The Sims 4 Cottage Living is the eleventh expansion for the game, with a release date of July 22, 2021. The expansion introduces rural living to The Sims 4 in the form of a brand new town, new farm animals, and growing crops. Addition allows you to raise cows, llamas and chickens. Sims can now make various preserves from vegetables and fruits from the garden and embroider thanks to wool from llama. Cheats for The Sims 4 Cottage Living helps to quickly develop new skills and gain character traits.
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How to use cheats for The Sims 4 Cottage Living?
The cheats presented in this guide should be typed into a special console in the game. To start it, enter the game and then type the following key combination on your keyboard: CTRL + Shift + C or on the pad press the following buttons: R1 + R2 + L1 + L2. Entering the appropriate combination should activate the console, which is located in the upper left corner in the form of a white bar. All cheats for The Sims 4 Cottage Living should be entered into this bar. Some cheats require activation of the so-called advanced mode. To do this, enter the console code testingcheats true and accept by clicking Enter.
Cheats for traits from The Sims 4 Cottage Living
The addition of The Sims 4 Cottage Living introduces a new hidden trait as a reward for completing the Countryside Keeper aspiration. The hidden trait is called “Nature Conversationalist” and it allows you to improve your relationship with animals, and this makes the animals live longer and happier. The trait also allows you to get more crops from plants. Cheats for The Sims 4 Cottage Living make it possible to unlock the hidden trait in less than a minute.
- traits.equip_trait trait_Nature_Country – Adds trait Nature Conversationalist
- traits.remove_trait trait_Nature_Country – Remove trait Nature Conversationalist
Skills – The Sims 4 Cottage Living cheats
Rural add-on for The Sims 4 introduces a new cross-stitch embroidery skill to the game. Obtaining wool from llama Sims can create various interesting patterns on special hoops. The resulting creations can be hung on the wall, sold, or given to other Sims as gifts. Developing cross-stitch skills allows you to create patterns even from photos. The following cheat for The Sims 4 Cottage Living makes your Sim develop embroidery skills to perfection.
- stats.set_skill_level Skill_CrossStitch 5 – Max out Cross-Stitch skill
Cross-stitch – cheats
The Sims 4 Cottage Living allows you to create beautiful designs on special hoops using cross-stitch embroidery. As a part of skill development, Sims unlocks more patterns and reaching perfection, which is level 5, makes Sims able to embroider based on pictures. Here is how to easily unlock all the cross-stitch patterns, obtain all the embroidery hoops and add the wool needed for embroidery.
- Type testingcheats true into the console and confirm with enter
- With the SHIFT key pressed on the keyboard, press the mouse cursor on the cross-stitch kit
- From the menu, select Cross stitch – cheats
- To unlock embroidery patterns click on options “Unlock All Locked Patterns”
- To get all finished hoops, select options “Create All Patterns In Inventory”
- To obtain wool for embroidery click on options “Create Wool In Inventory”
Death Cheats in The Sims 4 Cottage Living
In the latest addition there are rabbits and chickens, which have their malicious counterparts. A fight with such an animal can end in death for the Sim. The following cheats for The Sims 4 Cottage Living turn your Sim into a ghost and add the “Death by chicken” or “Death by rabbit” trait.
- traits.equip_trait trait_Ghost_AnimalObjects_KillerChicken – Sim turns into a ghost by dying at the hands of a killer chicken
- traits.remove_trait trait_Ghost_AnimalObjects_KillerChicken – Return from ghost to normal Sim after death at the hands of a killer chicken
- traits.equip_trait trait_Ghost_AnimalObjects_KillerRabbit – Sim turns into a ghost by dying at the hands of a killer rabbit
- traits.remove_trait trait_Ghost_AnimalObjects_KillerRabbit – Return from ghost to normal Sim after death at the hands of a killer rabbit
Animal Treats – Cheats
The animals that live in the village addition, namely cows, chickens, and llamas, can be treated with various treats. Some of them change the color of the wool, some extend the life of the animal, and others increase the amount of wool, milk or eggs. There is a way to easily and quickly unlock all the treats from The Sims 4 Cottage Living and add them all to Sim’s inventory with one click. This will allow you to dye your llama or cow a rainbow color.
- Type testingcheats true into the console and confirm with enter
- With the SHIFT key pressed on the keyboard, press the mouse cursor on the fridge
- Select option Animal Treat Cheats
- To unlock treat recipes click on “Unlock All Animal Treat Recipes (DEBUG)”
- To obtain ingredients to create animal treats select “Create All Feed Recipes in Inventory (DEBUG)”
- To get all the ready-made animal treats, click on the “Create all feed recipes in inventory (DEBUG)” option.
Types of Animal Treats
- Animal Party Treat
- Chocolatey Treat
- Fishy Protein Treat
- Flirty Treat
- Friendly Treat
- Fruity Treat
- Golden Treat
- Healthy Treat
- Midnight Treat
- Pumpkin Treat
- Rainbow Treat
- Spicy Treat
- Veggie Treat
Unlocking animal clothes
In The Sims 4 Cottage Living, you can color animals with treats and dress them up in different outfits. Clothes can be purchased at village store stalls or found during gameplay. You can dress up cows, llamas, chickens, rabbits and letters. Here is how to get all the clothes for the animals in the newest add-on.
- Use the code testingcheats true and confirm by pressing Enter
- With the SHIFT key pressed on the keyboard, press the mouse cursor on any animal
- Select option Get all Animal Clothes (Debug)
This will add up to 56 new clothes for the cow, llama, rabbit, chicken, and fox in Sim’s inventory.
Spawn and creating animals
The latest addition features farm animals and wild animals. The former can be purchased, but the latter must be found in the new city with The Sims 4 Cottage Living. Using cheats, you can spawn chickens and rabbits on any plot of land.
- Type the following code testingcheats true into the console and confirm with Enter
- With the SHIFT key pressed on the keyboard, press the mouse cursor on any part of the ground
- Then click on Create Animal…
- The following options should appear on the screen for you to select:
- Create Rabbit
- Create Chicken (Chick)
- Create Chicken (Hen)
- Create Chicken (Rooster)
If chickens and rabbits are spawned on a plot that has a chicken coop and a wild rabbit house, they will occupy the vacant spaces (if any).
Unlocking homes for wild animals
Homes for wild rabbits and for a flock of birds are locked by default. To unlock them, you will need to find a rabbit and a flock of birds in a new town and then befriend them. This will unlock two houses in buy mode. You can also use a cheat to unlock these two items without much effort.
- Type testingcheats true into the console and confirm with enter
- Click on any animal in the add-on while holding down the SHIFT key
- Select Unlock all animal homes (Debug)
Cheats for animal relationships in The Sims 4
In The Sims 4 Cottage Living, relationships with animals are very important to make them feel good and give more eggs, milk and wool. Using the cheat, you can quickly befriend an animal or destroy a good relationship instantly. Just click on the selected animal with the SHIFTY key pressed on the keyboard. The following options should appear for you to choose from:
- Cheat Relationship
- Make Friend
- Set Relationship to Almost Friend
- Set Max Friendship
- Set Min Friendship
Animals do not always respond positively to interactions. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to get a pet to like a Sim. However, there is a way to make interactions with animals always go well or, on the contrary, always end badly. Just click on the desired animal with the SHIFT key pressed and select one of the options:
- Cheat Outcomes
- Always Succeed at EP11 Animal Socials (will always succeed at interacting with selected animal)
- Always Fail at EP11 Animal Socials (will always fail at interacting with selected animal)
Egg and chicken cheats from The Sims 4 Cottage Living
The chicken coop that appears in the village add-on allows you to buy chickens and obtain eggs daily. These eggs can be plain eggs, colored eggs, or eggs with the ability to hatch a new chick from it. Here is how to easily obtain such an egg with a few clicks. Just type testingcheats true into your console, confirm with enter, and then click on the chicken coop with the SHIFT key pressed. This should allow you to generate the following eggs:
- Create Egg
- Blue Egg
- Chocolate Egg
- Egg
- Golden Egg
- Green Egg
- Obsidian Egg
- Orange Egg
- Rainbow Egg
- Create Hatchable Eggs
- Egg
- Golden Egg
- Obsidian Egg
- Regular Chicken Egg Ready to hatch!
An obsidian egg will make an evil chicken hatch, and a golden egg will make a golden chicken hatch.
There are also chicken coop cheats that allow you to dirty or clean your chicken coop, as well as the “Get Special Upgrade Part” interaction that adds 1 part to an upgrade. This can be used to upgrade your animal shed and chicken coop!
Cheats for wild birds
By unlocking the wild bird trunk house, you can gain access to several gift-related and garden-related facilities. All you need to do is buy an object in buy mode called “Wild Bird Flock” for 400 Simoleons, and then click on it with the mouse button with the SHIFT key pressed. The following options should appear at your disposal:
- Discover All Gift Preferences
- Enable “Take Gift” Cooldown
- Reset “Take Gift” Cooldown
- Reset “Discover Gift Preferences” Cooldown
- Gardening Help Enabled / Not Helping with Gardening
You can also control what a flock of wild birds should do by clicking on the object. When you select Controller State… the following options are available for selection:
- Away
- Hidden
- Idle
- Sing
- Sleep
- Socializing
