The Sims 4 Apothecary Skill Guide
With every expansion we get fun skills and we now have the sims 4 apothecary skill!
This skill comes to you from The Sims 4: Enchanted by Nature and lets your sims craft elixirs to impact their lives.
What is Apothecary Good For?
The apothecary skill is amazing if you want your sim to join the naturopath career for sure. You can use it to cure ailments that your sim can get through being imbalanced by creating special elixirs! You can also sell the items you make for money, without having to join a career so it can be a fun hobby for your sims.
How to Gain The Sims 4 Apothecary Skill
The first way you can gain the apothecary skill is by reading skill books. These can be purchased on any bookcase or computer and you will find three of them:
- Apothecary Vol 1: A Spoonful of Sugar
- Apothecary Vol 2: No, Don’t Drink That!
- Apothecary Vol 3: Making Your Friends Drink That
The next way you can gain this skill is by clicking on a computer and going to the web > research menu and choosing research cures & elixirs. Your sim can gain the skill without needing to find ingredients or craft anything this way.
In the same tone you can also click on the apothecary table and choose study apothecary cures. This works in the same way as a sim practicing writing on a computer, there won’t be an output but you’ll gain the skill nicely.
The final way you can gain the skill is to actually craft apothecary items. To do this you’ll click on the apothecary table and click craft. A menu will appear showing you all the options you have but you will need the proper ingredients.
Some ingredients are purchasable right away from the apothecary table’s purchase basic ingredients option. At level 10 you’ll also be able to purchase advanced ingredients from this menu. You can also at level 2 start foraging for apothecary ingredients on the ground so you don’t need to pay for them!
Crafting any of the apothecary items will gain the skill for your sim.
Gaining The Skill With Discover University
Another way you can gain the skill is by attending skill classes if you have The Sims 4: Discover University.
To do this you can go to either campus and there’s a rabbit hole building near the commons. You’ll click on that building and choose sit in on skill class and a menu will open where you can choose to take an apothecary class!
Ideal Mood for Apothecary
Each skill in The Sims 4 has a specific mood that is ideal to gain it. When your sim is in the right mood they will gain the skill faster as well as get boosts to quality.
The ideal mood to gain the apothecary skill is focused. The easiest way to get focused is to ponder moves on a chess table!
Best Traits for Gaining the Sims 4 Apothecary Skill
The traits you give your sim can have a huge impact on their skill gains. Here’s some traits that can help your sim to gain this skill:
- Genius: Sims with this trait are going to get random focused moodlets more often which is the ideal mood for this skill.
- Practice Makes Perfect: This skill gives strong focused moodlets plus strong skill boosts in the later stages of a skill.
- Collector: This is the bonus trait you get from nature aspirations including things like the nature nomad aspiration. This can help your sim because when you forage for apothecary ingredients this sim has a higher chance of finding rare items.
- Loves Outdoors: If you don’t want to pay for all of your apothecary ingredients you’ll want to forage for them, and this is all done outdoors. This trait can help by having your sim be happier when they do it!
How to Cheat the Apothecary Skill
With every skill in the game there’s an associated skill cheat you can use if you don’t want to gain it slowly. For the apothecary skill you can uses stats.set_skill_Level major_apothecary 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 level you’d like your sim to have.
Levels of The Sims 4 Apothecary Skill
There are ten levels of the apothecary skill for your sim to gain. As you gain them you’ll unlock new crafting items you can make like cool elixirs and even the emotion stone so you can bottle emotions.
| Skill Level | Level Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Your sim is able to craft a few elixirs as well as research the skill on the computer or apothecary table. |
| Level 2 | Through muddling, mixing and mashing, your sim can now forage for apothecary ingredients and craft cures for five ailments. They have also unlocked the Apothecary Study Set. |
| Level 3 | Your sim can now use the enthuse about crafting elixirs social interaction and craft some emotion potions as well as the enhanced eyes and calming draught elixirs. |
| Level 4 | Your sim can now craft hooked on nature and noxious gas. |
| Level 5 | Your sim has more resistance to the various smells when using the apothecary table and can now craft a wee drink and momentary happiness. They have also unlocked The Apothecarist’s Tabletop Organizer. |
| Level 6 | Your sim can now use the Brag About Apothecary Expertise interaction and craft the emotion stone and the balanced mind elixir. |
| Level 7 | Your sim can now craft the lucky liquid elixir and luck charms. They can also craft emotion potions at a reduce ingredient cost. |
| Level 8 | Your sim can now craft the need stop elixir. |
| Level 9 | Your sim is no longer affected by the smells of apothecary crafting. They can now craft the fearless and supernatural shield elixirs. |
| Level 10 | Your sim can now purchase advanced apothecary ingredients from the table. They can now convert emotion potions to other emotions. Plus, they can craft the holistic cure and celestial protection elixirs. |
Apothecary Craftables
There are a few categories of craftables your sim can create and all of which have interesting effects on the sims. Let’s go over each category a bit more in-depth!
Ailment Cures
There are 8 ailments your sims can get through gameplay, but there are nine cures. Each ailment has a cure that only cures that specific ailment but the holistic cure will cure any of them as well as remove other negative moodlets.
| Cure Name | Level Unlocked | Cure Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Burning Passion Cure | 1 | 2 Aura Petal + 2 Sage |
| Emotional Void Cure | 2 | 1 Basil + 2 Aura Petal |
| Gnome Lure Cure | 2 | 1 Daisy + 2 Lemon |
| Greenie Meanie Cure | 2 | 3 Basil + 1 Aura Petal |
| Luck Magnet Cure | 2 | 2 Lemon + 1 Aura Petal |
| Simoleon Fever Cure | 1 | 1 Daisy + 2 Lemon |
| Creation Impulse Cure | 1 | 3 Daisy + 1 Aura Petal |
| Sonic Sinuses Cure | 2 | 1 Daisy + 2 Sage |
| Holistic Cure | 10 | 2 Angry Emotion Potions + 2 Sad Emotion Potions + 4 Lumps of Moss |
Elixirs
The next interesting thing your sim can craft are elixirs. There are a bunch of these to choose from and each unlocks at a different level and has different ingredients to craft it.
| Elixir Name | Level Unlocked | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Calming Draught | 3 | 2 Aura Petal + 2 Lump of Moss + 1 Basil |
| Enhanced Eyes | 3 | 1 Basil + 2 Lemon + 1 Acorn |
| Hooked on Nature | 4 | 1 Acorn + 3 Lump of Moss |
| Noxious Gas | 4 | 1 Acorn + 1 Lightning Root Leaf |
| A Wee Drink | 5 | 1 Lump of Moss + 2 Aura Petal + 1 Basil |
| Momentary Happiness | 5 | 2 Acorn+ 1 Lightning Root Leaf |
| Balanced Mind | 6 | 2 Small Critter Bone + 3 Positive Emotion Potions + 1 Negative Emotion Potion |
| Lucky Liquid | 7 | 4 Small Critter Bones + 1 Scared Emotion Potion + 3 Lemons |
| Need Stop | 8 | 1 Lightning Root Leaf + 3 Positive Emotion Potions + 3 Negative Emotion Potions |
| Fearless | 9 | 2 Acorn + 2 Confident Emotion Potions + 3 Small Critter Bones |
| Supernatural Shield | 9 | 3 Happy Emotion Potions + 3 Negative Emotion Potions |
| Celestial Protection | 10 | 2 Small Critter Bones + 2 Lightning Root Leaf + Any Emotion Potion |
Each of these has a different impact on your sims that are super strong and definitely fun to play around with:
- Calming Draught
- Removes any sad or angry moodlets from your sims. However, doesn’t apply to moodlets from sim’s dying.
- Enhanced Eyes
- Improves a sim’s eye sight temporarily, allowing them to have better foraging finds. They will also have a better chance of success when using handiness to repair items.
- Gives a +2 Focused moodlet called Enhanced Eyes for 6 Hours.
- Hooked on Nature
- Gives a boost to fishing temporarily and removes negative moodlets from enchanting plants or tending to your cowplants.
- Gives a +2 Confident moodlet for 6 hours called hooked on nature.
- Noxious Gas
- Empties a sim’s hygiene need to make them stinky. Gives a +3 Embarrassed moodlet called Noxious Gas.
- A Wee Drink
- Drains your sim’s bladder need causing them to pee themselves.
- Gives a +3 Uncomfortable moodlet called A Wee Drink that lasts 4 hours
- Momentary Happiness
- Gives a +3 Happy moodlet called Momentary Happiness and fills some of your sim’s needs
- Balanced Mind
- Improve your sim’s current emotional balance
- Lucky Liquid
- Gives the sim a +1 Confident moodlet for 24 hours called Luck Be an Elixir
- Changed the sim from normal luck to Good luck!
- Need Stop
- Gives a +1 Focused Moodlet that lasts 4 hours and stops your sim’s needs from decreasing
- Fearless
- Removes any fears your sim may have from their traits panel, meaning they are no longer scared of those things
- Supernatural Shield
- Gives your sim a shield from any negative effects from occult sims. Once the shield blocks an effect they’ll need to consume another.
- Celestial Protection
- Prevents your sim from getting an ailment! The next time your sim is supposed to get one they won’t, but it will need to be consumed again to stop the next one.
Luck Charms
A big thing in this pack is luck your sims can have lucky and unlucky days that can impact them heavily. There are two charms you can have in your possession that can impact your sim’s luck.
| Name | Level Unlocked | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Cowplant Horn | 7 | 1 Aura Petal + 1 Cowplant Berry |
| Freezer Bunny Foot | 7 | 1 Lightning Root Leaf + 2 Tulip |
The way these work is that if you have one in your sim’s inventory it will have an impact on their luck. The cowplant horn will decrease luck and the freezer bunny foot will increase it.
Pro Tip: You can disable luck in the options menu if you’re sick of it impact their life!
Emotion Potions
Your sim is also able to craft emotion potions on the apothecary table. These are drinks that when consumed give the sim a powerful moodlet to change their emotions. These are also a requirement for many of the elixirs on this list.
At level 10 of the skill your sim can craft any emotion potion by just using one other potion. For example, you can bottle a sim’s happy emotion and then craft it into another potion without any other inputs. This is awesome if you need negative potions but find it harder to find those.
Emotion Stone
The emotion stone is unlocked at level 6 of the sims 4 apothecary skill and lets you detect emotions from other sims or even bottle emotions to use in other potions. These require you to have the following:
- 1 Lump of Moss
- 1 Lightning Root Leaf
- 2 Sage
When you craft this it will end up in the apothecary table’s inventory and you are able to click on it and drag it into your sim’s inventory. You can then click on it and choose to bottle your own sim’s emotion or you can click another sim and choose to bottle their emotion under the apothecary menu.
The emotion stone only has a few uses to it before it breaks though, so you may need to craft another one.
