If you don’t have the Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack, this guide will convince you to get it. Did you know that you can hire your very own personal butler and summon them with the ring of a bell?
Butlers can make your Sim’s life so much easier. Here’s what they can do for you.
What does a butler do in Sims 4?
There are four tasks that butlers will automatically take care of in The Sims 4: taking care of babies and kids, tending the garden, cleaning the house, and repairing broken objects.
You can also manually assign them various on-demand tasks, and have them clean dirty objects, play a musical instrument, cook meals, perform a comedy routine to entertain your Sims, dance, let visitors in, and walk them out.
To hire a butler in The Sims 4, click on the Phone icon, select Hire a service and then select Butler.
Your butler can take care of many time-consuming household chores so that your Sim can focus on more important tasks such as making money or making new friends.
Can you have multiple butlers in Sims 4?
You can only have one butler in The Sims 4. You can also hire a maid to keep the house super clean. In other words, you can have one butler and a maid at the same time.
If you want to have multiple butlers in your house, you can create a club and dress everyone up as butlers. Then, create club activities such as cooking, cleaning, repairing things, and gardening and host them on your lot.
You need to install Get Together to be able to create clubs and host club activities.
Alternatively, you can install the Better Butler mod and hire up to four additional butlers.
How do you get a good butler in Sims 4?
Butlers are randomized NPCs. The game assigns them a series of random traits and skills. These traits dictate how well they do their job.
There are good butlers and bad butlers in The Sims 4. You need to keep firing bad butlers until you find one that takes their job seriously.
All Butlers are generated with excellent skills in household chores as well as entertainment. They can play musical instruments, host stand-up shows, and dance like a pro.
If you’re not happy with your current butler, fire them and hire a new butler. Hopefully, the game will generate a hardworking butler that takes their job seriously.
If you’re happy with the way your butler does their job, you can praise them. If you’re not satisfied, you can reprimand or fire them.
Can butlers do laundry in Sims 4?
Butlers will do your laundry in The Sims 4. They’ll pile clothes up in the laundry room and load the washing machine. The only thing they won’t do is put clean clothes away.
They will put clean clothes on a table or counter. Your Sim will have to take it from here and put clothes away otherwise you’ll end up with piles of clean clothes lying around.
Do butlers cook in Sims?
Butlers will cook on demand. Cooking meals is not one of the four tasks they automatically take care of but they’ll do it if you ask them to.
Butlers are excellent cooks and they’ll make tasty meals for your Sims. They can cook single meals, family meals, and party meals.
Do butlers take care of babies in Sims 4?
Butlers can take care of babies and kids in The Sims 4. If you don’t want them to take care of kids, click on your butler, select Responsibilities, and select Stop Attending for Minors.
However, they’ll continue to take care of babies even if you tell them to stop attending for minors.
They know that babies can get whisked away if their parents fail to take good care of them.
Can butlers take care of pets in Sims 4?
Butlers won’t take care of pets. They won’t do any pet-related activities. If your Sim has a pet, don’t count on the butler to take care of the pet’s needs.
A butler that takes care of pets would definitely come in handy, especially when your Sim is at work. Unfortunately, taking care of pets is not on your butler’s list of tasks.
How do I change my butler’s uniform in Sims 4?
To change your butlers uniform, you need to install LittleMsSam’s Better Butler mod. You can use the “No uniform” option to have butlers wear their normal clothes.
However, this option works only with newly hired butlers. You’ll need to dismiss your current butler if you want to have a butler wearing normal clothes.
Do butlers live with you Sims 4?
Butlers live with you in The Sims 4. They’ll live in your Sim’s house. Make sure to add an extra bed for them as they’ll be living on your lot.
Once hired, butlers will leave your lot in one of the following situations: you fire them, they quit, or die.
How do I assign a bed to a butler?
To assign a bed to your butler in The Sims 4, first, build a bedroom for them. After they arrive, click on the bed, and select Assign Bed to Butler. Your butler will use that bed to sleep when they’re tired.
Can my Sim marry their butler in Sims 4?
Your Sim can build a romantic relationship with their butler. However, if you want a butler to join your household, you need to dismiss them first. After that, they’ll be able to move in and become player-controller characters.
If you add a butler to your household without dismissing them first, you won’t be able to hire a new butler.
What happens when my butler dies in Sims 4?
Butlers can die just like any other Sim. When your butler dies, the Butler Academy will quickly send a replacement. They will finish the things that the previous butler left uncompleted and then take care of new tasks.
Why does my butler keep leaving?
Butlers can quit on their own if they’re not happy with the way your Sim treats them. If you often reprimand them, they may label you as a hostile employer and resign. You’ll get a notification that suggests you should change your demeanor first before hiring a new butler.
Butlers can also help themselves to a severance package when they leave. The clause is included in the fine print on the contract.
Can female butlers get pregnant in Sims 4?
Female butlers can get pregnant in The Sims 4 but will still show up for work.
However, they can’t deliver their baby if your Sim is on the lot. Have your Sim family leave the lot and the butler should no longer be pregnant when they come back.
The baby will get poofed back to the butler’s home, they won’t stay on your lot.
Conclusion
Butlers will automatically take care of babies and kids, tend the garden, clean stuff, and repair broken objects in The Sims 4. You can also ask them to cook meals, entertain your Sim and accompany visitors.
However, finding a good butler is a trial-and-error process. Keep on dismissing bad butlers until you find a good one.
There you go, I hope I’ve managed to convince you to get a butler for your Sim.
Why force your Sim to do all kinds of boring and task-consuming household chores when you can have a butler take care of everything?
Happy gaming!