A Sim in The Sims 4 drinking an "Instant Fun" potion
Potions are present in The Sims: Livin' Large, The Sims 2, The Sims Castaway Stories, The Sims Medieval, The Sims 3: Generations, The Sims 4, The Sims 4: Get to Work, The Sims 4: Realm of Magic, and The Sims FreePlay. Potions will typically provide Sims with special effects and abilities, or change their life state, personality or mood.
In The Sims 2, obedience trainers, garden club members and witches sell Lycanthropic-B, Plantophic-C and Witchbegone-E potions respectively, which can be used to revert a life state. The Matchmaker sells all of these, as well as Vamprocillin-D and Love Potion number 8.5.
The Sims: Livin' Large
Sims can create one of eight potions at the buyable "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set. Each has a different effect that's indicated by their color.
Yellow potion
Reverses a Sim's personality by inverting their personality points. For example, if they had 3/10 Nice points, they'll now have 7/10 and so on. Drinking the potion again will reverse the effects, restoring their original personality.
Red potion
Makes the Sim who drinks it fall in love with the Sim of the opposite gender they hate most. Both Sims will have maxed out relationship points, making it mutual. Once the potion is consumed, the Sim's new lover will appear beside them and give them a kiss.
Blue potion
Maximizes three of the Sim's motives. However, if used during the day, there is a 1/3 chance that a policewoman may pass by the Sim's house and charge them §500 for "polluting the atmosphere with strange smells."
Light Green potion
Decreases all of the Sim's motives by 25%. It's recommended not to let Sims drink this potion, as they may die shortly if their mood is low enough.
Orange potion
Make the Sim who drinks it invisible, allowing them to use specific interactions on other Sims, without either increasing nor decreasing their relationship.
Green potion
Creates an evil clone of the Sim who drinks it. The clone will walk around the house and use mean interactions on any people there, even on their original self. The victims of the clone will then think that the clone is the actual Sim and decrease their relationship. The clone also has a reversed personality, opposite of the actual Sim's, and will do other things that Sims do in a bad mood, such as grouchily complaining. The clone may even take the original Sim's child away as if it were a neighbor and disappear forever.
Purple potion
Temporarily transforms the Sim who drinks it into a monster. While transformed, the Sim cannot be controlled or interacted with, and may walk around the house breaking things. However, the monster has a big passion for painting and will paint masterpieces worth around 500§ whenever it finds an easel.
The Sims Bustin' Out (handheld)
| Potion | |
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| One of many concoctions from the wondrous labs of VirtuChem. Go ahead, have a taste! It wouldn't be available if it could hurt ya, right?! | |
| Game | The Sims Bustin' Out (handheld) |
| Buyability | Community lot |
| Price in game | §59 |
| Object type(s) | Motive |
| Size | N/A |
| Number of uses | 1 |
Available from the lab guy inside the VirtuChem Labs from 8 PM (20:00) - . It is consumed immediately after purchase, and refills a seemingly random motive to 100%.
The Sims 2
Medicine and viruses
The medicine made with the SimSanto Inc. Biotech Station can cut down the resting time needed to be cured of a sickness, though a Sim with low logic skill and/or who is in a bad mood can create a virus instead. A Sim with very high logic can use the Biotech Station to deliberately make a virus.
- Vamprocillin-D[TS2:NL]
- Cures Vampirism
- Lycanthropic-B[TS2:P]
- Cures Lycantrophy
- Plantophic-C[TS2:S]
- Cures Plantsimism
- Witchbegone-E[TS2:AL]
- Cures Witchiness
- Magically Spiced Sugar[TS2:AL]
- This can be crafted by Good Witches and temporarily changes the Niceness of the Sim who drinks one to 10.
- Enchanted Essence of Cur Tails[TS2:AL]
- This can be crafted by Evil Witches and temporarily changes the Niceness of the Sim who drinks one to 0.
- Love Potion Number 8.5[TS2:NL]
- Increases a Sim's attractiveness by +50 for three hours, provided that the Sim does not drink another potion during that time. The name is a reference to the movie Love Potion #9, which features a potion with the same name as well the version "#8", both sold by the Matchmaker.
- ReNuYu Porta-Chug[TS2:NL]
- The ReNuYu Porta-Chug appears in the inventory of pre-Nightlife Sims, townies, NPCs, and CAS Sims. When a Sim drinks it, the player can change the turn-ons and turn-offs of said Sim.
Crafting potions
| Image | Potion | Magic level | Reagents required | Alignment | Effect |
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Vamprocillin-D | 1 | Cures Vampirism | ||
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Lycanthropic-B | 1 | Cures Lycanthropy | ||
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Plantophic-C | 1 | Cures PlantSimism | ||
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Witchbegone-E | 1 | Cures Witchiness | ||
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Magically Spiced Sugar | Good | 10 Niceness | ||
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Enchanted Essence of Cur Tails | Evil | 0 Niceness |
The Sims Castaway Stories
You can craft potions by using the gatherer career reward
- Love Struck Potion
- If used on someone, the two Sims will automatically fall in love with each other.
- Elixir of Life
- This potion will reset the current life stage of the player's Sim to the start of the life stage.
- Penguin Party
- This potion will make penguins appear around the player's Sim, boosting his or her social motive.
In The House of Tuzu, there is an unnamed potion[confirmation needed] that ages a Sim one life stage down and resets them to the first day of that life stage. For example, an elder that drinks the potion will become an adult at the start of their life stage.
The Sims 3
Potions return in The Sims 3: Generations and by buying Lord Vladimir's Magic Cauldron from The Sims 3 Store. Sims are able to create them with the Catalyst Chemistry Lab Station, and the number of potions that can be created depends on a Sim's logic skill. After discovering all ten potion types, the Master Chemist Logic Skill Challenge will be completed. Completing this challenge gives a 25% discount on all future potions. Note that the Age Freeze potion and Young Again for Pets can only be obtained through lifetime rewards. Sims can also brew elixirs in The Sims 3: Supernatural, which have even broader and more varied effects than potions.
The Sims 3: World Adventures
| Potion of Liquid Courage | |
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| Game | The Sims 3: World Adventures |
| Buyability | Community lot |
| Price in game | 40 ancient coins |
| Selling price | §0 |
| Object type(s) | Simology |
| Number of uses | 1 |
World Adventures has one non-craftable potion: Special merchants in all vacation sub-worlds will sell Potion of Liquid Courage for 40 ancient coins, if the Sim has visa level 1 or higher for that sub-world. Drinking it will temporarily replace one of the Sim's traits with Brave.
The Sims 3: Late Night
| Vampirism-B-Gone | |
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| Game | The Sims 3: Late Night |
| Buyability | Community lot |
| Price in game | §3,000 |
| Object type(s) | Simology |
| Inventory | |
| Size | 0.5x0.5 |
| Number of uses | 1 |
Vampire Sims can go to a science lab to "Purchase Vampirism Cure". After a short while inside the lab, they will come out again, with this potion in their inventory. Drinking it, will turn the Vampire Sim into a Human Sim.
Only Vampire Sims can buy them, but there are no limits to how many they can buy if they can afford them. Only Vampire Sims can drink the elixir either.
The Sims 3: Generations
Sims have the ability to mix a potion into regular drink, which will be called a 'Mysterious Drink'. This 'Mysterious Drink' looks like a regular drink mixed from the bar, but has exactly the same effect as the original potion when drunk. Only Sims aged children and older are allowed to make and drink potions.
List of potions
| Icon | Potion | Effect | Cost | Cost with discount | Logic skill |
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Mood Enhancer | Gives "Brightened Day" moodlet for 4 hours. | §5 | §3 | 1 |
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Stink Juice | Drops the Sim's Hygiene to 0 and gives the Sim the "Smelly" moodlet. | §10 | §7 | 2 |
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Liquid Horror | Gives the Sim the Horrified moodlet for 8 hours. | §20 | §15 | 3 |
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Radical Reparum | Gives a Sim high handiness skill for 1 hour. Sims will be successful when repairing or upgrading an object and increases the speed of upgrading an object. Gives a Sim the Instant Handiness moodlet. | §50 | §37 | 4 |
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Bladder Flow | Reduces a Sim's bladder need to 0. | §75 | §56 | 5 |
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Sleeping Elixir | Gives the Sim the "Turbo Sleep" moodlet which makes the Sim's energy need increase faster while sleeping, as well as preventing the Sim from being awakened by any noise. | §90 | §67 | 6 |
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Ghost Potion | Temporarily turns a Sim into a ghost of old age for 3 hours, and gives them the Temporarily Undead moodlet. | §125 | §93 | 7 |
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Ninja Vanish | Teleports the Sim back to their home instantly. | §250 | §337[confirmation needed] | 9 |
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Imaginary Friend Metamorphium | Transforms an Imaginary Friend into a real Sim. | §4,500 | §3,375 | 8 |
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Young Again | Resets a Sim older than Young Adult age back to day 1 of the Young Adult life stage. | §5,000 or 70,000 Lifetime Happiness | §3,750 | 10 |
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Age Freeze | Stop the Sim from aging, completely. | 65,000 Lifetime Happiness | N/A | Cannot be crafted |
The Sims 3: Pets
The Sims 3: Pets adds Young Again For Pets, a lifetime reward modeled on Generations' Young Again potion. It costs 20,000 Lifetime Happiness and can only be bought by a pet. The potion resets a pet older than Adult age back to day 1 of the Adult stage.
The Sims 3 Store
Another way to make potions is buying Lord Vladimir's Magic Cauldron from the Sims 3 Store. With this, several potions can be made. This is done by adding 'three-of-a-kind'-type items:
| Potion | Ingredients | Effect |
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| Compulsive Hygiene Potion |  x3 any metals
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The Sim wants to clean themselves: brush teeth,[confirmation needed] wash hands,[confirmation needed] etc. |
| Sleeping Potion |  x3 any fish
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The Sim's energy empties instantly (giving the "Exhausted" moodlet) and they will autonomously want to sleep. The energy remains empty even while sleeping if the Curiously Compulsive moodlet is still in effect. |
| Emotion Potion |  x3 any gems
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The Sim wants to romantically socialize: hug, kiss, etc. |
| Vanity Potion |  x3 any butterflies
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The Sim autonomously change between their outfits very often. While the notifications indicate the Sim also wants to check themselves in mirrors, they do not appear to do so autonomously. |
| Hunger Potion |  x3 any plants
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The Sim's hunger motive decreases step-wise very quickly (Reaching down to "Very Hungry" starting at 16 hours) and they want to eat. SimBots (Scrap Reserves) and Vampires (Thirst) are not affected. |
| Speed Reading Potion |   
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After drinking this potion, the Sim finishes reading all books in their inventory. If the book is a skill book and is the correct book for the next skill level up, the Sim will gain one level in the respective skill. |
| Teleportation Potion |   
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After drinking this potion, the Sim rises and may teleport anywhere |
| Sparkle Potion |   
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Sim's hunger, hygiene and fun needs fills up to 100% and the house cleans itself |
After drinking any of the potions, the Sim will get the moodlet "Curiously Compulsive" (+15 Mood, 3 Hours) or "Potent Potables" (+30 Mood, 3 Hours), and during this moodlet, it affects functions.
The cauldron also has a "conjure" feature. By choosing conjure, a new, random item will appear in the cauldron. You can place appearing items from cauldron into the Sim's inventory and choose conjure again and again to make a lot of Simoleons. However, conjuring takes a lot of energy, so if it is used several times in a row, the Sim using it might pass out.
The Sims 4
In The Sims 4, Sims can buy special potions using satisfaction points. These potions can change the emotions or needs of Sims, revert their age, or make them fat or thin.
Children can also make potions at a chemistry table. The three potions are unlocked at levels 4, 7, and 10 of the mental skill.
- List of aspiration reward potions
| Icon | Trait | Description | Cost | Notes | Pack |
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Instant Fun | Instantly fills the Fun Need! | 100 |  | |
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Instant Hygiene | Instantly fills the Hygiene Need! | 100 | | |
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Mastery Perk Remover | This potion removes one Mastery Perk of your choosing from a Sim. | 100 |  | |
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Confident Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Confident! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. | |
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Dynamic-No-More Potion | This potion removes an existing Family Dynamic between this Sim and one family member of your choosing. | 200 |  | |
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Energized Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Energized! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. | |
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Flirty Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Flirty! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. | |
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Focused Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Focused! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. | |
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Happy Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Happy! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. WARNING: If the Sim becomes Hysterical, this will kill the Sim almost instantly, without much warning. | |
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Inspired Potion | Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Inspired! | 200 | Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000. | |
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Want Refresher | No longer a boring repeatable button, this potion will give your Sim a minor lapse in judgment and make them reconsider their Wants in life. | 200 | | |
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Quirk-B-Gone | This potion removes one Fame Quirk of your choosing from a Celebrity Sim. | 250 |  | |
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Fear-Be-Gone | Drink this to remove a Fear from your Sim without the cathartic confrontations. | 300 | | |
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Lifestyle-Go-Poof Potion | A peculiar brew that can instantly reconfigure a Sim's life, setting them on a new path - one free of the Lifestyle they currently live! | 300 |  | |
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Sleep Replacement | Instantly fills the Energy Need! | 400 | | |
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Moodlet Solver | Instantly removes all negative moodlets from your Sim. | 500 | | |
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Potion of Curse Cleansing | A potion to remove all curses from a Sim. | 500 |  | |
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Insta-Large | Drink this to become a bigger you! | 750 | | |
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Insta-Lean | The most efficient diet beverage on the market. | 750 | | |
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Potion of Youth | Drink this to turn back the clock on your Sim's current age. | 1500 | Resets the Sim's age to the start of that life stage. One of the ingredients for Ambrosia. | |
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Re-Traiting Potion | Drinking this will allow you to reset all your Traits! | 5000 | After drinking, the player will be given the option of removing and replacing the Sim's traits. | |
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Mastery Perk Bestower | This potion bestows one Mastery Perk of your choosing on a Sim. | 8000 | |
The Sims 4: Get to Work
With The Sims 4: Get to Work, Sims who are scientists can create potions (known as serums) by having scientific breakthroughs and then creating them using the chemistry lab. Many of the serums are very similar to some of the aspiration reward potions.
- List of scientist serums
| Image | Name | Career level | Effect | Ingredients |
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| Synthetic Food | 1 | Fills up the hunger bar. | 2 common plants | |
| Red Hot | 2 | Makes the Sim angry. | 1 basil | |
| Rose Perfume | 3 | Makes the Sim flirty. | 1 rose | |
| Snake Oil | 4 | Cures the Sim's illness. | 1 daisy | |
| Slimify | 5 | Makes the Sim thin. | 2 carrots, 2 parsley | |
| Ghost Goo | 6 | Turns the Sim into a temporary ghost. | 3 mushrooms | |
| Need Fixer | 7 | Fills up all needs. | 1 spinach, 2 common metals | |
| Embiggen | 7 | Makes the Sim fat. | 2 plaintains, 2 apples | |
| Spark Drive | 8 | Makes the Sim energized. | 1 strawberry, 1 common crystal | |
| Ox Strength | 8 | Makes the Sim fit. | 2 spinach, 1 common crystal | |
| Smart | 9 | Gives the Sim a temporary genius trait. | 2 chrysanthemum, 2 apples | |
| Fixer's Luck | 9 | Makes the Sim able to fix broken objects more quickly. | 2 upgrade parts | |
| Age-Away | 10 | Resets the current age of the Sim. | 1 quill fruit, 2 alien crystals, 1 xenopetrium | |
| Alien Aura | 10 | Gives the Sim temporary alien powers. | 1 alien metal, 1 alien plant, 1 alien crystal | |
| Reaper's Friend | 10 | If the Sim dies, the Grim Reaper will resurrect them. | 1 death flower, 1 alien crystal |
The Sims 4: Realm of Magic
In The Sims 4: Realm of Magic, spellcasters can craft various potions in cauldrons. A branch of magic is devoted to this art, called Alchemy.
The Sims Medieval
Potions are craftable at the crafting stations as well as other poisons and objects. Potions are required for certain heroes such as Blacksmiths, Physicians, Spies, and Wizards and each of them have special recipes.
The Sims FreePlay
A sim practicing potion brewing in The Sims FreePlay
Potion brewing is a hobby in The Sims FreePlay. Once the Sorcerous Supplies store is constructed, the "Potion Brewing Cauldron" can be purchased for §5,000.
Sims can brew 4 types of potions: invisibility, youth, growth, and levitation. Upon completing a potion, the sim will test it. Invisibility potions will make them disappear for a moment, youth potions will turn them into a baby for a moment, growth potions will make them giant for a moment, and levitation potions will make them levitate for a moment. There are three potions in each category of potion, and when a sim discovers all of them through practicing the hobby, the player will receive a reward.