Become the Bard!
Follow in the footsteps of the most prolific bard of all time in this mini version of the classic Legacy Challenge, that will stir up drama in your game! Give the classic Shakesperian tales your own spin and live out epic stories of love, comedy and tragedy in The Sims 4. It's going to be worthy of a standing ovation!
In total there are 5 Generations in this challenge, each representing a different Shakesperian play.
The official hashtag for the challenge is #ShakespeareLegacyTS4. Break a leg!
Overall Rules
Lifespan: Normal
Cheats: Allowed only when setting up scenarios
Recommended Mods: UI Cheats Extension e MC Command Center.
Necessary Packs
Lovestruck
Growing Together
Cottage Living
Horse Ranch
High School Years
StrangerVille
Get Famous
Recommended Packs*
Seasons
Nifty Knitting
My Wedding Stories
*These packs are not required to complete the challenge, but can add to the storylines.
âYou grew up wealthy, with a big happy family. There werenât too many rules, except for one: the sims across the street are not to be befriended. But you were never one to follow rules anyway... Especially when one of the neighbors is so cute...â
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Aspiration: Soulmate
Traits: Lovebug, Family-Oriented and Gloomy
Career: Romance Consultant
⧠Complete the Soulmate aspiration (or die trying!) ⧠After that dramatic beginning to your love story, you sure have a lot of advice to give. Monetize it by maxing the Romance Consultant career! ⧠Be the ultimate lover and max the Romance skill by interacting with your partner ⧠Create two households, with 5-8 Sims each. Pick a family to control ⧠Make sure there is at least 1 teenager in each household, theyâll be the main couple ⧠It is important that ALL adults from one household HATE the Sims from the other one, and vice versa! (Cheats may be used to achieve that) ⧠Elope with your partner as soon as you both become Young Adults and then move to a different Neighborhood or World ⧠Have only 2 children, twins or close in age ⧠Have a date night with your partner once a week. (You may do it on random days or create custom holidays using the Calendar)
âYouâre not easy. You know that. Your sibling knows that. Your parents know that. A smarty-pants with a temper, with too many ideas and too little patience. But does that mean you canât find the one? If your parents did it, so can you, right? I mean, not that youâre looking for someone. Or... are you?â
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Aspiration: Best-Selling Author
Traits: Hot-Headed, Bookworm and Romantically Reserved
Career: Politician
⧠Complete your aspiration and become the best-selling author on the San Myshuno Times! ⧠You have a lot to teach the world, but the world has one thing to teach YOU: kindness. Join the Politician career and max it, through the Charity Organizer branch ⧠Soften your edges by maxing the Charisma skill ⧠Develop a DIFFICULT dynamic with your family during your teenage years ⧠You can only date once you become a Young Adult ⧠Go on 3 failed dates before finding The One ⧠Have only 2 kids, both girls. (Cheats may be used to achieve that) ⧠You must get married when on Level 4 of your career, and then pick the Charity branch ⧠Work slowly on your charisma skill throughout your career.
âA free-spirit with a heart of gold, you knew what you wanted from an early age, and left your home to run a wool farm, filled with sheep and llamas. You and your younger sister are two peas in a pod, even though you two are polar opposites. You, a tomboy, her, a princess. Once she graduates high school she comes to live with you at the farm. You thought itâd be just you two forever... Thatâs when a cute local comes along...â
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Aspiration: Country Caretaker
Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Socially Awkward, Rancher
Career: None
⧠Be the pride of Finchwick Fair by completing the Country Caretaker aspiration ⧠You must NOT join any careers throughout your life, and all the money you make must come from the farm ⧠Get first place at a Finchwick Fair competition at least three times in your life ⧠Show off your country skills by maxing the Gardening and Cooking skills ⧠Get at least Level 5 on the Cross-Stitching or Knitting skills (if you have Nifty Knitting) ⧠Become BFFs with your little sister as children ⧠Move out of your parentsâ home as a teenager, half-way through high school to start your farm in Henford-on-Bagley (Start small, taking little money from the original household with you. Dropping out of high school or not is up to you) ⧠You must date and marry only Sims from the world you live in ⧠You must marry at the end of your late Young Adult days/early Adult days ⧠You can only have ONE child ⧠You must use the Simple Living lot challenge in your home lot
âMarriage? Never! Youâve had a serious partner once, and letâs just say it didnât go well, and it gets worse! After all, exes are forever. You two bump into each other all the time and the fighting is endless. Could all this hatred just unhealed wounds from your love story gone wrong, or could all this fighting hide something more?â
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Aspiration: Chief of Mischief
Traits: Noncommittal, Self-Assured and Mean
Career: Military
⧠Be the bane of your exâs existence by completing the Chief of Mischief aspiration ⧠Get to Level 5 in the Military career and then switch to a new one of your choice. Achieve Level 5 in the new career ⧠Max out the Mischief skill and get to at least Level 5 on the Logic skill ⧠Your traits must be acquired in the following order: 1- Self Assured, 2- Mean, 3- Noncommittal ⧠Date only ONE Sim as a Teenager. After much fighting, break up before turning Young Adult ⧠Rekindle the flame and marry your ex as an Adult. Have as many kids as you please ⧠Join the Military career and stay in it until you get married. After that, switch careers to a career of your choice ⧠Start developing your Mischief skill during your teenage years
âA creature of romance and drama, you were born to love and to shine on and off stage. Your life is the most daunting story in your family to date. But thatâs probably because this Challenge doesnât include The Scottish Play.â
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Aspiration: Serial Romantic
Traits: Romantic, Creative and Erratic
Career: Acting
⧠Master the Serial Romantic aspiration and win (and break!) a lot of hearts ⧠Reach the top of the Acting career ⧠Get to Level 10 on the Mischief, Romance and Acting and at least Level 5 in the Charisma skill ⧠Have a close relationship with your parent who was the past generationâs heir and develop a Jokester family dynamic with them ⧠Date A LOT and from and early age, but only get engaged once. During the wedding ceremony, leave your partner at the altar ⧠Children are allowed, but not mandatory ⧠Begin developing the Mischief skill with your parents