Pet trait (The Sims 3)
Pet Traits are included in The Sims 3: Pets. They work like Sim traits, by defining a pet's personality and fitting the pet's reactions to it. While some pet traits are available for all pets, some are only available for horses, some are only available for cats and dogs, and some are only available for dogs. After picking three traits for your pet, you can train behaviors so they develop a "trained" trait with a green box around the new trait.
- See also: Trait, Trait (The Sims Medieval), and Trait (The Sims Social)
| List of Traits | Mental | Physical | Social | Lifestyle | Hidden |
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| 29 traits + 1 hidden traits |
9 traits | 10 traits | 7 traits | 3 trait | 1 trait |
List of Pet traits
Adventurous pets are very curious and love to explore.
- Pet will be very curious about the world.
- Pet will rarely Hide under furniture.
- Pet will gain Fun for Exploring Under furniture
- Conflicts with: Anxious
Aggressive pets aren't inherently mean, they usually just have a bad attitude when interacting with pets. A bad attitude that usually leads to fights, that is...
- Pet will be more likely to get into Fights with other pets.
- Pet will always catch burglars that come onto your lot.
- Pet will be more likely chase the mailman.
- Conflicts with: Friendly
Agile horses are nimble, strong and love to jump. They make awesome Show Jumping competitors but get bored if they don't stay active.
- Horse will learn Jumping Skill considerably faster.
- Horse gets a slight score bonus on Jumping and Cross-Country competitions.
- Exercise motive drops at a slightly increased rate.
- Conflicts with: Hates Jumping
Brave horses have an extra helping of courage to help them deal with the chaos of sprinklers, fireworks, burglar alarms and other terror-inducing everyday objects.
- Horse will be less likely to be Startled.
- Spooked! and Panicked! moodlets will have shorter durations for the horse.
- Horse gets along better with other Brave Sims.
- Conflicts with: Nervous
Clueless pets tend to forget what they're doing and are easily distracted. They don't learn skills and traits too quickly, but they do get along well with Absent-Minded Sims.
- Pet will sometimes forget what they are about to do.
- Pet get along well with other Absent-Minded and Easily Impressed Sims as well as other Clueless Pets.
Whether destroying furniture or digging holes in the yard, Destructive Pets are sure to cause chaos wherever they are!
- Pet will choose destructive acts, like digging holes or knocking over trash cans, more often.
- Pet will prefer to scratch and chew on furniture.
- Conflicts with: Non-destructive
Fast horses are the speed demons of the animal kingdom. They love to gallop and have a natural talent for racing, but they need plenty of exercise to stay satisfied.
- Horse will learn Racing Skill considerably faster.
- Horse gets a slight score bonus on Racing and Cross-Country competitions.
- Exercise motive drops at a slightly increased rate.
- Conflicts with: Lazy
Pets with the Friendly trait not only get along better with other pets, but they'll usually have better relationships with their Sims as well.
- Pet will increase their relationships with Sims faster.
- Pet will increase their relationships with other Pets faster.
- Pet will try to hang out closer to Sims with whom they have a positive relationship.
- Conflicts with: Aggressive
Genius pets always thinking on their paws (or hooves). They learn skills and new traits quickly and get along well with other Genius pets and Sims.
- Pet will learn skills at an increased rate.
- Pet gains a larger boost when being praised or scolded.
- Pet gets along better with other Genius Sims or Pets.
Some horses prefer to keep their hooves on the ground. When a horse hates jumping, it will refuse to jump more often and do worse at Show Jumping and Cross-Country competitions. It may even take its anger out on your shiny new jump training obstacles!
- Horse will learn the Jumping Skill considerably slower.
- Horse gets a slight score penalty on Jumping and Cross-Country competitions.
- Exercise motive drops at a slightly decreased rate.
- Conflicts with: Agile
Trivia
- Since Horses are not featured on The Sims 3: Pets (Console), all pet trait that are exclusive for horses will not be available on The Sims 3: Pets (Console).
- Pets created in CAS have 3 traits, If player buy Attitude Adjustment Lifetime reward they can add 2 more trait so total that pet will have 5 trait.
- Pets can have more than 5 trait when trained.
- If a pet with more than 5 traits moves to another city, they will lose all trained traits. Only the first 5 traits on the pet bio list will remain.