The Criminal Career Guide (2023)

Not all Sims want to be good or hold an honest job. For these Sims, the Criminal Career track is the perfect way for them to earn a not so honest living. Sims in this career track can be the tough Sim on the block or the nice Sim that commits white collar crimes in the basement.

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• Criminal Career Overview
• Criminal Career Branches

Criminal Career Overview

The criminal career is perfect for any Sim that wants to be a crime boss or a digital criminal.

Criminal Career Traits

To reach the top of the Criminal career track there are a few basic traits a Sim should have. These traits include:

• Ambitious – earns career performance 1.5 times faster
• Connections – Sims will start off at career level 4 (Felonious Monk)
• Entrepreneurial – increases the change of an early promotion
• Evil – earns career performance 2.5 times faster
• High School A– Sims will start off at career level 3 (Ring Leader)
• High School B– Sims will start off at career level 2 (Petty Thief)
• Hot-Headed – earns career performance 1.5 times faster
• Mean – earns career performance 2 times faster

The worst traits for the career are:

• Gloomy – chance of a sad Moodlet that lowers career performance gain
• Good – earns career performance 25% slower
• Lazy – earns career performance 50% slower

Criminal Career Skills

The criminal career requires up to three skills depending on what track the Sim wants to take. These skills include:

• Starter Branch
  • Mischief Level 6
• Boss Branch
  • Mischief Level 10
  • Handiness Level 6
• Oracle Branch
  • Mischief Level 10
  • Programming Level 8

The main skill for the career is the Mischief skill. Reaching Level 3 in the mischief builds career performance 1.5 times faster.

Criminal Career Aspirations

The best aspiration for a Sim looking to join the criminal career is the Public Enemy aspiration. This requires the Sim to join the criminal career and reach Level 8 in either branch.

Away Actions

Away actions can help a Sim with their needs or generate Moodlets. Special career actions for the criminal career include:

• Make Connections – same as Socialize With Co-workers
• Suck Up to Bosses – Increases Charisma Skill. Lowers Work performance (Starter Branch Only)
• Intimidate Lackeys – Lowers Work performance. Offers a chance of granting a Confidence moodlet. (Boss Branch Only)
• Work on Side Projects – Increases Logic and Programming Skills. Lowers Work performance. (Oracle Branch Only)

Chance Cards

Sims in the criminal career may get one of 29 chance cards. The chance cards increase or decrease work performance. They may also give Sims a positive or negative Moodlet or simoleans.

Socials & Interactions

The criminal career unlocks a few socials and interactions that will help Sims improve their skills and make money. These include:

• Friendly > Don’t Talk about Crime Club
  • Medium relationship gain
  • Medium boost to social need
• Mischief > Pick Pocket
  • Small gain to mischief skill
  • Small relationship loss
  • Simoleans
  • Confidence Moodlet
• Mean > Threaten
  • Confident Moodlet for Sim
  • Embarassed Moodlet for target
• Computer > Search For Bank Blueprints
  • Increases Mischief skill
  • Chance for an Inspired Moodlet
• Computer > Hack Mainframe
  • Increases Mischief skill
  • Increases programming skill
  • Extra Simoleans when hacking
  • Focused Moodlet

Moodlets

Below are a few Moodlets Sims may experience while using interactions from the Criminal career:

Whims

The criminal career track has a few whims:

Criminal Career Branches

The criminal career has three career branches. The starter branch, the Boss branch, and the Oracle branch.

Starter Branch

The description for the starter branch is:

Not every Sim wants to play by the rules. You can make tons of Simoleons and have fun, too, as an outlaw.

Below are a few details about the Starter Branch:

• Daily Task: Perform Mischief Interactions

The Starter Branch has five career levels. These include:

• Tough Guy/Gal
  • Description: Every criminal mastermind needs an entry-level bodyguard with irrational anger issues. [Sim’s Name] will beef up doorways and rumble through dark alleys, keeping rivals at bay with those three little words, “Whaddayou lookin’ at?
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 3 pm
  • Start Time: 5 pm
  • End Time: 12 am
  • Work Days: Everyday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 9
• Petty Thief
  • Description: Are those candy bars in your pocket? Where did you get that lovely old-lady-style purse? [Sim’s Name] is now in charge of outfitting the bosses with snacks for the interrogation room and birthday gifts for their mother-in-laws, using his/her five finger discount.
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 6 pm
  • Start Time: 8 pm
  • End Time: 3 am
  • Work Days: Monday – Saturday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 13
• Ringleader
  • Description: Switching to management is never easy. Will your gang remember to rob the bank before it closes? Can the goon have a sick day when he’s scheduled to work the riot? Fortunately, [Sim’s Name] knows how to lead a ring of delinquents into trouble, like a total boss.
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 6 pm
  • Start Time: 8 am
  • End Time: 4 am
  • Work Days: Tuesday – Saturday
  • Work Hours: 8
  • Hourly Wage: 17
• Felonius Monk
  • Description: It’s time for [Sim’s Name] to give up the misdemeanors. What is he/she, a baby? Time to put on the big boy/girl pants and pull the big boy/girl crimes: felonies. Maybe he’ll/she’ll even plan a heist!
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 5 pm
  • Start Time: 7 pm
  • End Time: 2 am
  • Work Days: Tuesday – Saturday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 23
• Minor Crimelord
  • Description: Wanna make a deal in this ‘hood? You gotta go through [Sim’s Name]. He/She worked his/her way up to running the racket on this turf, from that botanical garden over there, all the way down to the new organic grocery store.
  • Outfit: Crimelord
  • Wake-up Time: 6 pm
  • Start Time: 8 pm
  • End Time: 2 am
  • Work Days: Tuesday – Saturday
  • Work Hours: 6
  • Hourly Wage: 32

Each promotion in the criminal career unlocks build mode items, new clothes, gives a pay bonus, or unlocks new social interactions.

Boss Branch

The description for the boss branch is:

The streets are your playground. You know there are only two paths: up to the top, or down with the fishes. You? You’re going up. Rewards include a Fisticuffs Punching Bag to hone your skills.

Below are a few details about the Boss Branch:

• Daily Task: Perform Mean Interactions

The Boss Branch has five career levels. These include:

• The Muscle
  • Description: From knocking out armed guards to intimidating rival gangs with a single arched eyebrow, [Sim’s Name] is now the brawn behind the brains. And he’s/she’s closer to the action than ever. Don’t mess with him/her!
  • Outfit: Crimelord
  • Wake-up Time: 8 pm
  • Start Time: 10 pm
  • End Time: 4 am
  • Work Days: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
  • Work Hours: 6
  • Hourly Wage: 106
• Getaway Driver
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] has taken his/her talents into the mean streets, rocking getaway cars up on two wheels, hugging corners, running from cops. This stuff would make a pretty exciting video game!
  • Outfit: Crimelord
  • Wake-up Time: 6 pm
  • Start Time: 8 pm
  • End Time: 2 am
  • Work Days: Wednesday, Saturday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 273
• Safe Cracker
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] has proven his/her strength and dexterity. Now, the big bosses have given him/her a stethoscope, a drill, and a map of target banks. Doors are finally opening for [Sim’s Name]. Literally.
  • Outfit: Crimelord
  • Wake-up Time: 4 pm
  • Start Time: 6 pm
  • End Time: 1 am
  • Work Days: Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 319
• The Brains
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] has finally earned his/her PhD… from the STREETS. As the brains of his/her own organization, [Sim’s Name] will plan the big jobs, make the big scores, and bring home the big Simoleons.
  • Outfit: Crime Boss
  • Wake-up Time: 4 pm
  • Start Time: 6 pm
  • End Time: 1 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Monday, Thursday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 383
• The Boss
  • Description: What’s even better than being The Brains of the organization? Being The Brains’ boss! Now [Sim’s Name]’s crew can do all the work, while he/she takes a bath in §1000 bills. Who cares if it’s dirty money when there’s so much of it?
  • Outfit: Crime Boss
  • Wake-up Time: 3 pm
  • Start Time: 5 pm
  • End Time: 12 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Monday, Wednesday – Thursday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 445

Each promotion in the criminal career unlocks build mode items, gives a pay bonus, or unlocks new social interactions.

Oracle Branch

The description for the Oracle branch is:

“Why be part of the machine, when you can take it down? There are plenty of ways to skin a cat, or an enterprise, and you’ll figure them out. Rewards include the ability to divert funds from your neighbor!

Below are a few details about the Oracle Branch:

• Daily Task: Hack or Make Viruses

The Oracle Branch has five career levels. These include:

• DigiThief
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] can now commit cyber crime from the comfort of home, via email. “Dear Uncle, I am important king in other country. You have won inheritance. Please send bank account password to receive my crown.
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 11 pm
  • Start Time: 1 am
  • End Time: 9 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Thursday
  • Work Hours: 8
  • Hourly Wage: 43
• Elite Hacker
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] has managed to earn the respect of other hackers, a group not valued for an overabundance of respect! They look to him/her for advice on how to work around the toughest security measures while covering their tracks.
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 12 am
  • Start Time: 2 am
  • End Time: 10 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Thursday
  • Work Hours: 8
  • Hourly Wage: 73
• An0nymous Ghost
  • Description: Now hidden behind endless aliases, no one really knows [Sim’s Name]. He/She sits alone, in a sleek office, overseeing the off-shore diversion of funds by an elite hacker team, while stroking a black cat.
  • Outfit: None
  • Wake-up Time: 11 pm
  • Start Time: 1 am
  • End Time: 10 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Tuesday, Thursday
  • Work Hours: 9
  • Hourly Wage: 130
• Net Demon
  • Description: [Sim’s Name] has really stepped up his/her game.He/She creates viruses that topple international corporations and incites civil wars by releasing sensitive government documents (okay, that second one might have been an accident).
  • Outfit: Oracle
  • Wake-up Time: 11 pm
  • Start Time: 1 am
  • End Time: 8 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Tuesday, Thursday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 234
• The Oracle
  • Description: Bent on taking down the old world order, a team of top hackers, ghosts, and demons takes cues from a single source. [Sim’s Name] has become the chosen one. His/Her army of angsty teens and disgruntled introverts has its finger on the red button controlling everything.
  • Outfit: Oracle
  • Wake-up Time: 10 pm
  • Start Time: 12 am
  • End Time: 7 am
  • Work Days: Sunday – Tuesday, Friday
  • Work Hours: 7
  • Hourly Wage: 316

Each promotion in the criminal career unlocks build mode items, gives a pay bonus, or unlocks new social interactions.

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