Potion

Sims are able to drink potions, and in some cases make them. It is a feature present in The Sims: Livin' Large, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3: Generations. Most potions change the life state, personality or mood of a Sim when drunk. In The Sims 2, some potions can be used to revert a life state.

In The Sims 2, Obedience Trainers, Garden Club members and Witches sell Lycanthropic-B, Plantophic-C and Witchbegone-E potions respectively. The Gypsy Matchmaker sells all of these, as well as Vamprocillin-D and Love Potion number 8.5.

Witches in The Sims 2: Apartment Life and Sims with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set or a SimSanto Inc. Biotech Station can also craft potions.

Medicine & viruses
The white potion made with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set can cure a sickness. 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.

Life state cure potions

 * Vamprocillin-D 
 * Lycanthropic-B 
 * Plantophic-C 
 * Witchbegone-E 

Life state maker potions are able to be downloaded from Parsimonious.

Personality changing potions

 * Yellow potion
 * This can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it reverses a Sim's personality forever. The reversal works simply on the 10-point scale; if he had 3 Nice points, he now has 7 Nice points and so on.


 * Magically Spiced Sugar
 * 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
 * This can be crafted by Evil Witches and temporarily changes the Niceness of the Sim who drinks one to 0.

Other potions

 * Love Potion Number 8.5
 * Increases a Sims attractiveness. A reference to the movie Love Potion #9 that features a potion with the same name as well the version "#8" both sold by a gypsy.


 * ReNuYu Porta-Chug
 * The ReNuYu Porta-Chug is a drink that all Sims created before The Sims 2: Nightlife have in their inventory. When a Sim drinks it the player can change the turn-ons and turn-offs of said Sim.

The Sims 3
Potions return in The Sims 3: Generations. 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 can only be obtained through lifetime rewards.

Sims with genius trait have the ability to mix a potion into regular drink, and called a 'Mysterious Drink' afterwards. This 'Mysterious Drink' looks like regular drink mixed from the bar, but has exactly the same effect as the original potion when drunk.