I found an older post on this (from 2015) but, sadly, it was useless. I know there are a number of Hidden Skills, and cheats to level them, but I'm having a hard time finding a comprehensive list. I know of a few of these myself. Skating is one (cheat: stats.set_skill_level Hidden_Skating ), and Bowling (cheat: stats.set_skill_level Skill_Bowling ). If anyone can expand on this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Indeed. It takes very little effort to earn the Chopstick Savvy and Spice Hound Traits. I'm not surprised they're not considered Skills in the proper sense. I've earned Chopstick Savvy at a single Festival. It only takes eating somewhere around 5 chopstick-oriented dishes. I didn't realize pets could have so many different fears and obsessions. It's always hard to tell what they're reacting to. I think it's funny when cats get obsessed with riding on the robot floor sweepers. I've had cats that would sit for hours on one waiting for it to start it next cleaning cycle, then they zoom around the house on top of it. It's quite a sight.

It looks like many of these traits are just a matter of keeping track of what your Sim has done, so that 'First Kiss' can only happen once. (And when these flags don't get recorded, we get bugs.) The pet obsessions are interesting, however - it doesn't appear that there is anything similar for human Sims. That would give our Sims a bit more personality - they could have whims that reflect their obsessions, and when left to their own devices, they won't all be raiding the fridge or playing games on the computer.

"iamsweetmystery;c-16723702" wrote:Indeed. It takes very little effort to earn the Chopstick Savvy and Spice Hound Traits. I'm not surprised they're not considered Skills in the proper sense. I've earned Chopstick Savvy at a single Festival. It only takes eating somewhere around 5 chopstick-oriented dishes. I didn't realize pets could have so many different fears and obsessions. It's always hard to tell what they're reacting to. I think it's funny when cats get obsessed with riding on the robot floor sweepers. I've had cats that would sit for hours on one waiting for it to start it next cleaning cycle, then they zoom around the house on top of it. It's quite a sight.I'm not afraid to admit that the cats riding around on the vacuum was one of the main reasons I got Cats and Dogs. AND, I finally got a cat that is obsessed with it. That cat is never going to die. :D

"invisiblgirl;c-16723769" wrote:It looks like many of these traits are just a matter of keeping track of what your Sim has done, so that 'First Kiss' can only happen once. (And when these flags don't get recorded, we get bugs.) The pet obsessions are interesting, however - it doesn't appear that there is anything similar for human Sims. That would give our Sims a bit more personality - they could have whims that reflect their obsessions, and when left to their own devices, they won't all be raiding the fridge or playing games on the computer.Unless they get obsessed with the fridge or computer games. If that's what your Sims do with their autonomy, you're lucky. I'm, personally, sick of all the serenades my couples do. It's gotten so the moment I hear one start, I cancel it and send them off to separate rooms to do something else.

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Sigzy_29
New Spectator
7 years ago
Bowling isn't a hidden skill on TS4.

I think retail and restaurant skills are hidden. Like restocking and cleaning.
Trykmi
7 years ago
Foosball, Spicy Foods, Chopsticks, Pet Poop Cleanup.
PinkPaws66
7 years ago
Pet poop cleanup??
Trykmi
7 years ago
It's an hidden skill.. I have no idea why. There is a mod to lock skills that also list this as an hidden skill.
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
7 years ago
"PinkPaws66;c-16722502" wrote:
Pet poop cleanup??

My thoughts exactly.
Duhgirl2u2
7 years ago
I think MCCC has a listing of all the hidden traits/skills. My memory is very bad though and it could be that that mod is only for sims 3 but I think the one for sims 3 was called NRAAS Master controller. Anyway, if you don't mind a mod, maybe you could use it at least long enough to compile a list of the hidden things?
Trykmi
7 years ago
There is also Work ethic (?) for retails maybe.
iamsweetmystery
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Thanks. I'll look around and see if I can find cheats for some of the ones you folks listed. By the way, MCCC is for Sims 4. I don't have it but I hear a lot about it from others on here who use it.
iamsweetmystery
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Indeed. It takes very little effort to earn the Chopstick Savvy and Spice Hound Traits. I'm not surprised they're not considered Skills in the proper sense. I've earned Chopstick Savvy at a single Festival. It only takes eating somewhere around 5 chopstick-oriented dishes. I didn't realize pets could have so many different fears and obsessions. It's always hard to tell what they're reacting to. I think it's funny when cats get obsessed with riding on the robot floor sweepers. I've had cats that would sit for hours on one waiting for it to start it next cleaning cycle, then they zoom around the house on top of it. It's quite a sight.
invisiblgirl
7 years ago
It looks like many of these traits are just a matter of keeping track of what your Sim has done, so that 'First Kiss' can only happen once. (And when these flags don't get recorded, we get bugs.) The pet obsessions are interesting, however - it doesn't appear that there is anything similar for human Sims. That would give our Sims a bit more personality - they could have whims that reflect their obsessions, and when left to their own devices, they won't all be raiding the fridge or playing games on the computer.