Ranking Every Bonus and Reward Trait in the Sims 4: A Tier List

Last time I ranked all of the traits in the Sims 4 and this time I'm looking at the bonus and reward traits! These are traits that you can get through aspirations or buy with satisfaction points.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:45 Ranking Bonus Traits
11:50 Aspiration Reward Traits
44:16 Reward Store Traits

[f.autumn.]

I always thought the Professional Slacker trait meant Sims can show up late/skip work/slack off at work without their career performance going down, in which case it would be pretty great. But I haven't actually tested it so I don't know if that's true.

[zukamimotu..]

An aspiration tier list sounds fun! Under what conditions would you tier them though? How many goals/how difficult it is to complete? Of course the final reward traits would be in but I can't think of anything else to rate them by

[randomlesbian]

I've only started playing the sims recently, so im sorry if i got any information wrong but from what i understand you unlock the lord/lady of the knits aspiration if you reach level 10 of the knitting skill and if you unlock level 10 of the knitting skill you can knit a lil grim reaper that resets your sim's current life stage if you gift it to the grim reaper, which makes the aspiration more useful. Sorry if this is confusing btw.

[asaasa]

I agree with most of these except for Beguiling. It's a bit expensive but basically can eliminate all negative moodlets on other sims that your sims have romance enabled with. It's really worth trying out as well if trying to complete Serial Romantic or the horrifically difficult Villainous Valantine aspiration. No more sadness, anger, embarrassment, tense emotions, etc.

[msmichellewinchester]

The waterproof trait is actually one I use a lot for outdoorsy sims or when I play rags to riches. Sims will get tense if they're outside in the rain for too long and with this trait I don't have to worry about how long I'm outside. I tend to have a lot of my sims needing to do stuff outdoors and the weather in the sims is kinda all over the place, so this trait can be really handy.

[daniellew.]

I feel like the essence of flavour trait is kinda useless since in Sims 4 cooking skill is very easy to improve and it's hard not to make excellent meals (my sims were able to cook them on a cheap stove with low cooking skill). I recall in the Sims 3 cooking skill was way harder to develop as well as you had to buy receipes and so on, that was fun. Im many ways I still like Sims 3 more

[michaelmarquis]

Companion's actually OP. The two interactions I've found are Share Burdens and Lend Emotional Support. Share Burdens is kind of good: it allows your married sims to split needs, so if one has 25% sleep and the other has 100% it'll split them both to ~62.5% sleep. It's kind of niche, but very powerful in those cases. Lend Emotional Support on the other hand is insane: it HARD ERASES any negative moodlets. I haven't found a limit to the moodlet duration, but I've tested it by killing a sim on the lot and just instantly erasing the 2 day Sad +2.

I don't play with cheats/mods, so any trait that effectively emulates a cheat is an instant S-tier for me. Same with Shrewd (+5% weekly interest that stacks), Potion Master (+100 to any mood for 4hrs), and most of the celebrity perks and "no-decay" traits

[nicii]

i once played a sim i made a storm chaser. had the storm chaser trait and the only way he was allowed to earn money was with taking pictures/drone footage of storms

[achangeofeve]

The animal affection trait is pretty cool IMO because you can get aspiration points much faster! If you pet an animal it gives 100-250 points and it’s great for stocking up on potions.

[OrangeCat]

The thing about the Shrewd and Thrifty traits is, if you have you Teen sims who are living with your Adult sims they can just automatically get the Shrewd and Thrifty traits then when they move out they can use those bonus traits to their advantage and it’s really helpful. When you’re starting them out independently. I actually use that a lot when I’m playing multiple households in one save and (not cheating money when I move the younger gens out.)

[lawrencefosterjenkins]

i've done the strangerville mystery storyline a few times--the fan mail is sometimes letters, but more often than not weird gifts like an expired fish or a future cube or a lump of clay. very similar to the fan mail celebrity quirk in get famous.

[thegpshowtheshow]

I like to give my mermaid sims the piper trait because of the mythology around sirens and stuff like that

[madalynyoungbird]

you can have multiple bonus traits. at least aspirational. Imagine teen aspirations would work the same as if you get the toddler bonus traits or child aspiration completions.

[MrJefflub]

Free services also work for scheduled maids and gardeners. Definitely a S for me.

[Camsas]

I often pick out an aspiration depending on the bonus trait and once I am in game I change the aspiration but still have my bonus trait. For example I play a sim as if they got connections to get a free spa card. But I don't play the wellness aspiration.

[snowleopard]

I give every one of my sims the free services, because it counts for reoccurring ones too

[chappuller]

Well Hero of Strangerville aspiration is just useless. Most of fanmails includes spoiled cupcakes etc. more like hatemails to me

[bstreet]

Ranking the aspirations sounds super interesting! I think you should definitely do it!

[OrangeCat]

The Great Storyteller Trait is actually helpful because everyone who hears the stories gets a good moodlet from “hearing a good story.” It also increases Charisma skill when you tell good stories.

[haileymorris]

Not getting wet in the rain is one I use alot for Sims who are always outside. They don't get uncomfortable from the rain that's all it does