The Sims 4 Video Gaming Skill Guide
We all love gaming and with the sims 4 video gaming skill your sims can too!
It feels a little meta to talk about video gaming in an article about a video game, weird.
Anyway, the video gaming skill is a great one for The Sims 4 that lets you sims play fun games just like you are right now!
What is Video Gaming Good For?
Video gaming is a great skill for your sims to work on because they can keep their fun need up and be able to join fun tournaments too.
You’ll definitely need this skill if you want your sim to go down the gamer branch of the tech guru career or if you have Discovery University and your sim joins the e-sports competitor after school activity!
How to Gain The Sims 4 Video Gaming Skill
There are a few ways you can gain the video gaming skill, so you have options. The first is to click on a bookcase and get yourself some skill books. There are three books for video gaming:
- Video Gaming Vol 1: Trolling for n00bs
- Video Gaming Vol 2: The Official Guide to Gaming
- Video Gaming Vol 3: The Game of Life
You can read these one after the other to gain the skill, but where’s the fun in that? It’s way more fun to have your sims gain this skill through actually playing the game.
There are actually so many ways you can gain this skill with the first on a computer by clicking play game and having your sim play any of the available games.
The next thing your sims can do is play games on their phone, this is good if you’re out in public and have a few extra minutes.
The next way is by playing games on a tablet which works the same way as a phone, but bigger and better.
Your sims can also purchase a console to play games on a couch with a television which is cute!
The final way you can video game in The Sims 4 is by getting a gaming mat and having your sims experience it fully immersed.
Best Mood to Practice Video Gaming
Every skill in the game has a mood tied to it that will help your sims gain it more quickly. For video gaming that mood is focused.
To get your sims focused you have a few options including pondering moves on a chess board, using a microscope or hanging mathematical diagrams on the walls near the computer.
Best Traits for Gamer Sims
The traits that you throw on your sims are important and can have a huge impact on their lives. It impacts their mood and skill gains so choosing good ones is smart and these ones are great for video gaming:
- Genius: Since the ideal mood for video gaming is focused, genius is great. These sims will get more focused moodlets than other sims.
- Geek: Geek sims love playing video games and will get happy moodlets when they’re playing.
- Loner: Video gaming is a solitary activity for sims, so being a loner is great so their social need doesn’t go down as quick.
You should also think about the lot traits that you have on your sim’s household, there’s one that can be super helpful for video gaming:
- Fast Internet: This lot trait makes your sims get computer related skills faster
How to Cheat The Sims 4 Video Gaming Skill
There are cheats for pretty much anything in The Sims 4 so, of course, you can cheat the video gaming skill. You just need to know stats.set_skill_level Major_Videogaming 10 to max the skill.
If you want a different level of the skill you’ll just switch the 10 for a different number level, for example, stats.set_skill_level Major_VideoGaming 5 would give you five levels of the skill.
Video Gaming Skill Levels
| Skill Level | Level Rewards |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Your sim can further develop their skills on computers, tablets, motion game rigs, or on their phone. |
| Level 2 | Your sim can now discuss game strategy with other sims. |
| Level 3 | Your sim can now enter novice game tournaments. |
| Level 4 | Your sim is getting better and better at gaming everyday. |
| Level 5 | Your sim can now research advance game strategy. They can also impress other sims with video game prowess and can now mentor other sims. |
| Level 6 | Your sim can now enter professional video game tournaments. |
| Level 7 | Your sim can now watch a gaming livestream on the computer and gossip with other sims about video game pros. |
| Level 8 | Your sim can now make fun of noobs. |
| Level 9 | Your sim is now an elite gamer. Few can match their gaming progress. |
| Level 10 | Your sim has attained legendary status among the sim gaming community. All the forums mention their name only in hushed, reverent tones. |
How to Win Tournaments
Gaming tournaments are a way your sims can earn money with the sims 4 video gaming skill. These are done on consoles, computers or on the gaming mat by choosing enter tournament.
You’ll start at level three only being able to enter novice tournaments and at level six you can join professional tournaments. These require a fee to start, 50 and 100 simoleons respectively.
If you want your sims to win there’s a few things you should do. The first thing is make sure your sim is in a good mood with their needs taken care of. Ideally, your sim will be feeling the focused emotion since its the best for video gaming.
You also want to make sure that they have a high skill so they have enough talent to actually win the tournament!
Placing in a tournament means you get paid, with more being paid to the winners of professional tournaments than novice.
Upgrading Your Equipment
If you truly want your sims to have the best gaming experience you need to use the handiness skill to upgrade everything so its the best! Below you’ll see all the upgrades available for each gaming device.
Computers
- Better Video Card: Makes sims happier when playing games
- Requires 5 Common and 3 Electronic Upgrade Parts
- ECC Ram: Reduces the chance of the computer breaking
- Requires 5 Common Upgrade Parts
Gaming Mats
- Sturdy Panels: Lowers the frequency of breaking
- Requires 4 Common Upgrade Parts
- eMotion Engine: guarantees improvements in game skill
- Requires 4 Common & 4 Electronic Upgrade Parts
- Crytracoo Casing: Makes it so the mat never breaks
- Requires 3 Common & 3 Electronic Upgrade Parts
Consoles
- Tighten Up Graphics: Makes the sim have more fun when playing
- Requires 1 Electronic & 2 Common Upgrade Parts
- Install Wireless Display Override: Allows this device to take control over the display of nearby video screens
- Requires 3 Common & 2 Electronic Upgrade Parts
- Unbreakable: Stops the console from breaking
- Requires 2 Electronic & 3 Common Upgrade Parts
Sims 4 Video Gaming Skill Mentorship
When a sim reaches level 10 in the video gaming skill they are going to unlock the ability to start mentoring other sims in that skill. This lets the sim who is being mentored gain the skill more quickly while the mentoring is happening.
You can click on the computer, choose mentoring and pick a sim to mentor. If you have The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies installed you can even mentor others for money earning 430 per hour if your sim has a maxed skill.
Adding More to Video Gaming With DLC
There are so many skills that get better with DLC which is what makes it so fun! There are a few packs that add gameplay to the sims 4 video gaming skill.
Get Famous
When you have The Sims 4: Get Famous in your game, you’ll be able to get famous by having your sim enter video gaming tournaments. These are fun and can have your sims earn money too!
Discover University
There are two ways your sims can gain the video gaming skill in The Sims 4: Discover University, the first being skill classes. You’ll go to either campus and choose to pay ยง250 to sit in on skill class and choose the video gaming class!
Your sim will go into the building and come out as better gamers!
You can also decide to research gaming on the research archive machines. You’ll want to choose video games vs reality and your sim will gain the video gaming skill as well as the research and debate skill!
