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It’s only natural to want to bring in a ton of Simoleons when playingThe Sims 4, and one of the best ways to do that is through the Astronaut career. With two separate branches – one solving interstellar crime and one committing them – you’ve got your choice for how you’ll see the stars.
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In our guide to The Sims 4 Astronaut career, we’ve broken down both career paths that Astronauts can take, and have detailed the working hours, pay, and promotion requirements for each. We also give helpful tips on how to train, and showcase all of the career rewards.
Astronaut Career Overview
Explore Space Or Bring In The Baddies - Choose Between Interstellar Smuggler Or Space Ranger
Though you’ll find a few careers that focus on athleticism and logic in The Sims 4, the Astronaut career is easily one of the most exciting. It’s also without question one of the more lucrative careers.
Astronauts, though, don’t get to choose their specialty untilLevel Sevenof the career, at which point you can choose between:
Both career paths have a pretty even focus onFitness, Logic, and Rocket Science, with both paths requiring each skill to advance.
Helpful Traits And Moods For Astronauts
With fitness at the forefront of the Astronaut career, it helps to have anAthleticSim go for this career. You’ll be building your Fitness skill quite high in either career branch, and even once you decide on a career path, you’ll still need to keep up your physical fitness.
There’s also quite a lot of Logic and Rocket Science to both career paths, so giving your Sim theGeniustrait can help make both of these challenging skills easier to build.
Either way, you’ll need all three skills at some point, so it doesn’t hurt to have both traits!
As for moods, that depends on which skill you’re trying to build. Sims inEnergizedmoods will build theirFitnessskill more efficiently, while you’ll need to be prettyFocusedto study all things related to space.
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Every Level Of The Astronaut Career: Pay, Hours, Promotion Requirements, And More
In the tables below, you’ll find a complete breakdown of every promotion within The Sims 4’s Astronaut career paths.
This includes your working hours, daily and hourly salary, daily tasks, and promotion requirements.
Promotion Requirements and Daily Tasks
8 AM - 5 PM
$26/hour ($234/day)
12 PM - 9 PM
$34/hour ($306/day)
Reach Level 2 in the Logic skill
2 PM - 10 PM
$54/hour ($432/day)
Reach Level 3 in the Logic skill
Reach Level 2 in the Fitness skill
$71/hour ($568/day)
Reach Level 4 in the Logic skill
Reach Level 3 in the Fitness skill
$96/hour ($864/day)
Reach Level 5 in the Logic skill
Reach Level 4 in the Fitness skill
6 AM - 4 PM
$104/hour ($1,040/day)
Reach Level 6 in the Fitness skill
8 AM - 6 PM
$119/hour ($1,190/day)
Reach Level 6 in the Logic skill
Reach Level 7 in the Fitness skill
4 PM - 12 AM
$201/hour ($1,608/day)
Reach Level 2 in the Rocket Science skill
Reach Level 8 in the Fitness skill
4 PM - 11 PM
$299/hour ($2,093/day)
Reach Level 4 in the Rocket Science skill
Reach Level 10 in the Fitness skill
2 PM - 11 PM
$413/hour ($3,717/day)
10 AM - 6 PM
$179/hour ($1,432/day)
Sheriff of the Stars (9)
10 AM - 5 PM
$297/hour ($2,079/day)
$422/hour ($2,954/day)
Do Space Mission
Go to Work
As you may see, Interstellar Smugglers makemuchmore than Space Rangers! You’ll be working longer hours for them, but you’ll land back on Earth with a much heftier paycheck.
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All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Astronaut Career
Finally, in the table below are all the rewards unlocked in both paths of the Astronaut career.
Items and Interactions Unlocked
“Track Satellites” on a telescope
Apollo Rocket Ship
New Clothes
Even if you don’t plan to keep the sweet interstellar loot you collected at work, it all sells for a good amount of money, earning you even more income on the side!
