All Hobbies In The Sims 2

Sims are more than just playthings in The Sims 2. They have unique personalities, interests, and hobbies that keep them busy throughout their lives. You can help them find their passion and nuture their skills to meet all new friends and find interactions unique to these enthusiastic sims.

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We’ll outline each of the hobbies available in The Sims 2, as well as break down the benefits of each hobby. There’s nothing your sim can’t do, especially when they have excitement thanks to a hobby. Here’s everything you need to know to give your sim a hobby and help them network with like-minded neighbors!

How To Get A Hobby

All sims have the potential to pick up a hobby by exploring their interests. In fact, you can even predict what hobbies your sims will like based on their personalities, interests, and idle animations.

Sims will do unique idle animations to represent their interests, like using their hands to frame an image if they like Arts and Crafts. Below are all the hobbies your sim can take up and what happens when they do:

All Hobbies In The Sims 2

There are ten hobbies for you to enjoy with your sims. Each sim is predisposed to a specific one based on their personality and interests, which is listed below:

Hobby Name	Personality	Careers
Arts and Crafts	Personality: Sloppy and Nice Interests: Fashion and Culture	Artist
Cuisine	Personality: Neat and Lazy Interests: Food	Culinary
Film and Literature	Personality: Shy and Lazy Interests: Entertainment and Culture	Entertainment, Journalism, Show Business
Fitness	Personality: Outgoing and Active Interests: Health	Adventurer
Games	Personality: Playful and Grouchy Interests: Entertainment and Toys	Gamer
Music and Dance	Personality: Outgoing and Serious Interests: Entertainment and Culture	Music, Dance
Nature	Personality: Sloppy and Playful Interests: Animals and Environment	Natural Scientist
Science	Personality: Neat and Serious Interests: Sci-Fi and School	Science
Sports	Personality: Active and Grouchy Interests: Sports	Athletic
Tinkering	Personality: Shy and Nice Interests: Toys and Work	Intelligence, Military

Four sims lined up while a judge examines their extravagant dishes.

Having a hobby can help sims meet new people, allowing them to Network and get better positions in their associated career tracks and reduce the number of friends they need for a promotion. Not every career track will benefit from a hobby, so it’s okay if your sim wants to pursue something outside their wheelhouse. After all, hobbies are supposed to be fun!

Sims can pick up any hobby, not just the ones they are predisposed to.

All Hobby Secret Lots

As your sim picks up a hobby, they may receive a phone call or meet with the Instructor of a specific secret lot. These NPCs give your sim access to secret lots designed to nurture each hobby and help sims socialize with special interactions.

Instructors will walk right into your sim’s home without warning to shake hands and leave, but that’s nothing unusual for The Sims.

Below are the secret lots and their correlating hobbies:

Hobby Name	Secret Lot
Arts and Crafts	My Muse II – Arts and Crafts Studio
Cuisine	Sue’s Secret Kitchen
Film and Literature	Desirable Discourse
Fitness	Platinum Gym
Games	Games of Glory
Music and Dance	My Muse – Music & Dance Studio
Nature	Peerless Park
Science	Aspirational Laboratories
Sports	Dreamy Fields
Tinkering	Will’s Garage

These unique lots enable sims to pursue their hobbies with like-minded sims and have unique interactions, like a cooking contest for the Cuisine hobby.

Some hobbies award talent badges, opening up even more possibilities for your sims to explore.

How To Get A Genie Lamp

Building enthusiasm in a hobby has more than just career benefits. If your sim is enthusiastic enough, you may even find a dusty old lamp left outside your door. Rubbing this lamp will bring forth a genie!

The genie will grant three wishes, and you’ll need to choose carefully. Be warned that the genie may trick you or play with fate, so any wish you make may backfire. Below are the wishes you can make and the consequences of them:

While the chances of getting the dusty old lamp are incredibly small, it’s not impossible–nor is it a once-in-a-lifetime event!

Wish	Consequences
Give Me Wealth	On success: A large bag containing 10,000 Simoleons appears. Money will continue to rain down over time, up to a total of 22,000 Simoleons. On fail: No money appears, but there’s a higher chance of burglary
Give Me Beauty	On success: Acts like a love potion, making the sim more attractive for several days. On fail: Sims will constantly ring your doorbell.
Give Me A Long Life	On success: Adds four days to a sim’s life. On fail: Shortens a sim’s life by three hours.
Give Me Power To Cheat Death	On success: Allows the wishing sim to beg for their own life upon death. This can be done multiple times, but the chance of failure increases with each success. On fail: The wishing sim won’t be able to save themselves from death, and you won’t know until it’s time to go.
Give Me Peace Of Mind	On success: Your sim receives a permanent Platinum mood. On fail: Things around the house will break often, lowering their mood regulary.