

These are VERY powerful and unlock some really cool stuff. Or, my favorite, you can purchase permanent Reward Traits. Here, you can buy Potions that change your Sims' weight or current Emotion. Now that you have been completing Whim and Aspiration goals and have a lot of Satisfaction, let's go spend it!Ĭlick the little gift package icon on the right side of your Aspiration panel to see the Aspiration Reward Store. When you're out and about and you make progress towards your current Aspiration, you'll see a short tool tip in the bottom right corner that is there to say “Hey! Good work. But you can still receive really cool reward Traits for completing all the Aspirations, so experiment and try stuff out. So, if you start as an Angler but switch to a Creative Aspiration, you'll keep that original Bonus Trait.

Keep in mind – You can ONLY receive the Bonus Trait for the Aspiration you select at the beginning in Create a Sim. First click the star button on the right side of the panel and you’ll see this new menu where you can click on different Aspirations and see what Goals they have and generally snoop around. Tired of your current Aspiration? Want to change things up? You can switch it without losing progress.
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If you hover over the goals, you'll see detailed information on how to complete it and how much Satisfaction you'll receive. If you hover over the big gold button inside the Hexagon, you'll see your current Milestone and the Reward Trait you’ll receive after completing the Aspiration. You’ll also find buttons to change your Aspiration and buy rewards. This tells you what your current Aspiration is, your level of Satisfaction and current goals for your milestone.

Let's look at Aspirations a bit! Click the big star icon in the bottom right. See the little red X? If you ever don't want to complete a Whim, or want a different one, simply click that X, and it goes away. You'll find the high level subject, where it came from (an Emotion, Trait, or Aspiration), how much Satisfaction you'll receive for completing it (more on that in a second), and a detailed explanation. If you hover your cursor over any of the Whims, you can find information on that Whim. If your Sim is Sad, for example, you might get a Whim to Water your Garden with Tears. This Whim is in the far left and is based on their current Emotion.Įmotional Whims are designed to point you towards content that you can ONLY do while in that Emotion, OR ways to fix your current Emotion. However, when Sims have any Emotion other than Fine (which is our neutral Emotion), they get what we call an Emotional Whim. Sims always have two basic Whims, which are the little fluffy clouds above their Portraits. Today, I snapped some screenshots to go over a few of the things you might have missed. These goals create what we call a “breadcrumb“ trail to the content and, when completed, give you a nice reward to change your strategy, options, and story in the game. One of the ways we do this is with our Goal systems, including Whims and Aspirations. There's a LOT of content in The Sims 4 that you might not know exists if we didn't point it out.

We build big games with a lot of stuff to do.
