so well. But you had so many good tips! Thank you! Subscribed 🤓

[@MatthewBannock]

Another OP but overlooked skill is photography. First day I brush my teeth and take selfies until I have decent confident photos. I put them everywhere. [confident = +1 to all Skills, +2 to Charisma. +2 to all Skills if Very Confident] Later I will get focused and put focused selfies near my workbench &/or PC and garden. Have extras? Sell them. If you get in the habit of taking photos before every meal and sell them it more than pays for the meal. It is also amazing those times you are just short on your bills, or if you take photos and sell them right before you buy a canvas you can pay for the canvas selling the photos, a great way to get started on painting which is amazing at high levels. Another OP skill is writing. I will often go to the library, give the lot fast internet trait then practice writing until I hit skill level 2 or 3. Then knock out some children's books, Daily Royalties don't seem like much, but they add up quickly. Take the style influencer job to make great use of photography, painting and writing while you level them.

[@joshow926]

Great trait tip! Will also be sure to make the most of lot traits, too. Gardening is honestly so good; I did rags to riches and planted roses, lilies and other expensive plants that I harvested from around the world. My sim makes soo much money from selling plants that she might as well quit her job. 😂 Handy video! 👍

[@TerryProthero]

You can make a lot of money gardening, but it's also a lot of work. And to really make a ton of money gardening, you need the best plants. UFO (Undentified Fruit Objects) are my personal favorite. But there are other good choices. If you have the buy/build mode cheat on, which I highly recommend, you can get anything you want. But the quickest and easiest ways to make money at the beginning of the game are fishing, painting, freelance writing, and harvesting wild plants and collectibles. If you are super broke, though, don't bother building a house at all. Set up a tent instead and build a small outhouse. Basically, a tiny building that has a bathroom. You can then add a mini-fridge, grill, and high-tech trash can as upgrades to your hobo camp. As for bonus aspiration traits, there is a way to get all of them. Pick an aspiration, go into CAS, and then click the check mark to finish editing your sim. Then pick another aspiration and do it again. These bonus traits can be helpful. But they aren't game changers. They are more like wimpy versions of some of the better traits in the game. But still, it doesn't hurt to have them. As for jobs in the game, don't bother with them. You can make a lot more money doing other things. Except for one little trick. Complete an aspiration or two and get the connections trait. Then start and quit each job in the game. You will start at level 2 or 3 at each job and will get bonus items each time. It can add up to over 20,000 simoleons. Just don't bother with the part-time jobs except for life guard and diver. They are the only ones with good bonuses. And this trick is one that you can only do once. But it's a nice way to get some cash early in the game. Also make use of venues. Libraries have computers, etc. And there are places you can find painting easels. You don't even need to buy your own. And if you get a quick meal out of a refrigerator, there is no cost for it. And if other sims make food, you can eat it for free as well.

[@Oneasianpersuasion]

I love gardening. In the Sims 3, all my main families garden and it's so fun to watch the plants grow and to harvest. Easy money ! Oh, and fishing and searching for gems and seeds. The Sims 3 had a tend garden option where they would weed, water, harvest, etc 🥰

[@VarmintLP]

4:08 also start the lifewish thing for gardening. Gives some perks and boosts if I remember correctly

[@lvmomma46]

Ever since I saw this video (still trying to catch up on all) I've included a pre-terrain-painted garden and seeds in every lot I upload to the gallery. This way if someone downloads it, they can start planting right away and make money. Thanks for the tip!

[@meganrausch8396]

I've been playing for about 20 years, how did I learn new stuff?? Thanks Satch!

[@lysanne201]

I got gifted a lot of expansions in a short amount of time I didn't know how to handle, so this is really helpful

[@aldii8614]

its so interesting to learn how other people play the sims, thats what i love about this game, it can fit anyone

[@VioletKitty411]

I am currently doing a basegame only tutorial series for new Simmers. I wrote tutorials for TS1 and TS2 so this is getting back to my roots. My baby challenge on my channel has all 12 lot challenges activated and they have to complete goals to release them :D It's chaotic!

[@rodh1404]

If you have Realm of Magic, a Potion of Plentiful Needs is easy to get/make, and it takes care of ALL of a Sims needs. You can get a fully trained spellcaster in just a few Sim days, and once you have that, you can make heaps of money from Jungle Adventure. Just go out, find a valuable artefact, and copypasto it until you have made your fortune. If you only have the base game, try making a living by going on dates and throwing parties. If you sell the date/party rewards, it's surprisingly effective provided you choose the right type of party. Incognito costume party is technically not base game (it requires the deluxe version), but it's easily the best money earning party type if you can do it. It quickly becomes boring and repetitive, but your sims could theoretically become millionaires just by hosting Gold parties. Also, the Study Spot trait significantly increases the learning rate for all skills, for all ages. Other traits provide better learning boosts for specific skills, but Study Spot is probably the best general lot trait you can have. Combine it with Clubs and microhomes for ridiculously quick skill gains.

[@laurarubio1665]

I started a garden in my second play, because I thought it was cute, then I was so surprised when I was making 2K daily only on the gardening, it totally made the difference, I starting building my dream house right away in the game,

[@isyoursheepwireless]

Breeding frogs is much less time consuming than gardening and is a great way for your sim to make money on the side. Breeding them is instantaneous (just a click of the mouse) and can make you up to $160. There's a cooldown of a few in-game hours but then you can breed them again and continue indefinitely. And the cooldown is set per sim, so if you transfer the frogs to a different sim's inventory you can get double the money. With 5 sims in your household, you can make $800 every few sim hours without the sims actually having to do anything.

[@hottatgirl]

Sorry I’m about to go off but I don’t understand why more things aren’t optional. Like we can opt to keep werewolves in Moonwood Mill but we can’t do that for vampires. If they can do that, they can add burglars and make it optional for people who don't want it. I’d also like a system where skills are more customizable. I want the option to lose skill points if I don’t practice them like the old games. I want to set a sim to cooking skill level 3 so they cant earn more than 3 points. I had a chef in my legacy family but by adulthood, his wife was at the same level just by cooking easy food for the kids. Makes no sense. I also wish the cellphone was optional and they’d bring back wall and desk phones. Even if we just had one of each, just for more customizable game play. They give us build/buy items to build from several different time periods but sims still end up living in the modern day because of the cellphone. Also bring back newspapers and make it optional or you have to buy it, you know, like irl.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Theyvare marketing this game toward younger and younger audiences. I personally loved the Sims 3 because it was harder in alot of ways. In the Sims 4, I have to work to make it harder, otherwise I get bored as hell. I never got bored in Sims3.

[@sdafc888]

I started on the first sims. Was playing for years and have just started playing again

[@kennyrodriguez7505]

Something you missed as a gardener. Orchids sell for thousand something simoleons. I’ve earned like 40,000 selling orchids alone. Combined with snapdragons (if I remember correctly the second most profitable sell like for 600 or more. Once I figured that out I stopped working 😂

[@zaraandrews600]

I always love gardening in the sims. I never even noticed that it really helped me. Also I enjoy the microhome, but I just tend to get a tent. I don't see the point of a house.

[@aliciafree4246]

Also so you don’t set fire to your kitchen, always do a garden salad as the first thing you cook

[@lisalarsen2384]

Please make more videos like this, How to play sims 4 as beginners and how to make it more fun and what stuff is there to do that only pro simmers would know. I load in and I’m like what do I do I only know the most basic stuff. Thank u from me and my man 😮

[@samanthamorton1940]

Another tip for gardening is growing flowers. They sell for way more than herb, fruits, and veggies.

[@shadybrain3424]

best money making in the sims is painting skill, get your painting skill up to 10 and get marketible, and creative visionary. in build buy there is a special art selling stand, i forget which pack its apart of, probably the city living pack. on the selling stand you can set your art upsell it for 300% and it will get you so much money so quickly.

[@love.clxudyy2381]

the autonomy option is sooo helpful ty bc my sims are stupid and overwrite what i want them to do

[@hakariyuzuka5100]

I honestly did not know about the scarecrow. The Sims (4) is just full of surprises. 😮

[@mirandabriceno1122]

Tip: A lot of the lot traits come with the City Living expansion pack!!!

[@CathyGoes]

Gardening is way OP. Especially with the Cottage Living pack. It offers some of the most valuable flowers and produce as a regularly purchasable object in Henford. One of the fastest skill and money gains is strawberries and snapdragons. Strawberries grow fast. You can grow both of those and shortly be able to grow dragon fruit through splicing. Dragonfruit is slow to get your first harvest but worth so much each you can pretty much quit your job as soon as your first batch is mature.

[@lillianrojas109]

Gardening is underrated I literally have all my sims have a garden, tbh if I could grow my own food in real life I’d do it

[@enay2409]

Wow! I've been playing for years and I didn't know a bunch of these. Thanks so much!

[@biske85]

I always just power level magic, get copypasto and burgliate, take a vacation to Selvadorada, steal the gold plate from the museum, and then just copy it over and over (or if you want to feel less evil, copy it first and steal the copy. It sells for 10k a pop). Once your magic gets high enough and you grab the curse immunity and no death from overload in the realm of magic, you can just spam copypasto without worry. Placing the plate on some surfaces will make the copy go straight into your inventory, so you don't even need to pick them up. I know a lot of people avoid RoM stuff specifically because of how busted it gets. But if you want a quick cash injection to your household that's technically through gameplay...

[@MarishkaVladimirescu]

You're one of few simmers that can make me laugh-out-loud. I lost it when you deleted their whole house just to activate the tiny living perks xD

[@MarkJaemin]

So the lot challanges. One of them gives free fertilizer. If you choose the reduce reuse and recycle challenge or whatever its called. You can sort out compost and recycles from the trash. That gives you stuff to fertilize your plants with

[@xLouTube]

When my sims watch TV they almost always watch the cooking channel to passively improve my skill and fun, if you ever want to cook anything apart from garden salads without burning the house down 😂

[@Dustii91]

I havent played the sims since around 2003... so tempted to try this!

[@suzanneboehland3621]

The Money Tree (along with Gardening) is such an easy way (almost to easy( to get money and satisfaction points

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I have almost never had a money tree. It makes my game way too easy.

[@deltaevergreen6225]

One get rich quick tip that I don't see many do is to live in Brindleton Bay (cats and dogs) in the Cavalier Cove neighborhood. Create a sim with the Collector Trait. That neighborhood is filled to the brim with collectables. Even more so because stray pets will dig up and leave piles of presents around for you to just put in your inventory to sell. Super easy way to make money for a Rags to Riches or Legacy challenge.

[@annoyingtiger888x2]

That want bubble behind your head tripped me out until I realized it was the sim's want 😂 took me too long