Some Sims are born to be stars – they’re the ones you’ll find as Entertainers inThe Sims 4. No matter if your Sim prefers cracking jokes and leaving the crowd in stitches as a Comedian or playing their heart out and moving that same crowd to tears as a Musician, there’s a place on stage for them.

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Virtuosos and Goofballs alike can thrive in the Entertainer career! In this career guide, we’re breaking down every level of the entire Entertainer career in The Sims 4 and providing all the info you’ll need for both the Comedian and Musician career paths.

Entertainer Career Overview

Pursue Stardom Through Either Comedy Or Music

Though the earliest levels of the Entertainer career in The Sims 4 are the same general ladder-climbing positions you may expect to see in real entertainment, you’ll be able tochoose a career path at Level Five, sooner than in most careers.

And that’s because the specialized paths in the Entertainer career couldn’t be more different from one another:

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Your earliest days as an entertainer are marked by workinglate hours for low payto start, but the prime time spots andthe big buckswill be rolling in before long once you choose a specialization. Everybody’s got to start somewhere!

Choose Your Career Path Early To Start Honing Skills Sooner

While not every career in The Sims 4 has such intensely different paths once the career splits (if it even does),the two paths in the Entertainer career couldn’t be more different.

Comedianswill find the most success with sharpenedsocial skillsin addition to their comedy, withCharismabeing critical to their ability to work a crowd.

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Meanwhile, aMusicianwon’t be chatting as much, with their instrument between them and their audience, but theircreative skillswill be critical, requiringproficiency in two instrumentsto progress.

Thankfully, with the career tracks so different, it shouldn’t be hard to choose early on, sostart building your auxiliary skills earlyin addition to the general Entertainer career requirements at lower career levels.

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Your daily tasks before specializing at Level Five are toWrite JokesorPractice Music, which gives you a leg up on building your skills before you specify - both tasks build the associated skills, so choose which one makes the most sense for your dream job!

Helpful Traits, And Moods For Entertainers

Creative Introverts Make Great Musicians…

SinceMusicianswill be spending the majority of their time playing instruments, theCreativetrait is a massive help for getting the most out of your practice time.

Creative Sims learn instruments quickerthan normal and willbecome Inspiredwhile playing. They’re alsomore inclined to feel Inspiredthroughout the day, which is theIdeal Moodfor this career path.

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Music Loveris a natural choice, allowing Sims tofeel Happy playing instrumentsand enjoylistening to music.

And since so much of the time you’ll spend practicing is spent alone,LonerSims may do well here, too.Loners' Social need decays slowerthan normal, making those long hours of practice less taxing.

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You’ll need to socialize at least a little, though, as you’ll need toreach Level Three in the Comedy skill to be promoted to Level Four of the Entertainer career, so don’t spendtoomuch time practicing yet!

… While Funny Extroverts Make Great Comedians

Meanwhile,Comediansshould be focused more on theirsocial skillsand would benefit frommore extroverted traits.

Sims with theOutgoingtrait will thrive in the Comedian branch, focused onworking a crowdand able to build these skills quicker than others since they’re naturally inclined tosocialize with others.

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Additionally, theIdeal Moodfor Comedians isPlayful, so Sims with theGoofball trait- whonaturally feel Playfulmore often - can thrive here.

You will need toreach Level Three of either the Guitar or Violin skill to get to Level Fourof the Entertainer Career before you can specialize in comedy, though, so it doesn’t hurt for your Sim to begood at musicas well.

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Every Level Of The Entertainer Career: Pay, Hours, Tasks, And More

In the tables below, we’ve broken down the Entertainer career in The Sims 4 by rank, detailing the working hours, average pay, and promotion requirements for each.

The Entertainer career splits at Level Five, with Musicians and Comedians havingmuchdifferent requirements for advancement.

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Daily Tasks and Promotion Requirements

9 AM - 5 PM

$23/hour ($184/day)

5 PM - 11 PM

$36/hour ($216/day)

ReachLevel 2in theGuitarorViolin Skills

$40/hour ($240/day)

ReachLevel 2in theComedySkill

5 PM - 10 PM

$54/hour ($270/day)

ReachLevel 3in theGuitarorViolinSkills

ReachLevel 3in theComedySkill

2 PM - 8 PM

$67/hour ($402/day)

ReachLevel 2in thePianoSkill

ReachLevel 4in either theGuitarorViolin Skills

3 PM - 9 PM

$78/hour ($468/day)

ReachLevel 4in thePianoSkill

ReachLevel 5in either theGuitarorViolin Skills

2 PM - 9 PM

$87/hour ($609/day)

ReachLevel 6in thePianoSkill

ReachLevel 6in either theGuitarorViolin Skills

$130/hour ($910/day)

ReachLevel 8in thePianoSkill

ReachLevel 7in either theGuitarorViolin Skills

$208/hour ($1,456/day)

ReachLevel 10in thePianoSkill

ReachLevel 8in either theGuitarorViolin Skills

$340/hour ($2,380/day)

ReachLevel 6in theComedySkill

5 PM - 12 AM

$115/hour ($805/day)

ReachLevel 7in theComedySkill

ReachLevel 2in theCharismaSkill

$172/hour ($1,204/day)

ReachLevel 8in theComedySkill

ReachLevel 4in theCharismaSkill

4 PM - 11 PM

$258/hour ($1,806/day)

ReachLevel 6in theCharismaSkill

$310/hour ($2,170/day)

ReachLevel 10in theComedySkill

ReachLevel 8in theCharismaSkill

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

$474/hour ($2,844/day)

Write JokesorPerform Routines

You’ll notice that Comedians earn more per day, but they have a four-day workweek as opposed to a Musician’s three-day week. Musicians, on the whole, earn more than Comedians, and have the option to perform for tips to add to that income as well.

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All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Entertainer Career

Throughout theearliest daysof your work in entertainment, you’ll be unlocking somefairly standard itemsas reward bonuses.

When youchoose a specializationfor your career, though, you’ll unlock items more specific to your work, thoughComedians unlock more items than Musicians.

Item or Interaction Unlocked

“Try Out Material” interaction

“Perform Comedy in Space” action on Rocket Ships

Show Stopper (10)

N/A

You can also use cheats to unlock Build/Buy items from the other career track - check outour guidefor more info!