The new Life and Death Sims 4 Expansion releases on October 31st, bringing a ton of new content, a new world, new careers, and new traits to the unique world of Sims. The $40 expansion also includes a pre-order bonus with additional cosmetics to add to the base game.
Below is a list of all the new content included in the new Sims 4 expansion, including playable ghosts, new life aspirations, and new options in build mode!
When does the Sims 4 Life and Death expansion release?
The new Sims 4 Life and Death expansions releases on Halloween, October 31st. The expansion should be available for download between 9 and 10 AM EST.
What is the pre-order bonus for the new expansion?
Pre-ordering the $40 expansion rewards players with the Macabre Mementos Digital bonus pack. This bonus pack includes:
Lasting Legacies Family Portrait - a portrait for your abode that updates automatically with the current household.
Mournful Melodies Music Box
Plumed Elegance Mask
New World in Sims 4 Life and Death - Ravenwood
The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion includes a new world called Ravenwood. Ravenwood includes both spooky and peaceful picturesque neighborhoods dedicated to all things macabre.
Crow's Crossing neighborhood is the center of Ravenwood, featuring cobblestone roads and European townhouses. New festivals like Family Day and Crow's Crossing Celebration of Life will give players a good reason to visit the new neighborhood.
Crows Crossing is only one of the new neighborhoods in the Sims 4 that will give your sims new experiences, ideal homes, and interactions with unique sims and even more than one freeroaming ghost!
Haunted houses are premade and ready to scare your Sims!
Whispering Glen is a more peaceful side of town where players can build their perfect home. There will be crypts, a Tarot shrine, community gardens, and a Moon Revelry festival every year. Mourningwale is one of the most beautiful areas in the Sims 4. Mourningwale is a peaceful place for ghosts to call home, and the Grim Reaper can be found wandering the forest from time to time.
Mourningwale adds both a little bit of spooky and a lot of beauty to the sims game. Whispering Glen is one of the most distinctive neighborhoods in the Sims 4, with beautiful locations, a variety of Sims, and new dynamic personalities for your Sims to interact with.
In Mourningwale is a lake called the Baleful Bog, where Sims can have an out of body experience. This lake also allows Sims to be reborn after completing their Soul's Journey.
Two new festivals will take place in Mourningwale: The Thinned Fest-i-veil and the Afterlife Anonymous meetup!
There is also a new Ghost Train that players can see from time to time running through the new neighborhood Ravenwood.
New Gameplay in the Life and Death Sims 4 Expansion
Soul Journey: Sims now possess a "Soul Journey" that is a combination of their aspirations and wants. Fulfilling a Sim's journey unlocks the ability for rebirth after their eventual passing. Players that are reborn can unlock Traits and Infant Milestones from the past and will feel a connection towards Sims they knew in their past life.
Bucket List: Sims can build a bucket list over the course of their lives, adopting goals based on their traits. Completing the Bucket List is another viable option to unlocking Rebirth.
Ghosts: If your Sims don't complete either their Soul Journey or Bucket List, they can come back as ghosts to complete their Unfinished Business. There will even be Ghost Powers that can be unlocked as players level up their Ghost sims! In my personal opinions, having playable ghosts is a feature that the sims game should have had a long time ago, and makes it even more of an extraordinary game!
The ghosts will have customizable distinct appearances in Build A Sim, and will give players a wealth of new experiences in the new Life and Death expansion pack.
Ghost Sims can also be customized in Create A Sim. Players can earn Simoleons by either scaring other Sims or completing good deeds for them. Choose to haunt or help around town! Furthermore, the adorable little ghosts from the Paranormal Stuff pack will be reintroduced throughout the entire world.
Funerals: After a Sim passes away, players will be able to have a Funeral event. There will be 14 funeral activities available including giving a eulogy, lighting candles, planting something, and serving food. Funerals will add to the everyday lives of Sims and add significance to the traumatic moments of your sims lives.
Reaper Profession: Players can become a Grimtern and eventually a Reaper, helping other Sims move on to the next life. Your Sim will eventually get to decide which souls are reaped and which are reborn.
Undertaker Career: Players can also choose a more traditional career as a funeral director. You'll start by digging graves and embalming bodies and eventually choose between being a Mortician or a Funeral Director.
Ghost Historian Aspiration: A new aspiration to complete key events in the new Life and Death expansion and explore Ravenwood.
The (Four?) Stages of Grief: A new Grief system in the Sims 4 ensures that Sims process traumatic events more naturally than before. Grief will be triggered with a known Sim passes away, a Sim is divorced or fired, or if a pet passes away. The Four Grief Types will be Denial, Holding It Together, Anger, and Blues.
Wills and Heirlooms: Sims will now have the option to write a will while they're alive and designate what children, pets, or household their belongings will go to after their passing. Players can even set emotional reactions for the remaining Sims to create some family drama. Sims can also pass down their favorite furnishings to their loved ones.
Ghost Cowplants: Expert gardeners don't have to worry about their beloved Cowplants passing away. Cowplants will now become ghosts as well!
Crow Pets: Crows are a new pet type available with the Life and Death expansion pack.
Other new features:
Tarot Cards
New Skill: Thanatology
Death Type: Murder by Crows
New Book type: Horror Novels
"The Wednesday" Dance
Ghost Whisperer Reward Trait
Hallowed Ground Lot Trait
New Traits: Macabre, Chased by Death, Skeptic
The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion pack adds incredible homes, a Grim reaper career, captivating venues, inspiring aspirations, and just a dash of chaos to the sims game. Ravenwood is set to be my new favorite of the vibrant worlds in the sims game. Download of this product will release around 9 AM EST on October 31st.
The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion pack will release on Mac, PC, Xbox, and Playstation on October 31st, 2024!
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