12 Best Reward Traits In The Sims 4
Not all traits that give rewards are worth what they cost. Here are some from The Sims 4 that you can use.
In The Sims 4, your Sim will get pleasure points when they reach a goal, get what they want, or reach a milestone. These points can be used in the reward store to buy things. You can get other reward traits in the game by completing aspirations or getting to a high level in a job, but this list only includes reward traits from the rewards store.
There are also potions in the awards store, like the Confidence Potion, which can only be used once and changes your Sim’s mood for a short time. The other rewards will give your Sim new traits that will change them and your game forever. These changes can be small, like changing your Sim’s wants, or big, like giving your Sim the power to bring another Sim back to life.
Mentor
If you give your Sim the “Successful Lineage” goal, your Sim will need to be able to teach another Sim how to do something. Even if it doesn’t, it’s still good for your Sim to have. When they hit the highest level in a skill, you can use the Mentor reward trait to teach it to other Sims.
When a Sim is being taught by a mentor, they will learn skills much faster than normal. This is one of the less expensive traits, as it only costs 1,000 pleasure points. Some skills that can be mentored are drawing, playing the guitar, being handy, and being fit.
Always Welcome
When your Sim goes to another Sim’s house for the first time, they may be hungry or have bad cleanliness. If you don’t want to use cheats to get them back home but also don’t want to wait through loading screens, you could try to sneak a quick shower or food.
Unfortunately, your hosts won’t like that, and it could get your Sim kicked out or give them bad relationship points. With the Always Welcome reward trait, which only costs 500 pleasure points, your Sim could take a bath and make a great meal in any home they want.
Observant
Sims take a long time to get to know each other, so if your Sim is looking for a potential partner but you don’t want them to have a trait like “non-committal,” “observant” is the right choice. For 500 satisfaction points, your Sim can know everything about another Sim as soon as they meet them.
The only thing they can find out about the Sim, though, is their three traits. They can’t find out what they like or don’t like or what their prize traits are. You’ll still have to work at it, but the Observant prize trait will help you with the most important parts.
Connections
When you’re trying to get a job, it can be very helpful to know someone. With the Connections reward trait, for a pretty high price of 3,000 satisfaction points, your Sim will know the right people to get them started at level four in any job.
No matter what skills they have, your Sims can move up the business ladder quickly. It will help if you know some things about the career you choose, though, because after that your Sim will have to work just as hard as normal to not only move up in their career but also keep it.
Frugal
Without cheats, living in The Sims 4 isn’t always cheap, especially if your Sim hasn’t gotten very far in their job yet. With the frugal award trait, your Sim’s bills will go down by 25% for something that costs a not-so-frugal 2,000 satisfaction points.
If you have more than one Sim in the house and they all have the frugal reward trait, the bill will go down by a certain amount for each Sim. Even so, four frugal Sims won’t cut the amount by 100% because the rate changes when there are more than one Sim.
Professional Slacker
Not every Sim wants to work from 9 to 5, and some would rather spend their time doing something they enjoy or hanging out with friends. But your Sim still needs a steady flow of Simoleons to get by. If your Sim is too busy living life to go to work, they may need the Professional Slacker reward feature.
With this feature, which costs a hefty 4,000 satisfaction points, your Sim can never be fired from their job, no matter what they do. Not go to work for a week? No big deal. Leave a few hours early from work? Not a problem! Even though it might take your Sim longer to move up in their job, they will never lose it.
Free Services
Not every Sim can cook, so they might order pizza every night if they can’t cook. Or maybe they aren’t neat and tend to leave dirty dishes all over the house. Your Sim might be a single parent with seven rambunctious kids who need help.
No matter what they need, they can get it through a service on their phone. But after a short time, the cost of all those helping hands can start to add up. The Free Services reward feature costs 1,500 satisfaction points only once, after which all of your Sim’s phone services will be free.
Incredibly Friendly
Even if your Sim has the Friendly trait, that might not be enough. Yes, they are liked. But do a lot of people like them? With the prize trait “Incredibly Friendly,” your Sim will never have to worry about meeting new people again. For 2,000 pleasure points, you can make your Sim the most popular person in the whole neighborhood.
When your Sim meets a new Sim and uses the “friendly introduction” interaction, the relationship bar between them will go up by about 30% right away. This prize trait is great for a Sim who wants to be “Friend of the World,” because it will help them make friends quickly and easily.
Carefree
Has your Sim ever come home from a long day or work so stressed out that it seems like they can’t do anything? No homework for a kid or teen Sim who is stressed, and no skill building for an adult Sim who is stressed. For the next few hours, it looks like your Sim will only be able to talk to other Sims about how stressed they are.
The moodlet can be hard to work with, and if it’s making you nervous, too, giving your Sim the Carefree reward trait will help you both calm down. For 3,000 satisfaction points, your Sim will never feel stressed again, and they’ll get a lot more done.
Savant
It isn’t always easy to learn a new skill, and it can take a Sims whole life stage to learn a new one. With the Savant prize trait, your Sim will be able to learn skills 25% faster than usual. For 4,000 satisfaction points, your Sim will be able to pick up the guitar one day and sell out arenas by the end of the week.
If your Sim has a knowledge-based goal, like “Renaissance Sim,” they will have the feature “Quick Learner,” which speeds up the time it takes to learn new skills. If your Sim has both Savant and this trait, they will be able to learn even faster.
Never Weary
There are a number of prize traits that can stop one of your Sims’ need bars from moving. Your Sim won’t have to go to the bathroom if they have a desire trait like “Steel Bladder.” This means they won’t have to run halfway around the world to find a public bathroom. Forever Full stops the hunger need from going away, so your Sim won’t need to make late-night snacks.
But the 10,000 satisfaction point trait Funny Shooter is the best need-based prize trait. With this feature, your Sim can stay up all night every night and still have energy for the next day. This gives you a lot of time to help them improve their skills and relationships.
Money Tree
Except in The Sims, where money does grow on trees. Your Sim can buy a Money Tree seed for 5,000 happiness points. Your Sim will have a golden-leafed tree that will give them a lot of Simoleons seven days after planting it. This can be done in any season.
It’s best if your Sim has a good gardening skill so they can take care of their Money Tree. The better the tree, the more Simoleons it will give them. Your Sim can gather as many times as they want, but to get a second tree. They need to earn another 5,000 points or know how to graft plants.
