Thanks The Sims 4 Life and Death Expansion Pack, a Sim's life doesn't have to end when they meet their demise. It can continue in the afterlife as well as in another life. Players can now respawn The Sims 4 if they unlock the Rebirth ability.
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The rebirth process can be quite complicated, but this guide will tell players what they need to know about it and what steps a Sim needs to take in order to be reborn. The Sims 4.
How to rebirth in The Sims 4
In order to be able to respawn, Sims will need to complete their living bucket list The Sims 4. However, they can they will unlock more possibilities of rebirth in the next life if they put it off and continue the Soul Path process in the afterlife. So while a Sim can respawn once they die, they can do so later as a ghost Sim and unlock the Burning Soul trait, which gives them access to past traits and memories. It works like this:
How to respawn immediately after death in The Sims 4
Sims unlock the Rebirth ability once they complete the first six levels of the Soul's Path. Once they die, they can choose to “Respawn” and immediately come back to life as another Sim.
How to reborn as a burning soul in The Sims 4
If a Sim chooses “Become a Playable Ghost” instead of Reborn immediately after death, they will be able to finish their unfinished business as a Sims ghost.
Players can obtain the Burning Soul trait by completing two additional bucket list objectivesthus unlocking the next two levels, fully completing the Soul Path. Once players have obtained the Burning Soul trait, they can travel to Baleful Bog, near the ruins in Ravenwood's Mourningvale, at any time and respawn.
Additionally, players can choose a household where they would like to be reborn and begin customizing their Sim's appearance and attributes for their new life.
The Sims 4 Rebirth customization options
After players choose the household where they would like their Sim to respawn, they have some creative freedom with both the household Sims and the Sim that respawns. Sims undergoing Rebirth may resemble their appearance in a past life, may be genetically similar to household members, or may be completely customized.
Reborn Sims can return at any life stagemeaning they can even be reborn at a later stage in life compared to when they died. Players who have completed Soul Path v The Sims 4 and unlocking the Burning Soul Trait instantly gives you access to the key skills of infants and toddlers, and once they're teenagers or older, they can restore a personality trait.
How to recover traits after rebirth in The Sims 4
Players must perform two interactions for Sims to remember their past life after they are reborn:
- Remember your past life (interaction with self) – Reminiscent of one personality trait
- Look into the soul (mirror interaction) – Resembles reward properties
How to recover memories after rebirth in The Sims 4
To restore their memories after Rebirth, players will want to interact with important people from their past lives. However, before jumping right into rebirth, a player may want to raise the bar on the relationships between a reborn Sim and their past-life loved ones; Sims may not bond with them initially, which can lead to a negative friendship bar.
Here is a list of known interactions Sims can have after respawning:
- Friendly > Say hello to a familiar face
- Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Odd Familiarity
- Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Strange Connection
- Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about a previous life
- Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about past family
- Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about rebirth