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How do you die of rabid rodent fever in The Sims 4?

Death by Rabid Rodent Fever

A Sim bitten by a pet rodent from a dirty cage can catch Rabid Rodent Fever, which kills if left alone. The chance of catching the fever is 60% per bite. From catching Rabid Rodent Fever to death, untreated: 4,091 Sim minutes. Safe: Servo, pregnant Sims.

To die of Rabid Rodent Fever in The Sims 4, you need the My First Pet Stuff pack. First, buy a rodent cage and let it get dirty. Next, tell your Sim to play with the rodent until it bites them.

A bite from a rodent in a dirty cage gives a 60% base chance to catch the illness. Once your Sim catches the fever, an illness timer starts. If you leave the illness untreated for 4,091 Sim minutes, your Sim dies.

  • 4,091 minFrom catching Rabid Rodent Fever to death, untreated (Sim minutes)
  • TimerMy First Pet Stuff

The odds of catching the fever

Catching Rabid Rodent Fever from a rodent bite, per bite. This is the chance of catching the fever, not of death. Conditions stack: the game multiplies them, and caps the chance at 100%.
ConditionMultiplierChance
No condition×160%
The cage is clean, or neither clean nor dirty×00%

The timer

WhatHow long
From catching Rabid Rodent Fever to death, untreated4,091 Sim minutes

The warning moodlet is called Rabid Rodent Fever.

How to make it happen

  1. Let a rodent cage (My First Pet Stuff) get dirty.
  2. Play with the rodent until it bites.

How to avoid it

  1. Keep the cage clean, or at least not dirty: then a bite can't pass on the fever.
  2. Sims with the Sickness Resistance trait (Get to Work) can't catch it.
  3. Type death.toggle false to switch death off.

The game never lets this death happen to: Servo, pregnant Sims.

These moodlets stop it before the end: Death-Proof, Total Immortal, Feeling Grim, Grimness Intensifies, Grim Overload, Grimbucha'd.

The ghost

A Sim who dies this way becomes a ghost with the trait Death by Rabid Rodent Fever. The game gives each death type its own ghost trait.

Every ghost type and its powers are on the ghosts page.

To bring the ghost back to life with a cheat, type traits.remove_trait trait_Ghost_Rodent_Disease. Removing its last ghost trait makes the Sim alive again.

To stop your Sims from dying at all, type death.toggle false (what death.toggle does).

How the rodent fever timer kills Sims

The process starts when you neglect a pet rodent cage. Once the cage is dirty, playing with the pet can result in a bite. Each bite carries a 60% base chance to infect your Sim with the fever.

If the bite infects your Sim, a hidden disease timer starts at 100. This value drops by 0.022 per Sim minute and fails when it reaches 10. In normal gameplay, you have 4,091 Sim minutes before the untreated illness kills your Sim.

You will see the Rabid Rodent Fever warning moodlet before the timer runs out. This moodlet shows that your Sim is near death. If you take no action to cure them, the Sim dies when the timer ends.

How to prevent fever and protect Sims

Cage hygiene controls the infection rate. If the cage is clean, or neither clean nor dirty, the chance drops by a 0 multiplier. This means a bite has a 0% chance to cause the fever when the cage is not dirty.

Certain traits and statuses also protect your household. Sims with the Sickness Resistance trait from Get to Work cannot catch this illness. A Sim also survives the timer if they have Death-Proof, Total Immortal, Feeling Grim, Grimness Intensifies, Grim Overload, or Grimbucha'd.

You can also disable death with a cheat in Live mode. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC, or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac, to open the console. Type death.toggle false to stop every death that runs through a death interaction.

The rodent disease ghost and resurrection cheats

When the timer runs out, your Sim dies and becomes a ghost. The game assigns them the Death by Rabid Rodent Fever ghost trait. In the game files, this is trait_Ghost_Rodent_Disease.

You can bring this ghost back to life using the cheat console in Live mode. First, open the cheat box. Then, enter traits.remove_trait trait_Ghost_Rodent_Disease while the ghost is in your household.

Removing this ghost trait brings your Sim back to life right away. Note that the death.toggle false cheat only prevents death interactions. It does not stop a Sim from turning into a ghost by other means.

Questions

Which pack adds Death by Rabid Rodent Fever in The Sims 4?

This death comes with the My First Pet Stuff pack, also known as SP14. You need the rodent cage from this pack to trigger the illness.

Can a Sim catch Rabid Rodent Fever from a clean cage?

No, a clean cage makes the infection chance 0%. A cage that is neither clean nor dirty also gives a 0% chance. The cage must be dirty for a bite to pass on the fever.

How long does it take to die from Rabid Rodent Fever?

It takes 4,091 Sim minutes from catching the illness to dying if you leave it untreated. The hidden disease meter starts at 100, drops by 0.022 per minute, and kills the Sim at 10.

How do you revive a Sim who died of Rabid Rodent Fever?

Add the ghost to your household and open the cheat console in Live mode. Type traits.remove_trait trait_Ghost_Rodent_Disease to remove the ghost trait and bring the Sim back to life.

Which traits protect Sims from Rabid Rodent Fever?

Sims with the Sickness Resistance trait from Get to Work cannot catch the fever from a bite. Additionally, statuses like Death-Proof, Total Immortal, Feeling Grim, Grimness Intensifies, Grim Overload, and Grimbucha'd save Sims from dying.

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