The Sims 4 Criminal Career
The Sims 4 criminal career has two diverging paths past level 5, the Boss and Oracle branches. To learn what promotion rewards you'll get in The Sims 4 criminal career and how you can advance in it, read here.
- If you'd rather cheat your way to success, read our Sims 4 career cheats guide.
The Sims 4: Criminal Career Requirements
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The main skills you'll need to improve to get ahead in the criminal career are mischief and handiness if you're entering the 'Boss' branch, or mischief and programming if entering the 'Oracle' branch.
For the level 10 oracle title, you'll need level 10 mischief and level 8 of the programming skill. For Boss level ten you'll need level 10 mischief and level six of the handiness skill.
You can up your mischief skill by practising mischievous interactions with other sims and playing with voodoo dolls. Programming can be practised at a PC, and handiness can be improved every time a sim attempts to fix a broken appliance. You can also buy skill books from a PC or bookshelf, have your sim read them and gain knowledge in the skill.
To get promoted quickly within the criminal career, you can have your sim 'Work Hard' whilst at work and sending your sim to work in a playful mood from levels 1-5 is the ideal mood. Avoid using the 'Work Hard' interaction if your sim is tense or uncomfortable as this can lower work performance.
- For tips on getting a playful mood, read our guide on how to make sims playful in The Sims 4.
The Sims 4: Criminal Career Cheats
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Below are the skill cheats you need to advance criminal career-specific skills. Remember to open the cheat box first and type 'testingcheats true' to enable the use of cheats in your game.
- Mischief skill – stats.set_skill_level Major_Mischief 10
- Handiness Skill – stats.set_skill_level Major_Handiness 10
- Programming Skill - stats.set_skill_level Major_Programming 10
Below is the cheat for instantly promoting yourself in the criminal career, to demote your sim instead, simply replace the word 'promote' with 'demote'.
careers.promote Criminal
- For more information on how you can use cheats in The Sims 4, check out our guide on how to enter CAS Full Edit Mode which details using cheats in the game.
The Sims 4: Criminal Career Rewards
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Along with the usual cash bonuses you will also unlock the criminal career items in the build and buy catalogue and receive the following:
- Level two - Emblems of Espionage sculpture
- Level Three - Duffel o' Cash and Pick Pocket interaction
- Level four - Vintage Baseball Bat Sculpture
- Level five – new career clothes
Criminal Career: Boss Branch Rewards
- Level six - Stolen ATM
- Level seven - Bars of Gold
- Level eight - Stolen Necklace of the Late Duchess Pinky
- Level nine – 'Search For Bank Blueprints' interaction on a PC
- Level ten - Fisticuffs Punching Bag, new career clothes and the 'Capo's Quarters' room
Criminal Career: Oracle Branch Rewards
- Level six - Spy Satellite
- Level seven - Hot & Cold Tech Spec Poster and the 'Hack Mainframe' interaction on a PC
- Level eight - The Indispensable rug
- Level ten - Mayhem Portable Computer, new career clothes and the 'Deconstruction Room'
- For more Sims 4 content, check out our guide to the new Sims 4 Delivery with a new scenario and CAS items added to the base game.
