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What does the Strong Mental Affinity trait do in The Sims 4?

Strong Mental Affinity trait

Strong Mental Affinity is a bonus and reward trait from Royalty & Legacy, for Newborn to Elder Sims. Skill gain for mental skills ×1.4. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3.

Strong Mental Affinity is a bonus and reward trait in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy. Your Sim gets it by having a parent with Mental Affinity. It multiplies skill gain for mental skills by ×1.4.

Human Sims can have this trait at Newborn, Infant, Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder ages. You can also add or remove it in Live mode with a cheat.

  • Bonus and rewardRoyalty & Legacy
  • Newborn to ElderAges

Hidden effects

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

  • Skill gain for mental skills ×1.4

Where it comes from: Having a Parent with Mental Affinity.

Strong Mental Affinity 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_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3
  • traits.remove_trait trait_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3

How Strong Mental Affinity changes skill gain

This trait gives one passive bonus. It multiplies skill gain for mental skills by ×1.4. This hidden multiplier combines with other effects that your Sim has.

Strong Mental Affinity does not add any moodlets or replace existing ones. It also does not change career pay, and 0 interactions check for it.

Who gets the trait and how

This trait suits human Sims who focus on mental skills across their lives. It applies from Newborn through Elder, and it conflicts with no other traits. Your Sim gets it naturally by having a parent with Mental Affinity.

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_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3 to add it, or traits.remove_trait trait_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3 to remove it.

Questions

What does the Strong Mental Affinity trait do in The Sims 4?

It multiplies skill gain for mental skills by ×1.4. It does not add any moodlets, career pay bonuses, or special interactions.

How do you get the Strong Mental Affinity trait?

A Sim gets it by having a parent with Mental Affinity in the Royalty & Legacy pack. You can also add it with the cheat traits.equip_trait trait_DynastyPerk_AffinityMental3.

Does the Strong Mental Affinity cheat need testingcheats true?

No, you do not need to turn on testingcheats true for this trait cheat. Open the cheat console in Live mode and enter the command directly.

Which Sims can have the Strong Mental Affinity trait?

Human Sims can have it at Newborn, Infant, Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder ages. It has no trait conflicts.

Other bonus and reward traits