At The Start Of 2021 I Began An Occult Themed Legacy Challenge I Designed 👽💀🧛🏽🧙🏽🧜🏼

at the start of 2021 I began an occult themed legacy challenge I designed 👽💀🧛🏽🧙🏽🧜🏼

I’ve been tweeting about it regularly but I thought I’d also post about it here ! I’m on gen 7 currently but this blog is going to start at the beginning and catch up from there.

spoilers I guess, but here are the legacy challenge rules I’ve been following (subject to change after playtesting):

TS4 Occult 10 Gen challenge

the goal is to playthrough ten generations of occult and occult-oriented sims with family dynamics

I would suggest at least doubling the elder lifespan with MCCC so that you can have generations interact a bit more.

I'd encourage you to fill out the worlds (or find a save that has) and stay within the sim's home world for each generation

feel free to do multiple aspirations in addition to the one listed for those sweet reward store points

each generation has: home world (and a population suggestion), aspiration to complete, career, and skill focus

Gen 1: Non-occult sim infected by the Mother

Must have trait: male/can impregnate

Live in Strangerville and/or oasis springs (populated by aliens)

Strangerville Aspiration

Scientist Career (save inventions for future gens)

Build a servo

Max Logic Skill

Associate frequently with aliens on & off Sixam

Become abducted by aliens and have at least 1 alien baby via abduction

Gen 2: Alien

Live in Del Sol Valley (populated by famous people)

Chief of Mischief Aspiration

torment non alien sims

Criminal Career (Oracle Branch)

maintain a negative reputation; try to get famous

Max Mischief Skill

Romance a fellow alien; have at least 1 alien child

Gen 3: Assimilating Alien

Live in Newcrest or Brindleton Bay or somewhere normal (populated by non-occult sims)

Big Happy Family Aspiration

Astronaut Career (Space Ranger Branch)

Max Rocket Science Skill

Hide your alien form from friends & family

dont get along w parents

Romance a non-occult sim and get married without them knowing you're an alien (you can reveal your true form on your wedding night)

Have children until you get at least 1 non-alien sim, and enough total (at least 3) to fulfill the Big Happy Family aspiration

Gen 4: Selvadoradian Occultist

Live in Britechester (populated by non-occult sims), but vacation frequently to Selvadorada

Academic Aspiration -> Jungle Explorer Aspiration

Education Career (Professor Branch)

Attend University for the Education Career, taking elective courses in Archaeology & Selvadoradian Culture.

Max Selvadoradian Culture Skill

After meeting a temple guardian, add a skeleton to your household (you used to be able to shift+click a skeleton to do this, now I think you have to get one off the gallery)

Collect & Use Selvadoradian relics

Romance a Selvadoradian native and get married on vacation in Selvadorada (unfortunately you cannot romance the skeletons)

Have at least 1 child

Gen 5: Family Vampire

Must have trait: Family-Oriented

Move to Forgotten Hollow (populated by vampires) as a teen

Vampire Family Aspiration

Painter Career (Master of the Real Branch) or photography freelancer (with fellow vampires as subjects)

Max Painting Skill or photography skill

Romance the same vampire who turns you

In addition to creating the 5 vampire offspring for the aspiration, have at least 2 vampire babies with your vampire partner

Gen 6: Master Vampire

Must have trait: Evil

Live in Willow Creek or Forgotten Hollow (populated by vampires, which can include the offspring of the previous generation)

Master Vampire Aspiration

vampire weaknesses -> uncontrollable hissing/undead aura

maintain a negative reputation

Writer Career (Author Branch)

Max Vampire Lore Skill

Romance a fellow vampire

Have at least 1 child

Gen 7: Vampire Slayer

Must have trait: Good

Live in San Myshuno (populated by whomever)

Good Vampire Aspiration

Doctor Career & Vampire Slayer

Max Fitness & Vampire Lore Skills

'Slay' at least 5 vampires, which can include their family members (to make slaying a greater consequence, feel free to immediately age up the 'slayed' sim to an elder or outright kill them)

Must cure themselves of vampirism before having children.

Romance a non-occult sim or a former vampire

Have at least 1 child

Gen 8: Unambitious Spellcaster

Must have trait: Lazy

Move to Glimmerbrook (populated by spellcasters) after an uneventful childhood

Successful Lineage Aspiration

Any Career

Max Parenting Skill (if you have Parenthood)

Romance a spellcaster; sometime before you get married, become a spellcaster yourself.

Have at least 2 children.

Gen 9: Competitive Spellcasters

Child 1 must have trait: Loner

Child 2 must have trait: Outgoing

Live in Windenburg (populated by spellcasters)

Child 1 has the Purveyor of Potions Aspiration

Child 2 has the Spellcraft & Sorcery Aspiration

Child 1: Gardener Career/Potion Store

Child 2: Paranormal Career

(hard mode: don't get any of the perks that decrease death by overload)

Have 1 child per sim for the next generation or have 2 children from one or the other.

Gen 10: Mermaids

Child 1 must have traits: child of the ocean; evil

Child 2 must have traits: child of the islands; lazy AND/OR freegan

Live in Sulani (populated by mermaids/sirens)

Deny your spellcaster heritage and become mermaids/sirens as teens

Child 1: Eco Innovator Aspiration

Child 2: Beach Life Aspiration

Child 1: Conservationist Career (Marine Biologist Branch)

Child 2: Civil Designer Career (Green Technician Branch)

Child 1 becomes a siren who lures non-mermaids to their deaths or outright kills them in an attempt to protect the oceans

Child 2 is a mermaid beach bum who believes non-mermaids can live in harmony with nature like mermaids do

Play through the Sulani Conservation storyline while making your neighbourhood 'green'