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Although your Sims have always been able to tell jokes in their conversations, inThe Sims 4, the Comedy skill is available for the funniest Sims to really sharpen their ability to knock ‘em dead. Honing in on their Playful moods, these Sims live to make people laugh and make natural Entertainers.
As they progress through the Comedy skill, your Sims can write routines at their computers and then perform them for their adoring fans from any microphone at any time. Leveling the skill includes perks like unlocking special jokes and the ability to refine their comedy routines to perfection.
Comedy Skill Overview
Thoughany Sim cantell jokesin conversation in The Sims 4, the funniest Sims would do well to develop their Comedy skill.
Beginning as simply astelling jokes to other Simsorreading Comedy books, your Sims learn new jokes, hone their craft, and can eventually go on towrite their own routines.
And depending on which packs you have installed, that may even make them a star!
Write And Perform Comedy Routines
Before they’ve progressed very far into the Comedy skill in The Sims 4, your Sim will be able to beginwriting and performing comedy routines.
They can even refine the routine beginning at level five of the Comedy skill.
After they’ve finishedwriting a routine on a computer, they can then head toany microphoneplaced in the world andperform their routine.
There areshort, medium, and long routines, and your routines will always be ofokay, good, or excellent qualitywhen you’re finished writing them.
Both of these factors - length and quality - impact thepayout of your routinewhen performing it in public, withhundreds ofSimoleonsfor the best, longest routines on the line.
The game also seems to take into accounthow many Sims are watching your Sim performtheir routine, so choosehigh-traffic areaslike clubs and parks to perform.
Once you’re confident enough in the skill, you canbuy a mic for your Sim’s inventoryso they can tell their routines anywhere there’s a decent crowd.
Helpful Traits And Aspirations
Since theideal moodfor building the Comedy skill in The Sims 4 isPlayful, it’s no surprise thatGoofball Simshave the best luck building it, as they’reprone to feeling naturally Playfulthroughout the day.
Additionally, since you’ll be doing quite a lot of socializing to build the earliest levels of the skill before being able to write routines,OutgoingSims who enjoy socializing do well with Comedy.
Your Comedy skill isn’t intrinsically tied to yourCharisma skill, but being charismatic certainly does help, soConfidenceis also a good mood to aim for.
And when it comes to aspirations, consider theJoke Star aspirationfor the funniest Sims.
Requiring your Sim tomaster their Comedy skilland make a habit ofperforming routines, theHilarious traitthat unlocks as a reward guarantees all of this Sim’s jokes always land.
The Comedian Career
Though it’s not necessary for all your funny Sims to becomecomedians as a career, it’s a really good way to earn money if your Sim has the right stuff.
A branch of theEntertainer career, your funnyman Sims can step on stage each night for a stable paycheck between their own routines.
If you’re playing with theGet Famous expansion packinstalled, Comedians can earn Fame for performing their routines, which they’ll need to do as daily tasks anyway.
It’s not tough to become a famous comedian when pursuing the Comedian career with Get Famous installed, either - a lot of your skill-building tasks add Fame innately!
Every Level Of The Comedy Skill
Below, we’ve kept track ofeverything that unlocksas your Sim progresses through the Comedy skill in The Sims 4.
The majority of the perks for the Comedy skill are related tonew jokes and comedy routinesat the microphone.
Unlocks and Perks
1
2
Tell Knock Knock Jokessocial with other Sims.
3
This Sim can now write and performshort routinesby writing the routine on a computer and performing it at a microphone.
4
5
Refine Comedy Routineinteraction on computers.
6
This Sim can now write and performmedium routinesby writing the routine on a computer and performing it at a microphone.
7
Write Comedy Bookinteraction on a computer, which can be sold and licensed for a nice side hustle. *
8
This Sim can now write and performlong routinesby writing the routine on a computer and performing it at a microphone.
9
10 (Max)
Improvise Routineson microphones.
Peculiarly, the ability to write a good Comedy book in The Sims doesn’t seem at all tied to your Sim’s Writing skill, so don’t worry about building that before writing your book.
The payout is instead decided on the level of your Comedy skill.
