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What does the Socially Awkward trait do in The Sims 4?

Socially Awkward trait

Socially Awkward is a personality trait from High School Years, for Teen to Elder Sims. Its strongest own moodlet is Coolest Kid In School (Confident +2, 4 hours). Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_SociallyAwkward.

Socially Awkward is a personality trait in The Sims 4 High School Years. You can give it to human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders.

This trait adds 9 unique moodlets and has 6 interactions that check for it. It has no hidden multipliers or career pay bonuses.

  • PersonalityHigh School Years
  • Teen to ElderAges
  • 9Moodlets of its own
  • 2Traits it conflicts with

Socially Awkward moodlets

Weight is how hard a moodlet pulls toward its emotion. Times are in Sim minutes and hours.
MoodletEmotionWeightLasts
Coolest Kid In SchoolConfident24 hours
Feeling UnderstoodHappy24 hours
Befriended CoworkerHappy15 hours
Center of AttentionTense14 hours
Feeling EncouragedFlirty14 hours
That Did Not Go As PlannedEmbarrassed14 hours
With My PeopleConfident14 hours
Feeling OverwhelmedTense13 hours
Intimidating EnvironmentTense13 hours

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

What the Socially Awkward trait unlocks

6 interactions test for this trait, among them: Am I Doing This Right?, Ask for Social Advice, Confess To Being Socially Awkward, Express Mutual Awkwardness, Express Nervousness Around New Sims, It's Okay To Be A Little Awkward.

Traits that conflict with Socially Awkward

A Sim can't have Socially Awkward together with these traits:

Socially Awkward 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_SociallyAwkward
  • traits.remove_trait trait_SociallyAwkward

What the Socially Awkward trait changes in play

This trait gives your Sim 9 unique moodlets. Tense moodlets like Center of Attention, Feeling Overwhelmed, and Intimidating Environment have a weight of 1 and last 3 hours or 4 hours. That Did Not Go As Planned gives an Embarrassed moodlet with a weight of 1 for 4 hours.

Other moodlets give Happy, Confident, or Flirty emotions. Coolest Kid In School and Feeling Understood give +2 to Confident or Happy for 4 hours. Befriended Coworker adds +1 to Happy for 5 hours.

In addition, 6 interactions check for this trait, sometimes among other traits. These include Ask for Social Advice, Confess To Being Socially Awkward, and Express Mutual Awkwardness. The trait does not replace any standard moodlets or apply hidden multipliers.

Who gets the trait, conflicts, and cheats

Human Sims from Teen to Elder can have this trait. It conflicts with the Outgoing and Party Animal traits, so your Sim cannot have them at the same time.

You can pick the trait in Create a Sim. You can also add it in Live mode with the cheat console. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the box.

Type traits.equip_trait trait_SociallyAwkward to add the trait, or traits.remove_trait trait_SociallyAwkward to remove it. You do not need to turn on testingcheats true first.

Questions

Which pack has the Socially Awkward trait in The Sims 4?

The Socially Awkward trait comes with the High School Years pack.

What is the cheat for the Socially Awkward trait?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.equip_trait trait_SociallyAwkward to add it. Type traits.remove_trait trait_SociallyAwkward to remove it. These cheats do not need testingcheats true.

What traits conflict with Socially Awkward?

Socially Awkward conflicts with the Outgoing and Party Animal traits. A Sim cannot have Socially Awkward along with either of those traits.

What ages can have the Socially Awkward trait?

Human Sims can have this trait at the Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder ages.

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