Every Lot Challenge Explained And Rated | The Sims 4 Guide

[@sistercharlatan]

I like using the landfill lot trait on a retail lot and having a sim with a store where they repair things and sell them as a business, you can add a workshop table and a fabricator too if you want to make more to sell. Also can dumpster dive for stock too, makes for a good rags to riches play through.

[@sim771]

Thats so cool!!!

[@lininacrowne1941]

Wow that'd an amazing idea

[@l1sapower]

I actually found combining the Haunted House lot type + the Cursed lot challenge was just too much to handle. My Sims knew no peace. I also made the entire Wakaba neighbourhood in Mt. Komorebi a quake zone

[@Intheendeverythingisworthit]

“…Knew no peace” Hahaha now I’m curious😂😂 I currently have a paranormal investigator who seems like she would be up to the challenge 🤣🤣

[@GustavoFring382]

I set a haunted house to have creepy crawlies, volcanic activity, quake zone, and cursed and my sims were absolutely never not terrified. Piss puddles everywhere, clothes piles and dishes because they were too scared to clean up. It was horrible. They were always dragging along because they never slept It was funny though

[@GustavoFring382]

Their pets also always ran away because they didnt feed them because they were too scared

[@kathyomier8221]

My favorite lot traits are simple living and off-the-grid together. I use these two for my first half of the Kingdom Challenge, where they will not have electricity and have to survive "living off the land". To be honest, these two are a good combo for Rags to Riches challenges as your sims will not randomly go to the grill and cook something when you are trying to save for a bed.

[@fatcatpaulanne4800]

You can turn on the gremlins lot challenge and the gnomes lot trait (where they fix things) and let the gnomes and gremlins battle it out every night! How do you drag things into your inventory?

[@Discordia5]

Oh that's so cute! I need to go play the Sims right now.

[@pixiejarwens9242]

Big thanks

[@sim771]

So dragging basically you have your cursor, place it over an object and it will turn into a little hand. You can then use it to drag items into your inventory or plates in the trash/sink/dishwasher. You can also take things out of your inventory and drag them elsewhere like luandry to the hamper or bikes to the ground. Anything lit up by a white contour can receive items (including other sims in your household panel). super handy

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

I always do that 😂

[@_queensharky_]

I love that.. I never thought of that🤌🏻

[@elainal6847]

So the gremlins challenge can be hacked and nothing breaks if your up at midnight so if you have a night owl trait and a sim who is an insomniac it's totally liveable. I love volcano one for the beginning of a rags to riches play because it brings collectibles to you. Wild foxes will steal produce from harvestables if you don't have chickens on the lot Ways I use lot challenges. 1. Randomize them every week 2. Turn them all on and randomly select 1 to remove when a sim in the household completes an aspiration 3. Randomly apply lot challenges for a full sim year and only remove them if someone completes a aspiration

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for sharing all these hot tips Elaina! Super helpful and really appreciate it!!

[@sim771]

I like playing apocalypse gameplay with the filthy, grody and off the grid challenges. Reduce recycle is fun too because you're creating a challenging sustainable living. Since cottage living is out you can add the foxes and simple living. Rags to riches would be fun too where you remove challenges as your sim gets more comfortable. Maybe start with almost all of them or you rotate through them like the gremlin one would be fun when all you have is a fridge and toilet. You could also play with cursed where your sim is living on sacred ground so when they are in a house the spirits are upset

[@SageArdor]

Gremlins would be much better balanced if it randomly broke a small amount of objects at midnight. I think anywhere from 1 to 3 objects each night would be fair. That way it allows for a good handiness building opportunity without rendering the whole house unusable.

[@TopFurret]

Seriously. With a chance of instead of breaking stuff, maybe they'll make a mess and leave a puddle or pile of trash for you to clean up

[@haileybalmer9722]

I love the simple living challenge and the wild foxes challenge. Wild foxes is extra fun if you ever wanted to be friends with a bunch of cute little foxes. Very fulfilling!

[@oh_itsmike]

This channel deserves so much more recognition

[@ItSezRawr]

Gremlins lot challenge is the easiest way to get lvl 10 handiness especially with homey lot trait added.

[@whiteladywolf]

Also sounds like a good way to level up a magic user if you have the repair spell

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

The reduce and recycle lot trait does come with the chance of getting the death by flies interaction.

[@lininacrowne1941]

Yeah that's tricky because your garbage overflows if you don't deal with it. That was the one thing he missed

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

@Sonya T You can try to clear them, but you also need to actually manage the trash so they eventually go away.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh thank you so much for sharing this Sabrina! Appreciate the added info :)

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

Also, there are some fridges that are compatable with Off-The_Grid, but you have to remember to add ice to them which you can do by clicking on the fridge and hitting the Add Ice function. You have to keep an eye on the level of ice, though because it will melt away after a while and everything in the fridge will spoil.

[@TheInsaneVane]

I like to use Filthy in countryside/desert areas (and households who garden) as I imagine the sims are constantly tramping mud/dust into the house. Both Filthy and Grody are also great to make seedy motels, bars and restaurants.

[@jacobbowen549]

the gremlin lot challenge is my favourite, it's so useful for cheaply building handiness skill early on and you can just keep your sims up at midnight for the days you don't have time to go around repairing everything

[@lininacrowne1941]

I was feeling really sick and put this video on to distract and keep me calm. It worked perfectly and I learned some stuff and enjoyed your ratings! I love using off the grid with eco lifestyle stuff. Simple living is also such a great challenge. Super realistic. Thank you extra for this video because it was just what I needed tonight

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Linina! Firstly I'm so sorry that you were feeling unwell. I hope you're feeling better

[@lininacrowne1941]

@@PeteyPlaysIt thank you again petey!! I do feel better. 🥰

[@fozzytheflyingmuppet]

Simple Living is great! It really improved my game. Harvesting plants and buying ingredients now makes much more sense. It also helps to keep fat Sims from cooking unhealthy meals.

[@dfreeman13]

Pair Simple living with off the grid and reduce and recycle for a real challenge. Bonus points if playing in a tiny home (micro home preferred). Most fun to play on Sulani.

[@Syeona]

Petey I'm blaming you for the stain left by my tears on my carpet after this video. I was laughing so hard I cried and couldn't get up. You are killin it with the jokes!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ahaha I'm so glad that you liked the humour I added in! This means a lot :D Thank you!!

[@meowwwwwwwwmoooowwwwwwmeoo1162]

your channel definitely deserves to blow up!! so helpful

[@Robert_Burnell-Jones]

I've been playing with the Creepy Crawlies lot challenge lately, and have been poisoned several times, mostly from spiders and once from bees. Anyway, something I've noticed is if you're about to get attacked/swarmed, you can easily avoid it by queueing up something else after it. For example, I'm harvesting my garden and notice an attack/swarm join my queue. So I just add "tend garden" or sleep or pretty much anything and the attack/swarm action is replaced with it.

[@EP1CxEMAN08]

For the Creepy Crawlies lot challenge, I've seen a gameplay video where a Sim got poisoned by the Spiders from that challenge. So yes, it is possible.

[@moonbender95]

When earthquakes happen in my lot ,via Volcanic activity challenge, certain appliances break and so do my plumbing system.

[@leopoldkain6815]

I appreciate this video. Normally all the challenges videos I see is I play with all the challenges videos. So a video explaining them is very helpful.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thanks Leopold! I appreciate this comment :)

[@HeyHey-ms3oh]

This is random but I was watching your videos and I didn't notice until my partner pointed out that you're the Pete from Survivor! You're a legend 🤯

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ahaha thanks for the kind comment Hey Hey. You are right I did go on Survivor a few years ago :p. I think a legend might be a bit of a stretch ahaha but I appreciate the kind words!

[@SteamyPMcGee]

Your sense of humour gives me life.😂 "Lot challenges might be what you're after! They also might not be, but we are making a video on them so let's pretend they are."

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you Lizi :D Haha I appreciate the super kind comment!

[@carlyjinx2806]

Love your videos!! And lol the only lot challenges I really use now are simple living and off the grid, maybe wild foxes if my sims an animal lover lol

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Awe shucks thank you Carly!! Appreciate the kind comment. I too love the Cottage Living challenges they're well done!

[@bbear2695]

i feel like the gremlins turned on for a night or two would be nice for training up your handiness. maybe for storytelling too. parents go out of town and teenagers trash the house or something. a grody house would be nice if you have a bunch of kids who need daily responsibilities to work on

[@cartoonkelly7924]

I always play with Simple Living and Reduce and Recycle on.

[@TheNervzecke]

Fire? What fire? What are you talking about? ... Oh, you mean THAT fire here, that emerges from the stove and will most likely burn me to ashes, if I stay on the spot! Just say that! *lol* And to see Father Winter diving in the dumpster... well, it explains some things, doesn`t it? ;) The white Fox with the nightgownish clothing reminds me somehow on the tale of Red Riding Hood, no? (Why are your eyes that big? ... And why the heck do you wear grannys gowns?) Thank you very much for another informative video! Great work! :*

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you Nerv for the nice and also very fun comment!

[@Cozyhorrorshow]

Oh I’d love an update of this video with the lot challenges that have come up since!

[@marieduran6286]

As for the Gremlins lot challenge, you can get your handiness skill up to 10 in no time, and that way you can upgrade everything to unbreakable if you want to.

[@octavia1025]

The compostables can be used as fertilizer for the plants in your garden. You don't have to use them for bit's and bobs. With the challenge on, my sims had a much easier time of raising the plant levels in their garden.

[@soliW23]

In my actual save I play with the Gremlins in a microhome so it was a great way to max the handiness skill very fast

[@lauve_id6848]

i hope you make another ideas for sims who really interst in food and cooking tehe. love your vids!

[@marleythewizard]

for the spooky trait, if you want more ghosts to visit, there need to be more ghosts in the world, either as actual households or "hidden" aka a normal ghost after a sim dies

[@alandunaway3000]

Gremlins is a reference to the phrase uttered by pilots in aviation when the aircraft has an issue. "We have a gremlin".

[@hollyhartwick3832]

Spooky and Cursed could pair well if you're going for certain Trophies/Achievements, like having a household of 8 Ghost Sims, befriending the Grim Reaper or outliving 5 spouses. Basically, anything related to death and ghosts. The Active Volcano challenge also randomly breaks appliances and electronics. I use it both in Sulani and Mt. Komorebi (since Mt. Komorebi is based on Mt. Fuji, which is an active volcano.)

[@lushathome]

You Helped me with a lot of things thanks you

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you for the kind comment! :)

[@lushathome]

@@PeteyPlaysIt Your welcome !🤍❤ you helped me with a lot of things 💖💖like the skills cheat 🤍💎and the challenges! explained !! your my fav sims KZbinr

[@DanielVeillette16]

Great video as usual Petey! :) I always play with Simple Living and Wild Foxes but you've intrigued me to try some of the others! Stay safe & well handsome xx

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much Daniel! Defs love the cottage living challenges. Stay well too :D

[@Heattokun]

Gremlins is great if you wanna build handiness without books. Makes a great excuse to build your skill

[@Su-mx7ix]

As someone who lives on a fault line, I wish the quake zone challenge didn’t wake Sims up every time. I have never ever woken up during an earthquake. A good way to make this lot challenge more realistic and more impactful would be to give a vertiginous moodlet to Sims who are awake at the time of the earthquake, and if the quake is really big, they’d actually have to look after the building like getting cracks fixed. They could also forcefully evacuate Sims during a big earthquake, they’d all be made to get out of the house afterwards for like 15 in-game minutes maybe? Idk, the quake zone challenge had so much potential but instead it’s annoying, as it forcefully gives the seismophobia moodlet, which again really isn’t something that happens to everyone.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh thank you so much for sharing Su! It's so cool to hear your perspective on the challenge and how it could be improved. Your ideas would be a huge improvement!

[@specialdog644]

Pete best sims youtuber

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

You are too kind, thank you!!

[@Kualinar]

The gremlins challenge is GREAT if you really want to improve your handiness skill. With the Grody challenge, even slob Sims get nauseated almost all of the time when eating or using the toilet. Filthy is not an issue for a slob Sim, but an absolute nightmare for a queasy or neat one. Absolutely need the Fast Cleaner trait for your Sims living there. Volcanic activity is a challenge that come with it's reward. If you have Get to Work, you may find geodes as well as alien crystals and metals in the volcanic bombs.

[@LushQtient340]

You can get around the simple living lot challenge by having a werewolf sim gain the ability to hunt for food

[@TamikaMichelle]

Thank you so much for this!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you for the nice words Tamika :D

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

the creepy crawlies trait absolutely has the chance to poison your sim. i let one of my sims die that way for the drama,. imagine dying after being bitten by an exotic spider and you've never even been abroad.

[@marginreg6979]

Thank you! Such a useful video

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

You're super welcome Margin, thanks for the nice comment!

[@Az777]

Still lovin' the channel Petey! Would you please consider making a video on how life spans and season duration settings work best together?

[@Garouwerks]

This really helps! I would love to know how to make the Scouts board for kids work. Your vids have been expanding my play! Thank you!!

[@Robert_Burnell-Jones]

From what I remember (only had a scout once so far), you just place it somewhere on your lot. Your child/teen Sims can then select it to view the badges, their progress on obtaining them, and then collecting them once earned. Petey has a video on the scout career if you're in need of more scouting help, too. :)

[@Garouwerks]

@@Robert_Burnell-Jones thank you! I appreciate the help very much.

[@Robert_Burnell-Jones]

@@Garouwerks You're welcome, glad I could help. :)

[@brianbittermann9331]

Great way to get alot of deaths I haven't seen yet

[@Ceares]

I have the wild foxes lot -it came that way, but I don't have chickens and I also have a dog who the foxes think is a monster based on their thought bubbles, so they're not really a nuisance. They don't even bother the rabbits from what I can see.

[@Sp3ctralI]

13:25 “c’mon is that all you got?”

[@SimmieVee]

Loves your vids! Can you do another one since we have new lot challenges now.

[@amysilverstone9059]

soo if playing solo vampire, enabling simple living will make plasma fruit salad even better? Hell yeah!

[@simsspeler1757]

I tried to play a lot with every challenge and my sim got poisoned. I needed to go to selvadora for the cure but thought getting poisoned without being in selvadora was a bug. Now I finally realise the creepy crawlers lot challenge was responsible. I'm currently playing a lot with gremlins but they must be very nice gremlins because I don't have nearly as much stuff breaking as shown in this video.

[@mysteryperson5564]

I tried the challenge it’s really fun The gremlin one

[@MiloticFan13]

The grody challenge is great for building gross and cheep resturants. I should know cause I made a restaurant like that.

[@leontineketting97]

i like to do challenges, i tried to do the rags to riches challenge but it was harder then i thought but i think it will be useful now that i've seen what each of the lot traits means so maybe i'll try again some day when i create a new sim

[@neilbiggs1353]

I'd be a lot more interested in the lot challenges if you had a way to resolve them with game play, such as being able to remove the cursed challenge if you make friends with a certain sim and carried out a few things they want you to do for them. I only have the base game, and recently played a bunch of runaway kids squatting in a barn (in Newcrest which conveniently had a pond over the road), and while I found the Off-The-Grid challenge a good addition (that made a lot of sense), it was a little unsatisfying that I could turn off the challenge at any time, there wasn't way to earn it (so in the end I waited until my teen Sim became a young adult, even thought the little garden they had meant they could afford to pay utility bills much earlier. The Gremlins challenge sounds completely miserable, I'd get breaking one object or maybe two, but there needs to be a way to end it or it's just adding predictable busy work to the game (and honestly, there is enough of that with the daily tasks for the jobs...)

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Ooh Neil I love that idea of adding ways to resolve lot challenges through gameplay. for some it would be a bit odd but for many it would work so well and add a really fun element to the game!

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@PeteyPlaysIt Oddly, it was the Volcano challenge that made me think of it - maybe you can placate the volcano for a short while if you throw items worth lots of simoleons in it, or return an item that you find the pieces of through beachcombing... or maybe even have an evil option of finding a person to sacrifice to it! These ideas are in no way influenced by Moana or Joe Vs The Volcano...

[@Robert_Burnell-Jones]

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the ghosts that appear for the Spooky lot challenge? It would be nice to have old family homes that are haunted by a family's ancestors if you could. I'm on PS4, so no "X's Y mod does!" Thanks in advance!

[@Melindrea]

In my experience, the only way to ensure ghosts are the "right" ones are if the lot has the urns/stones of the ancestors. I play a haunted house with the Spooky lot challenge which is actually loads of fun. Even when some ghosts show up angry and start breaking my stuff (which includes my sim's mother, who sometimes needs to be talked down from being angry that ... I'm not sure why she's angry, apart from being dead?)

[@leontineketting97]

can you do a lot trait one? (i meant like ley line, party place, gnomes versa versa)

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

It's definitely on the list to do a video on lot traits eventually :D

[@leontineketting97]

@@PeteyPlaysIt ah alright, i thought i'll ask haha😊👍

[@AvtvmnSvnshine]

I LOVE playing off grid. 10/10, I never play on-grid unless my Sim needs to have a computer I also absolutely love adding volcanoes and quake zone to every single build for no reason

[@PedroWills]

Is it possible to adopt a wild fox if you have the Cats and Dogs expansion installed?

[@JusticeHeroXSupreme]

Creepy crawlies-If you have high logic or high fitness, you. an avoid bugs etc...

[@SigmaRho2922]

If the cursed lot challenge is present sims are more likely to get food poisoning if it is placed on a restaurant lot.

[@DiauraIDV]

7:01 i think i know what that piece of furnitures is

[@seamarie3111]

Can you fix not being able to take stuff from the landfill by being a kleptomaniac and straight-up stealing it?

[@Joey15811]

Gremlins atleast can be useful to build handiness skill

[@Leto85]

03:05 How did you get that lovely spiderweb on your stove? Is that an unlockable item?

[@ponderpunk2903]

It is a decoration that comes with vampires

[@Leto85]

@@ponderpunk2903 Thanks!

[@pauldiamond1583]

You said nauseous when you meant to say nauseated

[@PTEC]

I thought off the grid was expansion

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Awe shucks thanks for the super kind comment Chaosunicorn! Onlyabidoang is the best! And omg yes I love the pet cemetery, and I really appreciate your comment about it as I haven't visited it in ages!

[@PTEC]

@@PeteyPlaysIt ngl wrong comment

[@yo-mumma91]

Bruh dude