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What does the Good Manners trait do in The Sims 4?

Good Manners trait

Good Manners is a bonus and reward trait from Parenthood, for Infant and Young Adult to Elder Sims. Friendship gains ×1.5. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_LifeSkills_GoodManners.

Good Manners is a bonus and reward trait in The Sims 4. It comes with the Parenthood pack.

You get it by having positive manners. The trait multiplies friendship gains by 1.5 and unlocks the Polite Introduction.

  • Bonus and rewardParenthood
  • Infant and Young Adult to ElderAges
  • 1Traits it conflicts with

Hidden effects

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

  • Friendship gains ×1.5

What the Good Manners trait unlocks

1 interactions test for this trait, among them: Polite Introduction.

Where it comes from: Having Positive Manners.

Traits that conflict with Good Manners

A Sim can't have Good Manners together with these traits:

Good Manners 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_LifeSkills_GoodManners
  • traits.remove_trait trait_LifeSkills_GoodManners

How Good Manners affects friendship and social options

This trait gives your Sim a hidden multiplier. Your Sim gets friendship gains ×1.5.

This effect multiplies together with other effects in the game. One interaction checks for this trait, which is the Polite Introduction.

The trait does not add its own moodlets or replace usual moodlets. It also gives no career pay bonuses.

Who gets Good Manners and how to add it

Human Sims in the Infant, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder age groups can have this trait. It conflicts with the Bad Manners trait, so your Sim cannot have both.

A Sim earns this trait by having positive manners. No single interaction gives the trait directly.

You can also use the cheat console in Live mode. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac. Type traits.equip_trait trait_LifeSkills_GoodManners to add it, or traits.remove_trait trait_LifeSkills_GoodManners to remove it.

Questions

What does the Good Manners trait do in The Sims 4?

It gives your Sim friendship gains ×1.5. It also lets your Sim use the Polite Introduction interaction.

How do you get the Good Manners trait?

You need the Parenthood pack. Your Sim gets the trait from having positive manners, or you can use a cheat in Live mode.

What is the cheat for the Good Manners trait?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.equip_trait trait_LifeSkills_GoodManners. You do not need to turn on testingcheats true for this cheat.

What conflicts with the Good Manners trait?

It conflicts with the Bad Manners trait. Your Sim cannot have both traits at the same time.

Other bonus and reward traits