The Sims 4 Relationships Explained – Cheats & More

One of the most prominent themes in The Sims 4 is building relationships. Whether with friends, lovers, or even enemies, relationships are always there for you to make and watch grow. You can have all sorts of different relationships with your neighbors, friends, and co-workers. Keep reading to learn everything there is to know about relationships, including relationship types, how to build them, and even relationship cheats in The Sims 4. 

Types of Relationships in The Sims 4

As with all the other Sims games, there are different levels to every relationship type. You can have friends, romances, and enemies. However, there are levels for each. With friendships, you have good friends, acquaintances, soulmates, and even enemies with benefits! Family relationships in The Sims 4 include mother, father, step-brother, etc. types. Each relationship type is caused by different variations of your two relationship meters. For instance, Soulmates have maxed out friendship and love meters, while enemies with benefits have low friendship meters with high love meters. 

How to Build Relationships in the Sims 4

Building a relationship in The Sims 4 can be tricky, given that each Sim has a distinct personality, and some need to be more social. Following these steps, you will be able to grow your relationships in The Sims 4:

• Keep the interactions original.
  • When you repeat the same interactions, it only makes the other Sim bored. 
  • A great way to fix this is to mix it up a bit. Rather than just chatting, start discussing interests or even talking about work.
• Timing is Everything.
  • It would be best to watch your needs and only go after social interaction when your Sim has positive moodlets. 
  • The interactions aren’t very positive if you walk up to a fellow Sim and try to talk to them while stinky, tired, or starving. 
• Get to Know Your Friends.
  • Getting to know other Sims can significantly affect your relationship-building process. Paying attention to what they like can help you figure out the right things to discuss to keep them interested! 

The Sims 4 Relationship Cheat Codes

A couple of cheats can be used for relationships in The Sims 4. To use these codes, you can open up the cheat menu by using:

• PC – Ctrl + Shift, C
• Mac – Command + Shift, C
• PS4/PS5 – All four shoulder buttons at the same time
• Xbox – All four shoulder buttons at the same time

The cheat codes for The Sims 4 relationships are:

• relationships.create_friends_for_sim
• relationship.introduce_sim_to_all_others
• modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetSimFirstName] [TargetSimLastName] X LTR_Friendship_Main
• modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetPetFirstName] [TargetPetLastName] X LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_Main
• modifyrelationship [YourSimFirstName] [YourSimLastName] [TargetSimFirstName] [TargetSimLastName] X LTR_Romance_Main

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Use these cheats to help you establish multiple relationships in the Sims 4.