Criminal

Criminal is a career track in The Sims series.

The Sims
The Life of Crime career track is one of the ten basic career tracks for The Sims. This job may be available in computers or the newspapers. In The Sims (console), this career is locked at the start and can be unlocked by apprehending a burglar in Get a Life.

If the player has Livin' Large, The Sims Deluxe Edition, or The Sims Complete Collection, a Criminal Mastermind will eventually change careers and become a Security Consultant in the Hacker career track.

The Sims 2
The career reward object is the SensoTwitch Lie Finder. It is awarded at level 4 (Con Artist), and it improves the creativity skill. If The Sims 2: Apartment Life is installed, Gearheads are likely to work in this career. College Majors associated with this career are Literature and Mathematics.

The Sims 3
Criminal is one of the basic career tracks in The Sims 3. Sims can be employed from the newspaper, computer, or abandoned warehouse. Sims work at a syndicate named "The Organization," as stated in the descriptions. It has two branches, which are Thief and Evil. Evil branch requires the Sims to build a good relationship with their boss while also building up a bit of Logic skill, and the Thief branch requires Sims to build relationships with their accomplices and has even more Athletic skill requirements than the Evil branch. Occasionally, Sims in the higher levels of this career in both the Thief or Evil branches will sometimes "stash" a decorative item while at work, which then can be placed around the home permanently or sold for extra money.

Sims who join the Thief branch will immediately gain the ability to "Sneak", and once the Sim reaches level 10 of the Thief branch, they will receive The Golden Fox statue which will grant the Master Thief an "I am the Greatest" moodlet for several hours. Sims who reach level 10 of the Evil branch will receive a red aura of evil. Sims with the Good, Friendly, and Family-Oriented traits and Sims in Law Enforcement will boo in disapproval, and the Emperor of Evil's lifetime relationship with them will decrease due to the aura's effect. Cowards, Losers, Neurotic, and Over-Emotional Sims will run away from the aura, but Evil, Mean Spirited, and Insane Sims as well as other Sims who work in the Criminal career without any of the "good" traits will cheer for the Emperor and will be granted a boosted relationship with the Sim. Sims who work in this career will not get robbed by burglars.


 * Performance tones
 * Business as Usual
 * Work Hard - Increases performance faster but adds stress
 * Take It Easy - Increases fun but lowers performance
 * Meet Accomplices - Meets new coworkers
 * Conspire with Accomplices - Builds relationship with coworkers
 * Grovel to Leader - Builds relationship with the boss
 * Practice Illicit Activities - Increases Athletic skill
 * Sleep in Hideout - Increases energy need
 * Do a Side Job - Earns extra cash

Additionally, there's a slight chance that the Sim will be arrested while at work. Being arrested will cause Sims to miss work and lose their work performance. Sims with the Lucky trait or Sims higher up in the levels of the criminal career will be less likely to be arrested. While in jail, Sims can do the following things:
 * Doing time
 * Work Out - Increases Athletic skill
 * Hang with Inmates - Builds relationship with coworkers
 * Play with Dominoes - Increases fun need

Promotion Levels
After being promoted from Con Artist, Sims will be able to choose one of the two career paths, Evil or Thief branch.

Glitches

 * There is a bug in Sunset Valley that makes Sims unable to enter the Outstanding Citizen Warehouse Corp. as an International Super Spy or even as a criminal to go to work. This can be fixed by deleting everything on the lot (including the building), and placing a new Outstanding Citizen Warehouse Corp. building on the lot.
 * The arrested Sim can either get out of jail or stop going to jail en route when his bladder is low. The Sim in question will walk out of the jail or leave the police car and wet himself, but he won't have to back in.
 * The arrested Sim can also get out of jail if someone calls him before he enters. The call will override the go to jail action and even if the Sim rejects the call, he won't go to jail.
 * There is a glitch on the level 3 Thug rank, in which a PC Sim is required to go to work on Wednesday at 9pm on the 2nd week and thereafter even though they are not scheduled to work on that day. The PC Sim will not get a notice to go to work until work has started. The player can also go down in performance and get demoted if they do not go to work on that day. In addition, the player will not go up in performance if they do go to work.
 * At times, if the NPC boss is not at work or comes late to work, the PC Sim will not get an increase in performance until the NPC boss comes to work. The PC sims will be stuck on the "Going to Work" status until the NPC boss arrives. To make matters worse, the PC Sim will not go up in performance and can still go down in performance if they leave work early. Certain events will not transpire nor will rewards be received until the NPC boss comes to work.
 * Another glitch is from level 4 Getaway Driver upwards when a Sim goes to work (starts at 9pm), but increase of job performance does not start and the working status stays as "Going to Work" until 12 midnight. Leaving work and going back does not make any difference.

The Sims 4
Criminal is one of the basic career tracks in The Sims 4. It has two branches: Boss and Oracle.

Pre-made Criminals

 * Nancy Landgraab, Minor Crimelord
 * Jacques Villareal, The Brains

Trivia

 * In the Chinese dub of The Sims, Life Of Crime is renamed Life Of Mime.