Romance

For other uses, see Romantic (disambiguation).

Romance

Sims sharing a box of chocolate-covered strawberries.

Romance is a skill introduced in The Sims 4: Lovestruck. Leveling up this skill allows Sims to unlock more ways to interact with their romantic partners and improve their relationships.

This skill unlocks an array of new romantic socials that have strong effects on relationships, and it also allows Sims to perform stronger romantic interactions earlier, making flirting much easier. At level 2, Sims unlock the ability to buy and share sweetheart boxes of snacks (such as chocolate truffles), which fills the hunger need and creates positive sentiments. At level 4, Sims unlock the ability to perform dances with their romantic interest to seduce them, and at level 5, they unlock the ability to WooHoo for extended periods of time without getting tired.

Learning

Romance skill is available for Sims aged teen and older. Sims who are flirty are able to build this skill better. Sims can build this skill in the following ways:

• Performing romantic social interactions with other Sims, including flirting, physical intimacy, kissing, and WooHooing.
• Watching the Romance, Telenovela or Reality Dating Show channels on a television.
• Freshening up at a vanity table or a mirror.
• Researching romance tips on a computer.
• Sitting in on a romance skill class.
• Taking a romance elective class while attending university.

Skill levels

Level	Ability
1	Sim can now Research Romance Tips on the Computer and perform a Romantic Introduction.
2	Sim can now share a Sweetheart's Box with another Sim.
3	Sim can now Whisper about Desires with other Sims.
4	Sim can now perform Seductive Dance anywhere and Tender Neck Kiss with other Sims.
5	Sim can now Suggest Back-to-Back WooHoo and Recap WooHoo with other Sims.
6	Sim can now Scan the Room for possible romance around themselves.
7	Sim can now perform Steamy Make Out and Build Up Partner with other Sims.
8	Sim can now Emotionally Connect with other Sims.
9	Sim can now Lovingly Dip Kiss other Sims
10	Sim can now perform Aura of Flirtiness on themselves.

Trivia

• Romance as a skill originally was supposed to be in The Sims 2 but was scrapped, and The Sims 4 early in development was intended to have a WooHoo skill but it was also scrapped due to fears of ratings and suggestiveness. So this skill can be seen as a finally realized version of both those ideas.