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WhileThe Sims 4boasts a robust set of visible skills like Cooking, Logic, and Painting, many players overlook the game’s extensive list of hidden skills. Hidden skills are lesser-known traits that don’t appear in the traditional skills panel but still influence gameplay in subtle, sometimes surprising ways.
Understanding and unlocking hidden skills inThe Sims 4is essential for players eager to master every aspect of their Sims' lives. This guide teaches players how to unlock hidden skills through activities, careers, and DLC.
What Are Hidden Skills in The Sims 4
Skills play a massive part inThe Sims 4gameplay.Major and minor skillsinfluence Sims' hobbies, interests, and careers. Another type ishidden skills, which are separate skills that players can’t track but will earn as they do certain activities.Hidden skillsare mainly associated with items likethe ping-pong table and ice skating rink, but there are alsofood and location-based ones.
Players can take their time to discover hidden skills through activities orlearn any of them using cheats. PC and console players have access to the cheat console.Do the following to enable cheats inThe Sims 4:
The cheat console will appear as a white empty box in the top left side of the screen. Typetestingcheats true, and it will confirm that cheats are enabled. Players can only use cheats for hidden skills if they have the corresponding DLC. Then typestats.set_skill_level Hidden_[Skill] #into the console. For example,stats.set_skill_level Hidden_Skating 5will max out the ice skating skill.
PC players who want to track their hidden skills can download mods such asMCCCor theShow/Search Sim Infomod.
Some hidden skills have a visible skill too. Rock Climbing is available as a secret skill inFitness Stuff, but players can track it as a major skill inSnowy Escape, alongside Skiing and Snowboarding.
All Hidden Skills in The Sims 4
Sims can acquire hidden minor skills and level-one skills.Level one skills must only be done oncefor Sims to learn, andcan’t be cheated. These include:
Minor hidden skillsgo up to level five and can be cheated.These include:
