Rags to Riches Challenge
Live the Farm Life Edition, by Orianas SimStudio
Ok, I'm absolutely obsessed with the new pack for The Sims 4, Cottage Living, then again who isn't? It has everything we wanted and more!!! I can't handle the cuteness of the bunnies, the chickens, the ducks???
Everything is amazing! I can't remember the last time I've been so caught up with gameplay. I haven't even built anything yet!!!
So, I did something... After seeing so many Simmers playing the challenge 'Rags to Riches' with the new pack (one of them being @misslollypopsims), I went searching for some specific rules for Cottage Living. I even asked her but like me, she couldn't find any... So, what did I do? If you said: "she created her own" you'd be absolutely correct!
I designed a completely new challenge adapting the 'Rags to Riches' rules to the Cottage Living gameplay. And oh boy, it's not an easy one... but we love challenges, right? Right?... Let's say yes.
So, I'll be playing my own challenge live on Twitch (follow me on IG to know when I'll be live) together with laursimming (check out her IG and YouTube, she's incredible). Oh and btw, the voice you hear on the promo below?? That's hers!! Isn't she amazing??
Join us live on Twitch to learn about all the rules, and watch me struggle while I play-test the challenge and regret all the difficulties I created with this new challenge!
Join us, while we Live The Farm Life!
You can download a printing option of the challenge rules here (with checkboxes to keep track of your tasks and handy checklists):
TS4 R2R Challenge - Live the Farm Life Edition, by Orianas SimStudio
And if you want the official logo to use on your own posts/videos, you can download the transparent one here (please do not edit/change/crop the logo):
R2R Challenge - Live the Farm Life Edition, by Orianas SimStudio Official Logo
You canât use cheats - only the ones to take money out, move objects or CAS editing
You and your spouse/partner cannot hold jobs, so make sure to live farm life to the fullest
At the beginning, you canât sleep in your lot until you have a bed. You can instead have a tent, and sleep in public places
You can only eat what you pick and you can cook on your lot if you have a fire pit (in the beginning) and if you have the ingredients
You canât keep the money earned from your hobbies, unless itâs from cross-stitching or flower arrangements (more about this on The Farm Life Goals)
This challenge can go through as many generations as you like, so itâs up to you how quickly you want to achieve the big goals. Except for the specific ones for the founder and their spouse/partner, all the other goals wonât have a time limit
As a teen, you can go to school or not, itâs up to you
Little tip: Start with the Mayor for the errands. Their tasks are the starter ones and will help you get to know the community and the world
If you want to play in the same lot as I am (built by laursimming), you can download it from both our galleries (orianassimstudio or laursimming)
Aspiration: Country Caretaker
Traits: Animal Enthusiast + two of your choice
Trait 1: ______________________
Trait 2: ______________________
No likes or dislikes! Your sim must naturally gain these
Start on the empty lot from Henford-on-Bagley and your lot must have the Simple Living and Wild Foxes challenges (remove the Off the Grid challenge that is already pre-set for the lot or keep it if you want an even bigger challenge). No lot traits (eg. great soil etc.) can be applied until after finishing your degree, because as you know, you first must learn how to improve your lot for a farm. On completion, you may add any you like
You must start with 0 simoleons
You can only earn money from errands and selling fish in the market shops. You canât earn money from crops or animals until you have completed your degree
No sales from inventory! Never. Ever! Immerse yourself in the community by either selling on the market stalls, or having your own selling table
You must gain the following skill levels:
Logic: 3
Handiness: 3
You have to pay §500 to the council before you start building walls, you donât want your neighbours complaining about the noise!
To move on to the next set of goals, you have to have at least one of each:
Toilet
Bed
Shower or tub
Sink
Stove
Chair or sofa
Counter
Fridge
You must complete every task for Building the Farm because you are living here forever and, you need a proper home
You have 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 donât qualify for any scholarships, so you canât apply for those. No distinguished degree here⌠If you donât own Discover University, you must pay §3000 to keep going, this is roughly the cost of the degree - think of it as online tuition fees in real life
You canât live on campus, you have to stay on your lot
Pause aging up while in uni, but while you are attending, you canât earn any money. Plan wisely before going
Always choose 4 classes so you speed through your semesters, but also to add difficulty at this stage
The only things you can develop while aging is paused are relationships, the skills you have to develop in your classes, and of course the ones you canât control and happen through gameplay (eg. cooking to live!)
Before you are able to build a proper crop garden and have livestock, you should have completed all the above rules
You must pay §500 to the contractors to received the blueprints for your land
Include a pond on your lot. You can add any animals to it
From now on, you should live wholly off your land and produce from the animals. Donât forget, if you stock your ponds with fish, you can sell catches in the village markets or via the selling tables. Or eat it!
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:
An office area, so you can manage all daily runnings of the farm
Everything above should be completed. Find the love of your life! You can already have met them or find a new Sim or create a new one
If you create your spouse/partner in CAS, make sure to randomise their traits. The starting aspiration should be the Country Caretaker, so they learn the farm life
If your spouse/partner is a townie Sim, change their aspiration to Country Caretaker as soon as you marry them. Again, they need to learn the farm life
Marry your chosen one and pay for that wedding (costs § 1000), or if you donât want to marry, simply deduct the same amount from your household - you still need to pay for the civil partnership license!
Everything they bring to the marriage/partnership, must be taken out. You canât keep the money or the furniture
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
You must reach the minimum parenting skill of level 3
You must not age your kids, you must wait for them to naturally grow
If you are playing the challenge through several generations, the heir must always have good grades and at least 2 skills maxâd out. The âresponsibleâ trait here is advised, but not mandatory
Teenagers canât 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
You must complete the Country Caretaker aspirations for both you and your spouse/partner
The heir must complete their aspirations too (the childâs included)
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
Have one flock of wild birds and one wild rabbit home on your lot
Dogs and cats are great additions to farm life
Have at least one full chicken coop but only have one rooster. You can trade your extra roosters for anything besides simoleons
Have one of each ânormalâ plant (meaning, vegetables, fruits and herbs that are normal to humans - you can see the checklist on the printing version). You can have all the others if you want, but no money tree. Thereâs no such thing in real life, and since I canât get one in my real-life garden, none of you can in the game!
Earn, at least once, the first prize in each fair category
Have one jam/conserve of each type displayed
You can sell your extra jams/conserves and wools at the market stalls or on your own selling table
If taking up the cross-stitching hobby, first display one of each design on a wall in your home, as youâre very proud of your work. Once your âhobby wallâ is finished, you can then create pieces to sell
You canât craft items, unless you have the necessary coloured wool. All the wool must come from your llama
You can order groceries, but only the ingredients you canât produce yourself. For example, meat and sugar can be ordered via the grocery delivery option. We want to have our animals as friends, so they can produce the goodies we need
Befriend Agnes Crumplebottom. Good luck with that!
Thanks for playing the challenge!!!
please keep in mind that Iâm still play-testing this challenge, some changes may occur. I just couldnât wait to share it with you all!!!
If you play the challenge, donât forget to tag me in your posts and use the hashtag #orianasfarmlife so I can see it!!!
Thanks a million, you lovely farmers!
DO NOT RE-UPLOAD AS YOUR OWN
DO NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE CHALLENGE AND SHARE IT AS YOUR OWN, UNLESS YOU ARE ADAPTING IT TO ANOTHER CHALLENGE
CREDIT ME AND REFER TO MY ORIGINAL POST WHEN MENTIONING
THE ABOVE IS SINCERELY APPRECIATED SINCE THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO CREATE AND PLAYER-TEST!
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE! YOUâRE A ROCKSTAR!!!
Adaptation by Orianas SimStudio from:
Original Challenge: [Official] Rags to Riches Challenge! â The Sims Forums
Extreme Rules Challenge: Rags To Riches Sims 4 | Rules | Challenge(2021)Updated - (mccommandcenter.com)
