The Sims 4: Handiness - tips Sims 4 Guide, tips

Last update: 04 April 2022

The state of your wallet won't always allow you to seek help from a specialist. Therefore, you should think about repairing broken equipment yourself. This page of The Sims 4 guide will teach you how to increase Handiness skill and thus save some money on repairing broken items.

This skill is very useful and will allow you to fix damaged equipment and devices. On higher levels you can also modernize them and upgrade them what will significantly reduce or eliminate their failure potential. To learn Handiness you need to click on any damaged house appliance and try to fix it.

You can level up this skill by fixing another house appliances. It will allow you to upgrade them or receive some extra parts (when you will fix something you will see a pile of parts. Search for extra parts in it and clean it up). You can also use these parts in your later operations. At first you can upgrade only plumbing and kitchen devices, however higher level will also allow you to upgrade electronic devices. You need to click on an object and check if the "Upgrade" option is available.

If you can't choose an unlocked upgrade option it means you don't have the necessary parts. To buy new parts (Plumbing Upgrade Parts, Electronic Upgrade Parts, Kitchen Upgrade Parts, Common Upgrade Parts) click on a computer and choose the "Buy Upgrades" option also setting up the amount which you would like to purchase. Now these parts will appear in Sim's equipment and you will be allowed to upgrade an object.

This skill also allows you to use a Woodworking Table to make things such as tables, chairs, baths, toilets and decorative sculptures.