Death is a big part of Sims life and the Life and Death expansion pack for The Sims 4 embrace this fact, which can be hard to face at times. Before facing death, many Sims will want to feel like they're living life to the fullest, and one of the best ways to do that is to cross everything off their bucket list.
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This guide will tell players everything they need to know about creating and completing a bucket list The Sims 4 so that their Sims can enter an eternal sleep knowing that they have done everything they wanted before it was time to cross the rainbow bridge.
How to start a bucket list in The Sims 4
Players can start a list of things in The Sims 4 by interacting with a private Journal or computer and selecting the Bucket List option. Here, players can add objectives to their list based on the following options:
- Write the objective
- Write the objective from the category
- Write the Perfect Goal
Players can select a completely random objective, choose an objective related to a category, or write a specific objective.
Players can have up to four items on their list, and if they're not happy with the goals they've achieved, they can always cancel the list goals and try again later. However, if they want full control over the next bucket list goal, there are some ways to unlock the option to write the perfect bucket list goal in The Sims 4.
How to write the perfect goal in a list in The Sims 4
There are three ways to access the perfect lens option in The Sims 4bucket list feature. Here's how:
- Attend an Anonymous Afterlife group meeting in the ruins of Ravenwood's Mourningvale neighborhood
- You recently witnessed the death of another Sim
- You have the death-tracked trait
With the seamless interaction of unlocked objectives, players can see the list of available objectives in each category and choose any option they want.
How to complete the soul journey in The Sims 4
The Soul Journey Path has eight stages in total, and players will need to complete all of them to complete the Soul Journey in The Sims 4.
To get past the first six stages, players must clear six items from their list. Doing so completes the Sim's journey as a living Sim, allowing them to be reborn after death. However, the last two stages of the Soul's Journey are exclusive to Ghost Simsand that's how you unlock the Burning Soul trait, which allows for a stronger Rebirth. Therefore, to truly complete a journey of the soul in The Sims 4The Sim must die in order to finish their unfinished business.
After a Sim dies, players must select the “Become a playable ghost” option to continue controlling them as a ghost sim.
Soul's Journey Rewards in The Sims 4
As Sims check off more items on their list, they will get closer to completing their Soul's Journey.
The milestone of the soul's journey |
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1 – The way forward |
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2 – Making progress |
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3 – Finding purpose |
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4 – No regrets |
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5 – Quite a journey |
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6 – The dream come true |
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7 – Newly Discovered Goal (Ghost Sim Exclusive) |
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8 – The Big Picture (Ghost Sim only) |
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Finally, going through the Journey of the Soul in The Sims 4 gives your Sim the ability to be reborn, which allows them to be born into the same family or into a completely different household. In addition, complete completion gives the Sim Trait of the burning soulwhich causes them to remember some of their personality traits from their previous lives and gain skills more quickly.