What your sim is good at depends on how they spend their time

All Skills In The Sims 4 And How To Improve Them

What your sim is good at depends on how they spend their time

Skills

Cooking

• Base game
• Activities: Prepare basic food recipes using a refrigerator, oven, or grill
• Ideal emotion: focused

Gourmet cooking

• Base game
• Activities: Prepare gourmet food recipes using a refrigerator, oven, or grill
• Ideal emotion: focused

Baking

• Get to Work
• Activities: Bake something tasty using an oven or cupcake factory
• Ideal emotion: focused

Charisma

• Base game
• Activities: Use charisma speech options, practice speech with a mirror
• Ideal emotion: happy

Fitness

• Base game
• Activities: Go jogging, do push-ups and other exercises, or use workout equipment at home or the gym
• Ideal emotion: energized

Programming

• Base game
• Practice programming on a computer, or do any other action in the programming sub-menu
• Ideal emotion: focused

Rocket science

• Base game
• Activities: Build or upgrade a rocket, or explore space in one
• Ideal emotion: focused

DJ Mixing

• Get Together
• Activities: Use a DJ booth
• Ideal emotion: focused

Video gaming

• Base game
• Activities: Use a game console, or play a game on a computer
• Ideal emotion: focused

Handiness

• Base game
• Activities: Repair or upgrade household appliances
• Ideal emotion: focused

Logic

• Base game
• Activities: Play chess, use a telescope or observatory, use a microscope.
• Ideal emotion: focused

Archaeology

• Jungle Adventure
• Activities: Excavate artifacts, then study and authenticate them
• Ideal emotion: focused

Selvadoradian culture

• Jungle Adventure
• Activities: Go to Selvadorada and talk to people and eat food
• Ideal emotion: none

Flower arranging

• Seasons
• Activities: Use a flower arranging table
• Ideal emotion: focused

Painting

• Base game
• Activities: Paint a picture using an easel
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Guitar

• Base game
• Activities: Play a guitar
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Piano

• Base game
• Activities: Play a piano or keyboard
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Singing

• City Living
• Activities: Sing using a microphone or a guitar
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Pipe Organ

• Vampires
• Activities: Play a pipe organ
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Violin

• Base game
• Activities: Play a violin
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Skiing

• Snowy Escape
• Activities: Use the ski slopes in Mt. Komorebi
• Ideal emotion: focused

Snowboarding

• Snowy Escape
• Activities: Use the ski slopes in Mt. Komorebi
• Ideal emotion: focused

Vampire lore

• Vampires
• Activities: Search for vampire secrets on a computer, ask other sims about vampires, read vampire tomes
• Ideal emotion: focused

Herbalism

• Outdoor Retreat
• Activities: Practice identifying plants in Granite Falls, and brew herbal teas with them
• Ideal emotion: focused

Writing

• Base game
• Activities: Practice writing, write books, or do assignments in the writer career
• Ideal emotion: inspired or focused

Mischief

• Base game
• Activities: Do any Mischief interactions with other sims or on the computer, sabotage household items like toilets
• Ideal emotion: angry, happy, or confident

Pottery

• Businesses & Hobbies
• Activities: Use the pottery wheel
• Ideal emotion: inspired or focused

Fishing

• Base game
• Activities: Use fishing spots in lakes, rivers and oceans
• Ideal emotion: focused

Gardening

• Base game
• Activities: Do any interactions with plants
• Ideal emotion: focused

Acting

• Get Famous
• Activities: Practice acting in front of a mirror or microphone, perform in acting gigs
• Ideal emotion: confident

Media Production

• Get Famous
• Activities: Use the More Views Video Station or Mix Master Music Station
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Medium

• Paranormal Stuff Pack
• Activities: Use the seance table
• Ideal emotion: focused

Cross-stitch

• Cottage Living
• Activities: Do cross-stitching (no equipment is required)
• Ideal emotion: focused or inspired

Entrepreneur

• High School Years
• Activities: Sell things you made, like paintings and books, or by doing Simfluencer activities
• Ideal emotion: none

Gemology

• Crystal Creations Stuff Pack
• Activities: Use the gemology table
• Ideal emotion: focused

Rock Climbing

• Snowy Retreat
• Activities: Climb mountains in Mt. Komorebi or rock walls at a gym, research handhold techniques on the computer
• Ideal emotion: focused

Robotics

• Discover University
• Activities: Use a robotics workstation or modify a servo
• Ideal emotion: focused

Research and debate

• Discover University
• Activities: Use a podium or mirror to practice debate, or use a research station at a library
• Ideal emotion: focused

Bowling

• Bowling Night Stuff Pack
• Activities: Play bowling
• Ideal emotion: focused

Parenting

• Parenthood Game Pack
• Activities: Interact with your kids, read parenting forums on a computer
• Ideal emotion: happy

Veterinarian

• Cats & Dogs
• Activities: Work at a veterinary clinic
• Ideal emotion: focused

Pet Training

• Cats & Dogs
• Activities: Give your dog orders
• Ideal emotion: focused

Nectar making

• Horse Ranch
• Activities: Use a nectar maker
• Ideal emotion: focused

Photography

• Base game
• Activities: Use a camera
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Fabrication

• Eco Lifestyle
• Activities: Use a fabricator
• Ideal emotion: focused

Juice Fizzing

• Eco Lifestyle
• Activities: Use a fizzing station
• Ideal emotion: focused

Knitting

• Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack
• Activities: Have a yarn basket in your inventory and use it
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Wellness

• Spa Day
• Activities: Meditate, do yoga, get a massage
• Ideal emotion: focused

Riding

• Horse Ranch
• Activities: Ride a horse
• Ideal emotion: focused

Tattooing

• Businesses & Hobbies
• Activities: Practice on sketchpad, or use a tattooing table
• Ideal emotion: focused

Mixology

• Base game
• Activities: Make drinks at a bar
• Ideal emotion: inspired

Comedy

• Base game
• Activities: Do comedy interactions, write jokes on a computer, practice jokes at a microphone
• Ideal emotion: playful

Spellcasting

• Realm of Magic
• Activities: Do magic, use a cauldron
• Ideal emotion: focused

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