#challengesbyme

Challenge Objectives:

Your sim will become a vampire, spellcaster, and werewolf in this challenge - the order of which is entirely up to you!

The main goal is to complete all three aspirations for whichever playthrough you choose to do.

In some instances, you will have a choice between two different aspirations for an occult type - pick whichever you think suits your sim's story best.

Master all skills listed under your desired playthrough.

Have at least one child through each occult life state. That means one vampire, one spellcaster, and one werewolf child.

Once you have completed each occult life state's aspiration, marry your one true love! They can be whatever type of sim you like.

Change up your sim's style with each different occult type for some extra fun!

Playthrough Options:

🍭 Sweet: Good Playthrough You are kind-hearted and have a whimsical soul. Since you were just a child you have dreamt of a life filled with magic and fantasy, wishing only to make the world a better, more peaceful place. With lots of research and a bit of luck you discover the existence of occults! How marvelous! You dedicate the rest of your life to finding which of these supernatural abilities will help you become your version of the Ultimate Occult.

Traits: Good, Cheerful, and one trait of your choice!

Aspirations: Good Vampire, Purveyor of Potions, and Cure Seeker OR Emissary of the Collective.

Skills: Vampire Lore, Mixology, and Gardening.

🔥 Spicy: Evil Playthrough You are cold-hearted and have a malevolent soul. Filled with anger and rage since you were young, you have longed to find a way to exact revenge on any and all you see fit. Countless hours researching at the library (and at seedy nightclubs) have brought you to the realization that occults do, in fact, exist among us. You dedicate the rest of your life to finding which of these supernatural abilities will help you become your version of the Ultimate Occult.

Traits: Evil, Hot-Headed, and one trait of your choice!

Aspirations: Master Vampire, Spellcraft & Sorcery, and Lone Wolf.

Skills: Vampire Lore, Charisma, and Logic.

🍋 Sour: Neutral Playthrough You are mild-hearted and have a rambunctious soul. For you, life has always been about having fun with your friends and caring little about the consequences. You're here for a good time, not a long time! Or so you thought - until a chance encounter with an occult sim changes the trajectory of your life forever. You spend the rest of your life bouncing from one supernatural community to another living your best life as your version of the Ultimate Occult.

Traits: Any three traits of your choosing!

Aspirations: Vampire Family, Spellcraft & Sorcery OR Purveyor of Potions, and Wildfang Renegade.

Skills: Vampire Lore, Mischief, and Fitness.

Getting Started:

Create your Ultimate Occult sim as a Young Adult mortal in CAS. They must become their first occult type through gameplay!

Move into any lot of your choice. Free real estate cheat is allowed and encouraged as this challenge is more focused on gameplay and story, not the grind.

Household funds are entirely up to you. Did your sim recently inherit a mysterious mansion and subsequent fortune? Are they more of a Rags to Riches type of character? Get creative and play accordingly but beware - once you hit that play button you are not allowed to alter their household funds!

Your sim can have any job or career you like. I suggest picking one that will help you towards mastering your skills.

Challenge Rules to Follow:

Cheats are allowed, within reason. You may cheat money at the very beginning but refrain from doing so otherwise. Skills, aspirations, and satisfaction points must be completed through gameplay only!

The main goal is to complete an aspiration from each occult type so keep that in mind as you decide which path your sim will take. Will they start off as a vampire or werewolf? Will they settle on becoming a spellcaster instead? Perhaps the allure of eternal life is their end goal? Or maybe the occult life is not for them after all? Remember to stay true to your treat flavor of choice as you plan out their gameplay and storyline.

At no point are you allowed to permanently move another sim into your household UNTIL you are on your third and final occult type. They must be your sim's significant other.

HOWEVER, while you are playing through the first two occult life states you may move your sim's significant other into your household for baby-making purposes. (This is mainly so you can name your own baby if you are playing with a sim that cannot get pregnant themself).

Once the baby is born and aged up into a toddler the significant other must be moved out. When splitting the household, be sure to give back all (or at least the majority) of the money they brought in when they initially moved in!

Be careful when moving certain occult sims into your household, especially Sages. They will lose their Sage status if you do so, and the game will generate a random NPC to take their place. (There are cheats and mods to work around this, which you may use!)

Take advantage of the Rewards Store! Any and all rewards are allowed for this challenge, including the Money Tree.

Pets are allowed.

Optional: Turn off aging for unplayed households. This is mainly to ensure special NPC sims (namely the Sages and some of the werewolves as vampires are immortal) do not age up and pass away while you're working on other occult life states. Adjust your Neighborhood Story settings accordingly.

Set lifespan to normal for your own household.

Aliens and Mermaids are not included in this challenge as they lack gameplay/aspirations. However, you are welcome to add them into your story at any point if you see fit.

Create the Founder:

Use the story function in CAS to create your founder. (For this, I recommend being as random as possible with your answers to the quiz. Don’t even look at them if you can avert your gaze as you click, choose only the top answers, only the middle ones, etc.)

Must be a YA.

Founder must be a mortal (no supernaturals).

You can randomly create multiple sims doing this and pick your favorite as your founder if you wish. You CANNOT however change their traits/aspiration once you leave CAS, so keep that in mind!*

Pets are allowed but not recommended.

Getting Started:

Move your single sim into a starter home that they can afford (no free real estate cheat) either furnished (story mode) or unfurnished (nightmare mode).

Once you've moved in and are settled, cheat household funds down to 0. If playing on nightmare mode you are allowed to keep 1800, but it must be used on furnishing your house. Household funds must be less than 100 when you click that play button!

Don’t forget to put lifespan on short!

Optional: Turn off aging for unplayed households. This isn’t required, but will help keep your sims worlds full and lively since they all die so quickly on short lifespan.

Story Mode Goals:

Complete your aspiration before becoming an elder.

Reach level 10 of your career.

Max 2 skills.

Have at least one child.

Nightmare Mode Goals:

Complete two aspirations in your lifetime. You may switch between them as you go. *If playing on this mode: Once you leave CAS with your founder you can pick any other aspiration you like to be their second, but it CANNOT be in the same aspirational category (ie. if your sim has the soulmate aspiration, you cannot also give them the serial romantic aspiration).

Reach level 10 of your career.

Max 3 skills.

Have at least one child.

Challenge Rules to Follow:

As with most challenges, cheats (unless otherwise specified) are not allowed!

You cannot move another sim into your household unless they are your fiancee/spouse.

All future children must be given traits with the randomizer (no picking and choosing for yourself).

Number of children each generation has is completely up to you. Keep in mind certain aspirations will require you to have multiple kids!

Next gen heir must also be picked randomly. Have them roll, pick names out of a hat, etc.

Your next gen starts as soon as you complete all goals and your heir is a young adult!

Do this for 10 generations, but each generation heir MUST have a different aspiration and career. All traits can be used more than once (as we have such a limited supply to begin with).

You may use the potion of youth if you can afford it, but it can only be used ONCE PER GENERATION and only on adults or elders (no young adults). For Nightmare Mode, you may only use the potion of youth if your sim is already an elder and close to passing (this is mainly so your sims have at least SOME time with their grandparents since elders on short lifespan pass away so quickly).

I’m still playtesting this challenge myself, so please check this post for any possible updates I may make! My one tip for this challenge would be to embrace the randomness :) Good luck and happy simming. xo