Turning my Sims 4 Ranch into a haunted house (Horse Ranch x Paranormal)

[@Hinata8778]

My favourite things about Satch let's plays: 1. Unfiltered honesty 2. "You're so sexy, love you" 3. Seagull screech in the best ways

[@charitycodes]

If you add Bonhilda to your household, she cannot claim a bed and will be always tired. She can, however, claim a coffin from the vampire pack and will sleep in it. The same goes for the grim reaper.

[@ZaphodTHEBeeblebrox]

thank you for the tip, i had no idea! ✨

[@xx_kc.9149]

Bonehilda is like me fr

[@adrienhorrell5612]

Does she still work as a maid if shes in your household or does it revoke her status as the bonehilda?

[@charitycodes]

@@adrienhorrell5612 she isn't a maid. She has the neat trait which makes her clean. She behaves the same autonomously whether she's in your household or not.

[@adrienhorrell5612]

@@charitycodes ahhh thank you. My neat sims don't clean autonomously very often though.

[@zahara9848]

​"i'm so sorry big balls i couldn't careless" -satch 2023

[@jaimeflan]

About Paranormal Stuff: - Shanice is more sleepy because doing rituals and ceremonies on the table consumes energy - When you finish the job, it's a good idea to remain in the lot and put back the candles in the inventory, so you can use them again in another lot. - Temperance hates the weird idol. Keep one in your inventory to use it in lots. Johnny Depp has one - Specters give you things when you offer your soul (or homemade gifts). Pay attention if they drop something 😁

[@TheJackedOLantern]

I actually wish we could catch and keep specters as pets or something like the goats or even as a familiar if you're a spellcaster. Those things are so cute.

[@tripleabattery2914]

Oh that'd actually be so cute! Praying that, if we ever get a Paranormal refresh or a death/ghosts overhaul we get this too🤞🏾

[@Veridant]

There is an item where you can get a specter in a jar (Red green or blue) as a reward from paranormal investigations

[@kimmycook2698]

Join the Paranormal career and you get ghosts in a jar and specter drinks. The career is broken, so when you arrive on the lot, YOU have to summon ghosts to bust.

[@JokersD0ll]

Hoping somebody makes a mod for this

[@mumplaysthesims8396]

They are actually quite cute. Keeping them as a pet would be fab

[@krissypeople1]

Definitely continue this LP series!! Shanice has to do better as a paranormal investigator.

[@kimmycook2698]

I did this with my ranch, an old west haunted town should have been in this pack..it could have been a great place for a sim to watch reenactments of the old west. Or even be a career as one of the actors. At least 1 lot in every world i own is haunted. Judith Ward's house is the one I picked for that world. You need to make food/paintings/candles or anything you crafted to give to ghosts, not your soul. And the strange idol needs to go into your inventory to run Temperance off, or summon Bonehilda to beat her up.

[@ellyjinx5660]

Making Judith Ward's house haunted is a hilarious idea, I might make the Landgrabs house haunted just for the lols 😂

[@JokersD0ll]

A good idea would be to make s*kin walkers to appear considering there more known to be on a ranch.

[@Maria-xp1lv]

You can just talk to the green ghosts and they will leave. But the best way is to just make something (I bake cookies or brownies) and give it to the ghost. If you make something that has portions you have to pick up all portions separately, when you don't do that they will reject your gift.

[@ugh7813]

This!! I hope he sees it!

[@sorgius01]

Yeah, that's how I have a vampire ghost grandma, who keeps the forces of darkness in check with home baked cookies. 😊

[@nedrane297]

I had good luck with photos and canned goods as well.

[@ladyclaue]

nice off to try this

[@emmyinreallife]

I liveeee for these let’s plays lol satch is honestly so funny “you are so insufferable!” Hahah

[@AlexToBeSpecific]

Hi Satch! There is a way to turn back the age of your sims with the Horse Ranch pack if I remember correctly. If you befriend the Mysterious Rancher, he can teach you a recipe for Vitality Nectar. The more you age it the more the time goes back, and it can be used to bring ghosts back to life. 🙃

[@stonersiren]

has anyone tried this and successfully aged a sim down? like not just reset their days. would be cool to know. also i saw in another LP that the vitality nectar only gives you like 2-3 extra days per serving, so not a lot.

[@AlexToBeSpecific]

​@@stonersiren I think that it can't age your sim down a life stage, but the multiple servings can help age a sim down untill the next batch is ready! 🙌

[@arleccio]

You don't need to befriend him. Unless my game is bugged it's just the last recipe you unlock.

[@kimmycook2698]

@@arleccioSame...mine happened when i leveled up.

[@julesauburn8713]

@@kimmycook2698I think it helps to befriend to either get a bottle of nectar before you’re at level 5 or a death flower, which can be difficult. I’ve never befriended him though. I just got a flower off the gallery. I’m a dirty cheater. 😂

[@bookcat123]

Instead of constantly offering her soul, you just need to make jams or breadsticks or cake or something and pick up a bunch of individual servings before going to work so you can offer baked goods 🤣 Edit: you can also give the offerings to the angry red ghosts. And the sad blue ones will be more likely to leave with a gift than just asking them to go…

[@F.Alexandra]

Absolutely, we need more of Shanice Shanice's suffering😊 Don't let the series die!

[@wandauriel]

Don't worry about your glasses, you would look like sexy professor so it's not bad at all 😁 I'm so happy for more let's play! I personally love paranormal stuff pack ❤ Btw Shanice is even better than Jim Pickens himself, she doesn't even do anything and Sims are still dying around 😂 👌 Gotta love her

[@xXOpenYourHeart759Xx]

Do not insult The Dear Leader or his wrath will be brought upon you!

[@wandauriel]

@@xXOpenYourHeart759Xx hey I don't think it's insulting 😎 Glad someone got reference 😄

[@Bella66666]

omg can’t wait for another premiere

[@charitycodes]

Little Ms Sam has a mod that resets plants to blossoming or mature every 5 sim minutes. This mostly solves the problem for me unless there are tons of plants on the lot. For resetting age, there are a lot of ways, but potion of youth is the easiest because you are in a haunted house. You gain satisfaction every night you stay there. The only easier way is to become a spell caster and make potions of regeneration and duplicate them with duplicato. It's only easier after you get all the spell caster exp you need to do that. Sacrifice sims to the cow plant and milk it, but non-household sims won't eat the cake twice. Flower arranging max level there's a scent that allows resetting every 24 sim hours. The mother plant in strangerville with high friendship will give gifts of life extension. Wishing well, but that is so inconsistent. Nectar making, but that requires death flowers and doesn't completely reset your age.

[@derralle5705]

Now if that's not the very best excuse for being a wino (or "nectarino"): "I need it, you know, it keeps me young". (also, the scientists from GTW have an age away serum and a cloning machine. Just to make the list complete)

[@nedrane297]

Actually that's incorrect. Using the 'soul scrap' will replenish the 'soul' putting the age back. Just about every pack has something to make sims younger, especially if they have a way to make them older.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

I'm going to run with the headcanon that this is all the result of Shanice Shanice's various deaths that have happened throughout this let's play. She's died so much that she's possessed both the entire world and even the save file.

[@Johanna77777-z]

Since the ranch world is already a ghost town with nobody there, making the ranch haunted seems like a splendid idea!

[@daniwolf5766]

If you delete all of Chantelle’s graves, the fact multiple are on one property will curse/break/glitch your game lol. Hope it works! Love your content and love this ranch😂

[@AJ-tiltagirl]

Satch, I think your idea to be able to bring the spooky doll to life like the imaginary friend from TS3 is genius! Maybe we'll get that ability in "My First Paranormal Stuff" 😂😉

[@xxsniperkittykatxx]

You could become a spellcaster to copypasto the Potion of Youth. Copypasto Spelll spell you can get pretty much right away. There's a Rejuvenation Potion but you'd need a lot of XP. There's also a cloning machine with the Scientist Career but I don't know what level.

[@scbbc81]

Bone Hilda never works for me - she just runs off the lot and she is like "I am getting the hell out of here - this guy is going to kill me!" - she is not wrong..... lol.

[@Isabella-df6ji]

You could make her a spellcaster. There’s a potion of immortality that stops a sim from dying of old age, as well as a potion of rejuvenation that resets a Sim’s age. I don’t think you need to be high level either, you just have to keep asking the teachers to teach you a potion recipe. Normally you can only ask for one from each teacher per day, but I believe if you duel with them you’ll get the option again regardless of whether you win or lose

[@sorinskye]

Your let’s plays are the absolute best! So glad you came back to it!

[@vasi6218]

absolutely love your letsplay. i think its better for all that you get rid of Shantalle. I mean she made the whole Family sleep in a barn and now she is responsible for the lag. poor Shanice

[@abwanydiallo]

Yess Satch! This is exactly the kind of content I live for 🥹♥️

[@mollymollie6048]

Yes, continue on with anything with Shanice and Shantelle! I think Vitality Nectar reduces age by a few days.

[@aureliawaliszewska5741]

Always want more Let's Plays 🎉

[@magicmonster6877]

Love this! Keep up with the paranormal path. Give her vitality nectar.

[@blueemmahphant1189]

I would love if you made Shanice Shanice a spellcaster and added in that gameplay as well. Cause then she could be like a full on witch and stuff. Plus I’d imagine there is some way to reverse your age as a spellcaster

[@Ramikin]

The two graves out the front of the snowy escape house that has an eerily similar layout to the house in Ringu was so good 😂😂

[@callmemandyNL]

Only Satch can come up with a haunted ranch 🤦🏻‍♀️ I love it 😂

[@amberclaw7269]

I really enjoy this type of video. I hope you continue this series. 👍

[@ladyclaue]

i think the sims team is preparing you for the funeral mod with all those deaths in your LP

[@waticfan]

For the Plants reverting to dirt piles, the best way I've found to fix it is to go into build mode and delete them all and then hit undo. when they come back they should be plants again

[@GiftOfTheSea]

A way to fix it in live mode is turn testing cheats on, right click on the plant, and go into the debug cheats where you can alter the growth state.

[@waticfan]

@@GiftOfTheSea That also works but you have to do it one plant at a time. With the build mode method you can just click and drag over the whole garden at once because it doesn't break already working plants

[@missdukette2168]

@waticfan Thanks for the tip ! I'll give that a go, seems easier than the testing-cheats-right-click-each-plant hack that I usually do

[@ChaosQueen666]

Please please please continue the let's play I love your imagination and how much stuck shanice goes through please keep playing you make the sims 4 feel fun again

[@kemurikurosagi5826]

Vitality Nectar, Ambrosia and maybe the Wishing Well can reset your sim's age bar. I'm not sure about the well.

[@Simfyre]

This was SO much fun to experience with you. Yes please continue. You can lower age by making ambrosia or the age-away serum (which could add to the haunted play by adding mad scientist to it).

[@SadelinaV]

You need to talk to Jhonny Depp ghost about offering your soul to the spirits, he should give you a potion to restore your life span. I'm really happy to see you continuing this series!

[@nocturnepapillon]

about plants, James Turner using some mod to fix it, he has all mods listed on his website

[@spillinda]

spellcaster potions could be an option! there's an age rewinding potion, a prompt resurrection potion (when they die they immediately reanimate) and a potion of immortality (if you wanted her to chill living forever as an elder), you might be able to purchase them from the stores (or just debug) without becoming a spellcaster

[@HarshMelon]

Little Miss Sam has a mod to fix the gardening issues. I highly recommend using it!

[@nedrane297]

Yes! For everything we ask for from the past, its like they give us the image but not the actual item. That is not Bonehilda. Paranormal was my absolute favorite pack until they broke it. Then all my favorite saves don't work with Paranormal. When you have the creepy doll in the room you must leave the room so the scared moodlet goes away then do the doll before it comes back. Also you want to keep one of the creepy doll rewards in your inventory because when the sim is scared they can talk to the reward doll and it alieves it. You can just get a glass of water to give the ghosts. One of the rewards when you make the ghosts happy fixes the aging "replenishing" her soul so you really want to make the ghosts happy for those rewards. That "cute" little statue keeps the mean girl ghost away. Always get rid of the creepy dolls first because they make you too scared to do the job sometimes. You can actually give the ghosts dirty dishes to give them a gift and make them happy. The candy from the jar will fill your energy. So you need to stock up on things to give the ghosts. Usually its just food. Sometimes other things work, but usually its food. Then you get gifts or rewards from them and those things are very useful. If your sim gets too tired while on a job, eat some candy. If they get too scared talk to the reward creepy doll. If she starts getting too old use the soul piece. I can't remember all the other ones, but you might be able to offer the rewards to the ghosts as well, I can't remember. OH! There is a mod by LittleMissSam that fixes the garden from turning into dirt piles. But you were able to complete jobs! Maybe they actually fixed it now? Maybe I'll try again. Because even having everything done, it just wouldn't complete. Sometimes it would say the job was complete and then it didn't give me money or reward and my sim just stayed on the lot as though the job was ongoing. I started new saves, I did everything they said to do and the jobs just wouldn't complete. Last time I made a "Velma" sim and I really liked her, but wouldn't work. Maybe I'll try again, I don't know.

[@nedrane297]

OMG! It's working! It's working! I have so many saves where it wouldn't work! Next time my niece wants to play I can go back to one of those saves! OMG, you have no idea, one of those saves is the FIRST one I ever started, EVER. It HURT to not be able to play it.

[@lisabrown8889]

make some stuff - food, candles, paintings etyc - keep it in your inventory - you can give that to the specters. I have had good success with party size mac & cheese

[@nuhh7403]

if shantelle chantelle has a fear of fire it's more likely that she starts one, had to learn this the hard way in my last game lol

[@GK-ob1ni]

If you want to add more days to your sim's age, eat soul scraps. I believe you can get them as a reward when you complete a paranormal investigator gig or something. Or you might be able to get them from Guidry, but I'm not sure.

[@leishajones9037]

The glasses are cute! I live the continuation of the horse ranch lets play!

[@jeannie_OCE]

you can make crafted items to offer instead of your soul, if you make the ghosts happy with gifts they like sometimes they will give you soul scrap that can give you sims more days on their life

[@nicolelemen9141]

Love the paranormal let’s play idea! I have that pack and had no idea it had a career option, lol

[@Rosebriar42]

If you give her Ambrosia it'll reset her age. I think there are a few things with knitting that help. Or you can get life essence from sacrificing other sims to a cowplant ( They must be actually eaten)

[@LeticiaRodriguez-i3y]

6:55 Knotting the grim reaper doll and presenting it as a gift to Ol GR himself whenever he pops up (which seems often in your case😂) 🤷🏻‍♀️ Food for thought.

[@zariarogers2846]

Would love to see more :)

[@pathogenofdecay]

Oh, and also... you need at least one of those bizarre idols to make Temperance go away... if she starts to make you too scared or makes the haunted level of the house (or paranormal investigator gig?) too high. Also, if you think the pack is too easy, Satch, there's a hand item in build/buy that will let you turn on hard mode. lol I've never tried it before. I just remembered something else too... You'll get aspiration points every night you survive in a haunted house residential, so that's at least some of your previously many aspiration points. EDIT: One more thing I remember hearing about is that portable beds such as the Cordian Cot, sleeping bags, tents, and inflatable mattresses can be useful for paranormal investigator gigs, but it may be less of a need once you have the surprisingly inexpensive Always Welcome reward trait.

[@mothersim1548]

Satch, if you make food and pick up all the portions you can give them to the little ghosts as gifts. Drinks work too, also things you craft ❤

[@charitycodes]

Nope! I will not blame you for that fire. That lot has a bug that 100% will start a fire if you load into it for more than 30 seconds and the grill is there.

[@raye1928]

Loving the paranormal addition to the let’s play!

[@pathogenofdecay]

It's almost funny to me that Satch encountered the same cursed grill the Greenburgs have to deal with, though I wish he would've saved my sim crush, poor Knox. lol ;w; I swear that when I played as Knox and his two mothers, the grill would always burn like Shantelle Chantelle does whenever she tries to cook. lol I really think that Shantelle is a perfect candidate for that Unlucky Chef Scenario, Satch! lol

[@Kualinar]

Grim being scarred ? That's... special. Maybe having FOUR active fears is a little to much for a Sim wanting to get the brave trait... How to rejuvenate a Sim ? Have a spell caster learn the recipe for the potion of youth and brew a few. Best way is to have that Sim complete the potion brewing aspiration. There is also a potion of immortality and one of instant resurrection. How about a nectar of vitality ? Trick : Brew a potion, cast Repario on it : It's now of the highest quality. Then, cast Copypasto on the excellent potion to get as many as you care to have. Repairio cast at ANYTHING that a Sim made will improve it's quality to the highest quality possible.

[@mermaidreviews4693]

Sounds fun I did the same with cottage living lol

[@AlexandriaWhitney_]

Unpopular opinion; instead of putting out new packs and shoving DLC down our throats, the Sims team should take some time to focus on bugs and glitches. I kind of feel like the majority of us would rather have pack refreshes to fix and improve the DLC we already have.

[@ReneHollyDesigns]

You said Johnny Depp instead of Guildry . Didn't notice that before but I see it. LOL The tiny animals are just dirty and need a brush. Is it vitality nectar that lowers age? One of the nectars does lower age it's how Robert Crinkle Top is staying at his age. If you have a hay feeder out and full some of it spills on the ground and the small animals can eat the hay or the prairie grass that is growing. The plant falling to dirt piles is an on going glitch of 3 years. In sims 3 they never fixed the problem. Using the hammer to delete them and then undo puts them back for me however it didn't when I had "Seasons". I actually got EA to remove Season from my game. Very fun video ♥

[@DDXP1]

So fun fact, when callmekevin went to this lot the mother died while she was grilling, AS SOON AS HE GOT THERE. So it’s something with the lot honestly 😂

[@CathieDalziel]

Absolutely want you to continue on with this series. So hilarious. :-)

[@MoTheFeral]

I love the Paranormal stuff so much. 😆😆

[@pathogenofdecay]

The thing about getting exhausted while in the paranormal investigator career is that doing seances and related interactions actually _drains your energy_ :c

[@Veridant]

You can appease the specters with sim-made things like food (full servings but individual plates work too), paintings, potions from realm of magic, etc if you don't want to keep giving up piece of your sim's soul. It does have a chance to fail tho, the soul option doesn't seem to have that failure chance

[@SatchOnSims]

Good to know!

[@aspeltaking]

Yes please, more paranormal horse ranch!!

[@EvilIconTeddyBear]

Spellcasters also have a spell or potion that can reset their ages and keep them from dying by old age

[@brittany0717]

Yay! Glad you kept the ranch.! 🎉 excited for more chaos 😂

[@emmawilson4577]

Yay so glad to see another let's play series! Can't wait for the next one!

[@Allieseqedits]

You can use the vitality nectar

[@kathyl2660]

0 simoleans for the job BUT 2 gravestones....I'd call that a win!

[@mojyoqueen350]

Death flower nectar is the wey to go if you want to give Shanice more life without becoming a vampire or using spellcaster potions.

[@mkontkanenn]

Spellcasters can make a potion that stops aging, it might take a little while to do that tho :D

[@GamerGrrrlAlex2.0]

if you let your investigator be a spell caster she will have an option to make a potion for the aging ... plus you get a career bonus.

[@h.8281]

I still remember when my Sims where, months ago, taking the food they were eating and going to use the toilet at the same time haha Was funny as disgusting at the same time.

[@xenia129]

Hii, you can make nectar of youth, with spinach and death flower, that gives the sim little bit of life. Hope it helps :))

[@AdamManeYT]

You can reset her age with the same nectar you can bring Sims to life.

[@Iamsimsqueen]

Another legendary episode 🙌

[@flaco777]

Sure it's been mentioned all ready but spellcasters can make a days aged removal potion.

[@laurac.liebana9768]

Satch, if you stay in the lot before completing the paranormal investigator tasks you'll earn a reward by looking around the lot😬

[@Gamermom80Sims]

I think all the occults except mermaids can be immortal. I think. And I feel like the wellness skill can make you immortal too. And I hate to point out the obvious, but you could make vitality nectar. It only gives you a day or two, I had my sim drink it every day for like 4 days so he wouldn’t die on his daughters birthday 😂 But honestly the reward potion is probably the best way.

[@SweetLala25]

I always wonder why you don't extinguish the sims either help them or send them to the shower to put out the flames. Also you can use UI cheats and just change your age or MCCC and change your age.

[@marianachiarini8594]

OMG, looooove it! It's gonna be great

[@MystikVyxsyn]

She can drink the nectar she learned how to make from Crinkletop to help reduce her days, mind you the way she gives away her soul she might have to drink a bottle a day. LOL A Bottle a Day, keeps Grim Away! Edit to add: Of course, we want more!!!

[@al5913]

If the reason you don’t want to turn Shaniece into a vampire is because of the sun potentially frying her…you can make her a vamp that’s immune to sunlight by ranking her up

[@marianachiarini8594]

Please, give us more! Loved it kkk

[@suan333]

As if just the life in the ranch wasn't chaotic enough 😂😂

[@The_Cali_State]

Johnny Depp 😂

[@Xaevierr44]

6:27 Not satch having a simsie moment 😂

[@Mrjacharles]

Man Paranormal is just a barrel of laughs. Just look at that pookie little face!

[@solitarymisfit]

This is so fun! Maybe Shanice can become a spellcaster and make the potion?

[@C0smicRae]

Im trying to drink some water when that glorious pop up happened poor big balls.. ☠️😂

[@Harley24986]

Dude the gardening glitch has been around for so long and they refuse to bloody fix it. It's beyond annoying. As for the legacy stuff...I've only ever made it about 12 generations before my save files become unplayable.

[@saltywitchcrafting]

Laughed so much!! Love your LP!!

[@wynngwynn]

spellcasters can make a potion that turns back age to the beginning of the stage they are in- rejuvenation potion

[@dogdoggydogdoggy]

Hi I have just realised your were asking how to extend the age of your sims. To increase your her life spam you would need to create a nector that uses a death flower. I do not know which nectar she will need to create in the ranch you would need to do some research. The nector brings a sims back from the dead and it can extend her life.

[@meh9677]

Now THIS is what i'm talking about

[@ImBrunhilduh]

I love this for us!!! 😍😍😍 and vitality nectar for aging

[@elektracute2777]

You can just turn off aging for your played house hold from the settings. I always do that since I like to play with young adults/adults.

[@abbym4682]

The carnage in this episode! Lol