The Sims 4 Rewards Store Guide

Satisfaction Costs and Reward Trait Mechanics

The Sims 4 Rewards Store
Press 'G' then click the Present to open the Rewards Store
Rewards in Sims 4 Come in Two Types: Single-Use Potions and Permanent Traits

Satisfaction Points
Satisfaction Points are the Sims 4's Lifetime Happiness, where Rewards are like the Sims 3's Lifetime Rewards. Getting Satisfaction is something you should pursue day-to-day by completing your Sim's Whims and pursuing their Aspiration. Read both linked articles to learn more.

The first article provides a lot of tips on saving and clearing Whims, along with how Whims are generated. In short, the first Whim you see above the Sim's head is tied to emotional state and may change, while the other two are randomly generated based on what the Sim has been doing lately. You can elect to delete them at any time, and should make heavy use of this, so that you can pursue Whims that are related to what you'll already be doing with that Sim.

Potions vs Reward Traits
Reward Potions are one-time use, but may be transferred between Sims by dragging from the Inventory to the other Sim. In most cases, unless you have a lot of Satisfaction saved up, the Emotion-specific Potions aren't worth it. Their buffs not lasting very long is the main problem, so their use is very situational. You may occasionally help them get a promotion or Skill up faster using a Potion, but that is about it. Longer durations on these would change my mind, so I hope that Maxis might consider that in the future. Instant Hygeiene, Fun, and the Moodlet Solver are exceptions. You are better off saving Satisfaction for the Trait type of Reward. The Satisfaction costs are higher, but the fact that these are permanent is what makes them appealing. Many of the effects are powerful and will change how you play that Sim. It's worth noting that you should use an Elder's Satisfaction to either purchase Potions of Youth to save them from old age or buy up lots of Potions to give to your younger Sims if you don't mind that Sim Dying.

Rewards Trait List and Mechanics

PicRewardCostWhat Reward Does for Sims
Sims 4 Instant Fun Reward TraitInstant Fun100Fills the Fun Need to Maximum - this can be helpful after a day of working hard to get the Sim productive again, which is helpful both in working toward Promotions and general Sim life.
Sims 4 Instant Hygiene Reward TraitInstant Hygiene100Fills the Hygiene Need to Maximum - very helpful when at the gym and the Sim's mood tanks from being dirty, allowing them to remain Energized and continue the workout at times.
Sims 4 Confident Potion Reward TraitConfident Potion200Makes Sims Very Confident for 3 hours
Sims 4 Energized Potion Reward TraitEnergized Potion200Makes Sims Very Energized for 3 hours
Sims 4 Flirty Potion Reward TraitFlirty Potion200Makes Sims Very Flirty for 3 hours
Sims 4 Focused Potion Reward TraitFocused Potion200Makes Sims Very Focused for 3 hours
Sims 4 Happy Potion Reward TraitHappy Potion200Makes Sims Very Happy for 3 hours
Sims 4 Inspired Potion Reward TraitInspired Potion200Makes Sims Very Inspired for 3 hours
Sims 4 Sleep Replacement Reward TraitSleep Replacement400Fills the Energy Need to Maximum. I'd never use this - instead get the Moodlet Solver for 100 more to fill ALL needs!
Sims 4 Always Welcome Reward TraitAlways Welcome500Currently bugged as Sims do not react negatively to anything you do when visiting them. When fixed, Always Welcome will let your Sim sleep in others' beds when visiting another household, cook on their stoves, and stay late without the homeowner getting upset. This is usually something only available to Best Friends and Fiancees.
Sims 4 Great Storyteller Reward TraitGreat Storyteller500Requires The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat Game PackSims with the Great Storyteller Reward are more likely to get the 'Told a Great Story' +1-2 Happy Moodlet for 4h after telling a story of any kind. This is particularly helpful for Group Stories, as these will be successful at helping move relationship bars of multiple Sims at once, and by quite a lot. It's worth noting that the target Sim will also be more likely to get a positive Moodlet from the type of story that was told - Funny making them playful, Fairy Tales making them Happy, etc.
Sims 4 Gym Rat Reward TraitGym Rat500Gym Rats do not experience the Hygiene decay other Sims get when exercising, while also enabling their Fun meter to build. It's a very helpful Reward when you are pursing a Career or Aspiration that requires the Fitness Skill.
Sims 4 Moodlet Solver Reward TraitMoodlet Solver500You can use this to remove all Negative Moodlets from your Sim, should you need to do this. There are times when Sims are so Angry or Embarrassed that they may die, and this is the best time to buy the reward and quickly drink the potion. Otherwise, there are ways to remove many negative Moodlets or else wait them out. Thus, Moodlet Solver is useful situationally. It's worth noting that this also fills all needs, so for only 100 Satisfaction more than Sleep Replacement, you can fix everything at once!
Sims 4 Observant Reward TraitObservant500Sims who are Observant merely need to meet another Sim to know all of their Traits. This can be very helpful in making friends, as Sims will react more positively to Socials tied to their interests and more negatively to those they dislike.
Sims 4 Reward TraitSpeed Cleaner500Speed Cleaners clean sinks, counters, toilets, and any other surfaces that get dirty five times faster than other Sims. This can be a great Trait for when your Sim has a large family, although Self-cleaning upgrades are helpful in that instance. You can't do anything about counters getting dirty from cooking, though!
Sims 4 Insta-Large Reward TraitInsta-Large750This will instantly make your Sim increase to around max body fat, putting on about 200 pounds. Doesn't seem to affect muscles. You may want this for storytelling purposes, but it's not very helpful gameplay-wise.
Sims 4 Insta-Lean Reward TraitInsta-Lean750Does the opposite of above, reducing a Sim to a trim weight fat-wise. Doesn't seem to affect muscles. For players whose Sims gain weight, this will be useful to quickly get them back to "healthy", although you can certainly accomplish the same with a treadmill and a bit of time.
Sims 4 Mentor Reward TraitMentor1,000Sims who reach level 10 in certain Skills (Painting, Fitness, Logic, Writing, Handiness, Instruments, Children's Creativity) may Mentor other Sims while they are actively working those Skills (like when at an Easel or Woodworking Table). The Skill Gains are enormous, with a Sim gaining Skill at least 4x faster than normal. This is an amazing perk for Dynasties and Legacies when the older Sims are able to teach the younger the Skills necessary to get promoted or simply advance in their chosen trade.
Sims 4 Morning Sim Reward TraitMorning Sim1,000The Morning Sim Trait gives 25% faster Skill gains from the hours of 5AM to 12PM. Depending on your Sim's Career schedule, you may prefer Night Owl. Both give a buff for the same number of hours - 7.
Sims 4 Night Owl Reward TraitNight Owl1,000Night Owls gain Skill 25% faster from the hours of 8PM to 3AM. Like Morning Sim, Night Owl is a great Trait when you plan your Sim's Skill gains around those hours.
Sims 4 Speed Reader Reward TraitSpeed Reader1,000Speed Readers can finish reading books twice as fast as normal. This does not help with reading Skill books and the experience they give, at least as far as my testing has shown. Two Sims side by side gained skill at roughly the same rate, with one a Speed Reader/Bookworm and the other regular. This Reward Trait simply makes reading books go by faster, meaning more Fun. This is helpful to Bookworms for replenishing that Need and may help them with Whims as well.
Sims 4 Free Services Reward TraitFree Services1,500Take this Trait if your Sim will make heavy use of the game's services. This means free pizza and maid services, for as long as that Sim lives.
Sims 4 Marketable Reward TraitMarketable1,500Marketable Sims get a random boost to the value of things they craft that can be sold, such as Paintings and Woodworking Sculptures. It can go anywhere from 10% to triple the usual value, but averages out at double. This is one of the single best Traits for Painters, though it doesn't affect as many things as one would hope.
Sims 4 Potion of Youth Reward TraitPotion of Youth1,500The handy Potion of Youth is used in Ambrosia to bring Ghosts back to life. When used on a living Sim, it will reset their age to the beginning of the current life stage. If used at Young Adult, it will keep them young adult and give them more time until Adult, for example. Sims can be Immortal, barring any accidental deaths, with this Reward.
Sims 4 Stoves and Grills Master Reward TraitStoves and Grills Master1,500Requires The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat Game PackStoves and Grills Masters can cook food or brew Herbalism potions that give an additional +2 Moodlet for 6 hours, so long as it comes from a stove or grill! This is a great boost and will help Sims get Very Focused, Inspired, or just Very Happy! This is a great Reward Trait to pick for the household cook, assuming a Sim does that as a regular duty.
Sims 4 Creative Visionary Reward TraitCreative Visionary2,000Sims with Creative Visionary have a 20% higher chance to Write Bestsellers and Paint Masterpieces. This is a very good Reward Trait for either of those pursuits. Combine this with Inspired, and your Sim will have a much higher than usual chance, which will raise income substantially - for a Painter, perhaps not as much as Marketable, given its consistent boost.
Sims 4 Entrepreneurial Reward TraitEntrepreneurial2,000The Entrepreneurial Reward Trait greatly boosts the rate the Career Performance bar moves. This means faster Promotions, so long as your Sim has also fulfilled the requirements.
Sims 4 Frugal Reward TraitFrugal2,000The Frugal Trait reduces Bills by 25%, making living in a large house or storing many expensive items much, much cheaper. Sims pay higher bills the more stuff they own (even in their inventories), with all values combined.
Sims 4 Incredibly Friendly Reward TraitIncredibly Friendly2,000Requires The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat Game PackWith Incredibly Friendly, Sims will instantly gain about 30% of the Relationship Bar upon meeting a new Sim. This puts them just a few successful socials away from full-on Friends status, thus is quite powerful for making new Friends and any Aspirations related to popularity.
Sims 4 Independent Reward TraitIndependent2,000When a Sim is given the Independent Reward, their Social Need decays at half the usual rate. This is great for Loners!
Sims 4 Shameless Reward TraitShameless2,000Sims who are Shameless never suffer Embarrassment. This prevents one type of Emotional Death, and helps with certain things like avoiding romantic rejection.
Sims 4 Steel Bladder Reward TraitSteel Bladder2,000With Steel Bladder, a Sim's Bladder Need actually doesn't move at all under normal circumstances, despite the game's description. The only things that drain it are drinks, such as Coffee. Still, even Coffee drains it much slower. If you never use Coffee to gain Energy, Steel Bladder makes a Sim not even need a toilet!
Sims 4 Beguiling Reward TraitBeguiling2,500Beguiling is a super-powerful Trait for Romantic endeavors. This trait gives your Sim an interaction found under Romance, "Beguile", which gives a Sim a +60 Flirty Moodlet for 4 hours. That makes them Very Flirty, and also very easy to woo, and maybe even Woohoo!
Sims 4 Antiseptic Reward TraitAntiseptic3,000Sims who are Antiseptic have their Hygiene Need decay at half the normal rate. Showers are really helpful for Emotional buffs, but this means you can get the buffe even faster because the shower won't take as long.
Sims 4 Carefree Reward TraitCarefree3,000Makes Sims never get Tense. This means Writers won't get Writer's Block at any point (although that is rare at high level Writing). This should allow your Sim to Work Hard every day at work without fear of a Tense Moodlet, meaning they can get Promoted faster than normal - particularly because their Mood won't tank while working hard, which can cause that Work Tone to backfire.
Sims 4 Connections Reward TraitConnections3,000Sims with the Connections Reward start Careers at level 4, granting all Reward Objects from 1-3 as well. With this Reward Trait, you can jump around in different Careers and gather lots of those items and get Emotional Aura objects to help your Sim at home. It will, of course, help Sims get to level 10 faster as well, meaning they can get the higher level reward objects quickly, which is even better!
Sims 4 Fertile Reward TraitFertile3,000Fertile simply increases the chance of Twins and Triplets, if you're into the challenge that presents. It's helpful if you are after a family Aspiration, but is situational and depends entirely on your style of play how useful this trait can be.
Sims 4 Great Kisser Reward TraitGreat Kisser3,000For Sims with Great Kisser, Charisma is gained with Kisses. This isn't that useful in itself, but the success rate of Kisses is also much higher. Beguiling might be more useful as a Romantic Reward Trait, but both is even better.
Sims 4 Hardly Hungry Reward TraitHardly Hungry4,000This is one of the best Reward Traits, second to Never Weary. Cooking Food takes time out of a Sim's day, as well as eating it. The appropriately-priced Hardly Hungry makes Sims' Hunger need decay at half the normal rate.
Sims 4 Never Weary Reward TraitNever Weary4,000Like above, only better because of how much time sleeping eats up in a Sim's day. Sims with Never Weary need half the sleep as the Need decays at half the usual rate. This is one of the top picks for almost any situation, because more time in your Sim's day means more time in their life to accomplish things like getting Promoted in Careers, pursuing Whims for other Rewards, and raising Skill levels or a Family.
Sims 4 Professional Slacker Reward TraitProfessional Slacker4,000As the game description says, Professional Slackers never get demoted or fired from their Job. This means you can miss work without consuming vacation days, any time you like. It may take more time to get Promoted, but your Slacker can enjoy their life and go in for the pay when they need it.
Sims 4 Savant Reward TraitSavant4,000Savant increases Skill gains by 25%, even more effective when your Sim is in the Ideal Mood. This stacks with Morning Sim and Night Owl, although I would not take Savant early on. I'd rather have Never Weary, as more time in the day is more time for Skilling, period, and raising Skills is not all that Sims do! This one is a bit overpriced, in my opinion.
Sims 4 Super Green Thumb Reward TraitSuper Green Thumb4,000After a Super Green Thumb interacts with a Plant, it will stay watered longer, get less bugs, and an increased growth rate. This means you will harvest more from your Gardening efforts and not need to interact with Plants as often. This doesn't affect Evolution rate or growth of Weeds, however.

That sums up The Sims 4's Reward Traits and their mechanics. If you have anything to add, email carl at carlsguides.com and I may add it to the Reward you describe, assuming it's a tip plenty of people would want to know about!



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