All Traits And What They Do In The Sims 4

All Traits And What They Do In The Sims 4



Though there are plenty of layers to the gameplay in The Sims 4, the traits you assign to your Sim when you first create them are strong enough to influence everything they do. Adult Sims have three traits each, and with a sprawling spread to choose from, every Sim experiences life differently.

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Whether it’s the innate traits you give your Sim on creation, reward traits from completing aspiration or working hard in careers, or childhood traits that stick with smaller Sims for life, traits can shape your entire experience. Here’s a detailed look at every trait in The Sims 4.

Updated on August 15, 2024: Now that a few packs have come out since we first published our Sims 4 traits guide, we’re back to add all the extra traits we’ve gotten in-game since to help you make your Sims as individualistic as they can be! We also put our tables into expandable windows to save your from having to scroll forever to find the Sims 4 trait you’re looking for.

What Are Traits?

fitness traits in create a sim mode

Traits Overview

In The Sims 4, emotions are more varied than ever before, with Moodlets introduced in this series entry. And while normal gameplay can impact moodlets, your Sims are more prone to certain emotions depending on their traits. Though townie Sims appear with their traits already set, you can choose up to three traits for Sims you make yourself in Create-a-Sim. Any Sims you download from the gallery will also have a set of traits.

Adult Sims have three trait slots by default, but they may earn additional traits based on life experiences, completed aspirations, and more. More on that below!

Overall, traits in The Sims 4 combine to form your Sim’s unique personality. For example, Sims with perfectionistic traits will behave much differently than sloppy Sims, while hardworking Sims are more driven in their goals than lazy ones. Because of this, you’re truly able to make hundreds of combinations from the list of all traits in The Sims 4.

Image depicts a popup in The Sims 4 as part of the Self Discovery system prompting the player to swap a Sim trait for a new one.

The list of available traits in The Sims 4 grows as you get new expansion packs. These often have additional traits to give your Sims, heavily influenced by the content of the pack. For example, you’ll find plenty of equestrian-themed traits in the Horse Ranch pack, while Get Together offers more interpersonally social traits for your Sim.

Some packs drastically change how heavily traits in The Sims 4 weigh into things, such as the Lovestruck pack introducing the Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs system that makes certain traits more or less attractive to Sims with a given preference. More on that system here, as it’s currently exclusive to Lovestruck.

Unless you use the Retraiting Potion (or a couple of cheats), you cannot change your Sims’ three base traits on the UI or via the “Modify Sim in CAS” option. You can, however, work toward swapping them through behavioral changes. For example, if a Mean Sim continues to do nice things, you may have a chance to swap the Mean trait for the Good one.

Traits Come In Four Categories

Since players may struggle to keep traits in line without them, traits fall into one of four categories when you’re assigning them in Create-a-Sim. These categories are:

  • Emotional Traits, which deal with your Sim, their feelings, and how likely they are to feel different things.
  • Hobby Traits that can help your Sims advance in their goals and hobbies more quickly.
  • Lifestyle Traits, which inform how your Sim approaches the world around them.
  • Social Traits that flesh out your Sims’ interactions with other Sims and animals.
sims 4 horse ranch championship rider aspiration umber grove traits in full edit mode

By choosing traits from across several categories, you may help make your Sim feel more varied. Additionally, if you’re not sure what you’d like your Sim to be like, you can always use the randomize option to select three traits at random.

What Are Reward Traits?

There are also traits available in The Sims 4 that are inherited traits as your Sim moves through their life. Whether this is from completing one of their aspirations entirely, reaching the top of their chosen career path, developing relationships with other Sims around their world, or more, there are plenty of ways to add extra traits in The Sims 4.

Though these traits are not available to select in Create-a-Sim, Sims can still earn these traits as a result of your gameplay decisions and happenings. They’re typically longer-term goals during regular gameplay unless you’re using a few cheats – we won’t tell you what to do, just how to do it.

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All Basic Sim Traits

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In the tables below, we’ve elaborated on each of the traits you can assign to fully-grown Sims of any species. These are the traits available in CAS that can be chosen for Sims you’re creating, or given to Sims as they age up, which cannot be changed.

These appear in the order they appear on the trait selection page, and we’ve noted which traits are exclusive to expansion packs, too.

Emotional Traits In The Sims 4

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Hobby Traits

sims 4 write songs how to write a song sim playing guitar in her pajamas

Lifestyle Traits

sims 4 charisma skill mirror practice speech a sim talking to herself

Social Traits

Everything listed above is a normal Sim trait that’s accessible for any Sim once you have the expansion pack with which it came.

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All Reward Store And Career Traits

A small menu listing different traits or potions Sims can buy with Reward Points in The Sims 4

Next up, we’re detailing all the traits that you can either buy with Satisfaction Points from the Reward Store or earn via career advancement.

Satisfaction Reward Store Traits

sims 4 horse ranch championship rider aspiration details in the aspiration menu

Aspiration Bonus Traits By Category

Above are the traits given when choosing an aspiration in a specific category. Traits earned for completing an aspiration are in the table below.

A close up of a Sim from The Sims 4 eating grilled cheese. Edited in the image is a notficaiton from the game showing the Sim has unlockde the grilled cheese aspiration

Aspiration Rewards

The traits in this category must be earned, but they’re no less valuable as traits!

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Child And Toddler Traits

A toddler talking with a child in The Sims 4

Since the youngest Sims among us get their own set of traits for while they’re in the Infant, Toddler, or Child stage of life, we’re giving them their own category, too.

Additionally, since Child Sims have their own set of aspirations to choose from, we’ll be detailing the childhood aspiration traits below as well.

Infant Traits

Trait

Description

Pack

Cautious

  • Prefer to be handled by Sims they know.
  • Take longer to adjust to new Sims or places.

Base Game

Sensitive

  • Become overstimulated easily, but rest peacefully after being soothed.
  • Choosy about which foods they eat, and may develop diaper rash more easily.

Calm

  • Less likely to cry, get upset, or become bored.
  • Less likely to explore without a family member.

Intense

  • Harder to calm down when in bad moods.
  • Easier to entertain.

Wiggly

  • Become Angry when put into a high chair, crib, or if put down by an Adult.
  • Become Playful more often, but have a hard time sleeping as a result.

Sunny

  • Become Happy more often.
  • Require more socialization, but love to socialize.
An infant Sim messily eats food

Toddler Traits

Trait

Description

Pack

Angelic

  • Has an easier time building relationships.
  • Gain negative moodlets from a low Hunger or Energy need, or when playing rough.

Base Game

Charmer

Clingy

  • Become Sad when experiencing low needs.
  • Learn all skills quicker while being mentored.
  • More likely to experience the “Left Behind” moodlet.

Fussy

  • Become Angry more often, and are more likely to cry or Throw a Fit.
  • Become Happy when soothed by another Sim.

Independent

  • Can use the potty faster, and prefer to learn skills alone than with a mentor.
  • Gain negative moodlets when being picked up or held.

Inquisitive

  • Gain the Thinking skill quicker, and become Happy when building it.
  • Become Sad if they go a while without learning something new.

Silly

  • Gain the Imagination skill faster.
  • Become Playful more often, and are more likely to autonomously tell jokes.

Wild

  • Gain the Movement skill faster.
  • Gain positive moodlets when exploring, and are likely to be Energized.
  • Become Sad if left inside for too long.
Sims 4 Growing Together sleepover with sleeping bags and children of all ages.

Child Aspiration Rewards

Trait

Aspiration

Description

Pack

Creatively Gifted

Artistic Prodigy

Build adulthood Creative skills earlier and more easily.

Base Game

Mentally Gifted

Whiz Kid

Build adulthood Mental skills earlier and more easily.

Physically Gifted

Rambunctious Scamp

Build adulthood Physical skills earlier and more easily.

Socially Gifted

Social Butterfly

Build adulthood Social skills earlier and more easily.

Practiced Host

Slumber Party Animal

Friendly or funny socials always succeed when performed at parties.

Growing Together

Headstrong

Mind and Body

Confident and Focused moodlets last longer than normal.

Pack Animal

Playtime Captain

Gain relationships more quickly with friends while training.

Idea Person

Creative Genius

Build the Painting, Programming, and Writing skills faster.

Romantic Sage

Have a parent “educate on Positive Romance Dynamics”

Self-soothe through netative romantic experience, and romantic satisfaction decays slower (in adulthood).

Lovestruck

Don’t forget about your tiny Sims when it comes to trait selection! Plenty of youth traits in The Sims 4 will follow your Sims for the rest of their lives.

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Other Traits

A family celebrates Winterfest with Father Winter and gift in The Sims 4. Two parents sit together on the couch, while their two children open presents. One of the children talks to Father Winter.

A family celebrates Winterfest with Father Winter and gift in The Sims 4

Finally, we’ve got a handful of traits that don’t fit neatly into the categories above that can still be assigned to Sims in one way or another. These traits are detailed below.

Inherited Traits

Trait

Description

Condition

Pack

Expansion Pack Traits

Father Winter’s Baby

Earn 50% more Satisfaction Points when completing whims.

Father Winter must be this Sim’s father.

Seasons

Sulani Mana

Summon Volcanic Bombs and increase plant quality.

Sim must be an Island Elemental or the child of one.

Island Living

Burning Soul

Retain a trait from your previous life upon rebirth into a new one, and recall reward traits manually by peering into a mirror. If you choose to be reborn as a younger Sim, some or all of your childhood skills will be unlocked.

Be reborn after completing your bucket list and finishing the Soul’s Journey.

Life & Death

Grimborn

This Sim has a longer lifespan and scythe mark on their neck.

Have a Sim whose father is the Grim Reaper.

Grimborn Descendent

Have a Sim with an ancestor with the Grimborn trait.

Game Pack Traits

Weak Bloodline

One additional point earned with each Spellcaster rank advancement, 10% reduction in overloading, and faster EXP gain.

Sim has a Spellcaster parent.

Realm of Magic

Strong Bloodline

One additional point earned with each Spellcaster rank advancement, 20% reduction in overloading, and faster EXP gain.

Sim has a Spellcaster parent with the “Weak Bloodline” trait.

Ancient Bloodline

One additional point earned with each Spellcaster rank advancement, 50% reduction in overloading, and faster EXP gain.

Sim has one or more Spellcaster parents with the “Strong Bloodline” or “Ancient Bloodline” trait.

Dormant Wolf

This Sim can become a werewolf.

Sim has at least one werewolf parent.

Werewolves

Greater Wolf Blood

Werewolf Growth is much faster.

Randomly assigned to Sims with one or more werewolf parents.

Kristof and Wolfgang of the Moonwood Collective talk in the middle of Moonwood Mill.

All Other Traits In The Sims 4

Trait

Description

Condition

Pack(s)

Food-Based Traits

Chopstick Savvy

Sims can successfully consume food using chopsticks.

Eat with chopsticks multiple times to practice, until the Sim is a natural.

City Living and Snowy Escape

Spice Hound

Sims are happy after eating spicy food, and never find food to be too spicy for them to eat.

Eat spicy dishes repeatedly to build a tolerance.

City Living

Immortal

This Sim will never die of old age (but they can still be killed by other means).

Consume a Potion of Immortality.

Realm of Magic

Affizionado

Sims can recover from being “Overbucha’d” faster, and will become Focused when creating quality products at the Juice Fizzer.

Complete the Juice Fizzing skill.

Eco Lifestyle

Social-Based Pack Exclusive Traits

Authentic Prankstar

These Sims have better success with Mischief and Funny socials, and they can do Teen Pranks as adults.

Complete the Mischief skill while still a Teen.

High School Years

The Knowledge

Salary boosts at work, and better luck socializing with other Sims in a Friendly way.

Complete the Entrepreneur skill.

Public Menace

No worries when breaking into homes, and better luck with Mean and Mischief social interactions.

Have a Sim with the Nosy trait extort five secrets from other Sims.

For Rent.

Safe Keeper

Make friends in less time, and have an easier time finding more secrets.

Have a Sim with the Nosy trait agree to keep five secrets for other Sims.

Perspectives on Death

Higher point gains on their Soul’s Journey and Unfinish Business tasks, and less intense grieving moodlets.

Move on after someone close to your Sim passes away.

Life & Death

Reborn

Starting relationships with Sims your Sim knew in their previous life.

Be reborn after death.

Mountaineer Traits

Trait

Description

Condition

Pack(s)

Middling Mountaineer

A small improvement in the success of future mountain-climbing excursions.

Complete the second part of an excursion at the silver rank.

Snowy Escape

Capable Mountaineer

Decent improvement in the success of future mountain-climbing excursions, better rock-climbing abilities, and improvement in outdoor activities overall.

Complete the second part of an excursion at the gold rank, and the third part at the silver rank.

Expert Mountaineer

Large improvement in the success of future mountain-climbing excursions, better rock-climbing abilities, and improvement in outdoor activities overall.

Complete a gold-rank excursion.

Werewolf Traits

Werewolf Ally

This Sim will not be alarmed by werewolves.

As a non-werewolf, accept a werewolf Sim’s diplomacy.

Werewolves

Friend of the Wildfangs

Access to the pack’s hangout location, and unique socials with pack members.

Become a friend of the Wildfang pack by invitation from their Alpha, or invite someone else to join the pack.

Friend of the Moonwood Collective

Become a friend of the Moonwood Collective pack by invitation from their Alpha, or invite someone else to join the pack.

As you can see from the wealth of choice you’ve got regardless of expansion packs, traits in The Sims 4 can be used to completely customize your Sims, their lives, and your gameplay overall.

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