How to Create and Complete a Bucket List in The Sims 4
For players looking to guide their Sims toward a meaningful life (and beyond), the bucket list feature in The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion introduces new levels of ambition and legacy. Here’s everything needed to craft a memorable list, complete it, and explore the rewarding Soul’s Journey.
How to Start a Bucket List in The Sims 4
To kick off a bucket list, have your Sim use either a Private Journal or a Computer, then select the Bucket List option. Players can add goals through different paths:
- Write Goal: Choose a completely random objective.
- Write Goal from Category: Select a goal based on specific interests.
- Write the Perfect Goal: With certain unlocks, set custom aspirations for your Sim.
Your Sim can have up to four active bucket list items, though goals can be reset or changed later. If desired, players can unlock the "Perfect Goal" option, allowing more control over their Sim’s bucket list goals.
Unlocking "Perfect Goal" Options for a Bucket List
Three distinct paths can unlock the "Perfect Goal" option for a Sim's bucket list:
- Attend an Afterlife Anonymous Group Meeting: Held in , these gatherings provide insight and special options for Sims contemplating their legacy.
- Witness a Sim’s Death: Experiencing a significant moment like witnessing another Sim's passing enhances the introspective traits needed to unlock this feature.
- Acquire the "Chased by Death" Trait: This trait offers Sims a unique perspective on life and death, granting access to “Perfect Goals.”
With these unlocks, players can dive into a curated list of life objectives for their Sims.
Completing the Soul's Journey
The Soul’s Journey is an eight-stage milestone path that serves as the ultimate journey of self-discovery and achievement for Sims. The first six milestones are completed while the Sim is alive, focusing on fulfilling bucket list goals and thus completing the Sim’s "living journey." Here’s a brief look at the path:
- The Road Ahead: Extra Satisfaction Points
- Making Headway: Skill gain bonuses
- Finding Purpose: Career performance gains, computer discounts, and new social options
- No Regrets: Increased life span, "Move Onto the Great Beyond" ability (for ghosts)
- Quite a Journey: Ability to pass down traits and create Heirlooms
- Dream Fulfilled: Ability to experience Rebirth (either alive or as a ghost)
- Newfound Purpose: Additional Ghost Mastery points (exclusive to Ghost Sims)
- The Big Picture: Unlocks "Burning Soul" trait, allowing "Recall Past Life" and "Peer into Soul" abilities for faster skill acquisition and memory retention.
The journey ends with the final stages completed after a Sim’s passing, allowing the Sim to continue as a playable Ghost Sim with exclusive abilities, like the powerful "Burning Soul" trait, which enhances legacy and remembrance.
Soul's Journey Rewards
By progressing through the Soul’s Journey, Sims earn abilities like Rebirth, letting them return to the same family or join a new household while retaining some personality traits. The ultimate reward, the "Burning Soul" trait, offers the chance to tap into past experiences and skills, making for a faster, more adept reincarnation.
The Life and Death expansion in The Sims 4 provides a thoughtful way for Sims to reflect on their lives, achieve lasting goals, and build meaningful legacies that echo into future generations.
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