Your sims want to learn new things all the time and they do this through gaining skills that range from making food with the cooking skill to talking to spirits with the medium skill.
There are so many skills to learn about that we have individual guides on each skill for you to enjoy.
Base Game Skills
Charisma Skill
The Charisma skill is all about talking and being confident when doing it. You can gain this skill through communication or practicing speeches in the mirror.
Comedy Skill
The comedy skill is for funny sims only, this skill is gained through writing and telling jokes at a microphone or telling jokes to sims. You’ll need this skill to get through the entertainer career.
Cooking Skill
The cooking skill is a must-have for sims because a sim with a low cooking skill is going to burn their house down! You need this skill for the culinary career as well. You can gain this skill through reading skill books or cooking great meals.
Fishing Skill
The Fishing Skill is a fun one if you have a sim who loves the outdoors. It lets your sims start the fish collection and even cook with their catches. You can gain this still through reading fishing skill books or by fishing at fishing spots in different worlds.
Fitness Skill
The fitness skill is a great one for keeping your sims in shape and is a must have for the athletic career.
Gardening Skill
Gardening is perfect for sims who want to cook with fresh ingredients, make easy money and spend time outdoors.
Gourmet Cooking Skill
If your sim has mastered cooking, you need to move to gourmet cooking where you can find more interesting meals.
Guitar Skill
The guitar skill is a gorgeous musical skill that has your sims playing and writing beautiful music that they can license for money.
Handiness Skill
Handiness is incredible because your sims can fix broken items, upgrade things to never break again and even craft sculptures and furniture.
Logic Skill
The logic skill is needed for a lot of careers so its a must have. It has your sims playing chess or using a microscope all the time.
Mischief Skill
Mischief is for sims who don’t like life to be peaceful. These sims like doing things like pranking others and being mean.
Mixology Skill
Mixology is a skill that has your sim creating beautiful drinks they can enjoy and can join the culinary career.
Painting Skill
With the painting skill your sims can create beautiful physical or digital art and sell it for money or use it to decorate their homes.
Photography Skill
Photography is a skill that lets your sims take gorgeous photographs that they can put on the walls or sell for money.
Piano Skill
Piano is a really fun musical skill in The Sims 4 that will let your sims write beautiful music and license it for money.
Programming Skill
Programming is a skill that lets your sims create things like plugins, apps, and even mod video games.
Rocket Science Skill
The rocket science skill lets your sims create beautiful space ships and travel to space to find gorgeous items like space rocks.
Video Gaming Skill
Video gaming is a skill I know you have! This skill lets your sims have fun with gaming and also earn money through joining tournaments.
Violin Skill
The violin skill is a gorgeous one to earn where your sims are able to write beautiful songs and license them for money.
Writing Skill
The writing skill lets your sims write books that they can earn money from through royalties and can be a huge money maker.
DLC Skills
Every time we get a new expansion pack we get some fun new skills, there are so many so they are organized by when they were adding to the game from oldest to newest.
Herbalism
Herbalism comes to the game with The Sims 4: Outdoor retreat. This lets you use plants to eat or create interesting concoctions.
Baking Skill
The baking skill comes to the game with The Sims 4: Get to Work. This skill lets your sims create delicious items from breadsticks to alien fruit tarts.
Wellness Skill
The wellness skill comes to the game with The Sims 4: Spa Day and is all about peace and relaxation. Think meditation, yoga, and massages galore!
Dancing Skill
The dancing skill comes to the game with The Sims 4: Get Together and is all about having your sims get out there and show off their best moves!
DJ Mixing Skill
The DJ Mixing skill comes with The Sims 4: Get Together and lets your sims play around with music, create their own sick beats and earn tips!
Singing Skill
The singing skill comes with The Sims 4: City Living and lets your sims sing in the shower, do karaoke and license songs for money.
Pipe Organ Skill
The Pipe Organ skill is an instrument skill that comes with The Sims 4: Vampires. It works really similarly to piano!
Vampire Lore Skill
The Vampire lore skill comes to the game with The Sims 4: Vampires. It’s all about learning everything about vampires, even how to cure them!
Bowling Skill
If you want a fun night out for your sims you need this skill from The Sims 4: Bowling Night Stuff!
Parenting Skill
This skill comes with The Sims 4: Parenthood and has your sims making sure their kids turn into great people. You can punish them for bad behaviour too!
Pet Training Skill
Pet training comes to the game with The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and has you teaching your dogs anything from speak to play dead.
Veterinarian Skill
The Vet skill comes with The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and lets your sims craft special treats and also take care of sick pets at a Vet Clinic.
Archaeology Skill
With The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure we got the archaeology skill. You’ll be able to authenticate artifacts and even earn some fun money!
Selvadoradian Culture Skill
If you want to feel like a local in The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure world of Selvadorada you’ll need this skill! Chat with the locals and eat all the cuisine.
Flower Arranging Skill
If you love gorgeous flowers you need to play with the flower arranging skill from The Sims 4: Seasons. Who knows, you might even cause the death of an elder!
Acting Skill
The acting skill comes with The Sims 4: Get Famous and can let your sims perform for tips and help with the acting career.
Media Production Skill
Media production is a minor skill that comes with The Sims 4: Get Famous. This skill lets your sims make music, stream and post videos online.
Research & Debate Skill
This skill comes with The Sims 4: Discover University and is game changing for finishing homework and earning some side money!
Robotics Skill
The robotics skill is a great one that comes with The Sims 4: Discover University. This skill lets your sims create their very own robot!
Fabrication Skill
Fabrication comes to the game with The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle and lets your sims create their own candles and even fabricate furniture and decor!
Juice Fizzing Skill
Juice fizzing is coming to your game from The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle and allows sims to make juice and seltzer to drink to change emotions or sell for money.
Knitting Skill
With The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting we got the ability to knit beautiful items to sell on Plopsy or gift to our loved ones.
Rock Climbing Skill
With The Sims 4: Snowy Escape we got the rock climbing skill that lets your sims climb mountains and do mountain excursions.
Skiing Skill
With The Sims 4: Snowy Escape your sims are now able to go skiing on the mountains and eventually teach skiing classes to others for money.
Snowboarding Skill
With The Sims 4: Snowy Escape your sims can start shredding on the slopes and record POV videos for royalties!
Medium Skill
The medium skill comes to the game with The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff and is just fun. You get to live in haunted house, commune with the dead and befriend Bonehilda!
Cross-Stitch Skill
With The Sims 4: Cottage Living your sims can have a new hobby, cross stitch! Your sims can create these gorgeous pieces to decorate or sell for money.
Entrepreneur Skill
With The Sims 4: High School Years your sims can gain the entrepreneur skill. This skill is gained any time a sim earns money from odd jobs, selling crafted items and more.
Horse Riding Skill
When you have The Sims 4: Horse Ranch in your game you’ll see your sims loving to go horse riding. Gaining this skill makes them even better riders so they can enter competitions!
Nectar Making Skill
With The Sims 4: Horse Ranch your sim will be able to start making nectar to drink or sell for money. It can have impacts on your sims mood!
Gemology Skill
With The Sims 4: Crystal Creations your sims can gain the gemology skill. This skill lets them create gemstones and jewelry that can have impacts on their mood and overall life!
Romance Skill
If you want your sims to find love you need the romance skill from The Sims 4: Lovestruck. You’ll get so many fun interactions unlocked and just have a better time with flirting!
Thanatology Skill
Thanatology comes to the game with The Sims 4: Life & Death and lets your sims explore the afterlife. You’ll be able to write obituaries and even join the reaper career.
Pottery Skill
The pottery skill comes to your game with The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies and lets your sims create gorgeous ceramics. You can sell these for money or use them to decorate your sim’s home.
Tattooing Skill
The tattooing skill is coming to your game with The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies. This skill lets your sims give other sims tattoos and you can even run your own tattoo studio!
Apothecary Skill
The apothecary skill comes with The Sims 4: Enchanted by Nature and focuses on creating elixirs. Your sim will need this skill to cure ailments or to join the naturopath career.
Natural Living Skill
The natural living skill comes to you with Enchanted by Nature and focuses on being outdoors. It lets your sims sleep outside and even eat raw fish!
Toddler Skills
Communication Skill
The communication skill is all about your toddlers learning how to talk to their family members and ask for what they want.
Imagination Skill
Every child needs an imagination to grow into a fully formed adult. Their imagination is gained through play!
Movement Skill
The movement skill is all about your toddler getting around their world and moving their little body the best they can.
Potty Skill
If you want to bathe your toddlers less and have them be more independent they need to max their potty skill!
Thinking Skill
The thinking skill is the most important for having well-behaved toddlers. It helps them sleep through the night and be less defiant!
Child Skills
There are four fun skills that kids can earn in The Sims 4. These skills are great because gaining high levels of these skills will give your sims a leg up in later life.
Creativity Skill
The creativity skill is all about having your kids learn to use their imagination and create art through music and drawing.
Mental Skill
The mental skill is all about your child using their brain. They’ll be playing chess, using a telescope or doing science experiments.
Motor Skill
The motor skill is all about your sims using their bodies. They’ll be getting some exercise in on the monkey bars with this one!
Social Skill
The social skill is about the gift of gab and your sims learning about social norms and getting better at chatting with others.
Horse Skills
There are four skills that horses can gain from The Sims 4: Horse Ranch. This pack lets you have a horse as a pet and breed them, train them and sell them if you want!
Temperament Skill
If you want a well-behaved horse, they need to have the temperament skill. This skill is a must if you want your horses to stop bucking you off!
Agility Skill
If you want your horses to be good at barrels, they need to gain the agility skill. This is a must for joining barrel racing competitions.
Endurance Skill
The endurance skill is all about getting tired less quickly. It’s so important to go on long rides with your horses to gain this awesome skill.
Jumping Skill
The jumping skill is all about doing horse jumps. Your horses will need this skill to join any horse jumping competitions!