Ranking Every Bonus and Reward Trait in the Sims 4: A Tier List

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  @f.autumn.1904 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I always thought the Professional Slacker trait meant Sims can show up late/skip work/slack off at work without their career performance going down, in which case it would be pretty great. But I haven't actually tested it so I don't know if that's true.

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• MI

  @michaelmarquis284 · 2 years ago

  Companion&apos;s actually OP. The two interactions I&apos;ve found are Share Burdens and Lend Emotional Support. Share Burdens is kind of good: it allows your married sims to split needs, so if one has 25% sleep and the other has 100% it&apos;ll split them both to ~62.5% sleep. It&apos;s kind of niche, but very powerful in those cases. Lend Emotional Support on the other hand is insane: it HARD ERASES any negative moodlets. I haven&apos;t found a limit to the moodlet duration, but I&apos;ve tested it by killing a sim on the lot and just instantly erasing the 2 day Sad +2.<br><br>I don&apos;t play with cheats/mods, so any trait that effectively emulates a cheat is an instant S-tier for me. Same with Shrewd (+5% weekly interest that stacks), Potion Master (+100 to any mood for 4hrs), &nbsp;and most of the celebrity perks and &quot;no-decay&quot; traits

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• AS

  @asaasa7900 · 3 years ago

  I agree with most of these except for Beguiling. It&apos;s a bit expensive but basically can eliminate all negative moodlets on other sims that your sims have romance enabled with. It&apos;s really worth trying out as well if trying to complete Serial Romantic or the horrifically difficult Villainous Valantine aspiration. No more sadness, anger, embarrassment, tense emotions, etc.

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• NI

  @nicii179 · 3 years ago

  i once played a sim i made a storm chaser. had the storm chaser trait and the only way he was allowed to earn money was with taking pictures/drone footage of storms

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• AC

  @achangeofeve2511 · 3 years ago

  The animal affection trait is pretty cool IMO because you can get aspiration points much faster! If you pet an animal it gives 100-250 points and it’s great for stocking up on potions.

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• OR

  @OrangeCat1992 · 3 years ago

  The thing about the Shrewd and Thrifty traits is, if you have you Teen sims who are living with your Adult sims they can just automatically get the Shrewd and Thrifty traits then when they move out they can use those bonus traits to their advantage and it’s really helpful. When you’re starting them out independently. I actually use that a lot when I’m playing multiple households in one save and (not cheating money when I move the younger gens out.)

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• MS

  @msmichellewinchester · 3 years ago

  The waterproof trait is actually one I use a lot for outdoorsy sims or when I play rags to riches. Sims will get tense if they&apos;re outside in the rain for too long and with this trait I don&apos;t have to worry about how long I&apos;m outside. I tend to have a lot of my sims needing to do stuff outdoors and the weather in the sims is kinda all over the place, so this trait can be really handy.

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• GY

  @gyletre · 3 years ago

  I don&apos;t know why, but I&apos;ve always seen the independent traits bald eagle as a person lying on their back with their feet in the air.

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• DA

  @daniellew.292 · 3 years ago

  I feel like the essence of flavour trait is kinda useless since in Sims 4 cooking skill is very easy to improve and it&apos;s hard not to make excellent meals (my sims were able to cook them on a cheap stove with low cooking skill). I recall in the Sims 3 cooking skill was way harder to develop as well as you had to buy receipes and so on, that was fun. Im many ways I still like Sims 3 more

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• OR

  @OrangeCat1992 · 3 years ago

  The Great Storyteller Trait is actually helpful because everyone who hears the stories gets a good moodlet from “hearing a good story.” It also increases Charisma skill when you tell good stories.

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• AN

  @Angelofthursday99 · 2 years ago

  Professional Slacker means that no matter what you do at your job your sim never gets demoted or fired. Like you can just skip work for days at a time with no real punishment. Your boss will call you and tell you to do better, but doing better isn&apos;t necessary for keeping your job or the job levels you&apos;ve already gained.<br>I personally find it really fun to give this trait to nepobaby sims.

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• LA

  @lawrencefosterjenkins8216 · 3 years ago

  i&apos;ve done the strangerville mystery storyline a few times--the fan mail is sometimes letters, but more often than not weird gifts like an expired fish or a future cube or a lump of clay. &nbsp;very similar to the fan mail celebrity quirk in get famous.

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