How Do You Spend Your Satisfaction Points?

Which rewards are must haves for you and which would you never purchase for your Sims?

Instant Fun Instantly fills the Fun Need!

Instant Hygiene Instantly fills the Hygiene Need!

Confident Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Confident!

Energized Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Energized!

Flirty Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Flirty!

Focused Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Focused!

Happy Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Happy!

Inspired Potion Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Inspired!

Sleep Replacement Instantly fills the Energy Need!

Moodlet Solver Instantly removes all negative moodlets from your Sim.

Insta-Large Drink this to become a bigger you!

Insta-Lean The most efficient diet beverage on the market.

Potion of Youth Drink this to turn back the clock on your Sim's current age.

Re-Traiting Potion Drinking this will allow you to reset all your Traits!

Quirk-B-Gone This potion removes one Fame Quirk of your choosing from a Celebrity Sim.

Potion of Curse Cleansing A potion to remove all curses from a Sim.

Always Welcome Sims will act more at home when at others' residence, and the host won't mind at all!

Gym Rat Build Fun and don't lose Hygiene while exercising!

Observant Sims learn the traits of others just by meeting them!

Speed Cleaner Tidy up much faster!

Mentor Once Mentors reach level 10 in certain skills, the Mentor interaction becomes available and they can help other Sims improve their skills even more quickly!

Morning Sim Build extra skill in the morning.

Night Owl Build extra skill at night.

Speed Reader Read books faster than your average Sim.

Free Services All single use service requests are free.

Marketable Sims sell items they've crafted for more Simoleons!

Creative Visionary Have a higher chance of painting and writing masterworks.

Entrepreneurial Sims are more likely to get promoted in their careers.

Frugal A Frugal Sim's household has reduced bills.

Great Storyteller More successful at telling bigger and better stories!

Stoves and Grills Master Have a chance to create Impeccable Quality consumables that use stoves and grills!

Incredibly Friendly Sims are immediately liked when met with a nice Introduction!

Cold Acclimation Sims aren't affected as much by chilly weather, but can still feel the effects.

Heat Acclimation Sims aren't affected as much by hot weather, but can still feel the effects.

Waterproof Sims do not get wet in the rain.

Storm Chaser Sims love stormy weather and thrive in terrifying conditions.

Iceproof Sims aren't negatively affected by cold temperatures and enjoy the cold.

Heatproof Sims aren't negatively affected by hot temperatures and enjoy the heat.

Money Tree A Money Tree for your Sims to grow their riches.

Mermadic Kelp Eat this to turn into a Mermaid!

Independent Social needs decay at half the rate

Shameless Never suffer embarrassment

Steel Bladder Sim never needs to use toilet

Beguiling Gives a +60 flirty moodlet for 4 hours

Antiseptic Hygiene decays at half the normal rate

Carefree Sims never get tense

Connections Sims start a career at level 4

Fertile Increases the chance of twins and triplets

Great Kisser Success rate of kisses is much higher

Hardly Hungry Hunger decays at half the normal rate

Professional Slacker Sims never get demoted or fired

Savant Increases skill gains by 25%

Seldom Sleepy Energy decays at half the normal rate

Super Green Thumb Plants stay watered longer, get less bugs, increased growth rate

Needs No One Social need does not decay

Re-traiting Potion Reset your sim's traits

Forever Fresh Hygiene need no longer decays

Forever Full Hunger need no longer decays

Never Weary Energy motive no longer decays

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66 Replies

JaggidEdje
4 years ago
Speed Cleaner, Frugal, and both Heat and Cold Acclimation I get for pretty much every Sim I play. After that it depends on what their existing traits and career-path are.

One's I literally never get are the ones that remove their needs. Most of their needs decay way to slowly in TS4 as it is.

Once I have the core of traits that make sense for the Sim (plus the 'all sims' ones mentioned above) I just spend any more that a sim gets on Instant Hygiene, Moodlet Solvers and mood potions for if and when I take anyone from that household to do places where there's less opportunity to interact with other things for the same effects. Pretty much most of the potions end up in a storage chest and never get used though... :lol:
ThriorTheSecond
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Depends on the sim for I tend to pick traits based on how I picture their character, not just because I have enough points to buy whatever. However, I have never gotten the ones that completely eliminate needs. Those don't seem to be listed there but I mean the Needs No One, Forever Fresh, Never Weary and Forever Full. I may use the traits which lessen those needs like Hardly Hungry or Antiseptic but the absolute ones I only grant to vampires for they have their own versions in their skill tree. To me it just makes way more sense for an immortal supernatural being to have such traits, especially since with vampires you can add challenge in other ways thanks to their weaknesses. With regular sims however I feel like they become complete bores if all their needs are eliminated.
DaWaterRat
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
As soon as they can afford it, I buy Storm Chaser (I used to even cheat this onto toddlers) because I don't like my Sims being afraid of storms all the time.

I'll get waterproof if I've got a garden so they can tend it in the rain. And I'll often get Observant so I don't have to take three conversations to figure out their traits.

Frugal early on in a legacy - I'm less worried about it later once the money is established.

And the rest it depends on the sim, though Creative Visionary sees a lot of use. As does Marketable.

I almost never buy potions, and not just because I tend to play spellcasters and the potions have more fun side effects if they fail. :) But also because I try not to work my sims to the point where their needs are that bad.
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
"Stormkeep;c-18038277" wrote:
Speed Cleaner, Frugal, and both Heat and Cold Acclimation I get for pretty much every Sim I play. After that it depends on what their existing traits and career-path are.

One's I literally never get are the ones that remove their needs. Most of their needs decay way to slowly in TS4 as it is.

Once I have the core of traits that make sense for the Sim (plus the 'all sims' ones mentioned above) I just spend any more that a sim gets on Instant Hygiene, Moodlet Solvers and mood potions for if and when I take anyone from that household to do places where there's less opportunity to interact with other things for the same effects. Pretty much most of the potions end up in a storage chest and never get used though... :lol:

Same. I have tons of potions stored for when an aspiration or career task requires a specific mood.
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
@Thrior thanks. I thought I'd missed a few. I'll add them.
moderateosprey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Depends very much on the individual sim for me. I use the reward traits to diversify or reinforce how I want a particular sim to be.

I have never used any of the reward traits that go against nature, so to speak, so never use Never Weary, etc.

I do use potions. I like to put trays of em out at pretty much any longish event. The main potions I use are moodlet solvers and Quirk-B-Gone.

Not really a reward potion, but I also use trillions of gallons of medicine
:)
JustMeAlb
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
The one I'd like to get first is Steel Bladder, so frustrating when progress is suddenly halted as the sim does their dance of desperation and I worry if they can make it to the toilet or overly specific bush in time. However I often end up having to get them Water Proof first when they get so uncomfortable from a little rain (poor little sim) that they are unwilling to do anything, and I'm not big on the umbrella thing.

I've almost never gotten any of the potions. Once in a moment of panic I got the sim a potion to fill a need because I honestly didn't know if they'd be able to stay awake long enough to eat something before starving to death, turned out I had been too panicked to make sure they actually drank it and they had struggled through the situation without using it.
SimuLord
4 years ago
My sims get a standard progression:

Incredibly Friendly, Never Weary, Savant, Forever Full, Steel Bladder, Needs No One, and Forever Fresh, always in that order. Potion of Youth as necessary until I've decided the sim's lived a "full life" and aged them off the roster.

Later, they get the rewards to get rid of Tense or Embarrassed moodlets, weatherproofing (Waterproof/Heatproof/Iceproof), additional skill boosting via Morning Person and Night Owl, whatever whim strikes me.

I like when my sims are doing stuff, not when they're tending to their needs.
cyncie
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I usually like to get Speed Reader (makes leveling up skills quicker), Frugal, and Storm Chaser for most played sims. After that, it depends on the sim. I use the reward/aspiration traits to round out their personalities. The ones I never get are the needs related ones. If you take out the basics of every day life, the sim just becomes a task grinder, and that’s not for me. If I really need them to complete a task before nature calls, I just cheat their need for that task.
SailorCeti
4 years ago
They don't come fast enough for me to bother with, unless I cheat and get all the ones I want right away. I used to do this all the time, but interestingly, it made the game boring. Unlike in v3, where points would go up just for being in a nicely decorated and comfortable room, and I could do it naturally. This is one of my biggest pet peeves with v4.