Vanilla Game.
We can hire an Upgrade Technician? When did this happen? Bit expensive, but this is great.
"Hire Upgrade Technician (From Being Lazy) Using something fully upgraded is the optimal feeling of luxury! Hire an Upgrade Technician via Hire a Service in the Phone's Home Category."
"Upgrade Technician for S1,200 plus S 95/hour"
Wow. They do a "Instant Upgrade (core)" 😄😎
According to sims community this is a feature of royalty and legacy.
They have an article on it here
https://simscommunity.info/2026/02/19/service-npcs-sims-4-royalty-legacy-guide/
I'm not sure if they came with the new pack or the basegame update just before it, but I LOVE this so much! No more downloading fully upgraded drones from the gallery lol.
It makes so much more sense for wealthy or lazy sims to pay someone for upgrades than everybody having L7+ handiness. I like that it's expensive too - means there's still an incentive for your sims to do it themselves.
I also haven't noticed them doing the Eco-Lifestyle upgrades, so no surprise composting container toilet fires!
I thought that it can do only with mod (ex. “Ask to upgrade”), didn’t know that it can be in base game. That’s interesting news. I will check when I open the game again.
