Long gone, it seems, are the days of terrifying midnight sound effects and cartoonish striped shirts for Criminals inThe Sims 4– nowadays, these once-cat burglars have graduated to some serious crime, covering dastardly deeds ranging from hackings to robberies. And when there’s danger involved at work, there’s also a good amount of money in your paycheck, too.

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The Sims 4 Criminal career features two unique job branches that allow you to indulge in either cyber-crimes or becoming a real-life menace through the dark of night. Below, we’ve broken down both tracks of the Criminal career in The Sims 4.

Criminal Career Overview

Be The Boss Or The Brains: Choose Between The Boss Path Or The Oracle Path

When you’re looking into the Criminal underworld of The Sims 4, in a game that lets you be anything, it’s no surprise that you’re able to choose from two powerful, quite lucrative career paths in the Criminal career!

You’ll be in the general Criminal career branch untilchoosing a specialtyafter the promotion toLevel 6, at which point you’re able to decide between becoming:

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Regardless of where your Sim falls in terms of criminal interests, there’splenty of money to be madein the career forthose most mischievous. You don’t start off raking in cash, but the upper levels of The Sims 4 Criminal career offer some of the highest-paying salaries in the game.

Helpful Traits For The Criminal Career

The most helpful traits for your Criminal Sim in The Sims 4 will vary, depending on the career branch you intend to choose when the time comes.

If you’re angling to becomeThe Boss, you’ll want a focus on all things Mischief, makingEvilorMeangreat picks. These traits allow your Sim to feel genuine joy after being cruel to others, and what feels more appropriate for a top-tier criminal.

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Meanwhile, with a sharper focus on programming and computers, in addition to the Mischief-centric traits required of Criminals, futureOracleswith theGeniustrait can make Programming come a bit more naturally to them.

Overall, since there’s quite a fair amount of socialization required in building the Mischief skill, you’ll do well to give your Simssocial traitsthat allow them to reap additional benefits from the necessary time interacting.

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Every Level Of The Criminal Career: Pay, Hours, Promotion Tasks, And More

In the tables below, you’ll find a complete breakdown of The Sims 4’s Criminal career. This includes the working hours for each level of the career, pay per day and per hour, daily tasks, and more.

When you first become a criminal, you’ll beworking every day for next to no money, so your dedication to a life of crime in the earliest days will need to come from your own passion for all things dastardly.

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However, the upper levels of the career after youchoose a specialty at Level Sixoffer some pretty handsome payouts.

Promotional Requirements and Daily Tasks

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5 PM - 12 AM

$9/hour ($63/day)

8 PM - 3 AM

$13/hour ($91/day)

Reach Level 2 in the Mischief skill

8 PM - 4 AM

$17/hour ($136/day)

Reach Level 3 in the Mischief skill

7 PM - 2 AM

$23/hour ($161/day)

Reach Level 5 in the Mischief skill

8 PM - 2 AM

$32/hour ($192/day)

Reach Level 6 in the Mischief skill

Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

10PM - 4 AM

$106/hour ($636/day)

Wednesday and Saturday

$273/hour ($1,911/day)

Reach Level 8 in the Mischief skill

Reach level 2 in the Handiness skill

Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday

6 PM - 1 AM

$319/hour ($2,233/day)

Reach Level 9 in the Mischief skill

Reach level 4 in the Handiness skill

Sunday, Monday, and Thursday

$383/hour ($2,681/day)

Reach Level 10 in the Mischief skill

Reach level 6 in the Handiness skill

Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday

$445/hour ($3,115/day)

1 AM - 9 AM

$43/hour ($344/day)

Reach Level 7 in the Mischief skill

Reach Level 2 in the Programming skill

2 AM - 10 AM

$73/hour ($584/day)

Reach Level 4 in the Programming skill

Sunday-Tuesday, and Thursday

1 AM - 10 AM

$130/hour ($1,170/day)

​​​​​​​Reach Level 6 in the Programming skill

1 AM - 8 AM

$234/hour ($1,638/day)

​​​​​​​Reach Level 8 in the Programming skill

Sunday-Tuesday, and Friday

12 Am - 7 AM

$316/hour ($2,212/day)

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Unsurprisingly, you won’t start off rolling in Simoleons as an aspiring Criminal, but the upper levels of the career offer some of the highest salaries in The Sims 4.

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All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Criminal Career

Finally, we’ve got a complete list of every item, CAS option, and social interaction unlocked as part of the Criminal career in The Sims 4.

Items and Interactions Unlocked

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“Search for Bank Blueprints”

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Mayhem Portable Computer

If you don’t want to wait to unlock all the rewards, or you’re interested in grabbing something from the other career track without starting your whole career over, we’ve got aguide to Build/Buy cheatsthat unlock everything for you.