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

Friendly (dog) trait

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

The Friendly trait is a personality trait for dogs in The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs. You can pick this trait in Create a Sim or add it with a cheat.

Dogs with this trait lose their affection need faster than other dogs. It conflicts with the Aggressive trait, so your 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.

  • Affection need drains ×2 as fast
  • Affection need drains ×2 as fast

Traits that conflict with Friendly

A Sim can't have Friendly together with these traits:

  • Aggressive

Friendly 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_Friendly_Dog
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Friendly_Dog

How the Friendly trait changes your dog

This trait changes how fast your dog needs attention from you. A Friendly dog's affection need drains ×2 as fast. The game files actually list this ×2 affection drain multiplier twice.

Hidden multipliers like this multiply together with other effects in the game. The trait does not add any special moodlets or replace existing ones. In addition, 0 interactions in the game files check for this specific trait.

Who gets the Friendly trait and how

Only dogs can have this version of the Friendly trait. It is available for Infant, Child, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder life stages. You cannot give this trait to a dog that already has the Aggressive trait.

You can select the trait in Create a Sim when you make a household. You can also use a cheat in Live mode without turning on testing cheats. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the console. Type traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Friendly_Dog to add it, or traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Friendly_Dog to remove it.

Questions

What pack has the Friendly dog trait in The Sims 4?

The Friendly trait for dogs comes in the Cats & Dogs expansion pack.

What does the Friendly trait do to a dog?

It makes the dog's affection need drain ×2 as fast. The game files list this ×2 drain effect twice, and hidden multipliers multiply together.

What conflicts with the Friendly dog trait?

The Friendly trait conflicts with the Aggressive trait. Your dog cannot have both traits at the same time.

What is the cheat for the Friendly dog trait?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.equip_trait trait_Pet_Friendly_Dog to add the trait. To remove it, type traits.remove_trait trait_Pet_Friendly_Dog. You do not need to enable testing cheats first.

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