Money cheats

Money cheats are available in all The Sims games.

klapaucius & rosebud

The Sims has the cheats klapaucius and rosebud. klapaucius only works with the unpatched version. They both give the current household an additional 1,000 Simoleons.

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: klapaucius
Notes: Gives current household an additional 1,000 Simoleons. Unpatched version of The Sims only.

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: rosebud
Notes: Gives current household an additional 1,000 Simoleons. Patched version of The Sims only.

Also, with this cheat, it's possible to type in klapaucius or rosebud, 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

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

Klapaucius was probably changed since it was too hard for players to remember.

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. It can also be used from the neighborhood screen (it even works with families in the bin/without home). It is available in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. In The Sims 3, testingcheatsenabled must be activated first.

The Sims 2

Enter cheat mode:
type: ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C
type: familyFunds <family last name> <amount>
Notes: Increases/decreases household's Simoleons.

The Sims 3

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