The cloning machine was introduced in The Sims 4: get to work and allow your sims to duplicate a number of objects, and eventually even a sim! In this guide we'll talk about how to get a cloning machine and how to use it.
How to get a cloning machine
To be able to get a cloning machine in The Sims 4, you will need to take your sim into the active scientist career. When you reach the 5th level of the career and take your ninth step forward, you will be able to create the machine.
You will need 2 common crystals and 2 common metals to use the invention builder to create a cloning machine.
How to get a cloning machine with tricks
If you do not want to join the career of a scientist but still want a cloning machine, you can also use the debugging tricks purchase to obtain one. This trick unlocks a number of items that you see in the game but cannot normally buy.
You must press ctrl + caps + c on your keyboard, then type testingcheats true to ensure that cheats are enabled in your game. Then type bb.showhiddenobjects to use this specific trick and press enter.
To find the cloning machine you can go into construction mode and use the search bar in the bottom left corner and type in cloning machine and it should appear.
Using the cloning machine on objects
You are not able to clone anything on the cloning machine, there are only a few objects that are possible:
- Crystals
- Serums
- Metals
- Fruit
- Flowers
- Food dishes
The best part is that you can clone the food, so this means you could practically never cook again if you use it correctly!
To clone an object you need to drag that item onto the cloning machine and click on the machine and choose clone object. If cloning is successful there will be two of the same object on the cloning machine, on different sides.
Beware, there is a possibility that the object will fail! When cloning fails, a rudimentary matter cube may appear where the cloned object should appear, these cubes are only worth ยง1 and can be quite annoying when you really want to clone something.
Using the cloning machine on a Sim
If you upgrade your cloning machine, you will eventually be able to start cloning sims.
The sim will join your family and will be identical to the original sim. Most of the time your sim will end up with the same traits as the original sim, but there is always the possibility that it will become an evil clone and get the average or evil trait instead of one of the cloned sim.
These sims will not have any of the skills, relationships or careers of the original sim. They are essentially a brand new sim with a beautiful look of someone else!
Final thoughts
Using the cloning machine in The Sims 4 can be really fun if you want to create an army of your own sim, or just create a ton of the same object.
I'm always a fan of creating a whole neighbourhood just with my sim and making it very confusing! Have you ever used the cloning machine? Let me know what you think in the comments!