The Sims 4 Astronaut Career
Rewards for Smugglers and Space Rangers
Astronaut Career Tracks: Interstellar Smuggler and Space Ranger
The Astronaut Career is arguably one of the toughest to get promoted in The Sims 4 given it's hard to maintain a positive mood during long shifts, but rewards you with a lot of neat objects and abilities. It synergizes with the Rocket Science Skill, along with Fitness. As an Astronaut, you get an unique Space Ship, free, while other Sims must spend $5000 to get started. You do have to assemble them for $1000, as well as perform the Space Ship Upgrades to get a fully-featured ship. You will need to have a ship built in order to do the daily task of Space Missions later in the Career, but could skip that and get promoted just a bit slower, relying on Skill books to meet promotion requirements until you get a free ship.
The first seven levels of the Astronaut Career require you to work on your Sim's Fitness and Logic Skills. The two branches are very similar in Promotion Requirements in this case, unlike other Careers which can be radically different.
Good Traits for Space Rangers and Interstellar Smugglers
- Active Trait - Helps with getting Energized, which is the ideal mood for the upper levels of the Career.
- Choose Athletic Aspiration - This will let you Drink Energy Juice by clicking your Sim, allowing you to get Energized on demand. It's even better than the description of High Metabolism indicates, and you can later change Aspirations.
The Various Rewards of the Astronaut Career 1-7
Astronaut Job Levels and Career Unlocks
The Career begins with an ideal mood of Focused, but changes to Energized at level 4. You can get a 4h Focused Moodlet from Observing the sky with the Telescope, but don't worry too much about that. Put effort into working out to meet Fitness Skill requirements later on, and do your daily task of playing Chess to build Logic. By the time it is Energized, you should have a few means of getting Energized via Fitness. Use Chess to raise your Logic Skill, or use the telescope and perhaps work on the Space Prints Collection for fun.
Astronaut Career Levels 1-7
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intern | $26/hour | Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM | $234 | Play Chess. | Enthuse About Space Interaction |
| 2 | Module Cleaner | $34/hour | Mon-Fri 12PM-9PM | $306 | Play Chess. Reach Level 2 Logic Skill | $581, Astro Solar System Light |
| 3 | Technician | $54/hour | Tue-Fri 1PM-9PM | $432 | Play Chess. Reach Level 3 Logic, Level 2 Fitness | $756, Astro Model Rocket, Point Out Constellations interaction |
| 4 | Command Center Lead | $71/hour | Mon-Wed, Fri, 2PM-10PM | $568 | Work Out. Reach Level 4 Logic, Level 3 Fitness | $869, Star Seeker Original Blueprints, Track Satellites on Telescope |
| 5 | Low-Orbit Specialist | $96/hour | Mon, Wed, Fri, 8AM-5PM | $864 | Work Out. Reach level 5 Logic, Level 4 Fitness | $1130, Portable Galaxy Lightshow |
| 6 | Space Cadet | $104/hour | Mon, Wed, Fri, 6AM-4PM | $1040 | Work Out. Reach Level 6 Fitness | $1299, Mission Control Item |
| 7 | Astronaut | $119/hour | Mon, Wed, Fri, 8AM-6PM | $1190 | Work Out. Reach Level 6 Logic, level 7 Fitness | $1689, Salyut Aeronaut Chair, New CAS Parts |
Space Ranger Career Branch
Click to Enlarge. The Apollo Rocket and Uniform for Space Rangers
The ideal Mood for this Branch of the Astronaut Career is Energized, just like the other. Athletic Sims get energized fairly often, so it's a great Trait for the Career. You can also get this Emotion going by taking a Brisk Shower right before work. Reward Items for the Career make the Sim Confident, unfortunately.
The Space Energy Drink Recipe will make your Sim Energized, which is helpful for boosting Career Performance. It is wise to have Fitness maxed early on, so that you have more time to do Space Missions after work.
Space Ranger Career
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Planet Patrol | $179/hour | Mon-Thu, 10AM-6PM | $1432 | Do Space Mission. Reach Level 2 Rocket Science, Level 8 Fitness | $1790, Build Your Own Rocket Kit, Space Energy Drink Recipe |
| 9 | Sheriff of the Stars | $297/hour | Mon-Thu 10AM-5PM | $2079 | Do Space Mission. Reach Level 4 Rocket Science, Level 10 Fitness | $3149, Astro-Bunny Beyond Infinity |
| 10 | Space Ranger | $422/hour | Mon-Thu 10AM-5PM | $2954 | Do Space Mission. Go to Work! | $4567, Apollo Rocket Ship, New CAS Parts |
Interstellar Smuggler Career Branch
Click to Enlarge. The Retro Rocketship and Uniform for Smugglers
The ideal Mood for this Branch of the Astronaut Career is Energized. The items you receive, however, will give your Sim a Confident Aura. It hardly matters however, since Emotional Aura items stop working when your Sim goes to work. As with Space Ranger, the reward items will make your Sim confident.
The Alien Juice Drink recipe you get from this Career will give Sims a random positive Moodlet after drinking it.
Interstellar Smuggler Career
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Moon Mercenary | $201/hour | Sat-Mon, Wed, 4PM-12AM | $1608 | Do Space Mission. Reach Level 2 Rocket Science, Level 8 Fitness | $1790, The Monolith, Alien Juice Drink Recipe |
| 9 | Alien Goods Trader | $299/hour | Sat-Mon, Thu, 4PM-11PM | $2093 | Do Space Mission. Reach Level 4 Rocket Science, Level 10 Fitness | $3865, Zero-G Training Bag |
| 10 | Interstellar Smuggler | $413/hour | Sat-Mon, Thu, 2PM-11PM | $3717 | Do Space Mission. Go to Work! | $5025, Retro Rocketship |
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