Cheat your way to the top… or the bottom of any relationship type!
Balancing Sims’ personal relationships can be difficult. Thankfully, there are a handful of Sims 4 Relationship cheats that can help you, the player, cheat your way to the top of any relationship.
The Sims 4 Relationship Cheats Walkthrough
How To Enable Cheats in The Sims 4
PC/Mac
Before you enter any cheats, you need to enable cheats first.
To enable cheats on PC and Mac systems:
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+C simultaneously to bring up the cheat box.
- Type testingcheats true in the cheat box.
- Close the cheat box by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+C simultaneously again.
If you entered the cheat correctly, a message will appear under the cheat box informing you that cheats have been enabled.
PlayStation
A reminder that enabling advanced cheats on PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles will permanently disable trophies on that save file!
To enable cheats on PlayStation 4 and 5 systems:
- Press L1+L2+R1+R2 simultaneously to bring up the cheat box.
- Type testingcheats true in the cheat box.
- Press X to activate advanced cheats. The game will warn you that doing so will disable your trophies and ask if you’re sure. Press X again to confirm that you want to enable cheats.
- To close the cheat box, press L1+L2+R1+R2 simultaneously again.
If you entered the cheat correctly, a message will appear under the cheat box informing you that cheats have been enabled.
Xbox One & Xbox Series X
A reminder that enabling cheats on Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles will permanently disable achievements on that save file!
To enable cheats on Xbox One and Xbox Series X systems:
- Press all four back triggers simultaneously to bring up the cheat box.
- Type testingcheats true in the cheat box.
- Type testingcheats true in the cheat box
- Press A to activate advanced cheats. The game will warn you that doing so will disable your achievements and ask if you’re sure. Press A again to confirm that you want to enable cheats.
- To close the cheat box, press all four back triggers simultaneously again.
If you entered the cheat correctly, a message will appear under the cheat box informing you that cheats have been enabled.
Relationship Cheats
There are a variety of cheats in The Sims 4 that can be used to manage both the friendship and romance bars to the players’ desired level. These can be useful when setting up scenarios, stories, and screenshots, or for those who just want to take the fast track. Here is a list of all Base Game-compatible cheat codes to get those relationship bars up high.. or down low!
There are two types of relationships in the Sims 4; Friendship and Romance. To modify these statistics there are two versions of the following cheats that will allow you to change both. LTR_Friendship_main and LTR_Romance_main both do what they say on the tin. Within these cheats, you will need to enter your Sims’ first and last name. In this example, I will be using Bob and Betty Newbie, and their Cat: Bernie. You can change a Sims relationship to their pet by adding ‘SimtoPet‘ after LTR. Simply add a number after the name that can either be positive or negative depending on what you want the outcome to be.
| CHEAT | Effect |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bob Newbie 100 LTR_Friendship_main | Bob and Betty will now be Best Friends. |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bob Newbie -100 LTR_Friendship_main | Bob and Betty will now be enemies. |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bob Newbie 100 LTR_Romance_main | Bob and Betty will now be soulmates. |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bob Newbie -100 LTR_Romance_main | Bob and Betty’s romance bar will now be at the lowest point. |
| PETS | |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bernie Newbie 100 LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_main | Betty’s relationship with her cat will now be at its highest. |
| modifyrelationships Betty Newbie Bernie Newbie -100 LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_main | Betty’s relationship with her cat will now be at its lowest. |
Relationship Types
While playing The Sims 4, you may notice that a Sims friendship type or romance type will change depending on the level of the relationship bar. You can find each relationship type below!
| FRIENDSHIP | Level |
| Despised | -100% to -70% |
| Disliked | -70% to -20% |
| Acquaintances | -20% to 39% |
| Friend | 40% to 59% |
| Good Friend | 60% to 80% |
| Best Friend | 80% + |
Note: The Best Friend option will only be available once your Sim has asked the other if they want to become best friends.
Romance is a little bit more complicated. Their romantic title will depend on their friendship level as well. If you want to set your Sims relationship to a specific level use the handy table below. The Friendship level is listed on the Y axis, and the Romantic level is listed on the X axis.
| -100 to -50 | -50 to -10 | -10 – 25 | 10 to 25 | 25 to 50 | 50 to 75 | 75 to 100 | |
| 60 to 100 | It’s Very complicated | It’s Complicated | Just Good Friends | Romantic Interest | Lovebirds | Lovers | Soulmates |
| 35 to 60 | Bad Romance | Awkward Friends | Just Friends | Romantic Interest | Lovebirds | Sweethearts | Sweethearts |
| 0 to -20 | It’s Very Awkward | It’s Awkward | Acquaintances | Romantic Interest | Lovebirds | Lovebirds | Lovers |
| -20 to -70 | Terrible Match | Bad Match | Disliked | Hot and Cold | Hot and Cold | Hot and Cold | Hot and Cold |
| -70 to -100 | Total Opposites | Terrible Match | Despised | Hot and Cold | Hot and Cold | Enemies With Benefits | Enemies With Benefits |
Growing Together – Family Dynamics
The Sims 4 Growing Together introduced ‘Family Dynamics’. These can change over time depending on what the player has pre-defined in Create-A-Sims, or they can change naturally through gameplay. Check out some of the cheats below.
First off, you will require both ‘Sim IDs’ which can be obtained through a separate cheat. To get a Sim’s ID, you can use this cheat:
get_sim_id_by_name (First Name) (Last Name)
Then to add a family dynamic you will want to type:
relationship.add_bit SIMID1 SIMID2 familyTrope_TYPE
‘TYPE‘ above will need to be replaced with a separate word to change their dynamic. Use the table below:
| DESCRIPTION | FAMILY DYNAMIC |
| Difficult | familyTrope_difficult |
| Distant | familyTrope_distant |
| Jokesters | familyTrope_Jokesters |
| Loving Authority | familyTrope_loving_authority |
| Loving Subordinate | familyTrope_loving_subordinate |
| Not Close | familyTrope_NotClose |
| Not Compliant | familyTrope_NotCompliant |
| Not Difficult | familyTrope_NotDifficult |
| Not Distant | familyTrope_NotDistant |
| Not Jokesters | familyTrope_NotJokesters |
| Not Loving | familyTrope_NotLoving |
| Not Permissive | familyTrope_NotPermissive |
| Permissive Authority | familyTrope_permissive_authority |
| Permissive Subordinate | familyTrope_permissive_subordinate |
| Close | familyTrope_close |
| Compliant Authority | familyTrope_compliant_authority |
| Compliant Subordinate | familyTrope_compliant_subordinate |
Lovestruck – Romance Skill
The Romance Skill was introduced to players with The Sims 4 Lovestruck Expansion Pack. This is a skill that can be learnt either naturally through romantic interactions, or by reading a Romance Skill book that can be purchased on bookshelves. You can check out our guide for building the Romance Skill here!
To raise or lower your Sims’ Romance Skill level you can enter the following cheat. (Make sure to replace X with the desired skill level:
Stats.Set_Skill_Level Major_Romance X
You can check out all other skill cheats here!
More Interactions – Charisma, Mischief, and more!
Many skills in The Sims 4 will unlock new interactions for your Sim. The romance skill above will grant your Sims access to more romantic interactions such as ‘Back-to-Back Woohoo’ and ‘Tender Neck Kiss’. The Base Game mischief skill will allow your Sims to spy via a telescope, or unlock more interactions with the voodoo doll. With High School Years, teen Sims can perform the ‘Summon Urban Myth’ interaction and the prank whiteboard interaction when the mischief skill is at the required level.
The most important skill for making meaningful connections with other Sims is the charisma skill! Once levelled up you can perform interactions such as ‘Flatter’ which will offer Sims a relationship boost, and the ‘Sweet Talk’ interaction will provide a notable boost to the romance level. The following cheat can be used to raise the Charisma skill (Replace X with the desired level):
Stats.Set_Skill_Level Major_Charisma X
Other skills such as the Comedy skill, Logic skill, and Selvadoradian culture skill can all be used to unlock new interactions with various Sims. The parenting skill from The Sims 4 Parenthood can be used to unlock new interactions between parents and children such as influencing them to do chores, having more sway over a child’s good and bad behaviour, and the ability to find out what is wrong with newborns and infants to help fix their motives. Here are some examples below of cheats to raise social skills:
stats.set_skill_level Major_Mischief X (Max level 10)
stats.set_skill_level Major_Comedy X (Max level 10)
stats.set_skill_level Minor_LocalCulture X (Max level 5)
stats.set_skill_level Major_Parenting X (Max level 10)
Loved this guide for The Sims 4 Relationship Cheats? If we have missed out on any cheats that you like to use, or have any other tips for unlocking new interactions then leave a comment below! Find our guide for all Sims 4 cheats here!
