BigCuppaGirl

The 142nd patch to the Sims 4 introduced the Infant life stage to the game. (For more on what else this patch included click here). As a result, I decided to attempt the 100 Baby Challenge again. I quickly realised that this challenge has become a LOT HARDER which prompted me to design a brand new one: the ‘50 Infant Challenge‘. Both challenges are made harder by the addition of milestones in…

I was massively excited about the release of Cottage Living and like many, quickly became obsessed with playing Sims 4. My Twitch followers had only really seen me play Sims 2, but I soon couldn’t stop playing in Henford-on-Bagley. It was only when I found Oriana’s Rags to Riches Lives the Farm Life challenge that I had to switch to Sims 2 due to my Sims 4 game needing an update. I have pretty much all the packs for Sims 4, so updates and patches take a looooonnnnggg time. I then decided “Let’s play this challenge in Sims 2 as well!” and so my love for farming simulation went a whole lot deeper.

Presenting this challenge in Sims 2 led me to also write the rules for this challenge in Sims 3 (which I haven’t actually played since 4 was released – shocker, I know!) and here they are, just for your pleasure:

SIMS 2: LIVE THE FARM LIFE (A RAGS TO RICHES CHALLENGE)

Guidelines

You can’t use cheats, only ‘moveobjects on’ when sims get stuck and any other cheats to fix the game if it goes wrong through no fault of your own.

You can only earn money from fishing, gardening and farming.

You can only eat what others have cooked at parks or community lots.

At the beginning, you will need to create your sim in a family, as teens aren’t allowed to live on their own without mods, unless the parents have died while living with a teen (this is how the XXXXXXX family of foster kids are headed by two teen sims).

You cannot sell anything you make within the game, such as sewing objects, until you have completed university degree (more about this later).

The challenge can take as many generations as you like, but apart from completing lifetime aspirations, the other goals in the challenge have no time limit.

As a teen, living with parents, you runaway to university as soon as you have all moved in.

Starting the Challenge

Create your sim with 2 parents who have the fortune aspiration. You may choose any other aspiration for your teen. Give your teen at least 5 neat points, and 5 active points. Choose any Turn Ons that you like but they must have ‘Hard Worker’ as their Turn Off.

Lifespan: Normal

Autonomy: Full

Aspiration: Pleasure (your parents were both obsessed with making a fortune by any means

necessary and that has sent your teen in the opposite direction)

‘Hard Worker’ Turn Off

5 neat points to your teen

5 active points to your teenBoth parents have Fortune aspiration

If choosing a secondary aspiration via ‘Lifetime Aspiration Benefits’ (via Aspiration Rewards Tab) you can choose any aspiration except ‘Fortune’

Starting Out

You may move your family into any lot you choose. Buy a computer if one is not available on the lot and get your teen to move to college. They must not apply for any scholarships before doing so. Once they have gone to college, they will only have $500 starting funds.

You need to have a Biology Uni degree to start earning money on your farm. You need to first learn the basics. Due to your troubled teenage years, you don’t qualify for any scholarships, so you can’t apply for those. If you do not own ‘University’ then you must save $3000 to pay for your degree, then buy a sculpture or painting worth this amount and gift it to another sim. This is roughly the cost of a degree - think of it as online tuition fees in real life.

If anyone gives your Sim a gift, you may sell it. You may not sell the computer Mr. Humble delivers; you must delete the present unopened or leave the computer in your Sim's inventory.

If you have University:

Build the smallest empty 3x1 lot for your teen to move into and name it whatever you like (your teen cannot live in a dorm).

Since you will be left with only $303, you need to head to the local park to begin fishing. TIP: Keep an eye out for someone using the grill as this and the cafeterias are the only places that you can eat at.

You may sell whatever you catch, including boots (worth $15) You need to earn enough to buy a tent (if you have Bon Voyage – cost $650) or a single bed (cheapest $300). Keep in mind that tents also keep your sim dry.

You must use the campus for everything else you need.

You must choose the Biology major.

You must use the campus for everything else you need.

Buy a cell phone as soon as you can afford it.

Only complete the skill points you need to complete your degree. It doesn’t matter what grade you get as you are only earning the degree to give you the best farming knowledge to be able to start your farm. Any money you earn from completing your semesters will be gifted away when you move back to a neighbourhood.

Once you have earned your degree, you can move back to any empty lot you choose, in any neighbourhood you choose.

You can only earn money by fishing and gardening.

You may have a home business (if you have ‘Open for Business’) to sell your produce or choose to sell direct from the inventory.

Building the Farm

You must pay $450 to the local council to before you start building, you don’t want the neighbours to complain about the noise!

Once you have paid your $450 and $300 for the blueprints to your land, you may start building

To move on to the next set of goals, you must have one of each of the following:

Toilet

Bed

Sink

Shower or Tub

Stove

Chair or Sofa

Counter

Fridge (once you have used all the food in the fridge, you must stock it with what you produce. Never buy groceries)

Working the Land

You must complete every task for Building the Farm because you are living here forever and you need a proper home

You need to have a Biology Uni degree to start earning money on your farm. You need to first learn the basics. Due to your rocky start in life, you don’t qualify for any scholarships, so you can’t apply for those. No distinguished degree here… If you don’t own the University EP, give gifts worth $3k to another sim. This is roughly the cost of a degree - think of it as online tuition fees in real life

Include a pond on your lot

From now on, you should live wholly off your land and produce from the fish (and livestock if you download the mods and CC)

A Functional Farm

To enjoy life on your farm, and after completing all the above assignments, you need to have a fully functional home so you can progress in life. For that you need to have at least:

A living area/room

A kitchen area

2 or 3 bedrooms

A dining space

2 bathrooms

An office area, so you can manage all daily runnings of the farm

Prepare to have a Family

Everything above should be completed.

Find the love of your life! Your Sim can only marry a Townie of the opposite gender. If you have Nightlife, they may only marry if they have at least one attraction bolt. As desperate as your Sim is for company, they won't put up with someone horrifically ugly.

Marry your chosen one and pay for that wedding (costs § 1000), or if you don’t want to marry, gift items worth $1000 to another sim.

Everything they bring to the marriage/partnership, must be taken out. You can’t keep the money or the furniture

Expand your Family

To have kids, you have to be married/living together first

You must have §5000 saved up in order to have a child. Kids are expensive 😉

You can have/adopt as many kids as you want

Roll dice to determine the Aspirations of your Sims' heirs and their siblings: 1 = Knowledge, 2 = Family, 3 = Romance, 4 = Pleasure (or you choose, if you don't have Nightlife), 5 = Fortune, 6 = Popularity

Your kids can only age up once you receive the notification that their birthday is nearly upon them. Then you can buy them a birthday cake

If you are playing the challenge through several generations, the heir must always have good grades and at least 2 skills maxed out

Teenagers can’t have part-time jobs; they need to help with the farm and/or run errands to earn money for the family piggy bank

Have grandchildren, be a loving grandparent

Aspiration Goals

You must complete the lifetime aspiration for both you and your spouse/partner

The heir must complete their adult lifetime aspirations too

Money Goals

You must have a house worth §100,000

You must have §200,000 in the household funds

For a more extended game, you can set the goal to reach §1,000,000

The Farm Life Goals

Have one male and 2 females of either:

Pigs

Sheep

Goats

And a barn for chickens:

With only 1 male rooster

● Dogs and cats are great additions to farm life

Have at least one full chicken coop but only have one rooster. You can sell your extra male chicks once they have reached adulthood

Money Trees cannot be purchased using the Aspiration Rewards

The heir MUST be the same gender as your original Sim. If the firstborn is the opposite gender, in other words, keep trying until you get the right gender. You may not adopt.

Your "breeding pair" of Sims must remain in the house until they die--they have nowhere else to go. This means that your original Sim, their husband or wife, and the various heirs and their husbands or wives must live in the house for their entire lives. Their siblings or extraneous children, however, may move out once they reach adulthood.

No NPCs. No one lives close enough to offer to babysit your children or clean your house.

Roll dice to determine the Aspirations of your Sims' heirs and their siblings. 1 = Knowledge, 2 = Family, 3 = Romance, 4 = Pleasure (or you choose, if you don't have Nightlife), 5 = Fortune, 6 = Popularity.

If your sim wants a car, you may only own a Smord P328.

If you own FreeTime, your sim cannot buy any clothes, all clothes must be made on the sewing machine.

If you have Open for Business, you must earn silver badge in Toy Making as you cannot buy any toys for your children. Instead:

Kids can have 5 toys made by your sim:

a Sir Bricks-a-Lot

a fire truck

a clown-in-a-box

a kite

a teddy (can be made using the sewing machine from FreeTime with a bronze badge)

You can also buy the lemonade stand for your children to start learning the business.

You can buy the Rip Co. Little Baker Oven for your child to begin learning to cook at an early age

If you don’t have OFB or FreeTime, you can only buy:

the dollhouse

a teddy

the Rip Co. Little Baker Oven

You must earn gold badges in:

Fishing

Gardening

Sewing

Pottery

Flower Arranging

You can also create one of each of the following robots to help you around the farm:

Hydrobot

CleanBot

Servo

Handy Checklists

Plants checklist

You must have one of each of the plants and trees reaching thriving:

Plants:

Tomato

Cucumber

Strawberry

Pole Beans

Pepper

Eggplant

Trees:

Apple

Lemon

Orange

Sewing

Your sim must display one of every item she sews (except clothing which must be added to wardrobe)

Potholder

Teddy Bear

Curtain

Wide Curtain

Quilt

Pottery

Your sim must display one of each item she can make on the potters wheel:

Plate

Vase

Pot

Tea Set

Pitcher

Amphora

Your sim must also reach maximum enthusiasm in:

Nature and