The Sims 4 Careers: Detective

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Learn more about the Detective career in The Sims 4, like promotion requirements and career cheats.

About the Detective career in The Sims 4

The Detective career comes with The Sims 4 Get to Work Expansion Pack and is an active career. You can travel with your Sim to work and play an active role in their career by helping them perform their duties.A Detective Sim, in uniform, bends down to snap a picture of an outline of a gnome holding a flower on the pavement.
For more help with careers and promotions in The Sims 4, check out our careers guide.  

Detective career tasks

To get a promotion in the Detective career, your Sim needs to complete career tasks. These tasks change depending on your Sim’s rank in the career. To check what tasks your Sim needs to complete, open the Career Panel (the briefcase icon in the bottom right of the screen) in Live ModeFor an active career, attending an active work day is one of the tasks to complete. When your Sim arrives at work, follow the Scored Career Event in the top left to track which activities they need to complete.

Detective career ranks

A menu for choosing a career in The Sims 4 highlights the Detective career showing the hourly rate, and working days/times.Here’s a breakdown of all the ranks of the Detective career.
  1. 1
    Cadet
    • Pay Per Day: §180
    • Promotion Requirements: Attend Work
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions: none
  2. 2
    Officer
    • Pay Per Day: §252
    • Promotion Requirements: Go to a Crime Scene, Go on Patrol
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §160, New Create a Sim Items
  3. 3
    Corporal
    • Pay Per Day: §342
    • Promotion Requirements: Interrogate a Suspect
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §224, Most Modern Cell Towel Rack, Get with the Gloss Metal Shelf, The Lonely Man’s Shelf, Cold Steel, Stinkman’s Wall Bench, Hard Time Mirror, The Solitary Sleeper, The Impenetrable, Jaded Cell Depositary, Holey Door of Holding, Single Serving Justice Dispenser, The ‘Don’t Even Try’
  4. 4
    Detective
    • Pay Per Day: §468
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve a case
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §304, No Holds Barred Window, Privacy Glass, Jailbird’s Lament, Be Prepared Security Gate, Brushed Metal Double Door
  5. 5
    Senior Detective
    • Pay Per Day: §702
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve two cases
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §416, New Create a Sim Items, The Attainder, One-Way Mirror Window
  6. 6
    Sergeant
    • Pay Per Day: §828
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve three cases
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §624, To Serve and Protect Sign, Have You Seen Those Lawbreakers?, Don’t Go There Caution Barrier, Nice Try Security Camera, The Sim Seal of Solidarity and Strength, Pole of Magnificence
  7. 7
    Lieutenant
    • Pay Per Day: §1,107
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve four cases
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §736,Box O’Files, Still Getting Settled Moving Box, Look at Me, I’m Important Folders, Regulation Police Drawer, Arctic Kiss Fan, Proceed with Caution Table Light
  8. 8
    Captain
    • Pay Per Day: §1,200
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve five cases
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §984, Mighty Plaque of Honor, Star on the Wall Plaque, Interrogation Illumination, Retro, P.I Lamp, Up Against the Wall, BluScreen 88D Alert Light, Sims in Uniform Calendar, Slots-a-Lot File-Facts
  9. 9
    Colonel
    • Pay Per Day: §1,640
    • Promotion Requirements: Solve six cases
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §1,200, Seat of Justice, The Sgt. Johnson, Surface Noir, File Cabinet Extraordinaire, Rectangle with Shelves Bookshelf, Five-O Hallway Table, SentrySec Metal File Cabinet, The Troublemaker Couch, The Unyielding Bench 
  10. 10
    Chief
    • Pay Per Day: §2,120
    • Promotion Requirements: None
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions:  §1,640, New Create a Sim Items, The Regulation Station, Crystalline Bottom Holster, The Chief’s Crystal Desk

Detective career promotion cheats

Using this cheat promotes your Sim by one rank in the Detective career. You can use it multiple times to reach the top of the career path.
  1. 1
    Press Control + Shift + C to open the cheat dialogue box. 
  2. 2
    Type testingcheats true and press Enter to turn on cheats. 
  3. 3
    Type careers.promote detective into the cheat dialogue box and press Enter.  
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