The Mischief Skill in The Sims 4 adds a playful and often chaotic element to the game. By mastering this skill, Sims can engage in various mischievous activities, from harmless pranks to elaborate schemes.
Leveling up the Mischief Skill unlocks new interactions, allowing Sims to pull pranks, spread rumors, and even use a Voodoo Doll to influence other Sims’ moods. This skill can be fun to spice up gameplay and build relationships, whether making new friends or creating memorable rivalries.
So, if you’re looking to cause trouble or add humor to your Sims’ lives, this guide will provide you with all the information you need to become a master of mischief in Sims 4.
How to Acquire Mischief Skill in The Sims 4?
All Sims have access to the default Mischief interactions from the start. Using one of those interactions advances the current Sim to level 1 of the Skill, and more mischievous interactions keep increasing the skill level to a maximum of 10.
The Skill can also be learned and advanced by reading the Mischief Skill Book or using the Voodoo Doll.
Recommended Traits for Mischief Skill
Doofball
Doofball is an important trait for the Mischief Skill as it boosts playful emotion. The playful emotion will eventually help you level up your mischief skills.
Childish
The childish trait is another one that can help you become more playful more easily. This will work even better if you have some children nearby.
Mean
The mean trait is useful for Mischief Skills because you will not feel bad about being mean and earn Happy moodlets.
How to Level Up Mischief Skill?
This is the easiest skill to level up simply by having Mischief interactions with other Sims. To do this, you must click on a character, choose a more choices menu, and select mischief. You can switch between the three options of deception, mischief, and pranks.
You can also Troll the Forums to level up your mischief skill on PC, but you have to be at level two of this skill. This will give you a more stable increase in the skill rather than just mischievous interactions.
Levels of Mischief Skill
Let’s go over all the 10 levels of the skill and see what it unlocks:
| Level | Unlocks |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lie about career. Start a preposterous rumor. Give fake bad new. Invite to fake party. Trick with hand buzzer |
| 2 | Troll the Forums |
| 3 | Voodoo doll. Dare Sim to streak. Kick over trash cans. Ask due date when Sims aren’t pregnant. Prank phone calls. Stomp in puddles. |
| 4 | Send chain letters. Share conspiracy theories. Become partners in crime. |
| 5 | Clog drains. Noxious cloud. |
| 6 | Play hooky from work. |
| 7 | Describe the apocalypse. |
| 8 | Stuff fruit in the exhaust port of a rocket. Send spam money requests online. |
| 9 | Slap ‘em silly. |
| 10 | Air horn. |
How to Use Voodoo Dolls?
You have to bind the Voodoo Doll to the Sim to use it. You can bind it to any Sim on the lot. After that, you can mess with that Sim differently whenever it is close to you.
All the interactions that can be done using the Voodoo Doll are given below.
Frolic (Level 1)
Frolic is a level 1 interaction that makes Sim feel all tingly. For this, you have to bounce the Voodoo around, and it will give a Playful moodlet to the target Sim.
Poke (Level 1)
The second interaction a Voodoo Doll can perform is Poke. This will make Sim angry and can be used to make parties more interesting.
Tickle (Level 3)
This interaction can be used to tickle the Sims, making them uncomfortable.
Soak (Level 5)
If you dump water on the Voodoo Doll, the target Sim will get +2 Dazed Moodlet.
Cuddle (Level 9)
This Voodoo will boost Flirty Moodlet by +2 for 4 hours. You can use this interaction if you want the target Sim to fall in love with you.
How to Make Money with Mischief Skill?
The Active Sim with level 8 Mischief Skill can receive extra money by spamming other Sims with free money requests using a Computer.
They can also foil the plans of some astronaut or scientist Sims by stuffing a fruit or vegetable through the exhaust of a Rocketship. For this to work, a fruit or vegetable must be present in inventory.
How to become the Master of Mischief?
To become the master of Mischief, you must complete the Chief of Mischief aspiration. To complete this aspiration, you must clog drains at 3 different homes. Perform Voodoo 5 times, and lastly, you must have achieved level 10 Mischief Skill.
Once you complete all these things, the Chief of Mischief aspiration will be completed. You will get the Tormentor Bonus trait for completing this aspiration, which can be used to sabotage other Sims and their stuff by entering their houses.
Sims 4 Mischief Skill Cheats
If you’re planning to level up the skill quickly, press Control + Shift + C and type testinghcheats on and press enter. You can set your skill level with stats.set_skill_level major_mischief x (x is supposed to be any level between 0 and 10).
