If you own The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack, you can hire your very own personal butler and summon them with the ring of a bell.
A good butler can take care of many time-consuming household tasks, allowing your Sim to focus on more important things like building relationships, improving skills, or earning money.
Here’s everything you need to know about butlers in The Sims 4.
What Does a Butler Do in The Sims 4?
Butlers automatically handle four main household responsibilities:
- Taking care of babies and children
- Tending the garden
- Cleaning the house
- Repairing broken objects
You can also assign your butler additional tasks whenever you need help. They can clean dirty objects, cook meals, play musical instruments, perform comedy routines, dance, let visitors into the house, and see them out.
To hire a butler, open your Sim’s phone, select Hire a Service, and choose Butler.
A butler can take care of many everyday chores, giving your Sims more time to focus on their own goals.
Can You Have Multiple Butlers in The Sims 4?
You can only hire one official butler in The Sims 4. However, you can still have additional Sims performing butler-like duties.
If you own The Sims 4: Get Together, you can create a club and dress your club members as butlers. You can then create club activities such as cooking, cleaning, repairing objects, and gardening and have them meet on your lot.
Alternatively, you can install the Better Butler mod, which allows you to hire additional butlers.
You can also hire a maid at the same time as your butler, giving your household extra help with cleaning.
How Do You Get a Good Butler in The Sims 4?
Butlers are randomly generated NPCs, meaning their traits and skills are assigned by the game. These traits affect how well they perform their job.
Some butlers are excellent and hardworking, while others may not take their responsibilities seriously.
If you get a bad butler, you can dismiss them and hire a new one until you find someone who fits your household.
All butlers have strong skills in household chores and entertainment. They can cook, play instruments, perform stand-up comedy, and dance.
If your butler does a good job, you can praise them. If they are not meeting your expectations, you can reprimand or fire them.
Butlers live with your household and stay on your Sim’s lot. Make sure to provide an extra bed for them because they need a place to sleep.
A butler will leave your household if you fire them, they quit, or they die.
Can Butlers Do Laundry in The Sims 4?
Yes, butlers can do laundry in The Sims 4.
They will collect dirty clothes, place them in the laundry room, and load the washing machine. However, they will not put clean clothes away.
Instead, they leave clean laundry on a table or counter, meaning your Sim will need to finish the job by putting the clothes away.
Do Butlers Cook in The Sims 4?
Butlers can cook meals, but cooking is not one of the tasks they automatically handle.
You need to ask them to cook, and they will prepare different types of meals, including single meals, family meals, and party meals.
Butlers are excellent cooks and can prepare food for your household whenever you need them.
Do Butlers Take Care of Babies in The Sims 4?
Yes, butlers can take care of babies and children.
If you don’t want your butler to look after children, click on them, select Responsibilities, and choose Stop Attending for Minors.
However, this will not stop them from taking care of babies. Butlers will continue caring for infants because they know babies can be taken away if their needs are ignored.
Can Butlers Take Care of Pets in The Sims 4?
No, butlers do not take care of pets.
They won’t perform pet-related tasks or help with your animals’ needs. If your Sim owns pets, you’ll still need to handle their care yourself.
How Do You Change a Butler’s Uniform in The Sims 4?
To change your butler’s uniform, you need to install LittleMsSam’s Better Butler mod.
The mod includes a No Uniform option, which allows your butler to wear normal clothes instead.
Keep in mind that this option only works for newly hired butlers. If you want your current butler to wear normal clothing, you’ll need to dismiss them and hire a new one.
How Do You Assign a Bed to a Butler?
To assign a bed to your butler, first build a bedroom for them.
Once your butler arrives, click on the bed and select Assign Bed to Butler. They will use that bed whenever they need to sleep.
Can Your Sim Marry Their Butler in The Sims 4?
Yes, your Sim can build a romantic relationship with their butler.
However, if you want the butler to join your household, you need to dismiss them first. After that, they can move in and become a playable Sim.
If you add a butler to your household without dismissing them, you won’t be able to hire another butler.
What Happens When Your Butler Dies in The Sims 4?
Butlers can die just like other Sims.
When your butler dies, the Butler Academy sends a replacement. The new butler will finish any unfinished tasks left behind and continue taking care of your household.
Why Does My Butler Keep Leaving in The Sims 4?
Butlers can quit if they are unhappy with how your Sim treats them.
If you frequently reprimand your butler, they may consider your Sim a hostile employer and resign. You’ll receive a notification explaining that you should improve your behavior before hiring another butler.
Butlers may also take a severance package when they leave, as stated in their employment contract.
Can Female Butlers Get Pregnant in The Sims 4?
Female butlers can become pregnant while working for your household.
They will continue showing up for work, but they cannot give birth while your Sim’s family is on the lot. If your household leaves the lot, the butler should no longer be pregnant when they return.
The baby will return to the butler’s home instead of staying on your lot.
Conclusion
Butlers are one of the most useful household helpers in The Sims 4. They can automatically take care of children, clean the house, repair broken objects, and maintain your garden.
You can also ask them to cook meals, entertain your Sims, and help manage visitors.
Finding the perfect butler can take some trial and error, but once you find a good one, they can completely change the way you play.
Why make your Sim handle every boring household chore when they can have a personal butler take care of it all?
Editor’s Note: This guide was updated in August 2026.