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What does the Couch Potato (dog) trait do in The Sims 4?

Couch Potato (dog) trait

Couch Potato (dog) is a personality trait for dogs from Cats & Dogs, for Infant, Child and Young Adult to Elder Sims. Energy need drains ×2 as fast. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog.

Couch Potato is a personality trait for dogs in The Sims 4. It comes from the Cats & Dogs pack. You can pick it in Create a Sim or add it with a cheat.

This trait applies hidden multipliers to your dog's Energy need. It conflicts with the Active trait, so a dog cannot have both.

  • PersonalityCats & Dogs
  • Infant, Child and Young Adult to ElderAges (dog)
  • 1Traits it conflicts with

Hidden effects

The trait carries hidden effects. Multipliers stack: two ×1.2 effects make ×1.44.

  • Energy need drains ×2 as fast
  • Energy need drains ×2 as fast
  • Energy need drains ×0.5 as fast
  • Energy need drains ×0.25 as fast

Traits that conflict with Couch Potato

A Sim can't have Couch Potato together with these traits:

Couch Potato cheat

Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C and type the line. It works without testingcheats. It gives the trait to the Sim you control (how traits.equip_trait works).

  • traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog

What Couch Potato changes for your dog

The Couch Potato trait changes how your dog loses Energy. The trait has hidden multipliers where the Energy need drains ×2 as fast, ×0.5 as fast, and ×0.25 as fast. These effects multiply together with other effects in the game.

This trait does not add any moodlets of its own. It also does not replace any usual moodlets. Furthermore, 0 interactions in the game check for this trait.

Who gets the trait and how

Only dogs can have the Couch Potato trait. It is available for Infant, Child, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder dogs. It conflicts with the Active trait.

You can select the trait in Create a Sim when you make a dog. You can also use a cheat in Live mode to add or remove it. Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac.

Type traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog to add the trait to your selected dog. Type traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog to remove it. You do not need to enter testingcheats true for these cheats to work.

Questions

Which pack adds the Couch Potato dog trait?

The Couch Potato trait for dogs comes from the Cats & Dogs pack.

What is the cheat for the Couch Potato dog trait in The Sims 4?

Use traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog in the cheat console during Live mode to add the trait. To remove it, type traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Lazy_Dog.

What does the Couch Potato dog trait conflict with?

It conflicts with the Active trait. A dog cannot have both the Couch Potato trait and the Active trait.

What does the Couch Potato trait do to a dog?

It adds hidden multipliers that change how fast the Energy need drains. The trait includes effects where Energy drains ×2 as fast, ×0.5 as fast, and ×0.25 as fast.

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