All cheats for The Sims 4 High School Years, from Sentiments to traits

All cheats for The Sims 4 High School Years, from Sentiments to traits
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30th Jan 2024 14:11

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High School Years in The Sims 4 has plenty of cheats that'll help to take your Teen Sims from zero to hero in a flash, with codes to give them specific traits for their life stage and more.

Cheats in the game are a fantastic way to help propel a storyline along a little quicker or to take it in a slightly different direction, so whether you want one of your Sims to graduate as a Valedictorian or get expelled, the High School Years Expansion Pack has a fair few to use.

Sentiment cheats for The Sims 4 High School Years

Sentiments in The Sims 4 give Sims specific relationships and memories with other Sims in the world. With High School Years, new sentiments were added that centre around teen life and prom.

To give two Sims a particular sentiment, you'll need to use this cheat: modifyrelationship (Sim1) (Sim2) 100 sentimenttrack_

At the end of that code, you'll then add the relevant sentiment from the below list:

Sentiment

Cheat

Crush

crush_lt_generic

Bitter about Broken Prom Promise

hurt_st_hsprom_brokenditchpromise

Close From Ditching Prom Together

close_st_hsprom_skippingpromtoether

Bonding Moment

close_st_throwfootballbondingmoment

Creeped Out

needsdistance_st_friend

Guilty about Broken Prom Pact

guilty_st_hsprom_brokenpact

Good First Impression

close_st_goodfirstimpression

Impressed by Promposal

enamored_st_hsprom_impressedbypromposal

I Know They've Got My Back

close_lt_iknowtheyvegotmyback

Lasting Memories

st_openablewindow_successevent

Lame Adventures

st_openablewindow_failevent

Two Peas in a Pod

close_lt_twopeasinapod

They Understand

close_lt_theyunderstand

Resentful About No Prom Invite

bitter_st_hsprom_noprominvite

For example, as shown in the below screenshot, if you want to add the 'Crush' sentiment between two Sims, you'd use this code, replacing the names of my Sims with your own:

modifyrelationship Leah Weeks Dustin Broke100 sentimenttrack_crush_lt_generic

Image of Teen Sims in The Sims 4
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Career cheats for High School Years

Teens can get part-time jobs whilst at high school, and as there are for most careers, you can use codes to promote a Sim in them:

Career

Cheat

Simsfluencer

careers.promote teen_simsfluencersidehustle

Video Game Streamer

careers.promote teen_streamersidehustle

Babysitter

careers.promote Teen_Babysitter

Barista

careers.promote Teen_Barista

Fast Food Employee

careers.promote Teen_FastFood

Lifeguard

careers.promote Teen_Lifeguard

Manual Labourer

careers.promote Teen_Manual

Retail Employee

careers.promote Teen_Retail

Increase a Sim's Grade in High School

careers.promote highschool

To demote them instead, replace the word 'promote' with 'demote' in the above codes. These will only work on Teen Sims, however, and you'll need to use a set of different career cheats for Sims older than that life stage.

Trait cheats for High School Years

A Sim with the Overachiever trait shown in their Simology panel
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Four new Aspirations arrived in High School Years, some of which award players with new traits when completing them, alongside ones relating to a Sim graduating or dropping out of high school.

To give these traits to your Sims without needing to do any actual gameplay, you'll want to use these codes:

Trait

Cheat

Graduate High School Early

traits.equip_trait trait_hsexit_graduate_early

Drop Out of High School

traits.equip_trait trait_hsexit_dropout

Get Expelled

traits.equip_trait trait_hsexit_expelled

Graduate with Honours

traits.equip_trait trait_hsexit_graduate_honors

Graduate as Valedictorian

traits.equip_trait trait_hsexit_graduate_valedictorian

Overachiever

traits.equip_trait Overachiever

Party Animal

traits.equip_trait PartyAnimal

Afterschool activity cheats

Image of a Sim practising cheer in The Sims 4
Click to enlarge

If you're instead wanting to boost your Teen in one of their chosen afterschool activities, you can use this list of cheats:

Activity

Cheat

Cheerleading

careers.promote cheer

Chess Team

careers.promote chess

Computer Team

careers.promote computer

Scouts

careers.promote Scout

Football Team

careers.promote football

Drama Club

careers.promote DramaClub

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How to use cheats

Now that you've had a rundown of all the different cheats available to you with High School Years, you'll want to make sure you know how to use them. It's a pretty simple thing to do if it's something you've got no experience with, so follow these steps:

  • If you're on PC, you'll want to press CTRL, Shift, C
  • Mac users can press Command, Shift, C
  • Console gamers, you'll need to hold in all four shoulder buttons of your controller

A Sim sitting at a desk in The Sims 4
Click to enlarge

After you've done that, a white box will appear in the top-left of your screen. It's here where you'll enter all of the codes shown above.

Now that you know how to cheat your way to Valedictorian (if only it were so easy), check out our homepage for The Sims to learn the best mods you can download for CAS and gameplay, or cheats for Toddlers, relationships, and Discover University.

Kiera Mills
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Kiera Mills
Kiera is a former GGRecon Guides Writer.
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