Summary
One of the main features ofThe Sims 4is seeing a character that players have created grow and develop. This growth can come in many ways, be it inrelationships like the ones seen in the recentLovestruckexpansion, in the education space at high school and university, or through mastering a craft to an expert or professional level.
In the case of the latter, Redditoruselessweight03shared an image of a piece of art their sim created inThe Sims 4that sold for §21,052 Simoleons, asking if it was normal, as it was the most amount of money they’ve ever seen a painting sold for.
The comments beneath uselessweight03’s post strongly suggest that the answer to this question is “no. It is not normal,” especially without the use of mods.
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How To Boost The Cost Of Art In The Sims 4
Without The Use Of Mods
A huge reason people are impressed by uselessweight03’s §21,052 Simoleon painting is because they claimed to have made it without the use of mods. Most note that the highest they have seen their sims' creations going for is around §3,000 Simoleons, with others reaching §5,000 or §6,000 Simoleons on paintings ranked as masterpieces.
To increase the cost of artwork inThe Sims 4, the first thing that seems to be universally agreed upon is to max out the painting skill to level 10, which makes perfect sense, considering no one would likely buy sup-par paintings for such a high price, though some mention that this alone can still result in prices around the §2,000-§3,000 Simoleon mark and wouldn’t come close to the§21,052 Simoleon priceshown in the original post.roaringbugtv also recommended getting the Masterpiece and Marketable traits, with uselessweight03 also citing the Marketable trait as one they used.
uselessweight03 also used “a lot with a trait where paintings come out better quality,” which ismost likely the Home Studio trait, as it increases the gain rate of the Painting, Writing, and Woodworking skills. However, the Natural Light lot trait can also increase the gain rate of the Painting and Photography skills, so it could also be this, even though its gain rate isn’t as substantial as the Home Studio one for Painting.
Clearly, with all of these skills and traits combined, it is possible to sell artwork inThe Sims 4for such a high amount, even if it is still extremely rare, and the real test as to how “normal” it is would be to see how regularly it happens for uselessweight03 going forward. Hopefully, they’ll keepThe Simscommunity updated so they can better figure out what the magic combination is to produce such valuable masterpieces.
