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What does the Fear of Crowded Places trait do in The Sims 4?

Fear of Crowded Places trait

Fear of Crowded Places is a fear trait from the base game, for Teen to Elder Sims. Its strongest own moodlet is Looming Anxiety (Tense +2, 4 hours). Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces.

Fear of Crowded Places is a Fear trait in The Sims 4 Base game. It affects human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders.

Sims with this trait receive a Tense moodlet called Looming Anxiety. You can add or remove this fear at any time using console cheats in Live mode.

  • FearBase game
  • Teen to ElderAges
  • 1Moodlets of its own
  • 2Traits it conflicts with

Fear of Crowded Places moodlets

Weight is how hard a moodlet pulls toward its emotion. Times are in Sim minutes and hours.
MoodletEmotionWeightLasts
Looming AnxietyTense24 hours

See every moodlet with its weight and length in the Sims 4 moodlets list.

Traits that conflict with Fear of Crowded Places

A Sim can't have Fear of Crowded Places together with these traits:

Fear of Crowded Places 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_Fear_CrowdedPlaces
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces

What Fear of Crowded Places changes in play

This trait adds 1 custom moodlet to your Sim. The Looming Anxiety moodlet gives a Tense emotion with a weight of 2. It lasts for 4 hours, which equals 240 Sim minutes.

The emotion with the largest total weight becomes your Sim's overall mood. This trait has no hidden multipliers, career pay bonuses, or moodlet replacements. In addition, 0 interactions check for this trait.

Conflicts, eligible Sims, and trait cheats

Only human Sims can have this trait. It is available to Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder life stages. It conflicts with the Outgoing and Self-Assured traits, so your Sim cannot have those traits at the same time.

You can add or remove this trait in Live mode without turning on testing cheats. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the cheat console. Type traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces to add the trait, or type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces to remove it.

Questions

How do you remove Fear of Crowded Places in The Sims 4?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces. You do not need to enable testing cheats first.

What traits conflict with Fear of Crowded Places?

This fear conflicts with the Outgoing and Self-Assured traits.

What moodlet does Fear of Crowded Places give?

It gives the Looming Anxiety moodlet. This moodlet adds a Tense emotion with a weight of 2 for 4 hours.

Do you need an expansion pack for Fear of Crowded Places?

No, Fear of Crowded Places is part of the Base game.

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