The Sims 4 Cottage Living: 10 NEW FEATURES You Might Not Know

Hey guys! Today I'm gonna be showing you 10 new features in The Sims 4 Cottage Living that you might not know! (plus some honorable mentions)
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[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

Seeing an evil chicken attacking the soul carrier itself because it's owner died, and will literally kill anyone without hesitate is such a sight.

[@zoee3296]

Probably 100% accurate too, if my 7 years of owning chickens has taught me anything 😂🐓

[@kiritoalt2657]

@@zoee3296 remain me never mess with Ur chicken

[@vehicleunhandler]

i got the spicy treat for trading my chickens for animal treats

[@amandaletcher1320]

I am terrified of chickens now

[@dianagoenaga7263]

At this point I can't buy a pack if you haven't made a video about it. You're so good at information/research, you make me see the packs in a whole new light! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@Dani-eu6cq]

me too!

[@rochelimit55555]

Yeah I think Bidoang is the best Sims 4 reviewer, better even than some old time youtubers because they are just commenting, not reviewing thoroughly

[@sofyacab]

@@rochelimit55555 or are often biased and criticise the game instead of informing objectively about it

[@eveblackrock4550]

@@rochelimit55555 I recommend "Petey plays it". He is the best at information for all sims packs.

[@dianagoenaga7263]

@John Williamson There's bias on both sides. There's those who treat EA as the perfect company who can do no wrong, and there are those who act as if anything other than the Sims 2 is a curse on the gaming community.

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

sims 4: nono there's not alcohol in this game, it's juice! also, if you get high as balls you can talk to birds

[@Kalishua_Vtuber]

Disney mode unlocked !

[@dameme3354]

sims 4 is family friendy confirmed

[@harricat1004]

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already but if you have a guitar or violin in your Sims inventory you can play guitar to your chickens, llamas and cows. I don’t know if it skill boosts but the interaction is so cute and birds will fly around you as you play :)

[@isazuela]

Can you please tell me how you did it? I have the instruments but I don’t see an option to play for animals? 🥺

[@harricat1004]

@@isazuela sure :) With guitar in Sims inventory click on chicken (or llama/cow) and then press option Socialize - Practice Guitar with

[@Anhaeyn]

Didn't saw that mentioned, but there's canning introduced in the game, sims can make tomato sauce, cream, mayo, various kinds of jams, meat substitute etc and it's based on cooking skill :)

[@MonstersxKiller]

Maybe it’s because he wanted to cover features most us still don’t know about. EA announced canning was going to be introduced, and tied to cooking skill before the launch, so most players already knew about it.

[@Player_D]

I did *NOT* know about enlarging livestock. I can create a monster movie, lol. Thanks, onlyabidoang for your research and sharing it. 😃

[@albinhaformiga1070]

Wait little rabbits can maul Sims to death but big dogs can’t. Now that’s some Sims logic

[@ladyviking89]

Ah we are back to old SIM logic love it

[@Huliandel]

Looks like a Monty Python reference to me with the rabbit. :D

[@slwrabbits]

FEAR THE RABBIT

[@araueaodereifaurea4660]

i can already see my evil-chickens-only-farm

[@Slapdatknee]

I read that as only… fans

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

The evil chickens will attack Grim when he comes to claim animals as well. I have a small army of them on my current farm.

[@PositivelyNice]

Thanks! I didn’t know so many of these. Some more, 1. the oversized crops can be set as decoration 2. the nightly mushrooms only grow in the winter if you have Seasons 3. the chocolate pie and some other food can only be cooked if your Sim has high enough Cooking Skill

[@onlyabidoang]

Ooh no wonder I can't find the nightly mushrooms anywhere. Thanks for sharing!

[@plumdutchess]

Yeah, great tip about the Nightly mushrooms. I found a patch of them, but they never grew. Now I know. Thanks!

[@giuliagirl743]

Moral: never mess with chickens (this includes the Zelda ones); and neither the rabbits!

[@Flora_Dawn]

Especially the rezero ones

[@maicon6475]

And Skyrim...

[@giadagiuggiola0272]

And the Witcher 3 I guess

[@yopi_yopi]

That works for real life too 🤣 Mistreated chickens can be brutal.

[@giuliagirl743]

Yep, those too!

[@pseudoartysta]

This pack looks like it really has some gameplay in it

[@karatekidjy]

It really does trust me and it’s very fun too!

[@Nillu89]

I think it's my favourite pack so far, and I have all of them, except Journey to Batuu, Toddler stuff and My first pet stuff

[@eeeeeeeeeeeee9651]

After having played it for a while, I think this might be the first pack in the Sims 4 that is actually worth the full price!

[@bandana.7077]

Wow, after years into the Sims franchise, we have now come into terms with "this pack looks like it really has some gameplay in it"

[@eeeeeeeeeeeee9651]

@John Williamson I'd rather trust my own opinion than someone who's presenting theirs as facts thank you very much

[@eunnel5169]

If you have completed enough errands from the grocery stall owner, it will make them sell mystery box for 100 simoleons. the 100$ mystery box box: 3 mushrooms that cost 2 bucks each

[@dapotatoboii8601]

The scene where the gigantic chicken start attacking san myshuno, I lost it.

[@kimberlykirts2762]

ITS CLUCKZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Occhii_Docchii]

The evil and golden chickens remind me of the void chicken and gold chicken from stardew valley

[@mimebites]

Exactly that lmaoo

[@araueaodereifaurea4660]

there are gold chickens in stardew valley? i thought there are only dinosaurs and void chickens...

[@andresbravo2003]

but the stardew valley exists??

[@Occhii_Docchii]

@@araueaodereifaurea4660 you unlock gold chickens after achieving 100% perfection in the 1.5 update

[@Occhii_Docchii]

@@araueaodereifaurea4660 1.5 is only available on PC tho

[@daintydawn4503]

Cant wait for Jim Pickens to have a lot full of evil chickens 😈

[@latetodaparty]

You just gave me a idea in my head

[@kiki_davis]

ms crumblebottom is back and shes slapping sims again yayyyyy

[@seatheparade]

😂 That huge rooster in san myshuno at the end killed me! I love the evil chick with flaming eyes, I swear the evil chicken's one of the best things to come with this pack! I like that rabbits are the cutest and also deadliest animals in this pack too lol.

[@RaquelAdriana-jp6sd]

The rabbit death is so funny! A little rabbit can kill in to hits. omg 🤣

[@Dogwolf12]

It's the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog!

[@nateweird]

cool fact: if you get a high enough relationship with agnes she will tell you about her relations to the goths and her former husbands (from the sims 3) (and mentioned in the sims 1)

[@andrewmoeller1987]

I like all that you mentioned, but it's a shame that there are no deaths via: Foxes, Llamas or Cows.

[@Kalishua_Vtuber]

I don't know if a Llama or cow can kill you... Maybe by stomping you, but you are standing most of the time... For foxes, I'm not sure, maybe give you sickness because they live in the wild and that's a common say thb. So for foxes, if they bite you (maybe like rabbit lol), they could add sickness and you have to take medicine or you'll die. And for chicken, I'm almost sure it's just a gaming thing, don't bother the chickens or death awaits you 😂

[@ravenoctober9936]

@@Kalishua_Vtuber unfortunately people irl who farm cows die quite frequently (i should say its notuncommon) because when they get milked they can kick people and kill them. Especially if its in the head. I can imagine same for llamas since they also kick. I just know the kick of a cow can be very deadly and probably can cause internal bleeding.

[@Kalishua_Vtuber]

@@ravenoctober9936 Oh, I didn't know that, but yeah, it seems logic. Now, I just checked on google and it seems that Llama also kick people in their head and can cause the death. But it must happen less, since you don't put your head exposed like for cows 🤔 Now that I think about it, people mean with animals deserve death 😂😂 Or fines at least...

[@ravenoctober9936]

@@Kalishua_Vtuber lmao, probably. Well im glad your learned something new ☺️

[@TheEtherny]

Did you know that 22 humans die a year by cows? On the other hand, only 13 humans die by chickens lol

[@zoee3296]

The chickens attacking everybody is incredible 😂😂

[@kiritoalt2657]

I wonder what is that grimreper saying after getting attack by an evil chicken 🤣

[@edwardjohns4047]

I also found out that if you have jungle adventure pack the guardian skeleton will also keep the foxes away from your lot it also has a cool cut scene when the fox sees it

[@nashashasha]

12:37 911: "911 What's your emergency?" Me: "Chicken attacks on a city!! I said the chicken's attacking the city!! Helppp!!!" . . . Will be much cool if it was the evil chicken though 🤣

[@kimberlykirts2762]

CLUCKZILLAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@romancewriter1]

Huh a few of these i wasn’t aware of Thanks for that, I’m gonna need to try them out at some point Love that Agnes Crumplebottom hasn’t changed since Sims 2, always whacking your Sim with her handbag when you’re being romantic with someone in public and all

[@smaugbr]

I just spotted an Easter Egg! The fox is called Miles! Miles is Sonic's friend, which happens to be from SEGA - which happens to be EA!!! :D (Sorry if you guys knew that, I just discovered it now :D )

[@alyciahall4512]

And one of the Bunnies is named Monty like Monty Python and the Holy Grail! That had a killer rabbit too!

[@smaugbr]

@@alyciahall4512 Indeed! ^_^

[@andreamyob9458]

Lol! Love BunnyZilla right at the end!

[@andresbravo2003]

Glad this is my favorite expansion pack. hope there will be Generations soon but I'll just wait. (Not to referred as TS3: Generations for bravo's sake.)

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

You already have the options of Parenthood, Toddler Stuff and Kids's Stuff. Rather ask for a teen or elderly pack.

[@ravenoctober9936]

@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 nah i personally want a real generations pack. Parent hood isnt enough, and besides alot of people dont want to have to buy a crap ton of packs just to get a meh version of generations. Imo of course. Your opinion is valid! I was just sharing mine :3

[@thursdayscat]

That chicken head inside ghost emily gets me 😭✋

[@bmso1680]

Didn't know about the obsidian egg and golden egg in the, or simple living cook book. I already knew about most but evil roosters. If your sim dies by evil rooster they do have a black rooster's head floating in their ghostly chest. Still hilarious though.

[@dovey-brawlstars8174]

The pack does look awesome!!

[@reading1713]

This was such a great video! The long term effects for the errands are incredible and super exciting! Thank you for sharing this info!

[@jasonsteele6920]

You always have the coolest tips! Brb, off to join that jam of the month club -- thanks, Abi!

[@Su-mx7ix]

Amazing video! I’m just sad we still don’t have horses, and it’s infuriating that EA removed the option to play as pets because it’s “unrealistic” but it’s somehow plausible that we can turn a chicken golden through a treat… Nothing against your great video, I’m just angry at EA for removing the most therapeutic feature for me from Sims 3, which was playing as puppies to make them interact and play around :(

[@sdb9884]

I just started a new game after a long break due to life getting busy. This gives me so many ideas for my new Sim. Thank you!

[@Robin1996ify]

"As you increase your skill, your sim will be able to-" *Got an ad about Skillshare* What the hell? ... Also that rabbit attacking your sim reminded me of that one Monty Python skit. And that evil chicken looked like Cemani chicken lol.

[@KCJ1999]

Where’s the holy hand grenade when you need it?

[@golgarisoul]

Yo, that enlarge chicken thing looks amazing.

[@queendivax]

Chickens attacking the grim reaper! 😂😂😂 I might have to buy this pack after all

[@nothingmancer1607]

This might not be an essential pack for ts4 but I think it's the best expansion pack of the game. I whish all packs had this much care put into it.

[@oshinsims]

Thank you for this!!! Also the music sounds like cooking mama , this video was calming lol 🤍

[@parkouremaster]

1:28 This thing, the "this item cannot be sold or deleted" should be in every single object that is not a skill made object such as paintings, crafts, etc.

[@honesttraitorbear3527]

Aww thank you for posting! I didn't know most these!

[@HeidiWilde]

Wow, I knew there was a lot in this EP, but I didn't realize just HOW much! Thanks for this video!

[@AdventuresWithV]

Between you and Carl's channel I feel confident in knowing whether or not to buy new packs when they come out. Thanks!

[@jennw6809]

The giant chickens and rabbits in San Myshuno were epic. Thanks, very helpful video - I thought I knew about most of these things, but you included details I did not realize.

[@Nillu89]

This video is really good! I have the pack and I've been playing like crazy, but I still learned a lot from this video

[@Heimdall1999]

Ive bought it 2 days ago and its one of the best packs imo. Even better with seasons and pets. Thanks!

[@Cam1417-TK]

Seeing the evil chicken attack the reaper was so cool xD

[@tainadeoliveira]

Imagine dying bravely to an oversized chicken

[@chibiousstore5712]

Your video is always the best and very detail!

[@Zoesstuff]

This is such a useful video - thanks!!

[@Aiijuin]

So THAT’S what the Livestock Upgrade Part is for!!! I received it somehow, and wondered what the heck it was for as I was upgrading my Eco home. Thank you!

[@micearenice8963]

The end in san myshuno had me dead 🤣

[@exxor9108]

"It's a chicken, I tell ya! A giant chicken!!"

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

Chickenzilla / chickzilla

[@Simlish_bizness]

My fav town to play. Love the animal choices and the fair!

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

I bought this pack a while ago but never actually played with any of the features. This was very informative and helpful!!

[@Cam1417-TK]

Nice video, as always! ^^

[@metal1050]

Thank you for the video, I discovered a lot of new things for me.

[@igotthepowerbambambambam]

so helpful thank you

[@camillepepin8512]

The cross-stitching boost if your sims has good knitting skill is absolutely right. I've learned to knit and then learned crochet and my knitting skill and patience did help. Holding the yarn the "right way" or the way that is the most efficient is a talent of its own and its similar in both skills and it does help learning whichever is the "new" skill.

[@maiamartinez5613]

I absolutely agree. Also helps that you can count on your head on second plane, while doing other things, like chatting or watching tv, or listening audiobooks. It's an unique state of mind.

[@lionheart.991]

Edan mantab.. nuhun info na abi 👍👍👍

[@ipsum7714]

That Rabitzilla in the end made my day 😂

[@SanguiniCore]

2:53 'through other means' Alley Dealer: yo you got the stuff? You: yeah, hand over the crossstitch pattern.

[@docette2015]

Oh, I love the ending with the kaiju chicken and rabbit in San MyShuno. XD And naturally they'd forgotten to take the WIP off the special cross-stitch Agnes gives you. XD *starts humming the "It Just Works" song*

[@onza1317]

I bought this pack before the watching the videos I had good feeling bout it ngl this is me favorite pack out of all of them its really fun and worth getting its a lil buggy here and there but there's so much to do in it gameplay wise if u play nice and slow like I do and not rush with cheats and mods its really enjoyable also adds the fun and challenge with seasons and eco lifestyle so yea I like this pack a lot I haven't like a pack since get together so.......

[@Kualinar]

Love the giant chicken and rabbit in the closing scene... I was hesitant to get Cottage Living. I thing that I'll get it.

[@TONZAMUSIC]

I love these Sims 4 EP Facts videos so much!

[@HughLlewellyn]

Handy stuff to know for when I finally buy this pack. The giant chicken pecking San Myshuno made me laugh so hard I snorted. :D

[@Patrick_Cody02]

Golden Chickens in Sims 4 have "Bless Flora " like ability simillar to Unicorns in Sims 3 but it is very OP in Sims 4 (Sims themselves as well)

[@moonysha]

Okay, I'm going to buy this pack, it's wonderful!

[@angixea__]

I just got the pack a week ago! Thank you!

[@moonlightbae7290]

lucky! my mommy is too poor right now. do you love the pack!?👦🏻

[@angixea__]

@@moonlightbae7290 Yep! It's totally worth it! Sorry that you can't get it right now 😔

[@nedrane297]

I love your videos so so much. Most of this I had not seen done by others. I do have a question though. I understood the Bramblewood Delightful Tree does something, but I haven't heard what and I can't figure it out. Can you please look into it?

[@mevirgo5706]

Keren banget bi kontennya selalu 😂

[@lininacrowne1941]

Love cross pack stuff!!

[@geggy310]

Lol the giant bunnies and chickens attacking the city in the end

[@asternightingale4020]

Evil chicken feels like a stardew valley reference which may also be a reference.

[@_Gagiva_]

At first I didn't like this pack at all but now it has a special place in my heart especially the chickens, they are so cute 😍

[@lylavati]

I LOVE the evil chicken. 💗

[@SanguiniCore]

2:31 /really helped Debby get *_THEIR_* needle work on point! *_SHE-_*

[@faisalabdillah3240]

Semangat terus bang!!!!

[@poilaaliop]

Pokemon Sun and Moon music? Yessss, I love it! ❤️

[@thellamacorn8902]

Thanks for the info! I was wondering whether dogs could chase off foxes or not :)

[@Ardelin_]

You can knit animal clothing?That's so cute and good inter-pack relation.

[@effiential9069]

This pack looks like it has some good stuff. Currently trying to figure out the next pack to get.

[@shazenmaire]

I love the giant chickens and rabbits! Hahaha

[@FerbyArisaka]

Awsome, i just got this Cottage Living too, nice info 😃 Anyway are you from indonesia because i saw your sim name and style is kinda more Javanese 😁

[@onlyabidoang]

Thank you! Please take a look at the description ;)

[@FerbyArisaka]

@@onlyabidoang Yes i just read it, Thank you so much :D

[@whyeeolivia]

the evil chicken is the real mvp and made me love the cottage living pack even more!

[@benjaminzammit4795]

You should really go back and do more videos about older packs. For example I recently learnt that in seasons, when your sims have the uncomfortably wet moodlet, you can click on your sims and 'change into dry clothes' which makes the moodlet dissapear.

[@lavahoundbrlava1883]

I hope they'll add the chicken checkers from the ps2 version of the sims 2, that object was fun.

[@Scruffers]

God that whole game was such a trip in the best way, sucks they never did co-op like that again.

[@lavahoundbrlava1883]

@@Scruffers Yeah, indeed.

[@vocalvole]

onlyabidoang is the best simstuber!

[@AbdullahQecibegCH]

The Evil chicken reminds me about the Cemani chicken

[@sylviayenita784]

Hello, can you please make a tutorial to complete villager quest? I'm stuck with finding mushroom. Thank you for always make a great video, cheers from Indonesia!

[@kaszacsongor7956]

Hello! Like ur content.

[@pengokopsugarabah]

When you mentioned about evil chicken, I straight up thought it was cemani chicken

[@K-MasterGirl]

Can you make a video on what all the treat benefits are?

[@ForeverFallingCrescent]

Last time I was this early EA wasn't screwing over customers.

[@Tashwampa]

It's been a while for you huh?

[@Firebird-6200]

Ahh so your from another dimension, nice

[@LicoriceMouse]

So since the sims 2?

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Killed by chickens... Reference to Zelda perhaps?

[@lunasquib]

If you ever wanna do a race again Maybe a witch teleport and a vampire super speed and all that stuff

[@avatale8612]

The chicken update is perfect cuz I have farmers sims and all they do is farm plants, but with chickens, they can finally have at least some livestock

[@BenThomas13]

Omg the evil chicken lmaooo I’m getting one lol