What are the best Sims 4 challenges?
Sims 4 challenges: the rules of every popular one
The most played Sims 4 challenges are the Legacy Challenge, the Not So Berry Challenge, and the 100 Baby Challenge. Here are the rules of 19 challenges in plain words, each with a link to its creator's own page: 11 that run over generations, and 8 that fit in one life.
Challenges over many generations
- By PinstarLegacy ChallengePlay one family for ten generations. Only the legacy household may be played in the save.
- By lilsimsie and alwaysimmingNot So Berry ChallengeThere are ten generations, each tied to a color.
- By ZombieCleo (original); current rules kept by CuteCoffeeGal, based on kakeru_naruse's editDecades ChallengeThe family lives from the 1890s to the 2010s, with a bonus 2020s round.
- By Morbid (the rules doc is titled Morbid's Ultimate Decades Challenge), adapted from ZombieCleo's Decades ChallengeUltimate Decades ChallengeTurn aging off and age every Sim by hand on a spreadsheet timeline.
- By SnarkyWitch (Sims 4 version; the original Sims 2 challenge was by Amiisays)100 Baby ChallengeEvery child must have a different father; a donor can never be used twice.
- By MissPlayingDisney Princess ChallengePlay ten generations in a fixed order, from Snow White to Merida.
- By PinstarApocalypse ChallengeEach career branch (and each teen career) has its own restriction on what your Sims can do or buy.
- By tigger89Random Legacy ChallengeEach new generation's rolls are made only when that generation is born, so you cannot plan ahead.
- By MaggieMarley (wrote the official rules in 2018; she says the idea existed before her)Breed Out the Ugly ChallengeNever change the looks of the founder, spouses or children in CAS.
- By autumnalpixelsZodiac Legacy ChallengePlay twelve generations, each heir standing for one sign, in the order given (Aquarius first, Capricorn last).
- By malaisepixelsVillains Legacy ChallengeNo cheats apart from money; resetting a stuck Sim is fine. Built-in game quirks that feel like cheating may be used.
Challenges in one life
- By SimishGamer (also posts as LadyAlitear)Rags to Riches ChallengeSeveral goals are locked until you finish their matching mandatory steps (home, garden, job, family).
- By Simalot (lotlot80); this version reworked by the sims4challengesrules blogBlack Widow ChallengeBuild a relationship with a Sim and marry them.
- By simswithcheese (Nick, @NickM97); based on Scout's Sims 2 and BlakeS5678's Sims 3 versionsAsylum ChallengeYou control only the main Sim. Never select the other seven to check their needs.
- By SnarkyWitchOff the Grid ChallengeNo bought groceries, no tech, no indoor plumbing, and no careers or businesses that use them.
- By Stormy Dayz Gamez (formerly Rainy Dayz Gamez), adapted from the Sims 3 versionRunaway Teen ChallengeNo shelter of any kind until you have earned the money for it.
- By PinstarWonder Child ChallengeThe couple must have at least one child before they become elders. The first baby born is the Wonder Child. With twins, the first one you name is the Wonder Child.
- By Mystic (ImaginingMystic) of simslegacychallenge.comMovin' On Up ChallengeNo cheats except to lower your money.
- By PinstarImmigrant ChallengeNo unfair cheats, mods, hacks or custom content.
Can't pick one?
Spin the Sims 4 challenge picker, or roll a random legacy with the legacy challenge generator. Keep each heir on a family tree you can share.