10 Secrets in The Sims 4 BASE GAME That You May Not Know
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 07. 2024
- Hey friends, in today's video we are talking about a few things that you may not be aware of in The Sims 4's base game. These are hundreds of secrets in the game between all of the packs and small details you may have never seen, this is very exciting!
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As far as the monster under the bed goes, I prefer using the Starry Starry Night Light. Not only does it look better but besides keeping the monster away it gives kids a Comforting Light happy moodlet.
She's doing base game things in this vid which is why she prob didn't mention it
I didnât even know about these night lights until this video! Itâs not in the âkidsâ section, they keep them in the âlightingâ section, so I never seen them lol. I just had a baby in my new household and immediately used the night light.
For the nightlight when I build a base game house is just size it down Lmao
I was about to make a similar comment đ that one is the one I always use
I didnât know that! Thanks for the tip!
The tragic clown would have freaked me out if I had stumbled on that by accident. I love your videos! I always learn something new
I did found out about it on accident and i never used it since that time ever again đ€Ł
@@xXLoniXx Same, I hated it
@@catharine_li hi
I definitely donât want to use it knowing a clown will pop up đ€Ł
Now turn him into a Vampire with Eternal Sadness đ
You can also as a child become friends with the monster under the bed and ask it to leave, especially fun if you do like a challenge where your kid has to fend for itself.
I love making my child sims friend the monster under the bed :) I think it's cute:))
Iâm embarrassed to say Iâve wasted at least an hour of my life to make my sim obsessed with grilled cheese in my off time.
how do you make your sims obsessed with grilled cheese?
@@ellenbenney8695 just keep feeding them grilled cheese back to back
@@ellenbenney8695 eat 3 back to back and you will get the grill cheese aspiration
The clown just isn't the same ... That bitch used to be soooo hard to get rid of and he you torture your Sims đ
Hah! One of my sims brought up grilled cheese while flirting, and it worked!
Answers to hidden worlds for anyone that needed it typed:
Sylvan Glade -
Follow the sound
Travel Downstream
Enter the mist
Travel to Glade
Forgotten Grotto-
(Level 10 Handiness skill)
Wide path
Climb ladder
Step onto legde
Travel to Grotto
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You're the real MVP!
Yeah I was playing a family recently that I was super invested in. Young couple, brand new baby, dad was progressing through the astronaut career which is new for me I was excited about it. Iv played for years but for some reason never chosen this career path. He has a rocket out back which he was taking trips in, everything was going well he was nearly at the top of his game and one night he went to the toilet. Sat on the pan and died from hysterically laughing âŠ.. I was less than amused! Fast forward his baby boy has grown up, got married and is working his way through the astronaut career so I can finally see how it goes đ
I had a family. A dad his daughter and new wife. The wife and hubby had a baby girl as the dad's first child was a teen. The teen died of embarrassment a few days after the new baby was born. I was so upset.
Lmfaooo
Thatâs so sad, yet so funny. Btw, did you not want to play your sim as a ghost? Shortly after I got the Sims 4, my sim died while he and his S.O. were on vacation. Poor guy burst into flames from those pesky fireflies. Anyway, I brought him back as a ghost since he had 3 kids back at home waiting for him.
My legacy family Iâm super invested in has a tragic death also. Parents had 6 kids. At the time they had 4 adult kids, they all went out to dinner and the youngest adult kid (it was her birthday dinner btw), died of laughter right in the restaurant. It is highly upsetting when your sims die and youâre not the one that killed them lol
This games made my sim die 3 times in a row from laughter after maybe 3 or 4 hours of game, my sim was still a young adult and had no job, this is completely random.. hopefully i save very often so everytime i reloaded my savegame.
I have a funny story about the tragic clown.
I was playing with my brotherâs family on the sims 1. One of the children died due to a fire. (I mightâve put her in a enclosed room and had her set off a firework đ) I thought the father of the child was so depressed, he started to wearing a clown suit and walked around, crying. I found out later that the father was at work đđ
I wish I knew these before but I was playing with get famous and found out you can make your own brand if you get a perk and are a five star celebrity.
fun fact the brand feature was broken at launch and just didn't work at all
@@Kriseiri I feel like itâs still broken cuz it never worked for me
Mine barely works. My sim is doing it now and only gets like $12-15/day which makes no sense. Sheâs a 5 star celebrity with millions of followers and is at the top of her acting career but only makes $10 a day from her brand? Please. Itâs a joke.
how much did you pay for get famous?
@@skygomez7749 I paid $20 dollars since I got it on sale but the regular price is $40
I never knew there was also a secret path behind the Landgraab's!! đ±đ±
Iâve been using the baby gender thing for awhile now and today I wanted my Sim family to have a girl so I made her eat strawberries and listen to pop. It has always worked for me. So color me shocked when my Sim gave birth to not just one boy, but two! My Sims never have twins! And the one time I just wanted this family to have one girl, they have two boys đ
That's life lol
Did u end up keeping those two boys?
when I get boys I age them up and then kill them with mcc because I can't dress them
@@yuyicat9885 I send the boys off to college and keep trying until I get a girl.
@@yuyicat9885 yâall is evil omg
I always shrink the night light down and put it low on the wall so that it looks like a normal night light
This is a great idea.
I always change the colour of my sims' phones. I think it adds to their personalities and also I don't really like the default one
Same! I like doing that when I've established what their favourite colours, I think it adds to their personalities too.
Never knew that about the child's bed, I just started giving them a double bed to avoid the monster đ
I just use MCCC to turn the monster under the bed off. I never knew there were ways in the base game to avoid the monster though, so that's cool to know.
@@ville666sora remember that there are no mods for console! Those nightlights can be a lifesaver lmao
Me too đđđđ
Bubble baths are the best way to get a base game hysterical death, especially if you have a goofball or clumsy Sim as they get random playful moodlets. I legit had a Sim get hysterical because he was in the bubble bath (which I did not tell him to take) and he completed his resolution because he got promoted. He went from Very Playful to Hysterical and died as soon as he got out of the tub. Laundry is another way to get both high angry and playful moodlets. Wet laundry will make them angry and warm dry clothes give a playful moodlet. Both have caused death for me before. I've only ever had one death from embarrassment and that was a teen who aged up during my 100 baby challenge. It still counted, though since he died as an adult. Also, there is an extreme playful moodlet that child of the island sims get when they observe Sulani's culture. It lasts forever and does not go away; it's so strong that even the potions you get from the reward store don't help. This also caused a death in my career legacy gameplay.
That and once they are in a happy mood, make funny faces in the mirror. My sim was a goofball and made funny faces in the mirror and went from happy to hysterical in less than a sim hour. After I stopped them from making the funny faces, they died. Luckily they had a death flower in their inventory.
Ye-eah, this is why I turned off emotion deaths. It is annoying as I actually like the concept, but I find it (and weather deaths) to fast and easy to get.
Thanks for the idea đâ€ïž
@@kristalynn221 hi can you please tell me how you turned off emotion deaths?
A bubble bath AND a promotion? Too much to handle.
These pregnancy cheats make me laugh so hard at myself when I started playing. My FIRST sim household had triplets from her first pregnancy.... I had no idea how rare that wasđđđ
Me too?! I didnât understand and thought my game was glitching when it asked for the name cause I typed it and clicked the check and it kept popping up so I accidentally named them all the same name đ
@@llamasdance9688 I went through the exact same thing lol
I only had it happen once and I wasn't even trying to get triplets. It actually ruined my playthrough because it was just too many kids.
I wasnât using any cheats on pregnancy cause I donât know how and still ended up with triplets đ€ŠđŒââïž
The first household I had I got twins lol
Me and my mom have been playing the sims since I was very young. She introduced the Sims 3 to me when I was 6, and since then we have both come together to appreciate the game. Around two weeks age, my mom ended up killing her sim with kindness- The sim had just gotten engaged, then married, had a wonderful New Years and completed her resolution. I believe it had also experienced it's first kiss, as well as woohoo'd in the shower very well for the first time. She became absolutely erratic and giggled herself to death. We own almost every Sims 4 expansion, and have both been playing for over 14+ years, so It was a big surprise to find out they can just die from too much emotion.
Honestly, I think it sucks that Sims can die so easily.
I think I may be too invested in this game. đ
@@hummingbird11 compared to the older sims games Sims 4 is really damn easy. But I understand how some parts are really annoying for no reason. We never expected an emotion explosion XD
Pregnant irl and been eating strawberries đ. Will update if it works irl đ€Ł
How is it going?
Did it work? Lol
@@desirecorrea51 ultrasound says girl. Will update in 3 weeks đ
@@eod25 so is she born and is she actually a she haha :)
@@Limehouselane yes!!! Confirm it works irl đ€Ł
I've had far too many sims die to being hysterical. I've gotten very lucky in my legacy that every time it's happened, I've had very confident sims around that were able to successfully plead for their lives. I sometimes just straight up turn the emotional deaths off with MCCC though đ
I have MCCC, how do you turn off the emotional deaths? I canât find where! đ©
It's in the Tuner menu! Just click "allow emotional death" and it'll let you turn it off.
@@Juskaey thanks so much :)
Itâs in the computer. I put MCCC after I lost my spellcaster through hysterical.
Of all the videos showing things we may not know in the sims, this one is by far the best! I had no idea objects had "hidden abilities"!
That's why it so fun to read the descriptions lol
I didnât know they still had the tragic clown painting! That little Easter egg has been around since the first sims, and I think itâs so odd lol
Funny thing, just half an hour after watching this, my Sims are on their honeymoon in sulani and one of the ends up dying of laughter... I was able to ressurect him cause his husband bought a bunch of death flowers when he became a Spellcaster. It wasn't even the first time this sim died though! He was crushed by a Murphy bed while a teen and his brother pleased with grim to ressurect him. This was also my first day motional death in years of playing too...
I've never been to the hidden locations. I did find the tree on a jog to find things in-world to dig up, but didn't stick with it. I really should one day.
PSA!!! Coollala is NOT foolproof! The wall light DOES significantly decrease monster appearances, but doesn't do away with them completely!
Thank you for this tip đđž
Its works really well for me though. I even put only 1 for 2 beds. They never shown anymore.
sometimes if you have auto lights enabled it will be turned off. it has to be on
@@marleythewizard thank you! I was wondering about that. I always have auto lights turned on so I will make sure to not have it in for the night light đĄ
SylviesSylk, I agree. I always put the night light in the children's rooms. It's a hit & miss though.
I wish I could have that trash can in real life!
Especially because I think she said it gives you money
@@MelissaLawrence2002 yeah like $10 for each person in your household
I did not know about the Tragic Clown, and I've been playing since the game came out! WOW! Thank you! I also didn't know about the trash can.
I found the death flower from the rare seed packages. And I learned about the night light after my twin sims would get woken up every night by the monster
there's also an entrance in forgotten hollow that looks like it should have a hidden world in it but doesn't. i wish they'd implemented it, it really looks like they were planning to but changed their mind for whatever reason
Now that I've been informed about the grilled cheese ambition. I'm officially making it my responsibility to create a sim that's OBSESSED with grilled cheese. Thank youđđ„Ș
Itâs been a year, how is it going?
I give all the children double beds and the monster never appears, I think the game considers them adult beds but hey I never get a monster when they use a double bed.
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Iâve never actually seen that light before. In my childrenâs rooms, I usually use the one from parenthood. It does the same exact thing as the one she used, but in my opinion, I think itâs prettier.
Love this video and I love your energy and I feel like it's straight to the point unlike countless other videos like this. Honestly you're the first person I've subscribed to in a long time.
So many helpful tips and Iâve been playing for years, thank you! âđ»
Just got the game today (FINALLY!!!) And this is also my first video of yours that I've come across. Your video was super interesting and informative, your voice is very pretty and I enjoyed your explanations. Definitely subscribing!
Thank you Taylorsaurus, you are awesome. You make me smile and I appreciate the great tips.
thank you so much!!!!! I am mostly a beginner player although ive played sims for years but never very extensively... I didnt know any of these! SO MUCH FUN
The death flower. I'm pretty sure you can purchase one from the shopping area in the Magic realm world. Alchemy supplies stalls. Very expensive, but what is a sim-life worth???
Yes, you can purchase some death flowers. It's an ingredient for the immortality potion. Also, you can plant them and harvest a lot of them. Better to plant in a sheltered area when you have seasons. Normally, they bloom only during the winter.
Spellcasters can also create Death Flowers using the Herbio Spell. ICR, but I believe a medium to high charge helps.
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones Yes, but it relies strongly on chance as Herbio spawns plants randomly.
@@Kualinar True enough, but you're guaranteed to get some if you do it enough - as in, 10-20 times (approx I think). I consistently made tons of money from growing Death Flowers before I got Seasons.
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones I make tons of money with my dragon fruits...
I had a very happy, just married sim die a hysterical death because all the happy moodlets amplified their one playful moodlet. I think that one is probably to easiest death of the three emotional deaths.
There is also a cool sign in wall hanging that have Sims remove shoes when they enter the house đ Tresheff
Whattt so coolll
Wait, whaaaaaat??? I need it now!
im so glad iâve found ur channel!
The owl night light also keeps the monsters away!
Sims 4 is my first Sims game ever! I love it, but there's so much to do and to know. Your channel definitely helps! Thank you!
I can not stress enough about HOW MANY TIMES MY SIMS DIE OF LAUGHTER OH. MY. GOD.
Great explanation for the hidden worlds. I need to try that.
My first sims have lived next to the sylvan glade entrance this whole time! I had no idea, so glad you highlighted it
Iâve been playing forever and I STILL didnât know all of these! Thank you!!!
Wow I have been playing the sims ever since it came out and never new these thank you!
Been placing Sims 4 for about two years now and didn't know about Sylvan Glade or Forgotten Grotto! Thanks very much! *thumbs up* indeed
A sim can also die of excessive laughing, which I found out by accident - one time I loaded my game, and the very first thing my favorite sim did was laugh and then die "O.O" .. then, all I did was exit to menu (without saving - very important to note) and then reload game = sim alive and never repeated the laughter-death ever again. Exiting to menu and reloading also cheats way of not having to debug or craft a death-flower. Also, very important to note: ALWAYS save your game with each passing sim day.
That's a great idea! Savjng every sim day... Wow, I'm definitely going to do this from now on!
if tou try to do this in the sims three rip your pc lmao
Hmm, I actually have selected 'phrases' on save files I overwrite again and again in the game : "Quick-Save!" I use constantly, and then "Recovery Save Point (1-5)" that I cycle through; when I get to (5), I overwrite (1) again, and so on, like this : "Recovery Save Point 1" "Recovery Save Point 2" and my Official Save Names that end with Chapters; like this one: "Anna's Amazing Journey Chp (1 - 1.9)" and then (2 - 2.9) The Chapters in my saves are the big milestone moments, but I also like to keep the small things as 1.(1-9), the next big milestone marks Chapter 2 ... then; at the end of a gameplay session I copy my save and sometimes my tray folders from my documents folder into a separate dated gameplay backup folder. I do this with *every* pc-based game that I play: Truck Sim, Farm Sim, Train Sim, and "People Sim," haha.
Here is an example gameplay backup: My Documents / Gameplay Backups / The Sims 4 Archives / My Favorite Sim-play / 10-25-2021 / save + tray folders.
Even on a console you could still use the reusable save files, if they let you name different save files and use multiple save files? I do not have a game console.
For pc, if you don't have much room to make archives; just buy a USB flash and place your gameplay backups on there!
This is sooo super helpful; if you suddenly remember a specific game memory, or a time in the past when your Sim was just a little one: and you want to briefly enjoy that moment again - just go to your backup folders; either by dates, or, you can give the folder topic names and the date it is archived. Then you can literally swap out save folders, by placing the current game save folder into a "The Sims 4 Gameplay Hold Folder" into a folder dated when it was swapped out; once you've switched the save folders: enjoy those moments again in real-time, not just memories!!
I often reduce game-load stresses by keeping a lot of my gameplay archived in save folder copies; then deleting the older files in my current gameplay folder. To explain that accurately: I make a copy of the save folder inside the Electronic Arts Sims 4 documents folder, then, when i have that copy archived; i go into the game and delete all of the unnecessary saves - thus reducing the amount of save files the game currently needs to load up in the save window.
Also, on The Sims 4: I use a separate save folder for different gameplays; which also reduces the amount of saves per gameplay sessions! It's super helpful when making an archive too; you have only that gameplay saves in that archive!
That could look something like this:
My Documents / Gameplay Backups / The Sims 4 Archives / My Favorite Sim-play / 10-25-2021 / save + tray folders.
/ My Other Sim-play / 10-25-2021 / save + tray folders.
But; *always* remember, that *anything* can happen: keep two forms of backups for your most Favorite gameplay; a USB flash and a Disc, along with the one on the pc! : - )
Omg yes I always did the same saving and unsaving technique!
Wow, I have been playing (off/on) all of the Sims and still didn't know about the secret worlds in Sims 4. I wonder how much more I've missed in the previous Sims releases. Thank You!
Awesome. Great way to spice up the game if you are someone who doesnât rely heavily on cc or mods. Thanks for the video
I just started the Sims4 this week and didn't know any of these.. so thank you!
Loved this video, Taylor. Fantastic!
This is dope. I have been playing TS4 for years and did not know about half of these.
I knew about the Grilled Cheese, the trash can that gives you Simoleons but I did not know about the Tragic Clown or how you can determined the sex of your Sims baby. This is the 1st video I've watched by you & I have to say I found this very informative so thank you :-)
I havenât played in two weeks but your video makes me miss my sims. Def playing tonight
Love your video style! Thanks for the tips.
I've been playing the Sims for 10yrs and never knew about the clown picture! Thanks for sharing.
You can also use the anti-mosnter spray but that can be a bit annoying to do everytime. Also, your children can check if there are monster under their bed... if there aren't, they will feel courageous for being brave and if there are... they will NOT sleep in that bed.
Also, it was hillarious when you tried to make the sims mad at each other and she was like "I was cheating on you, but I love you so here's a kiss, don't get jealous".
hahaha I loved this video haha thank you! You are so cute and the way you explain is nice, because it shows how much you enjoy the game :)
Haha girl just found u by accident! And u are hilarious â„ïžâ„ïžđđ thanks for tips and great free morning đ
Omg Iâve been playing sims 4 for so long and I never knew about the hidden worlds! Those are so cool đ©đ©
Just found your channel and I'm glad!!! 3rd video watching and I love your videos.
The idea of the tragic clown one freaks me out a little for some reason. I'd hate to view a picture and have the subject appear right outside my house. đ„Čđ The phone colour change is news to me. What a nice touch!
Nice, thanks so much!! Completely forgot about the 2 secret places âšïžđâšïž thank you!!
You popped up on me today. Great content. Iâm here for the help. Thanks love. Subbed and liked.
Tysm! I might get the sims soon so this is gonna be really helpful!
LOVE THIS!! so much more fun!
I'm watching this while waiting for the sims 4 to download don't know/understand most of the stuff yet but I will and I'm so exited to finally get the sims
I knew a lot of these. However, there were some I didn't know. Cool video.
I am playing for years now but I did not know the thing with the clown photo and the hamster night light- how cool đđ»đ
I get so annoyed with the monsters under the bed that I move my children into other households so I donât have to deal with it⊠so crazy I never knew about the night light
I didnât know about the hidden places!! I wish you could live there! But they are so beautiful! Gives me so many story ideas!
You can with the freebuild cheat on
absolutely love your voice. so soothing
omg i love your videos so much and you also remind me a lot of Penelope featherington from bridgerton
Duuuude â€ïž thank you, this is awesome!!
Some of these i known i just never used you inspired me too use them more
Your voice has always reminded me of Brooke Makennaâs (she does true crime vids), and I just love it so much!
Iâve been playing for over 20 years and had no idea about the hidden places. Thank you!
I knew about all except for one (btw still prefer the sims 3's watermelons and apples over carrots and strawberries)..
The only one I didn't know about are the kids night lights and I play the sims 4 since it was released in 2014. :D
Iâve been playing the sims forever and had no idea about the trash can somehow! Thatâs so cool!
Omg - I never knew about the tragic clown! These are pretty cool tips.
i didnt know about the defender light for the kids. ive been putting them in adult beds, which is very hard when you have a house full of kids, and no room for multiple adult size beds! i noticed playing lullabyes in the toddlers room, they sleep until totally rested. sane for the kids, and listening to kids music.
Thanks so much for this video đ
"if you more than one kid, they get SO annoying" this is true for real life too đđđ
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It's easier to get the hysterical death if you have Snowy Escape. The adrenaline junkie lifestyle paired with all the negative lot challenges, a few cowplants on your lot and working in a high pressure career like the criminal one paired with poor appliances have ended several Sims for me. Adrenaline junkies die quite easily and sometimes too easily.
With get famous and get together, my 5* celeb has died 3 times by hysteria lol she gets too playful at club hangouts đ„ș
wow I move into that house next to that tree all the time and NEVER KNEW that you could interact with it!!!! I am there!
So thatâs why I had a boy today! I started playing Sims4 a month ago, and recently been playing a new household. For the first time I had my pregnant Sim eat a carrot she grew from the garden, and out pops a boy.
Now I know how to get a girl next time! ThNk you!
Lol, my sim has had like 10+ boys, and I couldn't figure out why, but now I realized jts because she's always listening to alternative!
Very informative đđ» thank you â€ïž
Thank you so much for the light to keep the monster away!!
this helped sooo much thank u!
U explain things so perfect like a teacher and those glasses fit the aesthetic đ
I knew about forgotten grotto did not know about the other!, so thank you!
I only knew about the secret places. Thank you for this video
I dont know if it works I never actually tried it myself ..buuut my younger sister told me that the dream eater painting(its like a chalk like painting like the unicorn one) also keeps the monster under the bed from coming ...I was telling her about the coolala light when she told me that she just uses that chalk painting and has never had an issue with the monster so....once again never tried it myself but kinda curious...
I didnât know about the tragic clown in the sims 4! That really brings me back lol
I did not know this it disserves a sub thank u x đ
Thanks! This helped a lot Iâve been playing for like 3 years but still havenât known a lot!! Anyways Thanksâs!
You can purchase a death flower sometimes in the Magical Realm from the potion ingredients spectral vendor. Or if you have level ten gardening you can buy the rare plants seed packet for a chance of it dropping. And I think it's even possible to buy it from the flower and crafts stand in Cottage Living too.
I use the coollala light for my kids as well but I put it close to the floor, using move objects, so that it lights directly under the bed. No more monsters đđ
Thank you this will help me.