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- All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Critic Career
The Sims 4: City Living introduced a number of exciting, metropolitan elements to a game largely about life in intimate small towns. And along with the endlessness of the city and the glow of the lights came a brand new career – the Critic career, with branches for both art and food.
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With the branches splitting early towards their specialties, each with several skills to build, it can be tough to decide which path is right for your Sim. In the guide below, we’re breaking down the hours, pay, promotional tasks, and more for the Critic career in The Sims 4.
Critic Career Overview
Choose Between Arts Or Food To Critique
Life in the metropolos of San Myshuno can overwhelm a fresh faced Sim with stars in their eyes, so they'll need someone to dictate taste and culture in the city. And who better to do that than you?
In The Sims 4 Critic career, you'll have your choice between two major staples of big-city living:
- Arts Critics attend events related to all things culture and arts, sharing their tastes on all things aesthetic.
- With all things creative on the line, you'll need to not only raise your Writing skill, but to justify your expertise in Painting and either Comedy or an instrument.
- Food Critics instead focus their attention on restaurants, keen to taste it all as they search for the best dish they can find.
- Though you'll begin focused only on Writing and Cooking, you'll need to make good progress with Gourmet Cooking as well.
It's best to decide which path you'd like sooner than later, as this career splits early, making you choose a path at Level Four.
As it is, the base game Writer career does pay more than the Critic career will in either branch, given your relatively short working hours and almost limitless ability to work from home.
They do become more profitable at higher levels, though, so if online snark is your Sim's passion, keep at it!
Helpful Traits And Moods For The Critic Career
As with any career based in anything artistic in The Sims 4, the Creative trait is inarguably one of the most helpful for either of the Critic career paths. It allows your Sim to become Inspired more often than normal Sims, which definitely helps in a writing job!
From there, though, the best traits will be different between both career branches. For example, Food Critics may benefit from being Foodies, while Arts Critics would glean more from traits like Music Lovers or Art Lovers.
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Every Level Of The Critic Career: Pay, Hours, Promotion Tasks, And More
General Critic Career (Levels 1-3)
Level
Hours
Rates
Promotional Requirements and Daily Tasks
Paper Deliverer (1)
Sunday-Friday
6 AM - 11 AM
$21/hour ($105/day)
Practice Writing
Story Researcher (2)
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
10 AM - 5 PM
$29/hour ($203/day)
Write a Column
Reach Level 2 in the Writing skill
Beat Reporter (3)
$34/hour ($238/day)
Write a Column
Reach Level 3 in the Writing skill
Arts Critic Career Path
Level
Hours
Rates
Promotional Requirements and Daily Tasks
Snooty Pundit (4)
Friday-Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
12 PM - 5 PM
$47/hour ($235/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 2 in the Painting skill
Reach Level 2 in either Comedy or an instrumental skill
Show Scout (5)
Friday-Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
4 PM - 9 PM
$66/hour ($330/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 4 in the Writing skill
Reach Level 3 in either Comedy or an instrumental skill
Refined Reviewer (6)
$93/hour ($465/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 5 in the Writing skill
Reach Level 3 in the Painting skill
Cultural Connoisseur (7)
Friday-Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
12 PM - 5 PM
$130/hour ($650/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 4 in the Painting skill
Reach Level 4 in either Comedy or an instrumental skill
Chief Critic (8)
$182/hour ($910/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 7 in the Writing skill
Syndicated Superstar (9)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
12 PM - 5 PM
$273/hour ($1,365/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Reach Level 8 in the Writing skill
Reach Level 6 in either Comedy or an instrumental skill
Grand Steward of the Arts (10)
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
12 PM - 5 PM
$545/hour ($2,270/day)
Review a Performance or Write a Column
Food Critic Career Path
Level
Hours
Rates
Promotional Requirements and Daily Tasks
Chow Chaser (4)
Monday-Friday
10 AM - 4 PM
$49/hour ($294/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 3 in the Cooking skill
Food Stall Frequenter (5)
$73/hour ($438/hour)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 5 in the Cooking skill
Reach Level 4 in the Writing skill
Restaurant Rater (6)
Monday-Friday
1 PM - 7 PM
$110/hour ($660/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 2 in the Gourmet Cooking skill
Reach Level 5 in the Writing skill
Local Gourmand (7)
$164/hour ($984/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 4 in the Gourmet Cooking skill
Expert Epicurian (8)
Monday-Friday
10 AM - 4 PM
$230/hour ($1,380/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 7 in the Writing skill
Kitchen's Worst Nightmare (9)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
10 AM - 4 PM
$345/hour ($2,070/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
Reach Level 6 in the Gourmet Cooking skill
Reach Level 8 in the Writing skill
Curator of the Finest Flavors (10)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
11 AM - 4 PM
$441/hour ($2,205/day)
Review Food or Drink or Write a Column
The Arts Critic does come out a couple Simoleons ahead, but with so much variety between the career paths, follow your heart instead of the money!
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All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Critic Career
Finally, we've got a complete list of every item, CAS option, and social interaction unlocked as part of the Critic career in The Sims 4.
Everything Unlocked In The Sims 4 Critic Career
Level
Items and Interactions Unlocked
General Critic Career (Levels 1-3)
Paper Deliverer (1)
N/A
Story Researcher (2)
Beat Reporter (3)
"Recommend Local Hangout"
"Respond to Mail"
Arts Critic Career Path
Snooty Pundit (4)
"Review Performance"
Show Scout (5)
"Study Art"
Refined Reviewer (6)
Room with a View Painting
"Praise Art"
Cultural Connoisseur (7)
True Performer's Performance Space
"Snub Art"
Chief Critic (8)
"Critically Connected" perk (offers 20% off the purchase of any art in Build/Buy)
Syndicated Superstar (9)
N/A
Grand Steward of the Arts (10)
The Critical Throne toilet
Food Critic Career Path
Chow Chaser (4)
Spare Utensils Wall Plaque
"Review Food/Drink"
Food Stall Frequenter (5)
Fine Outdoor Eating
"Laud Meal"
Restaurant Rater (6)
"Belittle Meal"
Local Gourmand (7)
This Cake is No Lie
Expert Epicurean (8)
"Improve Dish"
Kitchen's Worst Nightmare (9)
N/A
Curator of the Finest Flavors
Golden Bowl of Fruit
Only the Best Dining Room furniture
With so much cool stuff between the two career paths, we've got a guide to Build/Buy cheats that unlock everything for you so you don't need to switch.
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