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.
• The word "Rosebud" 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, "Rosebud" 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 be used from the neighborhood screen (it even works with families in the bin/without home). It became available in The Sims 2, and is available in 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: 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.