The Sims 4’s big ghost overhaul expansion turned the afterlife into an entire occult sim experience with new ghost abilities and a Soul’s Journey quest to dog your sim past the grave. This full list of Life & Death cheats can help you max out your Thanatology skills, cheat to the top of the new active career as a Reaper, or quickly unlock those ultimate abilities for your ghost sims.
See our main list of Sims 4 cheats for a refresher on all the basics, or scroll down to get the trait codes you need for defying death.
Life & Death Career cheats
There are two new career paths in the Live & Death Expansion: Undertaker and Reaper. If you want to become a scythe-wielding dealer of death, the Reaper career is the objective-based active career you’re looking for.
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Career |
Cheat codes |
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Undertaker |
careers.add_career mortician careers.remove_career mortician careers.promote mortician careers.demote mortician |
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Reaper |
careers.add_career active_reaper careers.remove_career active_reaper careers.promote active_reaper careers.demote active_reaper |
Life & Death new death cheats
There are a few new ways to die in Life & Death, technically, but mostly they’re just new contexts for existing deaths like old age. You can find all the relevant base game death cheats in our Sims 4 cheats page. The one truly new death in the expansion is the Murder of Crows.
I have not managed to find any cheat code for the Murder of Crows death. Below I will tell you how to achieve the death quickest but I have not found a way to undo it, so proceed only if you’re certain!
How to get murdered by crows
- Place a “Grim Standard Ascendant Crow” from Buy Mode
- Enable testingcheats true in the cheat console
- Shift + Click the crow and select Cheat Relationship > Set Min Friendship
- Normal click the crow and select Socialize > Provoke
- Repeat the provoke action several times until the crow is “dangerously” angry
How to get unmurdered (in theory)
As mentioned above, there is not a known trait cheat to remove the death by crow status easily. Below is a way to un-ghost yourself with cheats otherwise but this method has not worked for me and when re-entering Live Mode my sim remains a crow’d ghost. Here’s how to remove a cause of death:
- Enable testingcheats true in the cheat console
- Enable cas.fulleditmode in the cheat console
- Shift + Click your sim and select “Modify in CAS”
- Open the “cause of death” panel in the top left
- Hover over the currently selected death and click the x to remove it
- Click the ✔️ in the bottom right to save changes and exit Create-A-Sim
Life & Death skill cheats
The Life & Death expansion comes with just one new skill track for Thanatology. Use the cheat testingcheats true before setting a skill level via cheat code.
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Skill |
Max skill cheat |
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Thanatology |
stats.set_skill_level Minor_Thanatology 5 |
Life & Death trait cheats
There are three new standard sim traits in this expansion: Chased By Death, Macabre, and Skeptical. You can easily add or remove these by:
- Using testingcheats true in the cheat console
- Using cas.fulleditmode in the cheat console
- Clicking your sim and selecting “Modify in CAS”
- Find all three in the “Lifestyle” traits section
You can also add or remove these traits in the cheat console with the codes below.
Personality traits
❗ Remember that Macabre and Skeptical are mutually exclusive traits. You’ll have to remove one before you can add the other.
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Trait |
Cheat code |
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Chased By Death |
traits.equip_trait trait_ChasedByDeath traits.remove_trait trait_ChasedByDeath |
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Macabre |
traits.equip_trait trait_Macabre traits.remove_trait trait_Macabre |
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Skeptical |
traits.equip_trait trait_Skeptical traits.remove_trait trait_Skeptical |
Grief style traits
Grief styles are part of the new system for this expansion that controls what type of mood your sim will usually experience while grieving a death. They’re noted in the simology panel with all their other traits.
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Grief style |
Cheat code |
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Anger |
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_anger traits.remove_trait trait_grief_anger |
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Blues |
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_depression traits.remove_trait trait_grief_depression |
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Denial |
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_denial traits.remove_trait trait_grief_denial |
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Holding It Together |
traits.equip_trait trait_grief_hold traits.remove_trait trait_grief_hold |
Reward traits
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Trait |
Cheat code |
Effects |
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Burning Soul |
traits.equip_trait trait_MovingOn_BurningSoul_Reincarnated traits.remove_trait trait_MovingOn_BurningSoul_Reincarnated |
Reward for completing the Soul’s Journey that persists into your sim’s next life, letting them pass down a personality trait |
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Ghost Whisperer |
traits.equip_trait GhostWhisperer traits.remove_trait GhostWisperer |
Reward trait for the Ghost Historian aspiration, which makes a sim excited when encountering ghosts and builds relationship with them faster |
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Grimborn |
traits.equip_trait grimborn traits.remove_trait grimborn |
Marks your sim as a child of the Grim Reaper with a scythe birthmark on their neck |
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Grim Descendant |
traits.equip_trait GrimDescendant traits.remove_trait GrimDescendant |
Child of a Grimborn sim, also with a scythe birthmark |
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Grim’s Right Hand |
traits.equip_trait trait_ReaperCareer_DeathReward traits.remove_trait trait_ReaperCareer_DeathReward |
Reward for reaching rank 10 in the Reaper career, this sim handles grief more easily and can avoid death |
Soul’s Journey cheats
Add bucket list items
To easily add items to your sim’s bucket list in the Soul’s Journey section of their Aspirations panel:
- Enable testingcheats true in the cheat console
- Shift + Click your sim
- Use the interaction path Pack Cheats > Expansion packs > EP17 – Life & Death > Add Unfinished Business Objective
From there, choose a bucket list category like “I want to create!” or “I wanna party!” which will open a menu to select a specific bucket list goal.
Earn Soul’s Journey ranks
To easily complete ranks of your sim’s Soul Journey, use the cheats below to jump to a particular rank. You can skip to the end of your Soul’s Journey by using the highest rank cheat right off the bat.
❗You must become a ghost to progress to ranks “Newfound Purpose” and “The Big Picture” but you can use these cheats to skip ahead to the final rank after going see-through.
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Soul Rank |
Cheat code |
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The Road Ahead |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 5 |
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Making Headway |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 10 |
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Finding Purpose |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 15 |
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No Regrets |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 20 |
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Quite A Journey |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 25 |
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Dreams Fulfilled |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 30 |
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(Ghosts only) Newfound Purpose |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 35 |
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(Ghosts only) The Big Picture |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_movingon_soulsjourney 40 |
Ghost mastery cheats
After becoming a ghost, your sim will have ghost experience points to unlock in their Simology panel like other occult sim types. To jump ghost ranks and unlock ghost powers, use these cheats below.
Ghost Mastery ranks
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Ghost Rank |
Cheat code |
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Ethereal Novice |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_ghostpowers_ghostxp 300 |
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Phantasmal Ascendant |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_ghostpowers_ghostxp 700 |
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Spectral Luminary |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_ghostpowers_ghostxp 1600 |
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Transcendent Wraith |
stats.set_stat rankedstatistic_ghostpowers_ghostxp 3000 |
Ultimate Blessings
After leveling up to Transcendent Wraith rank, you can cheat your way to unlocking the good or evil Ultimate Ability as a ghost with one of the cheats below. Use the interaction category “Ghost Mastery” on another sim to either grant them longevity and need fulfillment or drain their life force and siphon their needs meters depending on your alignment.
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Ultimate Ability |
Cheat |
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Benevolent Blessing |
stats.set_stat statistic_ghostpowers_good 100 |
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Otherworldly Curse |
stats.set_stat statistic_ghostpowers_evil 100 |
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