Stardew Valley Sims 4 Generations Challenge
Original challenge by @chellplays, some revisions by @lybeuh
This is a twelve-generation challenge for all of the marriage candidates from concernedape’s Stardew Valley. This challenge is completely base game compatible with optional challenges for dlc. (Updated to at least High School Years EP)
Usual rules apply, meaning no cheats that give you an unfair advantage. Your sims do not have to look or be named after the characters in each generation. Do whatever you like!
Generation 1: Abigail
You were raised with humble upbringings. Your dad ran a general store, while your mom was best at complaining about your “alternative lifestyle.” You left home looking to start a life free of rules and parents, and with 20 000 simoleons in your pocket, you settled down in a new city.
Traits: music lover, loves outdoors, geek (alternatively, cats & dogs dlc: cat lover; snowy escape dlc: adventurous).
Aspiration: the curator.
Career: entertainer (musician branch) or tech guru (esport gamer branch).
Goals:
Have one “quirky” trait, appearance-wise (e.g., Unnatural hair color).
Obtain at least five points in the videogame skill.
max out the rock-climbing skill.
reach at least level 5 in any musical instrument.
Complete the frog collection.
Snowy Escape dlc: climb the top of the mountain in Mt. Komorebi
Have two best friends and marry one of them.
Befriend a ghost. Alternatively, with the vampires dlc, befriend a vampire.
Cats & dogs dlc: own a cat named David Jr., my first pet stuff dlc: have a rat, hamster, etc. named David.
Have at least two children.
Generation 2: Emily
You’re just working at the bar to make ends meet… but your real passion is tailoring. You make your clothes from scratch.
Traits: cheerful, music lover, good (alternatively, get together dlc: dance machine; city living dlc: vegetarian).
Aspiration: freelance botanist.
Career: culinary (mixologist branch) or barista.
Must live in the same house as your sibling.
Make a best friend with a sim who lives in another city/world.
Nifty Knitting dlc: max out the knitting skill.
Nifty Knitting dlc: complete the knitted clothes collection.
Grow your own garden. You like your meals organic.
Decorate your house with clothing racks. You love fashion.
Complete the elements or crystal collection.
Develop max affinity with another sim in both the green and pink bars, have two or more children with them, then “ask just to be friends.”
Never marry.
Generation 3: Sam
You are an outgoing, friendly sim who is brimming with youthful energy. You play guitar and drums and want to start a band as soon as you have enough songs together. However, you do have a habit of starting ambitious projects and not finishing them.
Traits: music lover, outgoing, ambitious.
Aspiration: musical genius.
Career: entertainer (musician branch).
Must not be the youngest child. Live with your younger sibling(s) until they are old enough to move out and have a good relationship with them.
Have a strained relationship with your father (if not applicable, with any one parent).
Have a job as a part-time retail employee as a teen.
Max out the guitar skill.
Obtain at least five points in the videogame skill.
Reach the job of the entertainer career.
Become best friends with two other entertainers.
Be married twice and have one child with each spouse.
Generation 4: Sebastian
You are a rebellious loner who lives in your parents’ basement. You tend to get deeply absorbed in computer games, comic books, and sci-fi novels, and will sometimes spend great lengths of time pursuing these hobbies alone in your room. You can be a bit unfriendly to people you don’t know.
Traits: loner, geek, bookworm (alternatively, high school years dlc: socially awkward).
Aspiration: computer whiz.
Career: tech guru (either branch) or freelance programmer.
Have a negative relationship with your half-sibling and stepparent.
Live in the basement of your parents’ house.
Reach at least level 5 of the videogaming skill.
Reach at least level 5 of the piano skill.
Reach at least level 5 of your career before marriage.
Reach the top of your career.
Only have one child, with whom you have a strained relationship.
Eventually let your relationship with your spouse deteriorate and subsequently get a divorce.
Generation 5: Penny
You live with your mom in a little trailer. While your mom is out carousing at the bar, you quietly tend to your chores in the dim, stuffy room you are forced to call home. You are shy and modest, without any grand ambitions for life other than settling in and starting a family. You like to cook (although your skills are questionable) and read books from the local library.
Traits: family-oriented, bookworm, neat.
Aspiration: big happy family (alternatively, parenthood dlc: super parent).
Career: none.
Live with your mother (if not applicable, any one parent), with whom you have a negative relationship.
Both you and your parent may not have jobs.
You must cook for your parent and clean the house every day.
Live in a trailer-esque house. You are by no means wealthy.
Reach at least level 5 of the cooking skill.
Marry the first person you fall in love with.
Your spouse is the only one who may bring in any income, while you are a stay-at-home parent. Earning money from writing, etc. is optional.
Own a luxury pool at some point in your life.
Generation 6: Harvey
You’re a little old for a bachelor, but you have a kind heart and a respected position in the community. You live in a small apartment but spend most of your time working. There’s a sense of sadness about you.
Traits: genius, foodie, good (alternative, get together dlc: dance machine).
Aspiration: successful lineage.
Career: astronaut (space ranger track) or get to work dlc: doctor.
Never date throughout your teens or young adulthood. Focus on your career instead. Get married only as an adult.
Reach the top level of your career.
Own a coffee machine. Drink coffee as much as possible.
Go jogging at least three times a week.
Set up a reading garden in your backyard.
City living dlc: live in an apartment.
Seasons dlc: be a scout.
Have at least two children. Having spent most of your life single, you want to have a comfortably sized family asap.
Generation 7: Haley
Being wealthy and popular throughout high school has made you a little conceited and self-centered. You tend to judge people for superficial reasons. But is it too late for you to discover a deeper meaning to life? Is there a fun, open-minded young person hidden within that shell?
Traits: materialistic, snob, outgoing (alternatively, high school years dlc: self-absorbed).
Aspiration: fabulously wealthy (alternatively, city living dlc: city native).
Career: none until after you’re married.
Become enemies with your sibling(s) as a teenager.
Max out the photography skill.
You may only get a career after you are married, and you must follow the same career path as your spouse. They opened your mind and inspired you to have interests beyond shopping.
Earn at least three points in charisma, so you may donate to online charities after you are married.
Bake a cake for every birthday that comes around.
Grow a flower garden.
Become friends with your sibling(s) again after you are married.
High School Years dlc: be a cheerleader as a teen.
Generation 8: Elliot
You live alone in a cabin. You are a writer who dreams of one day writing a magnificent novel. You are a sentimental “romantic” with a tendency to go off onto flowery, poetic tangents. When you can afford it, you enjoy a strong beverage at the bar.
Traits: romantic, bookworm, loner.
Aspiration: bestselling author.
Career: writer (author branch).
Live in a cabin-esque house.
Reach the top level of your career.
Max the writing skill.
Reach at least level 5 in the piano skill.
Reach at least level 5 of the cooking skill.
Own a small garden.
Specialize in romance books and poetry. Later, you may also specialize in sci fi or mystery novels.
Write love emails to your love interest at least once a week.
Go to a bar at least once a week.
Generation 9: Leah
You love to spend time outside, foraging for a wild meal or simply enjoying the gifts of the season. You’re a talented artist with a large portfolio of work… yet you’re too nervous to display it to the public.
Traits: art lover, loves outdoors, foodie.
Aspiration: painter extraordinaire.
Career: none (painter later on).
Reach maximum painting skill, and paint at least 5 masterpieces.
Date only one person in your young adulthood and have a child with them, but never marry. Your partner is unsupportive of your artistic lifestyle and encourages you to “get a real job.” Whether you choose to get a traditional career, that is not as a painter, is up to you.
Eventually marry the love of your life as an adult: someone who is supportive of your art. If you did choose a career, quit, and take up a career as a painter.
Have at least one child with your new spouse.
Harvest wild fruits, vegetables, etc. On weekends.
Grow an excellent apple tree.
City living dlc: attend a flea market and sell your art.
Generation 10: Maru
You acquired a passion for creating gadgets at a young age. When you aren’t in your room, fiddling with tools and machinery, you sometime do odd jobs at the local hospital.
Traits: ambitious, outgoing, geek.
Aspiration: nerd brain.
Career: astronaut (space ranger branch), or get to work dlc: doctor or scientist, or discover university dlc: engineer (either branch).
Have a negative relationship with your half-sibling.
Reach the top level of your career.
Max out the handiness skill.
Max out the logic skill.
Upgrade at least five objects.
Own a rocket ship.
Your sim’s partner must be friends with your father (if not applicable, with either parent) before you can become engaged.
Eventually, your relationship with your spouse becomes strained and you break up. You die as soon as your eldest child is a young adult.
Get to work dlc: get abducted by aliens.
Generation 11: Alex
You love sports. You are quite arrogant and brag to everyone that you are going to be a professional athlete. Is your cockiness just a facade to mask your crushing self-doubt? Are you using your sports dream to fill the void left by the disappearance of your parents?
Traits: bro, active, mean, self-assured, (alternatively, cats & dogs dlc: dog lover), (alternatively, high school years dlc: self-absorbed.
Aspiration: bodybuilder.
Career: athlete (professional athlete branch).
Goals:
Become enemies with your father but have had a very close relationship with your mother.
Begin dating in your teens and go on at least three dates with three different people.
High School Years dlc: join the football team as a teen.
Max out the athletic skill.
Reach the top level of your career.
Do not marry until you are in the later stages of young adulthood. You’re marrying your soulmate, someone who stuck with you despite your arrogance.
Have at least two children with your spouse.
Cats & dogs dlc: own a dog named dusty.
Generation 12: Shane
You are often rude, unhappy, and suffer from depression and alcohol dependence. However, your attitude starts to change towards your spouse. After work you frequently spend your evenings at the bar. If you could reset your life maybe you’d start a chicken farm. Only free-range eggs of course.
Traits: lazy, gloomy, mean.
Aspiration: master mixologist, (alternatively, cats & dogs dlc: friend of the animals).
Career: retail worker until after marriage.
Live with your aunt or uncle until you’re married, have a good relationship with said aunt or uncle.
Have a career as a retail worker as a teen.
Go to the bar after work every day.
Get pizza delivered at least once a week.
Only get married as an adult.
After marriage, quit your job and choose a different career path. You’ve been encouraged by your spouse to give up alcohol.
After marriage, start a garden.
Have a maximum of two children.
Cats & dogs dlc: adopt a cat and a dog, train the dog in all possible tricks.
Cats & dogs dlc: max out the pet training skill.
Cottage Living dlc: buy a chicken coop, raise chickens, and name one of them Charlie.
Legacy challenge with stardew and sims! Woo!
