The Sims 3: Guide to Cheats

A thorough guide to The Sims 3's cheats.

The Cheats Console

To begin being able to input cheats, you'll need the cheats console.

Operating System	Controls
Windows	Hold Shift and Ctrl, press C.
Mac	Hold Command and Shift, then press C.

Secondly, most cheats will need the main activator that basically allows all cheats to be enabled.

Cheat	What It Does
testingcheatsenabled true/false	When set to true, it enables all testing cheats; such as ones related to shift-clicking on areas or the mailbox.

Money-Related Cheats

All cheats that are money related.

Cheat	What It Does
kaching	Adds 1,000 Simoleons to current household.
motherlode	Adds 50,000 Simoleons to current household.
familyFunds LastName HowMuch	Set household Simoleons to a specific amount, such as "familyFunds Malado 23500". Ensure that the 'F' is capitalized in Funds, or the cheat will not work.
freerealestate	Enter before placing a copy of a family in the world to buy any property for free. If you enter this afterwards just press to back button then go to move in household to reselect the family with the cheat activated!

Live-Mode Cheats

All cheats related to live-mode, some are console cheats and others are mouse-related cheats.

Cheat	Controls	What It Does
Remove Moodlers	Crt and Left-Click on the Moodlet	Removes the selected moodlet from the sim's moodlet panel.
Improve Needs	Crtl, Left-Click and Drag	Use your mouse to fill up any needs on the selected sim.
resetSim FirstName LastName	Cheats Console	Cancels a Sim's current action and resets their position if stuck, but does not change their needs or mood; for example, "resetSim Page Monty"

Some of these cheats may require testingcheatsenabled to be activated; just a note that if you're using cheats to always activate it.

Cheat	What It Does
testingcheatsenabled true/false	When set to true, it enables all testing cheats; such as ones related to shift-clicking on areas or the mailbox.

Build-Mode Cheats

All build-mode related cheats.

Cheat	Controls	What It Does
moveobjects on/off	Cheats Console	This cheat allows you to place objects more freely, even if they're clipping into another object.
Place Items More Freely	Hold Alt	This allows you to move objects more freely off of the grid.
disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt true/false	Cheats Console	This cheat stops objects from snapping into slots on surfaces like tables or counters while you are holding Alt.
buydebug true/false	Cheats Console	This cheat allows you to buy and place "debug objects" that are normally inaccessible such as career-related items and small clutter items.

Some of these cheats may require testingcheatsenabled to be activated; just a note that if you're using cheats to always activate it.

Cheat	What It Does
testingcheatsenabled true/false	When set to true, it enables all testing cheats; such as ones related to shift-clicking on areas or the mailbox.

Shift-Click Related Cheats & Miscellaneous

These cheats are you shift-click related ones as well as miscellaneous.

Firstly, all shift-click cheats need to have testingcheatsenabled activated.

Cheat	What It Does
testingcheatsenabled true/false	When set to true, it enables all testing cheats; such as ones related to shift-clicking on areas or the mailbox.

Shift-Click Cheats

Cheat	Target	What It Does
Modify Traits for Selected Sim	Sim	Opens a window to edit the selected Sim's traits.
Edit the Selected Sim in Create-A-Sim	Sim	Opens Create-A-Sim and allows you to edit everything about your Sim.
Trigger Age Transition	Sim	Ages the selected Sim to the next life stage.
Add to Active Family	Sim	Adds the selected Sim to the currently active household.
Teleport Me Here	Ground	Teleports the active Sim to the selected location in the world.
Build/Buy On This Lot	Ground	Opens Build/Buy mode on the selected lot even if unowned by the active household.
Make Me Know Everyone	Mailbox	Adds all Sims in the world as acquaintances for the current Sim.
Make Friends For Me	Mailbox	Adds five random Sims as friends for the current Sim.
Make All Happy	Mailbox	Fills all the Sims' needs in the active household.
Make Needs Static	Mailbox	Pauses need decay on all Sims in the active household. To Re-enable need decay Shift-Click the mailbox and select "Make Needs Dynamic"
Set Career	Mailbox	Opens up a new pie-menu which allows you to change the current Sim's career and you can select their current promotional role.
Force NPC	Mailbox	Spawn an NPC Sim of your choice like the Grim Reaper, Firefighter and others.
Force Visitor	Mailbox	Spawns a visiting Sim on the active household's lot.
Delete It	Object	Deletes the selected object. This does not refund the Simoleans back to your household.
Force Opportunity	Workplace	Triggers a workplace opportunity for the active Sim's career, bringing up the normal notice allows you to accept or reject as normal.
Force Event	Workplace	Triggers a popup event related to the active Sim's career.
Force All Events	Workplace	Triggers one of every possible popup event for the active Sim's career

Miscellaneous Cheats

Cheat	Controls	What It Does
hideHeadlineEffects true/false	Cheats Console	When set to true this cheat hides plumbobs and skill bars over Sims' heads, it does not remove thought bubbles though; this is useful for taking screenshots. Set back with false to disable this. If you don't capitalise the 'H' in Headline and the 'E' in Effects this cheat will not work.
fullscreen true/false	Cheats Console	This cheat forces your game into windowed or fullscreen mode depending on if you use true or false.
fps on/off	Cheats Console	This cheat adds an FPS counter to the top right of your window. To disable this, simply reenter the cheat with "off" instead of "on".
maptags on/off	Cheats Console	This cheat disables or enables the symbols showing what each lot is in neighbourhood view. This does not work in Edit Town mode.
discotags	Cheats Console	This cheat changed the lot symbols to flash different colours when in neighbourhood view, this is just a for-fun "cheat".
jokeplease	Cheats Console	This cheat makes the cheats console tell you a joke! Once again just another just for-fun "cheat".

Notes

If you think anything is missing; please let me know even though I think I covered everything.

I hope this helps everyone on their simming adventures from cheating your way to being a millionaire or just trying to get some nice screenshots!

If you like this guide let me know via commenting and/or rating, I might make some more Sims 3 related guides for performance, increasing the longevity of save files, etc!

[Exro]

if you are french im straight reporting you i do NOT condone that sickly language on my forum

[lepheish]

thx

[rogerd2050]

Bonjour toutes et tous. je sais que je suis pas ou il faut,je ne parle pas Anglais , j'aimerais être orienter car j'ai deux extensions des sims3 qu'il m'est impossible de télécharger pour jouer j'ai du racheter les sims3 j'ai le pack de démarrage dont je jouais sur Origin dites moi ce qu'il faut faire je vous en prie Cordialement Roger

[oneFastboi]

@Quin_Mallory

Try entering "testingcheatsenabled true" on the main screen before you go into one of your worlds. To my understanding, that should allow you to Ctrl+click between the points and the chest and spawn 500 points. Hope this helps!

[Quin_Mallory]

i dont know if this one got broken, but there used to be one with testing cheats on where you hold either ctrl or shift(cant remember witch)+click between the life fulfilment points number and the chest

[𝖝𝖔𝖓𝖎]

@Jacob, thanks! I wanted to make it easy to read and explain the functions as simple as possible.

I've been thinking of making another guide but unsure what of since I'm a sims addict XD

[Jacob]

Nice guide, has everything +1

[PandaGuyRead]

Wow. Thank you now I can spice u my game!

[Impish_Fiend]

Very helpful +1