Sims 4: All Death Cheats

Here’s a list of all the death cheats available in Sims 4 to help you cause, prevent, or even escape death in the game.

Disclaimer: This article is meant for entertainment purposes within the context of The Sims 4, a life simulation game by Electronic Arts. Please remember that this content should only be seen as part of virtual gameplay and not be taken seriously in any real-world context.

The Sims 4 offers plenty of cheats to help players maximize their Sims’ skills, refill their motives, provide infinite money, and even alter their relationships. However, it also includes cheat commands that can bring death to your favorite Sim or escape the wrath of the Grim Reaper.

List of All Death Cheats

In recent years, the Sims 4 developers have removed various death cheats, including those that caused electrocution, extreme exhaustion, starvation, and more. They explained that these cheats were originally intended for testing purposes, and with no further use for them, they decided to remove them. This change has disappointed many players.

At the time of writing, here are all the death cheats in the game and their effect when used:

Death Cheat	Effect
death.toggle true or death.toggle false	Enable or Disable Death in your current game.
traits.equip_trait ghost_motherplant	Sim turns into a ghost that causes nearby Sims to gain Angry Moodlet.
traits.equip_trait ghost_anger	Sim turns into a ghost that cause nearby Sims to gain Angry Moodlet.
traits.equip_trait ghost_beetle	Sim turns into a ghost that gets their energy from possessing other Sims.
traits.equip_trait ghost_murphybed	Sim turns into a ghost that get their energy from possessing other Sims.
traits.equip_trait ghost_flies	Sim turns into a ghost that can possess items until they break.
traits.equip_trait ghost_cowplant	Sim turns into a ghost that can kill plants when it gets angry.
traits.equip_trait ghost_drown	Sim turns into a ghost that is afraid of water. Leaves traces of water.
traits.equip_trait ghost_electrocution	Set the cause of death to be killed by a wild rabbit
traits.equip_trait ghost_embarrassment	Set the cause of death to extreme embarrassment.
traits.equip_trait ghost_climbingroute	Set the cause of death to falling.
traits.equip_trait ghost_fire	Sim turns into a ghost that can set objects on fire.
traits.equip_trait ghost_frozen	Sim turns into a ghost that can cool hot Sims or freeze them to death.
traits.equip_trait ghost_hunger	Sim turns into a gluttonous ghost. Hunger decays faster, and can eat even if they’re full.
traits.equip_trait ghost_animalobjects_killerchiken	Set the cause of death to killed by chicken.
traits.equip_trait ghost_animalobjects_killerrabbit	Set the cause of death to be struck by lightning.
traits.equip_trait ghost_laughter	Sim turns into a ghost, which increases the Playful Moodlet of nearby Sims.
traits.equip_trait ghost_lightning	Set the cause of death to struck by lightning.
traits.equip_trait ghost_oldage	Sim turns into a ghost that takes a nap most of the time.
traits.equip_trait ghost_elderexhaustion	Set the cause of death to extreme exhaustion.
traits.equip_trait ghost_overheat	Sim turns into a ghost that can warm up cold Sims or overheat them to death.
traits.equip_trait ghost_poison	Sim turns into a ghost that can make nearby Sims pass out by burping.
traits.equip_trait ghost_pufferfish	Sims’ cause of death is by eating Pufferfish.
traits.equip_trait ghost_rodent_disease	Sim turns into a ghost that looks like a giant rodent.
traits.equip_trait ghost_witchoverload	A spellcaster Sim turns into a ghost and keeps their abilities.
traits.equip_trait ghost_steam	Sim turns into a ghost that will sabotage saunas.
traits.equip_trait ghost_vampire_sun	A vampire Sim turns into a ghost and will have a floating sun in their chest.
traits.equip_trait ghost_vendingmachine	Sims’ cause of death is being crushed by a Vending Machine.

How to Remove Ghost Trait

You can bring your Sims back to life by removing the Ghost Trait with the command line traits.remove_trait ghost_X , with the X replaced by the cause of death. For example, if your vampire sim died from sunlight, type traits.remove_trait ghost_vampire_sun.

How to Enter Death Cheats

To use death cheats in the game, you must open the in-game console to enter a command that will enable you to use cheats:

For PC Users: Control + Shift + C
For Xbox and PlayStation Users: L1 + L2 + R1 + R2
Type in the console: testingcheats on

Once enabled, you can type in all the cheats you want to apply to your game.

Conclusion

EA’s removal of the cheat that could led to certain death for your Sims disappointed many players. However, the ghost trait allows you to turn your Sims into ghosts whenever you want. Luckily, a Mod has been created that enables you to debug your Sim’s death.