The Sims 4 Tattooing Skill Guide
If you want your sims to look cool and be tatted they need to gain the sims 4 tattooing skill.
You are able to get and give tattoos in the game now which is so much fun!
The skill comes to your game with The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies!
What is Tattooing Good For?
Gaining the tattooing skill is super fun if you just want to give sims in your household fun tattoos, or earn money by selling your tattoo designs.
Your sims are also able to run their own tattoo small business from their home!
How to Gain The Sims 4 Tattooing Skill
The first way your sims are able to gain the skill is by creating tattoo designs which you can do on the Digitalistic Sketchpad. You can purchase this from the build menu for §750.
Once you have this item in your home you can click on it and choose Tattoo Design (§50) and your sim will start drawing. When completed, the design will be in your sim’s inventory and you can actually sell these for money.
Another way to earn this skill is by actually tattooing other sims. To do this you’ll need the Deluxe Tattoo Table by Inktastic which costs §920.
Once you have this table in your home you can practice tattooing, however, you’ll need another sim around to do this. Practicing doesn’t leave any tattoos on the other sim, thankfully, so there is no permanent damage to your guinea pig sim.
Another option on the table is to offer tattoos to other sims. You can offer custom tattoos which are the designs you drew on the sketch pad or use any of the pre-made options.
The final way you can gain this skill is by reading one of the sims 4 tattooing skill books that are available to purchase at a bookcase. There are there books you can buy:
- Tattooing Vol 1: Sketch Twice, Ink Once
- Tattooing Vol 2: Style and Substance
- Tattooing Vol 3: United by Ink
To gain the skill with these books you want to start with volume 1 until level 4, then volume 2 until level 7 and finish with volume three.
Pro Tip: If you have The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure in your game you can add the Peace and Quiet lot trait to your household and your sims will gain skills faster when reading skill books!
Ideal Mood for Tattooing
Every single skill in the game has an ideal mood that is tied to it. When your sim is in the right mood for a skill they are going to gain that skill more quickly, which is awesome.
To get your sim to gain the sims 4 tattooing skill faster you’ll want to make sure that your sim is feeling inspired. The easiest way to get inspired is to take a thoughtful shower.
Best Traits for Gaining The Sims 4 Tattooing Skill
The traits that you give to your sims are so important. They can have huge impacts on the skill gain speed and enjoyment of specific activities for your sims! Here’s some traits that are good for tattooing:
- Creative: Since the ideal mood is inspired, creative is perfect. Creative sims get inspired moodlets more often!
- Cheerful: Cheerful is great because it gives happy moodlets and those can stack with inspired, plus happy sims are just easier to deal with.
- Outgoing: If your goal is to own a tattoo business you’ll want your sim to be outgoing so they can chat with potential clients and make people more likely to get tattoos.
You should also consider the lot traits that are on your sim’s household, here’s some that can be helpful:
- Study Spot: This comes with The Sims 4: Discover University and gives small skill gains to all skills.
- Sunny Aspect: This comes with The Sims 4: City Living and will give a random moodlet every evening at 6PM. These will either be happy, energized or inspired. You can really use those inspired moodlets to your advantage. Just take a thoughtful shower at 5:30 and get to tattooing!
How to Cheat The Tattooing Skill
If you want your sims to be incredible at tattooing without effort, you can always use cheats. The cheat you need to know is stats.set_skill_level major_tattooing 10 to max out the skill.
If you want a different level of the skill you can change the 10 at the end to whatever number from 1-9 you’d like.
Levels of The Sims 4 Tattooing Skill
There are ten levels of the tattooing skill for your sims to gain. As they improve their skill they are going to get new tattoo designs unlocked and fun new interactions!
| Skill Level | Level Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Your sim’s new skill in tattooing will allow them to give other sims tattoos via a tattoo table and draw tattoo designs on a digital sketchpad. |
| Level 2 | Your sim has unlocked the wisp void critter chest tattoo design and the key tattoo stamp. The fees they can charge for their tattooing services have increased. They can also talk about tattooing with other sims. |
| Level 3 | Your sim has unlocked the freezer bunny right lower arm tattoo design and the flame tattoo stamp. |
| Level 4 | Your sim can now offer tattoo removal at the tattoo table and has unlocked the pleuro void critter stomach tattoo design and calligraphy tattoo stamp. The fees they can charge for their tattooing services have increased. |
| Level 5 | Your sim is now able to mentor other sims in tattooing and has unlocked the geometric tattoo stencil and celtic snake left upper arm tattoo design and cats tattoo stamp. |
| Level 6 | Your sim has unlocked the Vulpes void critter left leg tattoo design and the pigeon tattoo stamp. The fees they can charge for their tattooing services have increased. |
| Level 7 | Your sim can now offer tattoo touch-up at the tattoo table and has unlocked the floral half sleeve right upper arm tattoo design and the cute skull tattoo stamp. |
| Level 8 | Your sim has unlocked the simoleon upper back tattoo design and the triskelion tattoo stamp. The fees they can charge for their tattoo services has increased. |
| Level 9 | Your sim has unlocked the celtic chain right leg tattoo design and the turtle tattoo stamp. |
| Level 10 | Your sim has unlocked the maple leaf tattoo stencil, the floral crown head tattoo design, and the crystal heart tattoo stamp. The fees they can charge for their tattooing services have increased. |
Mentoring Tattooing
When your sims reach level five of the skill they are going to be able to start mentoring other sims in the sims 4 tattooing skill. This is great because the sim who is being mentored will gain the skill more quickly than if they were just doing it on their own.
If you also have The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies installed in your game you can even mentor for money. Sims with a maxed out skill can earn §430 per hour!
Improving The Skill With DLC
When you start adding more packs to your game you can find new ways to gain skills and fun things you can do with them!
Discover University
If you have The Sims 4: Discover University in your game you unlock the option to sit in a skill class. This will help you to gain skills but you’re going to have to pay §250 for these classes.
You can take these classes on either University campus or using your phone to take one!
