Reward Traits, Satisfaction Totals, and Milestone Summaries
The Sims 4's Aspirations are life goals that Sims may select, allowing them to complete a checklist of objectives to earn Satisfaction that may be spent toward Rewards. Unlike TS3's Lifetime Wishes, you may change your Aspiration at any time by pressing 'G' and going to the menu. Completing an Aspiration earns your Sim a related Reward Trait, and allows them to select another Aspiration from any category. Your first Aspiration choice matters in that your first Bonus Trait will not change after switching to a new Aspiration.
The following list's goal is to help you select Aspirations by providing knowledge of what you have to do in each. If, for example, you were expected to master a Skill you didn't want to, have many friends, or join a Career, it would help you to avoid selecting that. You may also prioritize certain Reward Traits first to help you complete another Aspiration later on.
Two things of note: Aspirations Milestones with the same name will be cleared on any Aspiration that shares those same objectives, meaning you will have a head start on completing those other Aspirations (usually in the same category) but not get the chance to get the Satisfaction twice. Also, those Aspiration Objectives that state 'Become an Adult' always give 0 and are meant to be barriers to Children/Teens from completing those Aspirations. They can get to the point that the Adulthood requirement appears.
Expansions and Game Packs
Most DLC comes with Aspirations that tie in with the theme of the pack. For example, Vampires allows Sims to become a Master Vampire. The Parenthood Game Pack offers Sims the opportunity to become a Super Parent via the Parenting Skill and attain the Role Model Reward Trait. Look for parentheses next to the name of the Aspiration to tell you if that life goal is only available with a game or expansion pack. If nothing's present, the aspiration is available to all players with the Sims 4 base game.
For now, there is only one Athletic Aspiration, but more may be added later when we get Expansions. Players who choose an Athletic Aspiration will get the High Metabolism Bonus Trait, which helps Sims stay in shape and get muscular more quickly than other Sims.
Reward Trait: Long Lived Lets your Sim live a longer life than other Sims, assuming there are no accidental deaths. This Reward Trait takes effect during the Elder life stage, meaning your Sim will live longer than his or her peers once they reach that age.
Bodybuilder Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Basic Trainer
Work Out for 8 Hours (50)
Work Out at a Gym Venue (50)
Milestone II: Exercise Demon
Achieve Level 4 Fitness Skill (300)
Push the Limits for One Hour while Energized (250)
Own 2 Pieces of Workout Equipment (300)
Milestone III: Fit to a T
Achieve Level 6 Fitness Skill (500)
Go Jogging for 2 Total Hours (350)
Spend 10 Hours Exercising (500)
Milestone IV: Bodybuilder
Reach Level 10 Fitness Skill (1250)
Reach Sims' Maximum Body Potential (1500)
Creativity Aspirations
Sims that choose an Aspiration from the Creativity category will get the Muser Bonus Trait. This Trait gives Sims better skill gains while Inspired.
Reward Trait: Poetic Allows you to write the Book of Life. Writing this about a living Sim, then using it after their death will resurrect them. A truly powerful Reward.
Bestselling Author Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Fledge-linguist
Write 2 Books (75)
Write for 1 Hour while Inspired (50)
Milestone II: Competent Wordsmith
Achieve Level 4 Writing Skill (200)
Have Written for 15 Total Hours (200)
Write 5 Good Books (300)
Milestone III: Novelest Novelist
Achieve Level 6 Writing Skill (500)
Publish 10 Books (350)
Write 5 Excellent Books (500)
Milestone IV: Bestselling Author
Achieve Level 10 Writing Skill (1000)
Complete 3 Bestsellers (750)
Have Earned 25,000 in Royalties Publishing Books (1000)
Master Actor/Actress Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 4,025
Reward Trait: World-Renowned Actress Your Sim will never fail an acting action as far as anyone can tell... so feel free to use Risky techniques on set.
Objectives
Milestone I: Aspiring Actress
Achieve Level 3 Acting Skill (75)
Practice Acting for 2 Hours (50)
Milestone II: Intermediate Actress
Become an Adult
Join the Acting Career (50)
Earn Gold in a Commercial Acting Gig (350)
Give a Street Performance (350)
Milestone III: Advanced Actress
Achieve Level 7 Acting Skill (400)
Receive an Award (600)
Earn Gold in a TV Show Acting Gig (350)
Milestone IV: Master Actress
Achieve Level 10 Acting Skill (1000)
Place a Celebrity Tile in Starlight Boulevard (50)
Reward Trait: Piper Gives a Sim new songs that have significant effects on other Sims. Under the Piper menu you'll find songs that can make Sims tired, clean house, leave, or change to formalwear.
Musical Genius Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Tone Deaf
Practice Music for 6 Hours (75)
Listen to Music for 2 Hours (50)
Milestone II: Fine Tuned
Achieve Level 4 Skill in an Instrument (300)
Play an Instrument for 1 Hour while Inspired (350)
Milestone III: Harmonius
Achieve Level 6 Skill in an Instrument (500)
Write 4 Songs (400)
Earn 500 from Licensed Songs (500)
Milestone IV: Musical Genius
Reach Level 10 Skill in an Instrument (1000)
Have Spent 75 Hours Playing Musical Instruments (1000)
Reward Trait: Expressionistic Lets Sims paint Emotional paintings and also books with the Writing Skill regardless of their current Emotion. With Painting, it will let you build up an emotional aura in a room if you so choose, as every painting can have its aura enabled/disabled and affects the selected emotion.
Painter Extraordinaire Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Ill at Easel
Start 3 Paintings while Inspired (75)
Paint for 5 Hours (75)
Milestone II: Fine Artist
Achieve Level 4 Painting Skill (300)
Sell 3 Paintings to Collectors or Art Gallery (250)
Complete 3 Emotional Paintings (200)
Milestone III: Brushing with Greatness
Achieve Level 6 Painting Skill (500)
View or Admire 3 Paintings at a Museum (350)
Complete 10 Excellent Paintings (500)
Milestone IV: Painter Extraordinaire
Achieve Level 10 Painting Skill (1500)
Complete 5 Masterpieces (1250)
Deviance Aspirations
Sims who take Deviance Aspirations get the Dastardly Bonus Trait, which gives them a higher success rate with their mean interactions.
Reward Trait: Mastermind Masterminds are able to inspire negative emotions in other Sims with their social interactions, knowing just the right things to say.
Public Enemy Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Mostly Harmless
Perform 10 Mean or Mischievous Interactions (50)
Be Disliked by 2 Sims (75)
Milestone II: Neighborhood Nuisance
Be Disliked by 4 Sims (300)
Become an Adult (0)
Join the Criminal Career (300)
Milestone III: Criminal Mind
Have a Declared Enemy (0)
Reach Level 4 of the Criminal Career (400)
Get into 5 Fights (500)
Milestone IV: Public Enemy
Witness the Death of a Sim (750)
Reach Level 8 of the Criminal Career (750)
Have 3 Declared Enemies (1000)
Family Aspirations
Sims who have chosen a Family Aspiration will get the Domestic Bonus Trait which lets them form relationships with their family faster than other Sims.
Big Happy Family Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 5,225
Reward Trait: Patriarch Patriarchs give their children boosts to gaining Skill when they are nearby.
Big Happy Family Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Readily a Parent
Become an Adult (0)
Spend $1,000 on Kids' Stuff (75)
Milestone II: Caregiver
Read to a Child for 2 Total Hours (150)
Become a Parent (300)
Socialize with your Child 10 Times (200)
Milestone III: Loving Guardian
Be Parent to a Child with 3 Friends (500)
Be Friends with 3 of Your Children (500)
Have a Child Get Married (500)
Milestone IV: Big Happy Family
Socialize with your Child or Grandchild 10 Times (1000)
Have 4 Grandchildren (1000)
Become Good Friends with 4 Children or Grandchildren (1000)
Reward Trait: Role ModelThe Role Model reward traits produces an aura around the Sim that causes toddlers, children, and teens to gain experience in the five character values 50% faster.
Super Parent Aspiration Objectives
Milestone I: Readily a Parent
Become an Adult (0)
Spend $1,000 on Kids' Stuff (75)
Milestone II: Offspring Instructor
Become a Parent (300)
Achieve Level 4 Parenting Skill (300)
Discipline Your Child, Toddler, or Teen 5 Times (200)
Milestone III: Character Coach
Help a Child with School Work for 4 Hours (350)
Achieve Level 6 Parenting Skill (500)
Have a Child with a Character Value within range to receive a Trait (500)
Milestone IV: Super Parent
Achieve Level 10 Parenting Skill (1000)
Go into Full Parent Mode (500)
Have a Child with 3 Positive Character Value Traits (1500)
Successful Lineage Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 5,325
Reward Trait: Vicarious Your Children's Skill gains will contribute to your own, meaning you gain skill from their successes in their own skills.
Successful Lineage Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Readily a Parent
Become an Adult (0)
Spend $1,000 on Kids' Stuff (75)
Milestone II: Caregiver
Read to a Child for 2 Total Hours (150)
Become a Parent (300)
Socialize with your Child 10 Times (200)
Milestone III: Trusted Mentor
Help a Child with Homework 3 Times (350)
Have a Child Earn an 'A' in High School (500)
Have a Child Max any Skill (500)
Milestone IV: Successful Lineage
Mentor your Child 3 Times (750)
Have a Child Complete an Aspiration (1000)
Have a Child or Grandchild reach the Top of a Career (1500)
Reward Trait: Webmaster Get the ability to Make Money Turking under the Web Category on the Computer. This lets your Sim sit there and earn a flow of money that comes in random bits every few minutes. Additionally, you may Internet Stalk to learn a Sim's Traits and go on a Research Binge that raises multiple Skills at once.
Computer Whiz Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: With the Program
Practice Programming for 5 Total Hours (75)
Play Video Games for 5 Total Hours (50)
Milestone II: Technically Adept
Maintain Focus for 2 Straight Hours of Video Gaming (250)
Reward Trait: Handy Lets a Sim instantly Fix/Upgrade any Object, meaning this Sim will fly through the Handiness skill levels and have a fully upgraded home.
Reward Trait: Laid Back Sims with the Laid Back trait will never become Stressed. I made a long Let's Play style video for this Aspiration, which can be found here on youtube.
Objectives
Milestone I: Tourist
Get a Suntan (50)
Get Gold in a Kava Party (50)
Eat a Coconut (50)
Milestone II: Sand-Sifter
Find 10 Collectibles (Seashells mainly) Combing the Beach (50)
Grill or Roast 5 Dishes (use a Grill or Island Living's In-Ground Oven) (50)
Milestone III: Leisurely Local
Explore the Cave (50)
Find Buried Treasure (50)
Milestone IV: Beach Fixture
Doze Off on a Lounge Chair or Floatie (50)
City Native Aspiration (City Living)
Total Satisfaction Gained: 4,725
Reward Trait: In The Know Sims with the In The Know reward trait get a massive discount on food stall purchases if they haggle with vendors.
City Native Objectives
Milestone I:
Introduce Self to Someone New in 3 Different Neighborhoods (75)
Give an Apartment Key to a Friend (50)
Order 3 Times from Food Stalls (75)
Milestone II:
Achieve Level 3 in the Singing Skill (250)
Light Fireworks at the Humor and Hijinks Festival (250)
Use a Bubble Blower (150)
Milestone III:
Donate to a Protester (375)
Kiss Someone at the Romance Festival (375)
Complete a Mural at the Arts Center (375)
Milestone IV:
Win a Contest at GeekCon (750)
Master the Singing Skill (1000)
Own an Apartment worth $100,000 (1000)
StrangerVille Mystery Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: ????
Reward Trait: Hero of StrangerVille: Residents will send you cupcaks and letters of thanks in the mail. You'll also be able to retell of your heroic deeds with new social interactions.
Reward Trait: Influential Individual When Influential Individuals speak, everyone listens. They can get the community to cheer on a local hero, or cancel them on a whim.
Objectives
Milestone I: Eco-Economist
Own 1 Solar Panel or Wind Turbine (100)
Sell Power or Water on a Utility Bill (100)
Milestone II: Clean City Civilian
Have 5 Community Influence Points (200)
Vote on 1 Neighborhood Action Plan (200)
Become a Civil Designer (250)
Milestone III: Civil Citizen
Attempt to Convince a Sim to Vote on a Neighborhood Action Plan (350)
Vote on Neighborhood Action Plans two separate times (500)
Reach level 10 of the Civil Designer Career (1000)
Freelance Botanist Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 4,825
Reward Trait: Naturalist Your sim is fearless around fire, gain immunity to it, and can extinguish fires without trouble. How this relates to gardening, I have no idea... fire spread to the Garden?
Reward Trait: Beloved Your Sim's relationships with others stop declining with time, making it easier to be Friends with everyone.
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Friend of the World Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: New in Town
Introduce Self to 10 Sims (75)
Have 3 Friends (75)
Milestone II: Well Liked
Meet Someone New in 3 Different Locations (300)
Achieve Level 4 Charisma Skill (350)
Milestone III: Super Friend
Have 12 Friends (400)
Achieve Level 6 Charisma Skill (500)
Milestone IV: Friend of the World
Have 20 Friends (1250)
Make a BFF (750)
Achieve Level 10 Charisma Skill (750)
Good Vampire Aspiration (Vampires)
Total Satisfaction Gained: 8,000
Reward Trait: Regained Humanity Sims with Regained Humanity are nicer and safer to be around for other Sims. Sims are more likely to give permission to drink.
Good Vampire Objectives
Milestone I:
Use a Computer to Search for Information on Vampires (300)
Become a Vampire (300)
Reach Level 3 in Vampire Lore (300)
Milestone II:
Drink a Plasma Pack (300)
Make 5 Friends (500)
Don't Drink Deeply for 5 Days in a Row (500)
Reach Level 4 in Vampire Lore (300)
Milestone III:
Make 2 Good Friends (750)
Get Permission to Drink from 2 Sims (750)
Buy the Tamed Thirst Vampire Power (750)
Create 3 Plasma Packs from Fish or Frogs (500)
Milestone IV:
Make a BFF (750)
Don't Drink Without Permission for 14 Days in a Row (1000)
Harvest from a Plasma Fruit Plant 3x in a Row (1000)
Reward Trait: Hilarious Your Sim's jokes will never fail, and you'll have extra interactions in that category that are great jokes.
Joke Star Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: Practical Joker
Be Funny to 5 Sims (75)
Achieve Level 3 Comedy Skill (75)
Milestone II: Stand-up Start-up
Become an Adult (0)
Join the Entertainer Career (250)
Own a Microphone (150)
Milestone III: Funny Businesswoman
Achieve Level 6 Comedy Skill (400)
Join the Comedian Branch of the Entertainer Career (500)
Write 3 Comedy Routines (400)
Milestone IV: Joke Star
Perform 3 Comedy Routines (1000)
Achieve Level 10 Comedy Skill (1500)
Leader of the Pack Aspiration (Get Together)
Total Satisfaction Gained: 3,600
Reward Trait: Natural Leader Attempting to take over as leader of a club always succeeds, and your Sim can't be overthrown. Also, they get a discount on club perk purchases.
Leader of the Pack Objectives
Milestone I: Get Accepted
Start or Join a Club (75)
Buy a Club Perk (75)
Milestone II: Private Gathering
Perform 10 Club Activities (200)
Be in a Club Gathering for 12 Hours (400)
Milestone III: Spread the Word
Achieve Level 5 Charisma (750)
Talk About Clubs with 5 Club Members (100)
Milestone IV: Leader of the Pack
Earn 1,000 Club Points (1000)
Lead a Club with 8 Sims (1000)
Party Animal Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 4,350
Reward Trait: Perfect Host Raises the score of any Social Event your Sim throws, making it easier to earn Gold ratings.
Party Animal Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I: New in Town
Introduce Self to 10 Sims (75)
Have 3 Friends (75)
Milestone II: Welcoming Host
Throw 3 Parties (150)
Earn Silver on 3 Social Events (300)
Milestone III: Sir Gala Had
Earn Silver on 3 Thrown Parties (500)
Attend Social Events at 5 Unique Locations (500)
Milestone IV: Party Animal
Throw 10 Social Events (1000)
Attend 15 Social Events (750)
Earn Gold on 2 Thrown Parties (1000)
World Famous Celebrity Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 4,925
Reward Trait: Unstoppable Fame Sims with Unstoppable Fame are immortalized Celebrities, incapable of fame decay. They will never react poorly toward paparazzi and receive an extra Fame Perk point.
Objectives
Milestone I: Aspring Star
Become a 2 Star Celebrity (75)
Purchase a Fame Perk (50)
Milestone II: Somebody
Become a 3 Star Celebrity (350)
Visit a Celebrity Hot Spot (150)
Host a Meet and Greet (250)
Milestone III: Rising Star
Become a 4 Star Celebrity (500)
Be Asked 3 Times for a Selfie (400)
Deal with the Paparazzi 3 Times (400)
Milestone IV: World Famous Celebrity
Become a 5 Star Celebrity (1250)
Receive 25 Positive Responses from Inciting Cheers (750)
Sign 3 Autographs (750)
Children's Aspirations
Children do not get Bonus Traits for selecting from Aspiration categories, but do get the chance to earn Reward Traits that help them significantly as Teenagers and Adults. Like Adults, Children are able to select a new Aspiration after having completed one, if they are able to do so before aging up. It is possible to complete multiple Children's Aspirations for your child if you are playing on a longer lifespan game.
Artistic Prodigy Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 1,100
Reward Trait: Creatively Gifted Children who achieve this Aspiration will build adult Creative skills faster - painting, instruments, writing, etc.
Aspiration Objectives:
Milestone I:
Have an Activity Table (50)
Draw 2 Pictures while Inspired (50)
Milestone II:
Achieve Level 5 Creativity Skill (150)
Play with 3 Toys (150)
Milestone III:
Play Instruments for 5 Total Hours (200)
Draw all 5 Picture Types on the Activity Table (250)
Achieve Level 10 Creativity Skill (250)
Rambunctious Scamp Aspiration
Total Satisfaction Gained: 925
Reward Trait: Physically Gifted Learn Adult Physical Skills faster (Fitness and perhaps some others).
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I am trying to get the soulmate aspiration and I have had my sims Yell and then apologize right away. Doesn't work. What the ***** am I supposed to do.
I'm guessing this is a glitch. When my sim Lottie Calaway had the soulmate asparation, I had to quit it because of this glitch. If you want to keep a romantic asparation, I recommend Serial Romantic or Big Happy Family
is the "successful lineage" aspiration still glitched? i can't seem to fulfill the last 2 parts. have a child fulfill an aspiration and have a child or grandchild max a skill. i have done both repeatedly and still nothing.
Hi Kari! I am going to answer your two questions you asked! I belive in the latest patch up, the Soulmate was edited, as I managed to complete it. However, Successful Linage still seems to be glitched on my machine. Of corse I don't know what country you are in, because America seems to have less glitches than countries like Canada, Britain and Australia. I'm in Canada, so maybe it is fixed in America and not in Canada. Libby
For some strange reason the Master Chef aspiration my sims earned doesn't work anymore. I noticed this after I had Origin repair my game. Is there a way to fix this? can i reset my sims aspirations? my food now spoils :( that sucks.
Do you have any CC or Mods? First take those out your folder and then open your game. If the bug is still happening then at least you will know it is not CC/Mod related. Do not save your game without your Mods/CC in, just quit without saving.
I'm not sure what else to suggest (as aspirations can not be reset) apart from resetting your Sims 4 folder.
Resetting your Sims 4 Folder
No as the aspiration doesn't include any particular skill. Which bit do you need help with in particular? You could also try posting your game play questions on our forum. Misc. Help
for the renaissance sim, that reward Professorital trait, can I write any of skill books since my writing skill at max level, or it depends on the skill I want to write? Thank you, your guide always help me alot
You sim doesn't need to have any writing skill at all. The reward trait allows a sim to write a book in any skill that they have a few levels in. So for example, my test sim has got level 6 gardening and so he was able to write a skill book in gardening despite having no writing skill at all. So your sim will be able to write a skill book in writing as your sim has skill points in writing.
I am doing the Social Butterfly aspiration for my child, but I am stuck on the last milestone. I have to become friends with 3 children and 2 adults, but when I do, it doesn't add to the count in my aspiration and I'm not sure why
Any friends made before reaching this stage will not count, all new friendships made once that stage of the aspiration is chosen should. You need to have the aspiration chosen while making friends for the new friendships to show.If you are doing all that then quit right out of your game and delete your cache files. Clearing Cache filesIf the aspiration requirements still are not completing you may need to use cheats. Select the child sim then turn on 'testingcheats on' and type aspirations.complete_current_milestone This will complete the requirements for that sim and only the current requirements showing in the aspiration window.
The expressionistic reward trait from the Painter Extraordinaire aspiration also allows handy sims to create emotional sculptures on the woodworking table. I am not sure what level they need to be as my sims’ handiness is maxed by the time I finish that aspiration.
Just keep fishing, when your sim catches a fish that is larger than a previously caught fish the whim will complete. This can be with any fish, even a guppy. All your sim has to do is catch a larger guppy than s/he has caught before. For example: It also isn't about which fish your sim caught last. Your sim might catch a guppy, a goldfish, a bass, a angelfish and then another guppy. If the second guppy is larger than the first, the whim will complete. If it is not... then your sim will have to keep fishing until they catch a bigger goldfish, bass, angelfish or guppy.
Well I have one question and one problem Que. Do the milestones of aspirations change with each expansion pack?? Eg. The writer aspiration level one wanted me to a) overcome writer's block in base game b) read a book at the library after outdoor retreat c) write for one hour when inspired after get to work... Same for many other aspirations like freelance botanist or painter or whiz kid.. These are not major changes but still... Also the career requirements changed...Now for the problem.. For some aspirations I finishing the task before the game asks for it doesn't seem to work... Now I understand this in "make a friend" or "complete a painting" kinds of requirements.... But skill levels and grades and careers also??? While doing whiz kid aspiration my child sim was on 1/3 level when he got grade A in school. Now after getting on 2/3 level aspiration wants him to get grade A. Now how am I supposed to again get A grade?? Same in computer whiz... My sim is level 7 tech guru career nd my aspiration want him to be level 5... This never happened in base game... Is this a bug in expansion??
The aspiration milestones changed with patches. Not packs, so the changes were made to the base game so that everyone who plays The Sims 4 will have the exact same aspiration milestones. And yes... there are quite a few game playing bugs around milestones completing as well as some milestones require them to be actively selected when your sim does the 'certain thing'. It's designed this way for game play as sometimes you might want your sim to paint (for example) but not to complete the aspiration so if your sim paints a masterpiece and does not have the painting aspiration actively selected, the masterpiece won't count towards the requirement. With the Whiz Kid sometimes going back to school the next day completes it. But with many bugs, the only thing you can do is to use the 'aspirations.complete_current_milestone' cheat and then carry on. Cheats Guide
My issue is with the Big Happy Family aspiration (and the other family one). My children are now teens but even though one of them has made more than 3 friends subsequent to the parent reaching this level of the aspiration, it isn't marking it off. One child got married and moved out (would have been too many in the household) but I still can't get the 3 friends. Do the parents have to have another child then get friends before becoming a teen? Do relatives count (aunts, cousins, uncles)?
This part of the aspiration has been tweaked in a recent patch to allow friends the child made previously to count. But it is one of those requirements that need to be actively chosen for it to complete. It needs a child to have 3 friends, not a teen. You can always use a cheat to complete just that requirement level. aspirations.complete_current_milestone
Just have a quick question about the serial romantic aspiration. When it says to kiss 10 sims, does that mean 10 DIFFERENT sims? Or can I choose one of my sims' boyfriends or girlfriends, and kiss them a bunch of times?
Ten different Sims. Although they need not be first kisses. U can kiss the same Sims with whome u already had first kisses. But once this part of aspiration starts there have to be 10 kisses with 10 different Sims to complete it.
I chose the artistic prodigy aspiration for my child and I'm stuck on the second mild stone because for some reason no matter what to wear I play with nothing will pop up that I've played with any toys, it still says 0/3. Please help!
Choose 3 different toys that come with the toy box and leave the child to play with each toy until the child completes the interaction. (i.e. don't cancel the child playing).
Sometimes this glitches out and all you can do is use the aspirations.complete_current_milestone cheat. Cheats Guide You could try saving, quitting and restarting your game as this might reset things but generally once this glitch occurs it takes quite some sim weeks for the soul mate status to activate.
For every aspiration a sim completes they will get the reward trait. You can end up with a sim that has many traits due to completing many aspirations.
First try just simply coming out of your game and opening it again. Often glitches like that are sorted that way. If the reward trait has still not been added and the aspiration is 100% completed you will need to cheat to add in the trait. I'd look at twisted mexican's wikki page as he has an amazing list of cheats there. Twisted Mexican's Cheats
You can't. You could make a clone/twin of that sim in CAS and then play with that sim, who will look the same etc and basically be the same sim if you give it the same aspiration and traits, but of course would be an unplayed sim.
Fantastic guide! Hope you can help me with my problem too. I'm doing the Freelance botanist aspiration and got stuck on Milestone IV, evolving 10 excellent plants. I started with 6/10 excellent plants but for some reason instead of counting up when my plants evolve it counts down so now I have 0/10 excellent plants! Does it have anything to do with the plants having evolved past the exellent stage or is it a glitch?
Definitely a glitch. Evolving plants in general right now are glitched so we are waiting/hoping for a developers fix. You may need to manually cheat that aspiration requirement as completed so your sim can progress. Pause your game with the target sim selected. Enable testingcheats on. Type/copy aspirations.complete_current_milestone
How can i complete my vampire aspiration of there's not vampire aspriration? Is my sims 4 already different sims type?Do please reply thx anyway... Your list help so much
My sim has completed the successful lineage aspiration minus having her daughter reach the top of her career. If I kick the daughter out now with a level 3 job, will it still count towards it? Also will my sim still get her vicarious skill gains when her children are no longer in thw household? Thanks
The sims need to be all in the same household for the aspiration requirements to be completed. The skill gains will also only occur from other sims in the same household.
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When my sim Lottie Calaway had the soulmate asparation, I had to quit it because of this glitch. If you want to keep a romantic asparation, I recommend Serial Romantic or Big Happy Family
I am going to answer your two questions you asked!
I belive in the latest patch up, the Soulmate was edited, as I managed to complete it. However, Successful Linage still seems to be glitched on my machine.
Of corse I don't know what country you are in, because America seems to have less glitches than countries like Canada, Britain and Australia. I'm in Canada, so maybe it is fixed in America and not in Canada.
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Thank you, your guide always help me alot
So your sim will be able to write a skill book in writing as your sim has skill points in writing.
Clearing Cache filesIf the aspiration requirements still are not completing you may need to use cheats.
Select the child sim then turn on 'testingcheats on' and type aspirations.complete_current_milestone
This will complete the requirements for that sim and only the current requirements showing in the aspiration window.
This can be with any fish, even a guppy. All your sim has to do is catch a larger guppy than s/he has caught before.
For example: It also isn't about which fish your sim caught last. Your sim might catch a guppy, a goldfish, a bass, a angelfish and then another guppy. If the second guppy is larger than the first, the whim will complete. If it is not... then your sim will have to keep fishing until they catch a bigger goldfish, bass, angelfish or guppy.
Que. Do the milestones of aspirations change with each expansion pack??
Eg. The writer aspiration level one wanted me to
a) overcome writer's block in base game
b) read a book at the library after outdoor retreat
c) write for one hour when inspired after get to work...
Same for many other aspirations like freelance botanist or painter or whiz kid.. These are not major changes but still... Also the career requirements changed...Now for the problem..
For some aspirations I finishing the task before the game asks for it doesn't seem to work...
Now I understand this in "make a friend" or "complete a painting" kinds of requirements....
But skill levels and grades and careers also???
While doing whiz kid aspiration my child sim was on 1/3 level when he got grade A in school. Now after getting on 2/3 level aspiration wants him to get grade A. Now how am I supposed to again get A grade??
Same in computer whiz...
My sim is level 7 tech guru career nd my aspiration want him to be level 5...
This never happened in base game...
Is this a bug in expansion??
And yes... there are quite a few game playing bugs around milestones completing as well as some milestones require them to be actively selected when your sim does the 'certain thing'. It's designed this way for game play as sometimes you might want your sim to paint (for example) but not to complete the aspiration so if your sim paints a masterpiece and does not have the painting aspiration actively selected, the masterpiece won't count towards the requirement. With the Whiz Kid sometimes going back to school the next day completes it. But with many bugs, the only thing you can do is to use the 'aspirations.complete_current_milestone' cheat and then carry on.
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I mostly play offline so any updates made are done only while adding an expansion.
BTW great work on the guide...
Really helpful
aspirations.complete_current_milestone
But once this part of aspiration starts there have to be 10 kisses with 10 different Sims to complete it.
Cheats Guide
You could try saving, quitting and restarting your game as this might reset things but generally once this glitch occurs it takes quite some sim weeks for the soul mate status to activate.
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Enable testingcheats on. Type/copy
aspirations.complete_current_milestone
Is my sims 4 already different sims type?Do please reply
Thanks