The Sims 3/Traits

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Traits

Sims can have up to 5 traits. Traits influence how a Sim feels, what they want, and how they behave. Sims gain more traits as they grow from babies to young adults. If a Sim has postitive experiences as a baby you will be able to pick the Sim's first 2 traits. If they have negative experiences as a baby they will be assigned negative traits. If the baby Sim has been moderately happy growing into a toddler, the traits will be chosen at random. Sims get along better with Sims who have at least one of the same traits.

Trait List

Mental	Physical	Social	Lifestyle
Asent Minded	Athletic	Charismatic	Ambitious
Artistic	Brave	Commitment Issues	Angler
Bookworm	Clumsy	Dislikes Children	Childish
Can't Stand Art	Couch Potato	Easily Impressed	Daredevil
Computer Whiz	Coward	Flirty	Evil
Excitable	Heavy Sleeper	Friendly	Family-Oriented
Genius	Hydrophobic	Good Sense of Humor	Frugal
Green Thumb	Light Sleeper	Great Kisser	Good
Handy	Lucky	Grumpy	Hates the Outdoors
Insane	Neat	Hopeless Romantic	Hot Headed
Natural Cook	Never Nude	Inappropriate	Kleptomaniac
Neurotic	Slob	Loner	Loves the Outdoors
Virtuoso	Unlucky	Loser	Over-Emotional
		Mean Spirited	Perfectionist
		Mooch	Technophobe
		No Sense of Humor	Vegetarian
		Party Animal	Workaholic
		Schmoozer
		Snob
		Unflirty

Traits in Detail

Trait	About	Upside to Trait	Downside to Trait
Absent Minded	Occasionally forget what they are doing and where they are going.	None	Stop what they are doing, losing time and disrupting progress
Ambitious	Excel in career quicker, satisfied wishes are more rewarding. Advance and stay on top of goals to keep Ambitious Sims happy.	Enjoy improved performance at work, wishes that are fulfilled are worth more Lifetime Happiness points.	Anxious to Advance moodlet appears if they don't get promotions or advancements regularly.
Angler	Enjoy fishing more, catch fish better.	Learn Fishing skill faster, catch more fish, start out with Fishing Book in inventory. Fishing decreases Fun need and lowers stress.	None
Artistic	Make good musicians and writers.	Gain Painting, Writing, and Guitar skills faster.	None
Athletic	Push themselves harder and longer in Athletic activities. Athletic Sims can't have Couch Potato trait.	Learn Athletic skill faster, take longer to get fatigued, have "Talk About Excercise" social.	Don't like listening to other Sims complain about athletic activities, such as excercising.
Bookworm	Bookworms are good writers and love to read.	Read, write faster, write novels and do homework faster. Get Fun and less stress from reading, have "Talk About Books" social, get environmental increase from room with bookcase.	None
Brave	Will fight fires and burglars and protect those around them.	Will win fights against buglars and immediatley extinguish fires without panicking. Can demand raises with successful outcome. Not scared by ghosts.	None
Can't Stand Art	Never appreciate art, get negative Can't Stand Art moodlet when around art.	None	Have negative reaction to all art, won't talk about art.
Charismatic	Love to socialize and throw parties.	Start with Charisma skill book in inventory, make friends easier, gain Charisma skill faster. Do well in Political career. Great in conversations.	None
Childish	Need to be entertained constantly, play with children's toys.	Get benefits from having children's toys around, can fish in swimming pools, not afraid of ghosts.	Easily bored in coversation and dislike repeated discussions.
Clumsy	Screw up more.	None	Drop food, trip, lose fish while reeling them in.
Commitment Issues	Don't want to settle down into long-term relationships or lifelong careers, must have a very high romantic relationship to get married to another sim, if they will at all.	None	Desire to change careers when when things are getting good, react poorly to relationship-oriented socials.
Computer Whiz	Love computers, can make money as hackers, great at tinkering with computers.	With Handiness skill can repair computers without fail, can use the Hack interation as a source of extra income. Unlock Talk About Computer social.	None
Couch Potato	Happy watching TV on the sofa and eating junk food, will not work out unless in a very good mood.	TV fills Fun need faster than other Sims, 50% stronger Comfy moodlet	Need to sleep longer.
Coward	Afraid of everything, including the dark and often faint when dire situations occur, unlocks the Run Away interaction.	None	Get scared and either runs away or faints at the sight of ghosts, fire, a burglar, the Grim Reaper.
Daredevil	Love fire, loves extreme side of life, will even make chores extreme.	Will never burn to death, put out fires quickly, adds the Watch This social.	None
Dislikes Children	Want nothing to do with children, are in a bad mood when around children.	None	React poorly to Sims that have children or when they are on a lot with children.
Easily Impressed	Easily impressed by smallest things, such as stories and small accomplishments.	Will listen while Sims boast.	None
Evil	Likes the dark, misfortune of others and stays away from goodness as much as possible.	Get positive moodlets around sims who are very hungry, smelly, and miserable. Get a boost in the Criminal career.	Good Sims and Sims in Law Enforcement are wary of Evil Sims.
Excitable	Get excited about everything.	Going on dates, catching fish, and promotions give Excitable Sims positive moodlets.	None
Family Oriented	Love big families and make great parents.	Their children can learn Walking, Talking, and Potty Training faster. Have Talk About Family social. Start out with better family relationships.	None
Flirty	Always looking for romance. Naturally drift towards flirting unless it has a negative effect on a relationship.	Massages from Flirty Sims have possitive effects, do well with romantic socials.	None
Friendly	Quick to make friends, can't have the Mean trait.	Making friends is quicker and easier.	None
Frugal	Love saving money, clipping coupons, and deals. Hate being wasteful.	Get coupon related interactions with newspapers and computers. Get a Got A Good Deal moodlet when purchasing discounted objects and service.	React poorly to expensive objects.
Genius	Masters of Chess, excellent Hackers and intelligent thinkers.	Quickly learn Logic skills, do well in Medical, Science and Law Enforcement careers, and Chess.	None
Good	Comfort those around them, go out of their way for others, and are charitable.	Get Comforted moodlet when helping other Sims that are in a bad mood. Don't react negatively to socials and interactions. See everything in a positive light.	None
Good Sense of Humor	Tell the best jokes.	Have easier time starting relationships, respond well to jokes.	None
Great Kisser	Give the best kisses.	Their kisses are more readily accepted and their kisses have bigger and more positive effects on a relationship.	None
Green Thumb	Best Gardeners. Can revive plants.	Learn Gardening faster, start out with Gardening Book. Can revive dead plants and grow higher quality fruits and veggies. Have the Talk To Plants interaction.	None
Grumpy	Always in a bad mood. Can't have the Hot Headed, Good Sense of Humor, Neurotic, or Excitable traits.	None	Takes more to make a Grumpy Sim happy.
Handy	Will never fail when repairing or upgrading an object. The best Tinkerers.	Objects repaired have a lower chance of breaking, learn Handiness skill faster, and start out with Handiness skill book.	None
Hates the Outdoors	Hate the outdoors and want to stay inside as much as they can.	None	Get the Plagued By The Outdoors moodlet when outside. They make poor fishers because they don't like the outdoors.
Heavy Sleeper	Snore, sleep through any situation.	Not awakened by loud noises, no matter what. Get the Sleep At Work tone for careers.	Sleep through burglaries and fires.
Hopeless Romantic	Hopelessly romantic and love romance novels and romantic TV shows. They want love and romance.	More receptive to romantic socials and get an environment boost when in the same room with their love interest.	Heart Broken and Stood Up moodlets are stronger.
Hot Headed
Hydrophobic
Innapropriate
Insane
Kleptomaniac
Light Sleeper
Loner
Loser
Loves the Outdoors
Lucky
Mean Spirited
Mooch
Natural Cook
Neat
Neurotic
Never Nude
No Sense of Humor
Over-Emotional
Party Animal
Perfectionist
Schmoozer
Slob
Snob
Technophobe
Unflirty
Unlucky
Vegetarian
Virtuoso
Workaholic