If your sim is interested in mastering the Apothecary Skill, here’s your guide!
The newest Skill added to the world of The Sims 4 is the Apothecary Skill. This skill is used by sims in the Naturopath Career to help cure a plethora of new Ailments, solve or increase Needs, give boosts to Luck or Balance, and more. Naturopaths can also “cure” other woes a sim is suffering, such as “emotional distress,” for a more nature-focused way of better living.
To excel in the Naturopath Career or become your own Ailment-slaying nature witch, your sims will need to master the Apothecary Skill.
The Apothecary Skill
There are several ways your sim can raise their Apothecary Skill, the most obvious being via practicing at the Leafy Ledge Apothecary Table. Sims can also read Skill books or study on the computer by selecting Web→Research→Research Cures & Elixirs, making the Skill easy to build at home or on the go.
If you have Discover University your sims can sit in on a Skill Class for Apothecary, and players with Businesses & Hobbies can participate in classes focusing on the skill as well.
Gathering Ingredients
Sims working the Apothecary Skill can craft Ailment cures, Elixirs, Emotion Potions, and enchanted objects. Ingredients can be acquired several ways. Common ingredients can be purchased directly from the Apothecary Table so your sim can get started right away. Ingredients can also be foraged from different Worlds, grown at home by your sim, purchased at the Apothecary Stand and/or Grocery Stalls, and earned by completing Fables from Innisgreen NPCs.
Note: Certain enchanted ingredients require sims to be in a specific mood to successfully harvest from them. Failing to put your sims in the proper mood can have deadly results!
Craftables & Interactions
Here’s a list of all the things your sims can craft with the Apothecary Skill:
| Apothecary Skill Level | Craftable | Effects |
| Level 1 | Burning Passion Cure | Cures Burning Passion Ailment |
| Level 1 | Simoleon Fever Cure | Cures Simoleon Fever Ailment |
| Level 1 | Creation Impulse Cure | Cures Creation Impulse Ailment |
| Level 2 | Emotional Void Cure | Cures Emotional Void Ailment |
| Level 2 | Greenie Meanie Cure | Cures Greenie Meanie Ailment |
| Level 2 | Sonic Sinuses Cure | Cures Sonic Sinuses Ailment |
| Level 2 | Luck Magnet Cure | Cures Luck Magnet Ailment |
| Level 2 | Gnome Lure Cure | Cures Gnome Lure Ailment |
| Level 3 | Enhanced Eyes | Sims find more goods when foraging and their chances of successfully repairing a broken object increases |
| Level 3 | Calming Draught | Removes all Sad and Angry Moodlets (does not remove Grief) |
| Level 4 | Noxious Gas | Victim’s Hygiene Need plummets and they’ll feel Embarrassed |
| Level 4 | Hooked on Nature | Fishing sims get an increased chance of catching rare fish; negative Moodlets from interacting with Cowplants or Enchanting Plants are removed |
| Level 5 | Momentary Happiness | Sims feel Happy and their Needs go up slightly |
| Level 5 | A Wee Drink | Victim will pee themselves |
| Level 6 | Emotion Stone | Fairy sims can eat Emotion Stones to increase their Emotional Force; all sims can use the stone to bottle others’ emotions, detect the emotions of others, or gather a crowd (must be in Sim’s inventory) |
| Level 6 | Balanced Mind | Helps a sim obtain emotional Balance |
| Level 7 | Freezer Bunny Foot | Increases a sim’s Luck |
| Level 7 | Lucky Liquid | Increases a sim’s Luck |
| Level 7 | Cowplant Horn | Sim’s Luck will decrease |
| Level 8 | Need Stop | Prevents Need decay for a limited time |
| Level 9 | Supernatural Shield | Sims are protected from the negative affects of Occult sims |
| Level 9 | Fearless | Removes a sim’s Fears |
| Level 10 | Holistic Cure | Removes negative moodlets, restores emotional Balance, fills Needs |
| Level 10 | Celestial Protection | Makes sims immune to Ailments |
| Level 10 | Emotion Potions | Craft Emotion Potions |
There are also a few new interactions that can be unlocked at specific levels of the Apothecary Skill:
| Apothecary Skill Level | Interaction |
| Level 1 | Ask another sim to be your Mentor |
| Level 2 | Craft Apothecary Study Set |
| Level 2 | Forage for Apothecary Ingredients specifically |
| Level 3 | Enthuse about crafting Elixirs |
| Level 5 | Craft Apothecarist’s Tabletop Organizer |
| Level 5 | Sims can Mentor others |
| Level 5 | Reduced chance of getting an Overwhelmed Smell Buff while crafting |
| Level 6 | Brag about Apothecary Expertise |
| Level 7 | Emotion Potion recipes have reduced cost |
| Level 9 | Sims no longer get an Overwhelmed Smell Buff while crafting |
| Level 10 | Emotion Potion recipes have further reduced cost |
| Level 10 | Advanced Apothecary ingredients can be purchased from the Apothecary Table |
More on SNOOTYSIMS: Here’s a list of all the Ailments your sims can come down with, and what ingredients you need to treat them!
Apothecary Skill Cheat
If you want to skip all that work and start your sim higher in the Apothecary Skill, of course there’s a cheat for that!
After activating TestingCheats, select the sim you want to cheat as your Active sim. Then use the cheat:
stats.set_skill_level Major_Apothecary #
Where the # is replaced by the Level number you want your sim at. Instant Apothecary Pro!
Closing Thoughts
If you have a sim who is holistically minded the Apothecary Skill is a great way for them to care for themselves. Those who have a nurturing nature can take this Skill even further, becoming a Naturopath and helping other sims cure their Ailments and other woes. With enough practice your sim can become very powerful, crafting Elixirs and charms that can drastically change the fortunes of those who use them. If this is a skill you’ve been curious about, we hope this post has been a helpful guide.
Until next time, happy simming!
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