What are the needs and moods cheats in The Sims 4?
Sims 4 needs and moods cheats
The Sims 4 has 12 needs and mood cheats, including sims.fill_all_commodities, fillmotive, households.disable_household_motive_decay. 11 of them need testingcheats true first.
Needs and moods cheats in The Sims 4 let you restore motives, stop need decay, and remove specific moodlets. These base game commands work on PC, Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox. You enter them into the cheat console while playing in Live mode.
You can target a single Sim, your entire household, or every Sim in the save file. Most of these commands require you to turn on cheats first. Only the lot-wide moodlet removal command works without enabling testing cheats.
Needs and moods cheats
| Cheat | What it does | Pack |
|---|---|---|
sims.fill_all_commoditiesneeds testingcheats | Fills the needs of every Sim in the save, not only your household. More about sims.fill_all_commodities | Base game |
fillmotive motive_Hungerneeds testingcheats | Fills one need of the active Sim: motive_Hunger, motive_Energy, motive_Bladder, motive_Hygiene, motive_Social or motive_Fun. | Base game |
households.disable_household_motive_decayneeds testingcheats | Stops the needs of your household from going down. | Base game |
households.disable_world_motive_decayneeds testingcheats | Stops the needs of every Sim in the save from going down. | Base game |
households.enable_household_motive_decayneeds testingcheats | Lets the needs of your household go down again. | Base game |
households.enable_world_motive_decayneeds testingcheats | Lets the needs of every Sim in the save go down again. | Base game |
households.fill_visible_commodities_householdneeds testingcheats | Fills the needs you can see on the needs panel for every Sim in your household. | Base game |
households.fill_visible_commodities_worldneeds testingcheats | Fills the needs you can see on the needs panel for every Sim in the save. | Base game |
sims.remove_buff Buff_EmbarrassingConversationneeds testingcheats | Removes one moodlet from the active Sim, by its internal name. Also typed as removeBuff. | Base game |
sims.remove_buff_from_all Buff_EmbarrassingConversation | Removes one moodlet, by its internal name, from every Sim on the lot who has it. | Base game |
stats.fill_commoditiesneeds testingcheats | Fills the needs of the active Sim. | Base game |
stats.fill_commodities_householdneeds testingcheats | Fills the needs of every Sim in your household. | Base game |
How to enter needs and moods cheats
First, open the cheat console in Live mode. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC, or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac. On PlayStation and Xbox, hold down all four shoulder buttons at the same time. Type testingcheats true and press Enter to enable cheat commands.
Next, type the exact command for the needs you want to restore. Use stats.fill_commodities for your active Sim, or stats.fill_commodities_household for your whole household. You can also type households.fill_visible_commodities_household to fill only the needs shown on the household needs panel. To fill a single need for your active Sim, type fillmotive motive_Hunger, or run the command with the internal name for energy, bladder, hygiene, social, or fun.
You can also stop needs from dropping or clear specific moodlets. Type households.disable_household_motive_decay to freeze your household needs, and use households.enable_household_motive_decay when you want them to drop again. To remove a moodlet from your active Sim, type sims.remove_buff Buff_EmbarrassingConversation, using the internal name of the moodlet you want to clear. If you want to clear that moodlet from every Sim on the lot who has it, type sims.remove_buff_from_all Buff_EmbarrassingConversation.
Common mistakes and what each cheat cannot do
A common mistake is forgetting to enable testing cheats before typing a motive command. Every need cheat and single-Sim moodlet cheat fails on PC, Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox unless you turn on cheats first. Only sims.remove_buff_from_all works right away without enabling cheats.
Another mistake is using a world command when you only want to help your own family. Typing sims.fill_all_commodities or households.fill_visible_commodities_world restores needs for every Sim in your save file, not just your household. Similarly, households.disable_world_motive_decay freezes need decay for the entire save until you enter households.enable_world_motive_decay.
Keep in mind that single-Sim cheats cannot affect your whole family at once. Commands like fillmotive and stats.fill_commodities only change the Sim you currently control. Also, the moodlet removal cheats do not work with normal display names. You must type the exact internal name of the moodlet.
Questions
How do you fill a single need in The Sims 4?
Turn on testing cheats, then type fillmotive motive_Hunger to fill hunger for your active Sim. You can replace the hunger part of the command with the internal name for energy, bladder, hygiene, social, or fun.
What is the difference between household and world need cheats?
Household commands like stats.fill_commodities_household and households.disable_household_motive_decay only affect your current family. World commands like sims.fill_all_commodities and households.disable_world_motive_decay affect every Sim in your entire save file.
Do needs and moods cheats work on PlayStation and Xbox?
Yes, all of these base game commands work on PlayStation and Xbox. You must turn cheats on first for every command except sims.remove_buff_from_all, which works without enabling cheats.
How do you turn need decay back on after freezing it?
Type households.enable_household_motive_decay into the cheat console to let your family's needs go down again. If you froze needs for the whole save, type households.enable_world_motive_decay instead.
Can you remove a moodlet without turning on testing cheats?
Yes, you can use sims.remove_buff_from_all followed by the internal moodlet name without turning on testing cheats. This removes that specific moodlet from every Sim on the current lot who has it.