5 Little Known Traits Your Sims Can Inherit | The Sims 4 Guide

[@SageArdor]

This is giving me the idea to do a mini legacy challenge where each generation has one of these traits.

[@espeon9466]

I did that type of challenge, but with the goal of having one baby with the best version of each trait. Because yes, it's possible to get all of them on a single Sim.

[@thattinymumma]

@@espeon9466 this is pretty much what my current storyline is and the “baby” is father winters baby however she is now a teen at the moment and so far so good 😅

[@achoice7668]

Yes I have a super sim that has all these traits except the werewolf one. It took a few generations to make sure they all lined up right. I just got the werewolf pack so now I’m curious if I can do one with both the ancient magic blood line and werewolf?

[@espeon9466]

@@achoice7668 Yes, a sim can have both a magical bloodline and Greater/dormant wolf blood. My final generation was a spellcaster with Strong bloodline and Sulani Mana (and the Dormant wolf trait). I then turned Father Winter into a werewolf (had her werewolf dad bite him at Winterfest) and had him conceive a baby with my spellcaster in the Brindleton Bay lighthouse. Tip: save before you try for baby. Once they give birth, if the traits aren't what you want, you can restart the game without saving and try again. The traits are assigned at conception. :)

[@az25blue]

Great idea!

[@hoshihoshii.]

You can also have inherited traits in the sims 4 vampire. Just make your 2 vampire sims woo hoo in their bat form, and your child will have the ability to fly as a bat without spending vampire points!

[@gracerose4272]

Woahh I didn’t know thst

[@eod25]

Any other vampire traits? Swore I seen one before

[@Leto85]

I didn't know this. Can this be implemented with the werewolf and spellcasters inhereted traits too?

[@Leto85]

Can they also fly as a bat without being a vampire?

[@tytoalba605]

Yup secret traits this and half aliens if successful keep alien abilities And can become any other playable occult

[@dewberrystar]

I love love love the spellcaster bloodlines, they're amazing for storytelling. You can build your own magical legacy and ancient bloodlines are so OP. Plus I like having "old-magic" spellcasters around who look down on the newer ones, it's perfect for drama. And forbidden relationships 😅

[@EvaIdk__Romania]

Idk how I never thought of gameplay like that

[@MariaEyez]

Definitely got to do this now that i have that😂

[@dewberrystar]

@@MariaEyez ooh tell me how it went 😀

[@MariaEyez]

Working on it now lol I'm excited for the drama 😆 😅

[@Drater-yllac]

​@@EvaIdk__Romaniabecause you are a bot

[@camewing9306]

I wish the dormant wolf bond was hereditary like imagine it skips a few generations, that would be so fun

[@tailbolt8483]

I’m sure the Modders will do that for us at some point…

[@ktpartridge8084]

Well I learned the hard way that someone with that trait can at least have a full werewolf child.

[@RozettaVyper]

You can still get a werewolf child naturally if one parent is a werewolf. So it doesn't matter. Just have one of the parents be a werewolf at least.

[@Scipio0404]

Now I just wish we had a more complex family tree system. Like I want my sim to have a spellcaster somewhere back in her ancestry and it just randomly showing up.

[@tytoalba605]

If dormant a caster bloodline trait activates if a teen + enters the magic realm making them a active caster. Werewolves the same but need to swim in their game worlds lake\pond.

[@JoTheStupid]

So what im hearing is i need a sulani mana lady to have children with father winter, who has been turned into a werewolf to make a dormant wolf sulani mana father winter's baby

[@michellehaehn2304]

A baby conceived in the lighthouse will also give the child a small trait!

[@laurieb3703]

What is it?

[@niteblooms]

​@Laurie B the kid goes to the lighthouse they get a little moodlet saying they remember that spot

[@Will.cosplay.Solace]

@@nitebloomsbro remembered being in the balls

[@Vyansya]

​@@nitebloomsaw thats sweet

[@kristingallo2158]

​@@Will.cosplay.SolaceI laughed way harder at this then was necessary. Caught me off guard.

[@ThalryGames]

I definitely need "Seduce Father Winter Day" in my calendar. 😆

[@Kualinar]

Fun fact with the bloodline traits from spell casters : 1) It's much easier to get the sages to teach you new spells and potion recipes if your Sim have one. 2) An alien born from a spell caster and alien, will have that trait and now can become spell caster themselves. Normally, aliens and half aliens can not become spell casters. You can now have a spell caster who also have aliens powers. Another way your Sims can inherit traits : Have MCCC. Click any computer and chose the MCCC entry. You now have the option to set a maximum number of traits, up to 6, that a baby may inherit from his parents. That way, I got a toddler born with the Iron Bladder trait (never need to use the potty), another with Scout aptitude (GREAT to build his toddler, then children, traits) and another with Never tired (toddler active 25/7, building his skills non stop).

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh thank you so much for sharing those added hot tips Alain, that's super helpful!

[@SusanForeman1963]

Well, on point 2) Ferb, I know what we're doing today. Genuinely didn't know that. I love spellcasters but don't play with aliens much.

[@Robert_Burnell-Jones]

So, if an alien can become a Spellcaster, could they also become a werewolf if they inherit the Dormant Wolf trait?

[@Kualinar]

@@Robert_Burnell-Jones That's something to try. Maybe not as they both have a progression and perk list while aliens have neither. Haven't tried half mermaid/mernan-spell caster hybrid yet. Both on my to do list. I currently have toddlers (triplets) from a spell caster and a werewolf growing up. All three do have the weak lineage trait.

[@jeric0777]

I had no idea how much of the gameplay I was missing out on. I'm an older player playing since Sims 1. Having kids of your own irl and such means way less Sims playing, so it's hard to have the time to figure this stuff out on my own. Thank you for you videos. They help me to enjoy the game a lot more! ❤

[@shushia1658]

You can have several because you can have sulani mana and ancient bloodline. I want to know about the sage specific traits because I've never managed to get them

[@shushia1658]

Oh I think you can be an active Werwolf with ancient bloodline if you were born human of generations of spellcasters. But if you go get the right of ascention in the magic realm the Werwolf trait goes away

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for this incredibly kind comment Sara :), I really appreciate it, and I am so glad that the videos are helpful!

[@maxisaccharide]

Currently doing a 100 baby challenge and this just fully convinced me to have Father Winter as my new baby daddy lol

[@Kualinar]

You may even have babies from different Father Winters. Just about ANY NPC elder can find himself promoted as Father Winter.

[@MissJRR13]

Warning: the children will be hella ugly lol

[@Drater-yllac]

​@@Kualinarew why would someone do that

[@Kualinar]

@@Drater-yllac Because it's possible.

[@Monkey_Demon]

​@@Drater-yllac cause they're hot

[@kickthesky]

I managed for my female sim to get impregnated by one of the Charm family and the resulting child turned out to have an ancient bloodline! To make matters even more interesting, when she was a child, she managed to meet Father Winter and made good friends with him. I am just waiting until she hits adulthood to get the Father Winter/Ancient Bloodline combo :)

[@chaze0064]

Yeah ,all the members of the Charm family have the strong bloodline by default. If your are interested in being able to spawn these fire rocks, you could consider to date an Elemental first to get Sulani mana and THEN go for Father Winter. I created a sim with all three inherited traits this way. You might want to make the Elemental and Father Winter spellcasters first to increase the chance for the desired outcome, though.

[@Snowstorm174]

I never knew about the Island Elementals becoming human and being able to do that, that’s actually pretty cool!

[@Drater-yllac]

This is written in the cas menu - when you hover over the traits, they tell you wtf they do 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tytoalba605]

Yes but its buggy so it doesn't always work but count as ghosts so a high enough spell caster can easily bring them back to life and it still counts at least that's what I did to get the trait for my super caster

[@Zandalorscat]

I think it'd be a fun idea to play a child of Father Winter and make the sim's decisions entirely based on wants and whims

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh Zand that would be super fun! It would definitely add a bit of unpredictability which would be awesome :).

[@stephanielillie2833]

I actually just went through generation's of sims to create one with 3 inherited traits. It was tricky but it can be done.

[@janniegurl05]

I didn’t know about the Sulani spirits having that special trait and giving it to kiddos. Thanks for the tip!

[@jewels3803]

I didn’t know either and I had that pack for years😅

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for the kind comment Jannie :)

[@caseyzimba9935]

And here I was thinking that Father Winter's main use was all the money that he brings by adding him to my household 😆

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Father Winter's cash money is certainly an added bonus!

[@SamJones-qx9hz]

I love the hidden traits you can get through gameplay. I didn't know about the Island Elementals, that will be fun to explore. Thank you xx

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Awe thank you so much for the super kind comment K M :)

[@theeverythingkid]

Toddler doing werewolf impression is funny

[@enderbonnie199]

I wish vampires could inherit cool trails like these, I feel like they are always forgotten 😔

[@vamp1024]

hmmm. So in theory, if you have an Island Elemental become a Vampire. Then you'd have to have Father Winter turned into a werewolf. Then use cheats to give Father Winter or the Vampire the Spellcaster bloodline trait, then have them have a baby. That should, in theory, produce a sim with all inheritable traits.

[@abgacha1247]

Dont vampires and werewolves hate each other ingame though?

[@SylverScourge]

​@@abgacha1247 yes. But it could be possible since you can woohoo with sims that your sim has negative relationship with in rare cases.

[@Mrikeepgettinmoneyagain]

@@abgacha1247if they are related like brother or sister then they’d get passed the rivalry

[@xfirewolfy]

1:06 SEDUCE FATHER WINTER DAY LMAO

[@foranzo1582]

0:32 Mans was just sipping tea there 😆

[@claralincoln2823]

Fabulous tips, Petey! Thanks for sharing.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for the kind words Clara! :)

[@claralincoln2823]

@@PeteyPlaysIt, you're welcome!

[@Charlee1776]

I haven't done much with the werewolves yet so I had no idea about the greater werewolf blood one. Thanks as always! I just love your channel! 💓

[@cuddlyguineapigs]

The little kid summoning a fireball from the sky is sending me 😂😂😂

[@masunrise7471]

I had NO idea about the elementals! So cool.

[@pokesims3658]

Something cool I found out if your human spellcaster hybrid sim gets with a full human sim there’s a chance that ancient bloodline trait reverts back to the strong bloodline trait in their baby.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh that's very cool! Thank you so much for that added tip PokeSims :)

[@Emjay_____71]

Wow, there is soooo much more to this game ! We love you Petey 🙂

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Sending all the love back! Thank you Em! :)

[@chaze0064]

Bonus Tip for reaching the Ancient Spellcaster Bloodline faster: The Charm Family (Minerva, Gemma & Darrel) has the Strong Bloodline by default. So now you know whom to date to get your OP spellcaster xD

[@KM-ew3lt]

Omg! Mind blown again. I am now considering buying RoM to play a legacy and play with these traits. ❤ You are the best!

[@rowrysang4053]

Have a spellcaster sim have a child, make it older with birthday cakes and make it have its own child. When you have the ancient bloodline trait, add the trait of island living and make them summon the elementals. Once you add them to your family, make the spellcaster and the sulani mana sim have a child. Add Father Winter in CAS, turn him into a werewolf. Make him have a child with the sulani mana + ancient bloodline sim. Supposedly, the child will have Dormant Werewolf, Child of Father Winter, the Sulani Mana, and the Ancient Bloodline traits at the same time.

[@Garouwerks]

I found this 100% helpful. Thank you so much!!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you for the kind words Garouwerks!

[@Leto85]

I think the game has been updated in such a way that the werewolf traits are no longer be able to be passed down simultaneously with the spellcaster and Sulani Mana traits. The biggest combination that can be made is that of Ancient Magical Bloodline, Sulani Mana, and Father Winter's Baby.

[@mallarieevans5392]

I didn’t know that about the Sulani trait! 😮

[@stephengalanis]

bonus: the hidden lighthouse conception trait

[@Colorcrayons]

It makes your bewbs glow brightly at night so they can be easily seen by nearby semen. I meant, "Seamen". Cant let those ships crash onto rocks in the dark now, can we?

[@recordtapesbackward]

I don't think that one fits the "inherited traits" theme though!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh that definitely deserves an honourable mention! Thanks for mentioning it Stephen :)

[@wildebloem5843]

This has been super helpful ! Thank you so much for sharing 🥰 have a great weekend 😊

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for the kind comment Wilde! Hope you have a great week!

[@maidden]

Those are so friggin cool! Thank you!

[@pinkwaterfalls]

I play mainly with my generation household and i currently have 4 children with a spellcaster and i've been wondering for the longest time what those bloodline traits were for! Thank you for this video :)

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

I knew some, but not all and oh my, you improved my gameplay so much. 😁

[@Atanery]

OMG THE FATHER'S WINTER BABY!!!!!

[@ShortyyGurl]

Thank you for the tip cause I had my normal sim girl try and had a baby with a spell caster and when the baby was a toddler I check her traits and she had ancient bloodline

[@AQuietSolstice]

I honestly did not know this. Thanks Petey. This is cool af 🖤

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you for the kind comment PartTimeAugur :D

[@MissHellfire]

didnt know some of them, thanx for the info!

[@stephengalanis]

:) I'm currently trying to stack FWB + Sulani Mana on a pure alien... that has a human skin tone. There's a video idea for you. I call it the Impossible Sim challenge.

[@genericvillager]

I need a sequel to this going over alien genetics and hybrids not jusf with normal sims but also various occult types and their second forms Also th hidden conceived at light house trait it's small but I think that qualifies

[@genericvillager]

Also fame is technically inherited I think if th parents hv high fame th kids will start at lvl 2 fame

[@seraphinaedan1033]

I didn’t even know about greater wolf blood! Awesome!

[@saelcaha2102]

I had no idea about the Island Elementals trait, that’s so cool!! I was just looking for mods to enhance that pack, since I love to play as Sulani residents.

[@The4Fairi3s]

you can download the expanded mermaid mod!

[@angelaliao9167]

LOL at the banging father winter holiday :p

[@syrisa]

This makes me wish vampires had traits like these

[@Shell05231]

Thanks for this, it was really informative, I need to play Spellcasters and children of sulani more lol! 😊

[@ginsalvatore8182]

Thank you so much for doing all the info you really helpful. Please keep doing it 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@wolfgangd3653]

Does anyone know if you can have them ALL at once? I know you can have sulani mana, FW baby & ancient blood at the same time, but can you have these three + werewolf ones? Also can you have both werewolf traits at the same time? Edit: I just found out you can, and I'm gonna do it!

[@takeandbakejake3271]

*cracks knuckles* Immortal super sim here I come!

[@BuhByeBirdy]

My sims have had the Sulani Mana trait for 4 generations now

[@EthicalMyths]

Ngl this is awesome!

[@IwillloveY4ever]

There is something about having to woo Father Winter who is much older then you, to get a trait that's just so off-putting to me... (yes, i do know he's an adult with silver hair you don't have to tell me that)

[@haileybalmer9722]

Wow. I didn't know about any of that at all!

[@jaubert5313]

I’d love to see your videos about the Sims 3!

[@JuliaMax135]

Didn't know Spirit Elements are so cool!😍😍😍 I am trying to do what you said but after joining the household spirit doesn't change into a sim. Is it a bug? Also, joining the household was different: the spirit did a little twirl🙉 (?)and just like that became a family member 😂

[@vovasyhin7219]

Sulani Mana is great for summoning a trio of waifus at will! Really goes well with certain mods. XD

[@Leto85]

I had no idea about the werewolf inheritable traits. Interesting. Can all inhereted traits be on one sim?

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Leto :). I am pretty sure most of them can be! Only I don't believe a sim can have both the dormant wolf and the greater wolf blood trait, but I don't know 100 percent.

[@eeveescrown]

that's so cool!

[@love_lauren]

time to have a baby w/ father winter & the spirits😳😳 will wait for infants though

[@rebecaribeiro9061]

The bloodline trait from spellcaster of my sim passed to his son, and now it passed tô his grandchild, so i think it goes further than the child

[@larapaulyn1488]

i didn't know about the Sulani Mana but i'm goinggggg

[@Zandalorscat]

Video idea: Comparison of the space-themed careers. I've played Sims 4 for 3 years now and haven't truly given Astronaut or Scientist a go. How do I choose which one to try?

[@dorelie9354]

Try scientist career. Because it's a active one so you can follow your sim at work and you need the fuseology skill to progress like astronaut. And because it came with get to work pack which brings aliens too. And scientist can go to sixam, the hidden alien world, so it's more interesting for both science and astronomy (you need logic, gardening and handiness skills too)

[@GK-ob1ni]

scientist is WAY better. No contest. Like Dorelie VIT said, it's an active career which makes it more fun, but you can also learn how to make serums which have cool effects and you can make these amazing gadgets that can really enhance gameplay, like the simray, the clone machine, satellite dish, and your own personal portal the alien world. It's probably my favourite career in the Sims 4. The acting career is a close second.

[@evamoisehanover4292]

lovely . so cuite . thanks for showing . and explanimg clear for my sims 4 games can confused. i am new at them . i play sims 4 base game that was free. ps. i do add any simmers sorry .

[@Sp1tfire_5316]

I've been thinking of making this a legacy goal where my 10th generation heir must have all or most of these traits i think it would b a fun and tricky challenge

[@jasc3294]

i swear i keep forgetting i already liked the video and i accidentally unlike it then go oops and like it again then i caught myself wishing i could like 100 times 😂

[@Sunny33311]

I have never seen this object before in 1:55 this little mount of seashells. Where can you get it?

[@helpfulDeathgod]

Now there's the Grim bloodline trait :)

[@billfred9411]

Sadly, it does almost nothing. It adds some time to their lifespan and gives them a birthmark that's it. To make it worse the developers also added an effect to the grimborn trait that distorts the face of anyone who has it making them have a gaunt look. It also enlarges their eyes and shrinks their chin. If you don't edit them pretty much anyone with the grimborn trait ends up funny looking. It doesn't affect anyone with the grim descendant trait, but the grim descendant trait also doesn't do anything at all. No longer life and the birthmark become a faint splotch on the neck and the trait basically just shows they are a descendant of the reaper.

[@leepoppop5523]

I feel like everyone is so focused on the bad on the Sims 4, that their missing the good parts. Also the only really main problem with sims 4, let me be honest here, it's really just not an open world which the Sims team really do need to fix and I bet they will barely have much complaint now.

[@blackberry.sh1ne]

father winter’s baby sulani mana dormant wolf greater wolf blood weak/strong/ancient bloodline

[@Proxy_CloudxP]

I had a werewolf child have the dormant wolf trait before

[@Ishtar1339]

The quickest way to get an Ancient bloodline trait is to have a baby with Darrel Charm.

[@Juliana.moraes]

Is there any cheat to put these traits on the sim? amazing

[@piggybluee]

ohh... I just play the game for a few months, haven't play sulani at all since I focused on doing other (spellcaster, strangerville, working on my collection), that mana trait looks interesting, but can't I have a baby from the elemental without adding them into the household? bcs I don't really like turning npc into my responsibility I might have to kill them at the end n I don't want that :/

[@dakotamartinez8310]

I do not think these inherited traits are enough. Maybe there would be more in future packs.

[@loveyourself-Hannah]

family idea: mom = spellcaster dad = alien child = human

[@z.startedafire]

lmao the dude sitting on the toddler bed while they doing the nasty

[@heyalfikr]

No need to talk about Alien. The only inherited thingamabob is the Secret Handshake interaction. And it only carry up to 5 generations down without any new Alien baby in the line.

[@barbiquearea]

Can't the lava balls also be mined for metals or gems?

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

They totally can barbiquearea :)

[@tomjohnson4922]

Cool beans... now my question is, can my Sim rain down volcanic rocks just on Sulani or anywhere? Anywhere would be fun.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

As long as they have the trait I am pretty sure it can be anywhere :).

[@srslyvalentine]

Something must be up with my game cause Father Winter is living on a lot in sulani in my current gameplay😂😂

[@maxmorgan8736]

So in my game my Werewolf sims have just had 3 babies and weirdly enough they each have something unique about them Marcel the oldest has the dormant wolf trait Wilson the youngest isn't special being normal (however I WILL find a way to make him special) and Emily has The Greater Wolf blood trait so I was wondering what I should do I plan for Emily and Wilson to move off and do a Cottage Living/Nifty Knitting Rags to Riches (don't ask why I started with Werewolves for the first gen okay fine because being a Werewolf would let my sims satisfy their needs easily) And have Marcel go off and do a Paranormal Stuff Rags to Riches so I was wondering do I keep them as Werewolves? Do I turn Marcel into one? It's my first time Ever finding these traits (in-game) so I want to know what I should do

[@Twilight24682]

My child in the sims ended up being a werewolf like my character and the other character who was also a werewolf my character ended up with

[@ImmortalAbsol]

So have an Island Elemental become a warewolf and have a baby with Father Winter to even start your SuperSim?

[@HamelinSong]

So. If I have a spellcaster turned werewolf who's an islander with sulani mana, having a child with father Christmas.... Can I get all four? 😂 I need to try that!

[@kaiyairion4118]

Mermaids also have inherited traits.

[@davidr2002]

is this pc only or can consoles do it too

[@The-Rguy]

It's not a trait, but if vampire sims try for a baby as bats, the child will automatically have the ability to turn into a bat when they get their powers

[@AnnaRayah]

Hi how I can get the Sulani Mana trait with cheats?

[@MoondustManwise]

Wonder how many you can layer

[@hannahwhyte5758]

Wish they did that for vampire sims too :(

[@jLachelle3]

Do these traits get passed down to grandchildren?

[@ravenartistofficial]

Every Occult-Trait Legacy Challenge, anyone?

[@31n07x]

Is there a way to make your sims 4 to not generate new sims?

[@ladida7841]

The Sims 4.

[@feline43595]

well..can one sim have all these bonus traits..?

[@mel-burnes]

now get all of these on one kid sdjhf