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The Sims 4's new Freelancer Career allows you to pursue financial freedom without the constraints of a schedule. Work as a writer, programmer, or artist and bring in the Simoleons for your household.
The Sims Base Game got a Freelancer Career on April 16, 2019. The new Career lets you work from home and at your own pace, completely free to do as you will with minimal risk of being fired unless you really slack off. Let's learn all about the new career and how it can benefit your Sims.
A guide to the new freelancer Career in The Sims 4. This new gig-based career allows you to work from home at your own pace.
How to: Freelancer Career Cheats
Press Control + Shift + C then type testingcheats on and press enter. You can now get promotions with careers.promote adult_freelancer_artist, adult_freelancer_agency_writer, or adult_freelancer_agency_programmer - you can also see all our Cheats. If these do not work for you try careers.promote artist for example
The Freelancer option appears in the list of Careers like any other, but you must choose an agency after you sign up.
Become a Freelancer by using your phone. You can be a Freelance Writer, Artist (Painting), or Programmer. You'll take on an agency tailored to each type of job. All three will need the computer to work, though the artist will do the big stuff on the digital sketchpad (find it in misc electronics). Once you have taken the job, you'll be asked to join one of the three branches I mentioned.
You'll gradually learn your favorite gig types. A few require you to go in and teach while most of them can be done in the comfort of home.
Use the phone or click the button on the career panel to see a list of gigs available, which changes each day. They specify the skill level required in order to take them on, which mainly serves to show you what you're missing out on when low level. Increasing skill brings tougher jobs for bigger clients, and bigger paychecks. There are dozens of varieties of gigs for each of the three types, though they each have about 10 'types' of gig, the client's text and needs are different which adds some personality and aids with replay-ability especially if you enjoy Sims humor.
Gigs have a time limit, but unlike the Actor Career (Get Famous) the Sims 4's gig system is based on, Freelancers can start work right away. If you fail to finish, which should rarely happen, you'll lose some performance. If you finish a gig, you can take another in the same day. I think three or four are possible before the Sim runs out of energy if you take low level tasks you can pass on the first try.
Many tasks will be found under the Freelancer Menu. If you need to go in to a class, you click your Sim and find it there. If you need to chat with a client, you click the computer and use that freelancer menu. There are a few occurrences of this.
When you have taken a gig, the careers panel will change to show you a checklist you need to complete. This often involves chatting with the client on computer or studying some reference in order to prepare for the job. There's a new 'Freelancer' menu you can see when you click your own Sim (when available), the computer or digital sketchpad. Very often you'll need to show the client your work as the last step. If it's shoddy, you may need to make edits to the work and try again to turn it in. This happens whether you're an artist, programmer, or writer.
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Getting promoted by your agency results in higher pay for each gig you take. The meter moves slowly which each job completed, but higher ranking jobs may result in more performance. Some also grant a small amount of fame if you own The Get Famous Expansion Pack.
Despite the differences between Freelancer and a normal Career and the freedom it brings, you still have a performance meter. You start at level 0 and with each rank, you'll get an additional 10% pay on top of what you would normally get for a gig. In addition, the client may toss an extra 10 or 20% on top of what you're getting if they really like the work. When you rank up for the first time, you get a small reward in the form of a freelancer plaque to hang on the wall as well as an object or two that you'll find in the family inventory of buy mode.
Freelancers get an award on their first rank up, but beyond that it's gig pay increases.
Ambitious Sims get a boost, a big one, toward performance. Lazy Sims actually take longer to rank up. These are the only two traits I saw impacting the career. Emotion still matters and will boost the amount of performance you gain when you finish a gig, though I cannot tell exactly at what stage it's important to be in the right mood. Regardless, you should have little trouble becoming a master at your chosen field.
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Comments (15)
adult_freelancer_agency_programmer
adult_freelancer_artist
adult_freelancer_agency_writer
adult_freelancer_no_agency should let you act as though you just joined.
Try career_ in front of them if those don't work for you.if I have messed one of these up having the console open and using careers.add_Career freelancer or artist may let you see the error code that gives the correct ones.Let me know if it works? I feel like a lot of people would be interested in this and it may just be trouble on my end.
Hi,
I just tried the Freelance craeer for my writer-sim.My sim has lvl 7 writing, written the childrensbook and sent it to the client. I've done this 2 for 1 gig and am in the proces of trying for a 3 time. Problem is it does not get checked off in the Job-section.
Did this happen to anyone else and how did you fix it?
Gr. Denise
Sounds like a bug sadly. You may need to cheat past that level of your sims career to get around this issue.
Please make guide for Freelance Crafter Career :)
mine is not working
Without more information, like what exactly is not working...I can't really offer any suggestions
my sim is a freelance writer, but when he completes his work and all the checklist is checked, i'm not getting paid! even if the deadline has passed and all the work is done, nothing is happening and i cant get another gig without cancelling my current one. how can i fix this?
No idea tbh, sounds like this nasty bug. Freelancer Career Bug Official Bug Forum
Can my sim be a freelancer in the 100 baby challenge is that allowed? Or is it against the rules?
No idea, head back to the web site you read about the challenge on and ask there :)
Can you update this article with the new freelancer branches. I need help with the fotografic branch in particular. How do I uppload my photos to fashion-simstagram?
yes there is more branches to the freelancer career, this needs updating! ty
Can you be a freelancer and have another career at the same time? For example, if my sim is a Detective could they also be a Paranormal Investigator at the same time?
What code should I use for freelance photographer?