How to unlock more Tattoos in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies
One of the biggest and most exciting additions to The Sims 4 with the Businesses and Hobbies expansion pack is a whole new tattoo system. Not only can your sim now be inked from head to toe with custom art, but they can now become a tattooist themselves. The Businesses and Hobbies pack came with a lot of new ink to put on your sim, but a lot of it is locked behind gameplay within the Create a Sim menu. Unless you want to use the CAS unlock cheat, you’ll need to work through a whole career tattooing before you can unlock them all. How to unlock new tattoos in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies Screenshot by Destructoid There are three ways to unlock new tattoos in Businesses and Hobbies. By doing all of these things, you’ll be able to unlock plenty of new ink for your Sims. However, none of this comes easy, so you’ll need to be willing to put in the work: Doing bad tattoos on other Sims Increasing your Tattooing skill level Sketching a tattoo design on the Digitalistic Sketchpad Playing through a career in tattooing and increasing your skill level will unlock new designs, stamps, and stencils that can be used to create a truly unique work of art on your Sim’s skin in The Sims 4. All unlockable tattoo designs in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies Screenshot by Destructoid 30 new tattoo designs can be unlocked through tattooing and its associated activities in The Sims 4. Here’s how you can unlock them all, and pictures of every design so you know what you want to aim for. Tattoos unlocked by giving a bad tattoo to another Sim These 11 designs will likely be unlocked at a low level, before your skill increases a bit. You’re free to practice your designs on any willing test subject Sim for the cause, but they might not be happy with the results. Each bad tattoo is unlocked for the same body part on which you’ll need to tattoo the other Sim. Appearance Description Body part Cat and moon Lower left arm Heart, smiley, and stars Upper left arm Flower and hearts Lower right arm Bunny Upper right arm Face and doodles Left leg Fish with feet Right leg Snake Lower back Horse Upper back Sun and clouds Stomach Heart and scroll Chest Aries symbol and text Head Tattoos unlocked by skill level The following nine tattoo designs are unlocked as you level up your Tattooing skill, with one for every level you achieve aside from level one. Appearance Description Level Body part Voidcritter 2 Chest Freezer Bunny 3 Lower right arm Voidcritter 4 Stomach Celtic Snake 5 Upper left arm Vulpes Voidcritter 6 Left leg Floral 7 Upper right arm Simoleon in Clouds 8 Upper back Celtic chain 9 Right leg Full-Head Floral 10 Head Tattoos unlocked via the Digitalistic Sketchpad You’ll practice your tattoo design skills on the Digitalistic Sketchpad, and with every design that you complete, you’ll have a chance to unlock one of nine new tattoo designs depending on your current skill level. These aren’t guaranteed, but if you keep drawing on the Sketchpad, you’ll unlock them all eventually. Appearance Description Level Body part Roses 1 Lower right arm Raccoon 1 Stomach Celtic Simoleon 2 Lower back Botanical 3 Right leg Botanical 4 Lower left arm Roses 5 Lower back Botanical 6 Head Botanical 7 Chest Floral hip 8 Left leg Magpies 9 Upper back All unlockable tattoo stamps and stencils in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies There are also nine new Stamp designs and two full-body Stencils that can be unlocked as you increase your Tattooing skill level. These can be found within the Paint Mode when adding tattoos in Create a Sim. Stamps Appearance Description Level Key 1 Flames 3 Calligraphy 4 Cats 5 Pigeon 6 Cute Skull 7 Triskelion 8 Turtle 9 Crystal Heart 10 Stencils Appearance Description Level Dots and Eyes 5 Leaves and Waves 10 The post How to unlock more Tattoos in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies appeared first on Destructoid.
One of the biggest and most exciting additions to The Sims 4 with the Businesses and Hobbies expansion pack is a whole new tattoo system. Not only can your sim now be inked from head to toe with custom art, but they can now become a tattooist themselves.
The Businesses and Hobbies pack came with a lot of new ink to put on your sim, but a lot of it is locked behind gameplay within the Create a Sim menu. Unless you want to use the CAS unlock cheat, you’ll need to work through a whole career tattooing before you can unlock them all.
How to unlock new tattoos in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies
There are three ways to unlock new tattoos in Businesses and Hobbies. By doing all of these things, you’ll be able to unlock plenty of new ink for your Sims. However, none of this comes easy, so you’ll need to be willing to put in the work:
- Doing bad tattoos on other Sims
- Increasing your Tattooing skill level
- Sketching a tattoo design on the Digitalistic Sketchpad
Playing through a career in tattooing and increasing your skill level will unlock new designs, stamps, and stencils that can be used to create a truly unique work of art on your Sim’s skin in The Sims 4.
All unlockable tattoo designs in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies
30 new tattoo designs can be unlocked through tattooing and its associated activities in The Sims 4. Here’s how you can unlock them all, and pictures of every design so you know what you want to aim for.
Tattoos unlocked by giving a bad tattoo to another Sim
These 11 designs will likely be unlocked at a low level, before your skill increases a bit. You’re free to practice your designs on any willing test subject Sim for the cause, but they might not be happy with the results. Each bad tattoo is unlocked for the same body part on which you’ll need to tattoo the other Sim.
Appearance Description Body part 
Cat and moon Lower left arm 
Heart, smiley, and stars Upper left arm 
Flower and hearts Lower right arm 
Bunny Upper right arm 
Face and doodles Left leg 
Fish with feet Right leg 
Snake Lower back 
Horse Upper back 
Sun and clouds Stomach 
Heart and scroll Chest 
Aries symbol and text Head
Tattoos unlocked by skill level
The following nine tattoo designs are unlocked as you level up your Tattooing skill, with one for every level you achieve aside from level one.
Appearance Description Level Body part 
Voidcritter 2 Chest 
Freezer Bunny 3 Lower right arm 
Voidcritter 4 Stomach 
Celtic Snake 5 Upper left arm 
Vulpes Voidcritter 6 Left leg 
Floral 7 Upper right arm 
Simoleon in Clouds 8 Upper back 
Celtic chain 9 Right leg 
Full-Head Floral 10 Head
Tattoos unlocked via the Digitalistic Sketchpad
You’ll practice your tattoo design skills on the Digitalistic Sketchpad, and with every design that you complete, you’ll have a chance to unlock one of nine new tattoo designs depending on your current skill level. These aren’t guaranteed, but if you keep drawing on the Sketchpad, you’ll unlock them all eventually.
Appearance Description Level Body part 
Roses 1 Lower right arm 
Raccoon 1 Stomach 
Celtic Simoleon 2 Lower back 
Botanical 3 Right leg 
Botanical 4 Lower left arm 
Roses 5 Lower back 
Botanical 6 Head 
Botanical 7 Chest 
Floral hip 8 Left leg 
Magpies 9 Upper back
All unlockable tattoo stamps and stencils in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies
There are also nine new Stamp designs and two full-body Stencils that can be unlocked as you increase your Tattooing skill level. These can be found within the Paint Mode when adding tattoos in Create a Sim.
Stamps
| Appearance | Description | Level |
|---|---|---|
 | Key | 1 |
 | Flames | 3 |
 | Calligraphy | 4 |
 | Cats | 5 |
 | Pigeon | 6 |
 | Cute Skull | 7 |
 | Triskelion | 8 |
 | Turtle | 9 |
 | Crystal Heart | 10 |
Stencils
| Appearance | Description | Level |
|---|---|---|
 | Dots and Eyes | 5 |
 | Leaves and Waves | 10 |
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