Traits

This sim has the extra Good Upbringing trait, two regular traits, and a new trait unlocking soon.

A sim's traits give them special advantages during gameplay. Playable household sims begin with one trait, and will unlock additional slots as they gain life experience.

The maximum of number of traits is 5, plus the potential Good Upbringing trait. Once assigned to a sim, traits—and their levels—are permanent.

Assigning Traits

The player is required to assign the first trait after first customizing a sim's appearance in Create a Sim.

Further slots are unlocked during gameplay as the sim gains "life experience." Life experience appears to accumulate during active gameplay (via any player direct action). However, there is a limit on how far any sim can progress per day.

When a slot is unlocked, the player is prompted to select a new trait. If you dismiss the prompt without opening the trait selection menu, you can delay assigning a trait. Once you have opened the trait selection menu, you cannot continue playing until you have selected a trait. Whether or not a trait has been assigned to the slot, any further life experience will continue progress toward unlocking the next additional slot.

Once slots for all four traits are unlocked, further life experience will count toward unlocking Retirement.

Availability & Levels

Whilst some traits are available to choose from the start of the game, the available traits are determined by the heirlooms in the family. Many heirlooms unlock or improve traits.

All traits have three levels, denoted by a star rating. The 1-star trait gives the smallest benefit, and the 3-star gives the highest. Collecting silver (uncommon) & gold (rare) trait heirlooms is the only way to level up traits. Once a trait is levelled up, it will affect all Sims that are assigned the trait going forward. Playable Sims who were previously assigned the trait do not benefit.

List of Traits

General Traits

Higher level traits give greater or more frequent rewards.

	Trait	Description	Starter	Heirloom
	Generous	Give you better Daily Rewards.	Yes	Poppy's Generosity Charm*
	Lucky	Give you Bonus XP when at home.	Yes	Leaf's Lucky Charm
	Party Animal	Give you Bonus Party XP at parties.	No	Buddy's Party Charm

Career Traits

Provide bonus Event Points during applicable Career Events.

Higher level traits increase the frequency at which the bonus points are triggered.

	Trait	Description	Starter	Heirloom
	Ambitious	These Sims are better at all Careers.	Yes	Gabby's Ambition Charm*
	Charismatic	These Sims are better at  Business and Law Careers.	No	T.O.B.O.R.'s Charisma Charm
	Creative	These Sims are better at the Fashion Career.	No	Violet's Creativity Charm
	Foodie	These Sims are better at  Barista and Culinary Careers.	Yes	Jenny's Foodie Charm
	Genius	These Sims are better at the Medical  Career.	No	Dr. F's Genius Charm
	Kind of a Big Deal	These Sims are better at  the DJ Career.	No	Goth Boy's Groove Charm

Hobby Traits

Provide bonus Event Points during applicable Hobby Events.

Higher level traits increase the frequency at which the bonus points are triggered.

	Trait	Description	Starter	Heirloom
	Active	These Sims are better at the Yoga Hobby.	No	Gonk's Super-Fit Charm
	Artisan	These Sims are better at the Cooking and Writing Hobbies.	No	Trevor's Artisan Charm
	Musical	These Sims are better at the Guitar and Piano Hobbies.	No	DJ Candy's Rhythm Charm
	Talented	These Sims are better at all Hobbies.	No	Chef Gino's Talent Charm

Social Event Traits

Provide bonus Event Points during applicable Social Events.

Higher level traits increase the frequency at which the bonus points are triggered.

	Trait	Description	Starter	Heirloom
	Alluring	These Sims are better at Romantic Events.	No	Yuki's Allure Charm
	Competitive	These Sims are better at Rival Events.	No	Lindsay's Competitive Charm
	Outgoing	These Sims are better at Friendly Events.	No	Hopper's Outgoing Charm

Social Interaction Traits

Provide bonus Social Points when interacting with others in the applicable way. This includes non-direct social interactions (actions inside of another event involving another Sim; including those triggered by interacting with objects.) In these cases the social category of the interaction (flirty/friendly) is only visible when the bonus is triggered.

Higher level traits increase the frequency at which the bonus points are triggered.

	Trait	Description	Starter	Heirloom
	Flirty	These Sims occasionally get a bonus when being Flirty with others.	Yes	Chaz's Flirty Charm*
	Good	These Sims occasionally get a bonus when being Friendly with others.	Yes
	Mean	These Sims occasionally get a bonus when being Insulting with others.	No	Carl's Mean Charm
	Pickpocket**	These Sims occasionally sneak a few Simoleons when interacting with others.	No	Morcubus' Pickpocket Charm
	Attractive

For traits that are unlocked at the start of the game, only Silver & Gold versions of the heirloom are available (to unlock level 2 & 3.)

**Rather than bonus Social Points, the Pickpocket trait occasionally gives you Simoleons per interaction.