How does the Tense emotion work in The Sims 4?
Tense emotion in The Sims 4
Tense is one of the emotions of The Sims 4. A Sim feels it when its Tense moodlets add up to more weight than any other emotion. At a total weight of 4 it turns Very Tense. While Tense, skill gain for all skills ×0.8. 806 moodlet versions cause it; the strongest timed one is My Simoleons Burned Up! (+99, 4 hours).
Tense is a negative emotion in The Sims 4. Your Sim feels Tense when Tense moodlets have the largest total weight.
The game includes 806 moodlets that cause this emotion. It slows down your Sim's skill building while it lasts.
- 806Moodlet versions that cause it
- 4Total weight for Very Tense
- NegativeKind of emotion
How Tense changes your Sim
| Level | From total weight | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Any | Skill gain for all skills ×0.8; Video Gaming skill gain ×0.8 |
| Very Tense | 4 | Skill gain for all skills ×0.6; Video Gaming skill gain ×0.8 |
The strongest Tense moodlets
| Moodlet | Weight | Lasts | Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Simoleons Burned Up! | +99 | 4 hours | Romantic Garden Stuff |
| The Edge of a Breakout | +50 | 6 hours | Parenthood |
| Guilty Drinker | +50 | 4 hours | Vampires |
| Hideous Visage | +10 | 5 hours | Realm of Magic |
| Mysteriously Tense | +8 | 4 hours | Vampires |
| 6 out of 7 Wild Dates | +5 | 1 day | Lovestruck |
| Tense Presence | +5 | 2 hours | Life & Death |
| On Edge | +4 | 12 hours | Snowy Escape |
| The Walls are Closing In! | +4 | 2 hours | Werewolves |
| Jobless! | +3 | 2 days | Snowy Escape |
| What Have I Done | +3 | 2 days | Base game |
| Ghastly Consequences | +3 | 1 day | Realm of Magic |
| Caught Cheating | +3 | 23 hours | Base game |
| Breakup Breakdown | +3 | 10 hours | Lovestruck |
| Physical Distress | +3 | 10 hours | Enchanted by Nature |
Search all of them in the full moodlet list.
How the Tense emotion affects skill gain
The Tense emotion has two levels: Tense and Very Tense. At the base Tense level, your Sim gets a ×0.8 multiplier to skill gain for all skills. They also get an extra ×0.8 multiplier to Video Gaming skill gain.
Your Sim reaches the Very Tense level from a total weight of 4. At this level, the multiplier for all skills drops to ×0.6. The Video Gaming skill gain multiplier stays at ×0.8, and these hidden multipliers multiply together with other effects.
How to get or remove Tense moodlets
Your Sim gets Tense from 806 different moodlets across the game and its packs. Romantic Garden Stuff has the strongest timed moodlet, My Simoleons Burned Up, with a weight of 99 for 4 hours. Parenthood and Vampires also add strong moodlets with a weight of 50.
Some Tense moodlets last a long time in Sim time, like Jobless from Snowy Escape, which lasts 2 days. Moodlets with no timer last while their cause lasts. You can wait for timed moodlets to expire, or you can outweigh them with stronger moodlets from another emotion.
You can also remove a moodlet with a cheat in Live mode. Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C on PC, or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac. Type testingcheats true, and then use sims.remove_buff to remove that one version from the active Sim.
Questions
What does the Tense emotion do in The Sims 4?
Tense is a negative emotion that reduces how fast your Sim learns skills. It applies a ×0.8 multiplier to all skill gains and another ×0.8 multiplier to Video Gaming skill gain.
How does a Sim become Very Tense?
Your Sim becomes Very Tense when their Tense moodlets reach a total weight of 4. This drops the skill gain multiplier for all skills to ×0.6.
What is the strongest Tense moodlet?
The strongest timed Tense moodlet is My Simoleons Burned Up from Romantic Garden Stuff. It has a weight of 99 and lasts for 4 hours in Sim time.
How do you cheat away a Tense moodlet?
Open the cheat console in Live mode and enter testingcheats true. Then you can use the sims.remove_buff cheat to remove a specific moodlet from your active Sim.