Potion

For the elixirs from The Sims 3: Supernatural, see Alchemy.

A Sim in The Sims 4 drinking an "Instant Fun" potion.

Potions are present in The Sims: Livin' Large, The Sims 2, The Sims Castaway Stories, The Sims 3: Generations, The Sims 4, The Sims 4: Get to Work, and The Sims 4: Realm of Magic. Potions will typically provide Sims with special effects and abilities, or change their life state, personality or mood.

In The Sims 2, obedience trainers, garden club members and witches sell Lycanthropic-B, Plantophic-C and Witchbegone-E potions respectively, which can be used to revert a life state. The gypsy matchmaker sells all of these, as well as Vamprocillin-D and Love Potion number 8.5.

Witches in The Sims 2: Apartment Life and Sims with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set or a SimSanto Inc. Biotech Station can also craft potions.

The Sims: Livin' Large

Sims can create one of eight different colored potions at the buyable chemistry set. Blue potions boost 3 random motives. Light green potions will decrease all your Sim's motives. Red potions will make a random Sims from the neighborhood fall in love with the Sim who consumes it. Orange potions turn Sims invisible, purple potions turns your Sim into a monster, and yellow potions reverse your Sim's traits. White potions will cure the guinea pig sickness, but otherwise have no effect if drunk by a healthy Sim.

The Sims 2

Medicine and viruses

The White Potion made with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set can cure a sickness. The medicine made with the SimSanto Inc. Biotech Station can cut down the resting time needed to be cured of a sickness, though a Sim with low logic skill and/or who is in a bad mood can create a virus instead. A Sim with very high logic can use the Biotech Station to deliberately make a virus.

Life state cure potions

Vamprocillin-D

Cures Vampirism

Lycanthropic-B

Cures Lycantrophy

Plantophic-C

Cures Plantsimism

Witchbegone-E

Cures Witchiness

Personality changing potions

Yellow potion

This can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it reverses a Sim's personality forever. The reversal works simply on the 10-point scale; if he had 3 Nice points, he now has 7 Nice points and so on. For example, a playful Sim who drinks this potion will become a serious Sim, and a nice Sim who drinks it may become a mean Sim. Luckily, if the Sim makes another yellow potion and drinks it, they will get their lost personality back.

Magically Spiced Sugar

This can be crafted by Good Witches and temporarily changes the Niceness of the Sim who drinks one to 10.

Enchanted Essence of Cur Tails

This can be crafted by Evil Witches and temporarily changes the Niceness of the Sim who drinks one to 0.

Love Potions

Red potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it makes the Sim who drinks it to fall in love with the Sim of the opposite gender they hate most. They will have maxed relationship points and the love will be mutual. Once the potion is consumed, the Sim's new lover will appear next to the player's Sim and kiss them with a passionate kiss. If the Sim has a partner, they will get jealous and slap the Sim's lover across the face.

Love Potion Number 8.5

Increases a Sims attractiveness by +50 for three hours, provided that the Sim does not drink another potion during that time. The name is a reference to the movie Love Potion #9, which features a potion with the same name as well the version "#8", both sold by the gypsy matchmaker.

Mood Potions

Blue potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and maximizes three of the Sim's motives. However, if used during the day, there is a 1/3 chance that a policewoman may pass by the Sim's house and charge them §500 for "polluting the atmosphere with strange smells".

Light Green potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it will decrease all of the Sim's motives at 25%. It is recommended not to let Sims drink this potion, as they may die shortly if their mood is low enough.

Other potions

Orange potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it will make the Sim invisible, allowing them to use specific interactions on other Sims, without either increasing nor decreasing their relationship.

Green potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it will create an evil clone of the Sim who drinks it. The clone will walk around the house and use mean interactions on any people there, even on their original self. The victims of the clone will then think that the clone is the actual Sim and decrease their relationship. The clone also has a reversed personality, opposite of the actual Sim's, and will do other things that Sims do in a bad mood, such as grouchily complaining, and if the actual Sim has made gnomes, the clone will kick a gnome in anger, but sometimes that will blow up the gnome and knock the Sim off their feet. The clone may even take the original Sim's child away as if it were a neighbor and disappear forever.

Purple potion

This potion can be crafted with The "Concoctanation Station" chemistry set, and it will transform the Sim into a monster. When this happens, the Sim cannot be controlled or interacted with. The monster will walk around the house, breaking things before switching back to normal. However, the monster has a big passion for painting and will paint masterpieces worth around 500§ whenever it find an easel.

ReNuYu Porta-Chug

The ReNuYu Porta-Chug appears in the inventory of pre-Nightlife Sims, townies, NPCs, and CAS Sims. When a Sim drinks it, the player can change the turn-ons and turn-offs of said Sim.

Crafting potions

Image	Potion	Magic level	Reagents required	Alignment	Effect
	Vamprocillin-D	1			Cures Vampirism
	Lycanthropic-B	1			Cures Lycanthropy
	Plantophic-C	1			Cures PlantSimism
	Witchbegone-E	1			Cures Witchiness
	Magically Spiced Sugar			Good	10 Niceness
	Enchanted Essence of Cur Tails			Evil	0 Niceness

The Sims Castaway Stories

Love Struck Potion

If used on someone, the two Sims will automatically fall in love with each other.

Elixir of Life

This potion will reset the current life stage of the player's Sim to the start of the life stage.

Penguin Party

This potion will make penguins appear around the player's Sim, boosting his or her social motive.

In The House of Tuzu, there is an unnamed potion^{[confirmation needed]} that ages a Sim one life stage down and resets them to the first day of that life stage. For example, an elder that drinks the potion will become an adult at the start of their life stage.

The Sims 3

Potions return in The Sims 3: Generations and by buying Lord Vladimir's Magic Cauldron from The Sims 3 Store. Sims are able to create them with the 'Catalyst Chemistry Lab Station, and the number of potions that can be created depends on a Sim's logic skill. After discovering all ten potion types, the Master Chemist Logic Skill Challenge will be completed. Completing this challenge gives a 25% discount on all future potions. Note that some potions, e.g. the Age Freeze potion, can only be obtained through lifetime rewards. Sims can also brew elixirs in The Sims 3: Supernatural, which have even broader and more varied effects than potions.

The Sims 3: Generations

Sims have the ability to mix a potion into regular drink, which will be called a 'Mysterious Drink'. This 'Mysterious Drink' looks like a regular drink mixed from the bar, but has exactly the same effect as the original potion when drunk. Only Sims aged children and older are allowed to make and drink potions.

List of Potions in The Sims 3: Generations

Image	Potion	Effect	Cost	Cost with discount	Logic level required
	Mood Enhancer	Gives "Brightened Day" moodlet for 4 hours.	§5	§3	1
	Stink Juice	Drops your Sim's Hygiene to zero and gives Sim the "Smelly" moodlet.	§10	§7	2
	Liquid Horror	Gives a Sim the Horrified moodlet for 8 hours.	§20	§15	3
	Radical Reparum	Gives a Sim high handiness skill for 1 hour. Sims will be successful when repairing or upgrading an object and increases the speed of upgrading an object. Gives a Sim the Instant Handiness moodlet.	§50	§37	4
	Bladder Flow	Reduces a Sim's bladder need to 0.	§75	§56	5
	Sleeping Elixir	Gives your Sim the "Turbo Sleep" moodlet which makes your Sim's energy need increase faster while sleeping, as well as preventing the Sim from being woken up by any noise.	§90	§67	6
	Ghost Potion	Temporarily turns a Sim into a ghost of old age for 3 hours. Gives a Sim the Temporarily Undead moodlet.	§125	§93	7
	Imaginary Friend Metamorphium	Transforms an Imaginary Friend into a real Sim.	§4500	§3375	8
	Ninja Vanish	Teleports a Sim back to their home instantly.	§250	§337	9
	Young Again	Resets a Sim older than Young Adult age back to day 1 of the Young Adult stage.	§5000 or 70,000 Lifetime Happiness	§3750	10
	Age Freeze	Stops Sim from aging, completely.	65000 Lifetime Happiness	N/A	Cannot be crafted
	Young Again For Pets	Resets a Pet older than Adult age back to day 1 of the Adult stage.	25,000 Lifetime Happiness	N/A	Cannot be crafted

The Sims 3 Store

Another way to make potions is buying Lord Vladimir's Magic Cauldron from the Sims 3 Store. With this, several potions can be made. This is done by adding 'three-of-a-kind'-type items:

Potion	Ingredients	Effect
Compulsive Hygiene Potion	Three random metals	The Sim wants to clean themselves: brush teeth, wash hands etc.
Sleeping Potion	Three random fishes	Sim's energy decreases and they want to sleep
Emotion Potion	Three random gems	The Sim wants to romantically socialize: hug, kiss, etc.
Vanity Potion	Three random butterflies	The Sim wants to check himself in mirror and change clothes
Hunger Potion	Three random food products	Sim's hunger decreases faster and they want to eat
Speed Reading Potion	Diamond, Gold, Black Goldfish	After drinking this potion, the Sim finishes reading all books in their inventory
Teleportation Potion	Rainbow Butterfly, Lifefruit, Luminorious Gem	After drinking this potion, the Sim rises and may teleport anywhere
Sparkle Potion	Rainbow Beetle, Rainbow Trout, Rainbow Gem	Sim's hunger, hygiene and fun needs increases 100% and the house cleans itself

After drinking the potion, the Sim will get the moodlet "Curiously Compulsive" (+15 Mood, 3 Hours) or "Potent Potables" (+30 Mood, 3 Hours), and during this moodlet, it affects functions.

The cauldron also has a "conjure" feature. By choosing conjure, a new, random item will appear in the cauldron. You can place appearing items from cauldron into the Sim's inventory and choose conjure again and again to make a lot of Simoleons. However, conjuring takes a lot of energy, so if it is used several times in a row, the Sim using it might pass out.

The Sims 4

In The Sims 4 Sims can buy special potions buy using Satisfaction Points. These potions can change the emotions of Sims, revert their age and make them fat or thin.

Children can also make potions as well, with the "Junior Wizard Starter Set". Children with level 7 mental skill can make the "Emotion Potion" and at level 10, they can make the "Stink Drink".

List of aspiration reward potions

Image	Lifetime reward	Description	Cost	Notes
	Instant Fun	Instantly fills the Fun Need!	100
	Instant Hygiene	Instantly fills the Hygiene Need!	100
	Confident Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Confident!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Energized Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Energized!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Flirty Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Flirty!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Focused Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Focused!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Happy Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Happy!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Inspired Potion	Drink this to temporarily make your Sim Inspired!	200	Grants a 3-hour moodlet of 100. Master Mixologists can craft this potion for §1000.
	Sleep Replacement	Instantly fills the Energy Need!	400
	Moodlet Solver	Instantly removes all negative moodlets from your Sim.	500
	Insta-Large	Drink this to become a bigger you!	750
	Insta-Lean	The most efficient diet beverage on the market.	750
	Potion of Youth	Drink this to turn back the clock on your Sim's current age.	1500	Resets the Sim's age to the start of that life stage. One of the ingredients for Ambrosia.

The Sims 4: Get to Work

With The Sims 4: Get to Work, Sims who are scientists can create potions (known as serums) by having scientific breakthroughs and then creating them by using the chemistry lab. A lot of the serums are very similar to some of the aspiration reward potions.

List of scientist serums

Image	Name	Career level	Effect	Ingredients
	Synthetic Food	1	Fills up the hunger bar.	2 common plants
	Red Hot	2	Makes the Sim angry.	1 basil
	Rose Perfume	3	Makes the Sim flirty.	1 rose
	Snake Oil	4	Cures the Sim's illness.	1 daisy
	Slimify	5	Makes the Sim thin.	2 carrots, 2 parsley
	Ghost Goo	6	Turns the Sim into a temporary ghost.	3 mushrooms
	Need Fixer	7	Fills up all needs.	1 spinach, 2 common metals
	Embiggen	7	Makes the Sim fat.	2 plaintains, 2 apples
	Spark Drive	8	Makes the Sim energized.	1 strawberry, 1 common crystal
	Ox Strength	8	Makes the Sim fit.	2 spinach, 1 common crystal
	Smart	9	Gives the Sim a temporary genius trait.	2 chrysanthemum, 2 apples
	Fixer's Luck	9	Makes the Sim able to fix broken objects more quickly.	2 upgrade parts
	Age-Away	10	Resets the current age of the Sim.	1 quill fruit, 2 alien crystals, 1 xenopetrium
	Alien Aura	10	Gives the Sim temporary alien powers.	1 alien metal, 1 alien plant, 1 alien crystal
	Reaper's Friend	10	If the Sim dies, the Grim Reaper will resurrect them.	1 death flower, 1 alien crystal

The Sims 4: Realm of Magic

In The Sims 4: Realm of Magic, spellcasters can craft various potions in cauldrons. A branch of magic is devoted to this art, called Alchemy.

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