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The Sims 4 How to Add a Sim to a Household

How to Enable Free Build in The Sims 4: All Platforms

Take your house to the next level.

Are you fed up with the constraints put on you by The Sims 4’s limitations? Do you want to unleash your architectural creativity fully? Do you want to enable Free Build in The Sims 4? If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, you are at the right place here at Prima Games. Keep on reading and we will teach you how to enable “Free Build” in The Sims 4 on all platforms to take your enjoyment of the game to the next level.

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How to Turn On Free Build in The Sims 4 for PC, Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox

Free Build can only be unlocked and enabled by turning on Cheats. Let’s do that first.

Related: Sims 4: How to Do the Motherlode Cheat on All Platforms

Opening the Cheat Console in The Sims 4 is pretty straightforward. To do so:

  • Ctrl+Shift+C on PC/Windows
  • Ctrl+Shift+C on Mac
  • Hold R1, R2, L1 and L2 simultaneously on PlayStation
  • Hold RB, RT, LB, and LT simultaneously on Xbox

Once the Cheat Console is open, type in testingCheats true. To turn cheats off, type the same thing but replace “true” with “false” or “off” and they’ll be disabled.

Then, to enable Free Build in The Sims 4, type in: bb.enablefreebuild. You can also have fun with FreeRealEstate On (or Off when you are done) which removes the costs associated with building your house so you can go wild with any modification you desire.

Related: How to Have More Than 8 Sims in a Household in The Sims 4

Even EA themselves encourage cheating because they know how fun it can be, so don’t worry about breaking rules or anything like that – go nuts!

Now that you know how to enable Free Build in The Sims 4, check out our other TS4 guides under our The Sims 4 game tag under this article.


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Nikola L
Nikola has been a Staff Writer at Prima Games since May 2022. He has been gaming since being able to hold an Amiga 500 joystick on his own, back in the early 90s (when gaming was really good!). Nikola has helped organize dozens of gaming events and tournaments and has been professionally attached to gaming since 2009.