Overview
The Bowling skill comes with The Sims 4 Bowling Night Stuff Pack. Build your skill by visiting a bowling alley or buying a lane for your home. Level up to unlock unique bowling balls, improve your accuracy, and even earn a stylish glove at max level. We’ll also show you how to use cheats to max this skill fast!
About the Bowling skill
- The Bowling skill comes with The Sims 4 Bowling Night Stuff Pack, and is a 5 level skill.
- Elder, Adult, Young Adult, Teen, and Child Sims can all build this skill.
- Bowling will boost your Sim’s Fun Need, and can also achieve a Focused Moodlet.
How to build the Bowling skill
There are multiple ways for your Sim to build the Bowling skill. Some interactions are only unlocked when your Sim reaches a certain level.To start bowling, either buy the Ten Pin Adrenaline (§436) from Build Mode or travel to a bowling alley to play. Your Sim can choose between 3, 5, and 10 Frame Games, and can also invite other Sims to play with them. You’ll need to place a bowling alley for your Sim to travel to. You can find Maxis-created ones on the Gallery, like the Oasis Springs Dust Bowl and the Bowl More Alley, or look for ones made by other Simmers. There is no specific bowling alley Lot type; instead, these are usually categorized as a Lounge or Bar.
Need some help with placing Lots from the Gallery? Read our guide for steps.
If you own The Sims 4 Discover University Expansion Pack, your Sim can attend skill-building classes. These are rabbit-holes, so your Sim will leave the Lot for some time and then come back when the class is over. Note: Skill Classes are only available between 9 a.m.– 9 p.m.
- 1In Live Mode, select your Sim’s phone.
- 2Open the Business app (the briefcase icon).
- 3Choose Sit in on Skill Class (§250).
- 4In the pop-up menu, choose Bowling. Your Sim will leave the Lot and gain the Bowling skill while in class.
If you own The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack, your Sim can learn or teach the Bowling skill using the Sharing is Caring Whiteboard. You’ll find this in Build Mode.
Bowling skill levels
As your Sim builds the Bowling skill, they’ll unlock new rewards, abilities, and interactions along the way. A green progress bar will appear above your Sim’s head and gradually fill up as they’re building a skill. You can also check their progress by:- 1Entering Live Mode.
- 2Selecting the Sim Panel (bottom left).
- 3Selecting the Skills tab.
At this level, your Sim can:
- choose the Matte Black and Sky Blue bowling balls from the ball rack
- bowl 3, 5, and 10 Frame Games
- invite other Sims to join them for a game.
At this level, your Sim:
- can choose the Red Swirl bowling ball from the ball rack
- will throw fewer gutterballs.
At this level, your Sim:
- can choose the Gold Glitter bowling ball from the ball rack
- will stumble less often when releasing the ball.
At this level, your Sim:
- can choose the Marbled Blue bowling ball from the ball rack
- will fall less often when throwing the ball
- will start to throw more strikes.
At this level, your Sim:
- can choose the Clear Skull bowling ball from the ball rack
- will now wear a bowling glove when playing.
Bowling skill cheats
When using skill cheats, type in the number of the level you want to reach. For example, putting stats.set_skill_level skill_bowling 3 into the cheat bar will get your Sim’s Bowling skill up to level 3.PC and Mac
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- 1Press Control + Shift + C to open the cheat dialogue box.
- 2Type testingcheats true and press Enter to turn on cheats.
- 3Type stats.set_skill_level skill_bowling [skill level] and press Enter.