Money cheats

Money cheats are available in all The Sims games.

Motherlode & Kaching$$$

The Sims has the cheats motherlode and kaching. motherlode only works with the unpatched version. Motherlode gives additional 50,000, and Kaching gives you additional 1,000.

Sims 3

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: motherlode
Notes: Gives current household an additional 50,000

Sims 3

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: kaching
Notes: Gives current household an additional 1,000 Simoleons.

Also, with this cheat, it's possible to type in motherlode or kaching, then a number of ";!"s next to it. Each of these gives an additional §1,000, so the more you put in, the more money the family will get.

Trivia

• motherlode was one of the "constructors" in Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad.

• motherlode was probably changed since it was too hard for players to remember.
• The word "Kaching" might be a reference to the movie Citizen Kane from the director Orson Wells, which tells the story from childhood to death of a rich newspaper mogul, Charles Foster Kane, "Kaching" being his final word.

kaching

kaching is a cheat in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. It gives the current household an additional §1,000.

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: kaching
Notes: Gives current household an additional 1,000 Simoleons.

motherlode

motherlode is a cheat introduced in The Sims 2. When used, it adds 50,000 Simoleons to the current family's funds. As well as many other cheats, motherlode appears in The Sims 3 and in The Sims Medieval .

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: motherlode
Notes: Gives current an additional household 50,000 Simoleons.

familyFunds

familyFunds can be used to increase or decrease a family's household funds by a specific amount, or set them to a specific level. It can also used from the neighborhood screen. The testingcheatsenabled cheat must be activated before using this cheat in The Sims 3, but that is not necessary in The Sims 2.

The Sims 2

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: familyFunds <family last name> <amount>
Notes: Use +/-<amount> to increase/decrease household's funds, otherwise sets funds to <amount>.
It is possible for several households to have the same last name. This cheat should not be used on such households.

The Sims 3

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: familyfunds <household name> <amount>
Notes: Must have testingCheatsEnabled on.