Get promotions and unlock career items
Cheating your way through your career in The Sims 4 can help you avoid having to go through the same career again and again. You can also unlock items in Buy mode limited to Sims who have reached a certain career level. Here's a guide to cheating every career in The Sims 4:
To begin: open the console
Awards Ctrl + Shift + C on the keyboard to open the command line - type testingcheats on to ensure that any tricks you use work (some require this). After pressing Enter, this can be closed by pressing the C control key again or pressing Esc when in focus.
Unlock items in Buy mode
Bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement (Ignore Gameplay Unlock right all run together) will have requirements off build/buy items such as high end easels, computers and career specific furniture that cannot be purchased without having a high level in a career. These items are typically offered for free when a Sim is promoted into a specific career (found in the family inventory) but can be purchased (usually for a premium price).
The Sims 4 career cheats
Enter careers.promote x replacing x with the career of your choice. You can also press on the keyboard after pressing Enter and quickly re-enter it a second time. This is how you can climb more levels without having to retype it.
| Cheats | Result |
|---|---|
| careers.promote actor | Actor/actress Career (Get Famous expansion) |
| careers.promote astronaut | Astronaut career |
| careers.promote athletic | Athlete career |
| careers.promote business | Corporate career |
| careers.promote civildesigner | Career as a civil designer (ecological lifestyle) |
| careers.promote conservationist | Conservationist career (expansion of life on the island) |
| careers.promote criminal | Criminal career |
| careers.promote adult_critic | Critic Career (City Living Expansion) |
| careers.promote culinary | Culinary career |
| careers.promote detective | Detective career (go to work expansion) |
| careers.promote doctor | Doctor career (go to work expansion) |
| careers.promote education | Educational career (Discover University) |
| careers.promote engineer | Engineering career (Discover University) |
| careers.promote entertainer | Career as an entertainer |
| careers.promote adult_freelancer_artist | Freelance artist |
| careers.promote adult_freelancer_agency_maker | Freelance Maker (Eco Lifestyle) |
| careers.promote adult_freelancer_agency_programmer | Freelance programmer |
| careers.promote adult_freelancer_agency_writer | Freelance writer |
| careers.promote adult_gardener | Gardening career (expansion of the seasons) |
| careers.promote law | Career in Law (Discover University) |
| careers.promote military | StrangerVille military career |
| careers.promote painter | Career as a painter |
| careers.promote activist | Political career (expansion of city life) |
| careers.promote corporateworker | Salaryperson career (Snowy escape) |
| careers.promote adult_active_scientist | Career as a scientist (Get to Work expansion) ** |
| careers.promote scout | Scouts (children/adolescents) (expansion of seasons) |
| careers.promote secretagent | Secret agent career |
| careers.promote socialmedia | Social media career (expanding city life) |
| careers.promote styleinfluencer | Style Influencer Career (from the free November 2018 patch) |
| careers.promote techguru | Career of Tech Guru |
| careers.promote adult_writer | Career as a writer |
** may be just careers.promote scientist without Strangerville.
School tricks
Younger Sims' school counts as a career for cheating purposes. Improve a Sim's grades with careers.promote gradeschool o careers.promote highschool. You can also lower them with careers.demote gradeschool / highschool. If you have the Seasons expansion, you can also promote your child in the scout career, with careers.promote_scout. Players with Get Famous can try careers.promote drama club to increase the rank of their child in the new Drama Club function.