The Sims 4 Rainbow Legacy Challenge
Introduction
Welcome to this Rainbow Legacy Challenge! This is the first Sims challenge I’ve ever made and I’m excited to share it. Even if it never reaches an audience, I can still play the challenge for myself because I’m very proud of what I’ve put together.
I’ve taken some inspiration from the beloved Not So Berry Challenge by @lilsimsie, but workshopped it into something completely new. I’m sure there are plenty of rainbow challenges for The Sims online, but this is my personal take on it. I hope you like it!
I’ve made it a point to make this challenge accessible for everyone: for players that have some (or all) packs installed, and for those rocking with just the base game. I have marked everything that is DLC in color. The DLCs are optional and are not necessary for completing this challenge, but of course it adds much more depth to the story overall. Additionally, in numerous instances I’ve given you as the player options for choosing certain traits, careers or aspirations that are either DLC or base game.
I hope you enjoy the challenge as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thank you!
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The Rules
Set the lifespan of your sims to either normal or long.
Cheats are (in most cases) not allowed. You may not cheat money at any point, but cheats like debug fixes, move objects and full edit mode in CAS are allowed. Also, I’ll allow gender cheats for babies if you really want to.
Start the first generation as a young adult.
Each generation represents a certain color of the rainbow, but the extent of which they represent the color (i.e. hair, makeup, clothing, interior and exterior design of their houses) is completely up to you. As long as they are still recognizable as representing certain colors, anything goes.
Each generation is fully completed when all bullet points are achieved (but don’t worry too much if you don’t fully complete everything in time).
Again: DLC traits, careers, aspirations and skills are optional. The challenge is fully playable with just the base game.
Last but not least: just have fun!
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Generation 1: Red
Red is the color of love, passion and lust, but also of danger and aggression. Fittingly for this first generation, you can choose which path to romance you will take: will you be a hot-headed heartstopper and enjoy all the love the world has to give, or will you find ‘The One’ that will fulfill all your desires and remain loyal to them, and only them?
'Besides the fact that you dream of finding luck in romance, you have always deeply loved music. As you gained fame from your musical career, you earned the reputation of the 'heartthrob musician'. And although you love the attention and fans fawning over you, you just want to find honest love. You dream of sitting on the porch of your home, watching the sunset with your lover and serenading them a song you wrote specially for them. It might take a couple tries to find 'The One', but you just know they're out there waiting for you.'
Traits: Romantic / Hot Headed / Music Lover
Career: Entertainment or Romance Consultant (LS)
Aspiration: Serial Romantic or Soulmate
Complete either the Serial Romantic or Soulmate aspiration
Reach level 10 in the Entertainment career in the Musician branch or the Romance Consultant career (LS) in either branch
Reach level 10 of the Charisma skill, Singing skill (CL) and Romance skill (LS) and at least level 8 of either the Guitar, Piano or Violin skill
Marry at least once
Write at least one song dedicated to your lover/spouse
Serenade your partner at least once a week
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Generation 2: Orange
Orange, the color of amusement, excitement, extraversion and energy.
'As you grew up you’ve developed a keen eye for seeing what others might need to cheer them up. Your solution? Funny jokes and good food can put anybody back in a good mood. While your passion lies with cooking, you never back down from social outings with your friends and you’d do anything to make sure they’re having a great time. You’re well known among friends and the rest of the community as outgoing, fun-loving and an excellent cook. And since they’re always nagging you about it, who knows, maybe you’ll even open up a restaurant or bakery someday.'
Traits: Goofball / Foodie / either Outgoing, Bro or Insider (GT)
Career: Culinary
Aspiration: Master Chef
Complete the Master Chef aspiration
Reach level 10 in the Culinary career in the Chef branch
Reach level 10 of the Cooking, Gourmet cooking and Baking skill (GTW) and at least level 8 of the Comedy skill
Have a social outing with your friends or club (GT) at least once a week
Optional: own a restaurant (DO) or bakery (GTW)
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Generation 3: Yellow
Ahhh, yellow. The color of sunshine and joy, but sometimes also of cowardice.
'Growing up, you often saw your parents have fun at social gatherings in and around your house. You reveled in the joyful atmosphere and always wanted to join in, even if it was well past your bedtime. As you got older, you wanted to be just like your parents and have lots of friends to do fun stuff with. Being a little impulsive and lacking any clear steering as to what career you wanted to pursue, you ended up at a boring 9-5 desk job at a local firm. Although it isn’t your ideal job, you’ll be damned if you don’t make it work!'
Traits: Ambitious / Cheerful / Clumsy
Career: Business or Law (DU)
Aspiration: Friend of the World
Complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Reach level 10 in either the Business or Law career (DU) in either branch
Reach level 10 of the Charisma and Mixology skills
Have frequent social outings with friends and take the opportunity to tend the bars at local clubs when there isn’t a bartender present
Have the following activities in your home for when you have company over: game table, dart board, chess table
Never decline calls from other sims asking if they can come over
Marry your Best Friend
Have at least 2 children
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Generation 4: Green
Green! The beautiful color of nature, healing, new beginnings and growth. Alternatively, it can also represent envy, jealousy, money and greed. In this generation, you can choose one of two paths for your sim (or alternatively, if your heir has brothers or sisters and you like a real challenge, give one sibling option A and the other option B. You may set the lifespan to long or pause aging for the duration of this if you really want to play both options).
Option A:
'During your youth you got all the love you could ever want from your parents: aside from their busy social and professional life, they still took enough free time to love and raise you. Although your youth was basically perfect, you often struggled with all the social interactions and visitors at your house. If being a highly sensitive person was a trait in the Sims 4, you would have it. Because of this, you longed for the peace and quiet that nature had to offer. You took a liking to gardening and dreamed of living outside the big city, away from all the noise.'
Traits: Loves Outdoors / Vegetarian / Loner
Career: Gardener (S) or self-employed
Aspiration: Freelance Botanist or The Curator
Complete either the Freelance Botanist or The Curator aspiration
Reach level 10 in the Gardener career (S) in either branch, or alternatively remain unemployed and register with the ministry of labor as a self-proclaimed ‘Naturalist’ and earn a living by growing and selling your crops
Reach level 10 of the Gardening and Flower arranging skill (S) and at least level 6 of the Fishing and Herbalism skill (OR)
Have a large garden with a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers (try and cultivate at least one of every type of produce!)
Cook only with fresh ingredients from your garden and from fishing
If you want, you can also make the lot you live on off-the-grid for an added challenge
Optional: eat the Forbidden Fruit and become a plantsim
Option B:
'Growing up, your parents were too busy maintaining friendships and partying, so you lacked much parental love or guidance. Seeing other kids at school be given much more love and affection than you quite literally made you green with envy. This made you resent your parents and take a path of defiance in an attempt to gain the attention and recognition you lacked as a child.'
Traits: Jealous / Materialistic / either Mean or Squeamish (OR)
Career: Criminal
Aspiration: Public Enemy
Complete the Public Enemy aspiration
Reach level 10 of the Criminal Career in either branch
Reach level 10 of the Mischief skill and at least level 8 of the Programming skill
Use your programming skills on the computer to Hack and extort money from others
Have a secret lair/study room in your house
Because you’re too focused on being a criminal, you have little time for romance; have (or adopt) only 1 child as an adult and raise them independently
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Generation 5: Blue
Blue. The color of serenity, stability, inspiration and wisdom. Just like the color, you exude calmness.
'During your youth you were always called shy and introverted, and this continued into adulthood. Although you liked living surrounded by the quiet of nature, you often felt isolated and lonely, and this manifested into a gloomy outlook on life. Your biggest outlet by far was art. You loved drawing and painting, as it was a way to let out your creativity and complicated emotions. You've always aspired to make your hobby your job, and luckily for you, you might just succeed.'
Traits: Creative / Gloomy / either Perfectionist or Art Lover
Career: Painter
Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire
Complete the Painter Extraordinaire aspiration
Reach level 10 in the Painter career in the Master of the Real branch
Reach level 10 of the Painting skill and at least level 8 of the Photography skill and Parenting skill (Ph)
Only paint emotional paintings (e.g. flirty, confident, sad)
Move back to the city as soon as you are able to
Meet the love of your life at school and marry them as a young adult
Have at least 3 children
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Generation 6: Indigo
Indigo. What an interesting color. Within the visible spectrum, it lies somewhere between blue and violet. It shares most of the same symbolizations as blue, like wisdom, justice, devotion and profound thought, but also mystery.
'Looking back, you’d say you had a great childhood. Loving parents, siblings to play with, maybe even pets. As a child you loved reading thrillers and superhero comics, and that’s where your strong feelings for justice started. Seeing your parent be especially vulnerable for bad news and having a gloomy and pessimistic outlook, you promised yourself you would make the world a better and safer place. As an adult, you took on a job of fighting crime while simultaneously keeping your eagerness to learn and love for reading alive.'
Traits: Self-Assured / Bookworm / Genius
Career: Secret Agent or Detective (GTW)
Aspiration: Renaissance Sim
Complete the Renaissance Sim aspiration
Reach level 3 in two part-time jobs as a teen before getting an adult job
Reach level 10 in the Secret Agent career in the Diamond Agent branch or in the Detective career (GTW)
Reach level 10 of the Logic skill and at least level 7 of the Athletic skill
Read at least one book a week
Have only 1 child
Visit your parents at least once a week to check up on them and reassure them
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Generation 7: Violet
Last but definitely not least: violet, or more commonly known as purple. The color of royalty, rarity, luxury and power. At its base, purple is a mix of blue and red. Fitting for our last generation (for now).
'During your youth you grew up rather wealthy, thanks to your parents’ well-paying jobs. In addition to that, you grew up as an only child. Talk about being spoiled. Your parent’s love for fiction and comic books and somewhat nerdy interests were (unsurprisingly) passed onto to you. You spend most of your time behind your computer gaming, programming and trolling people online. Because of your immense love for videogames, you chose to work in tech so you could make your hobby your career and not have to suffer one of those boring 9-5 jobs.'
Traits: Geek / Lazy / either Snob or Materialistic
Career: Tech Guru or Video Game Streamer (HSY)
Aspiration: Computer Whiz
Complete the Computer Whiz aspiration
Reach level 10 in the Tech Guru career in the eSport Gamer branch or the Video Game Streamer career (HSY)
Reach level 10 in the Video gaming and Programming skill and at least level 6 in the Mischief skill
Have your sim be androgynous
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The End?
Officially, as the rainbow only has seven colors, the challenge is over. However, I felt it was a little weird to not include pink at the very least, since pink is also a very popular color. That’s why, in addition to pink, I created a few extra generations to round out the whole challenge. So if you want to continue the legacy for at least a little longer, you can!
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(Optional) Generation 8: Pink
It’s pink baby! The color pink symbolizes love, affection, nurture, compassion, femininity and success. That’s why, in contrast to all other generations so far, this is the only generation that I made gender specific.
'You’ve always noticed that your parent was not setting the best example. Despite this, you still love them. They're your parent! To you, love, especially familial bonds, are the most important thing in the world. You strive towards having a large, loving family and want to become the best parent you can be for your kids, in contrast to your own parents. In addition to that, you’ve always loved fashion and would draw your own outfits when you were a kid. You’d love to make your passion for fashion your career, but only if your family life allows for it.'
Traits: Loyal / Family-oriented / either Good or Generous (FR)
Career: Style Influencer or Stay-at-home Parent
Aspiration: Big Happy Family or Super Parent (Ph)
The sim from this generation must be female
Complete either the Big Happy Family aspiration or the Super Parent aspiration (Ph)
Either reach level 10 in the Style Influencer career in either branch or be a Stay-at-home Parent
Reach level 10 of the Cooking and Handiness skill and the Parenting skill (Ph)
Have at least one biological child and one adopted child
Have a stronger relationship with both grandparents from Gen 6 than with your parent from Gen 7
Have only one romantic partner for the entirety of your Sim’s life and stay with them until death
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(Optional) Generation 9: White
White. Not quite a color color, but for the purposes of this challenge, it is. It symbolizes innocence, purity, cleanliness, safety and rebirth.
'Ever since you can remember you’ve played doctor with your dolls and teddy bears and begged your parents to buy you the hospital-style dollhouse. Wherever this fascination with health and medicine came from, it made you the caring and disciplined person you are today. Of course, your parents supported you throughout all of medical school and you’re eternally grateful to them. Because of their support, you can fulfill your dream of aiding others whenever they need it.'
In this gen you can choose between two routes: becoming a doctor or becoming a vet. If you only have base game or none of the listed packs, let your sim become an athlete (in this case their purpose is to lead by example on how to live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease).
Traits: Ambitious / Neat / Active
Career: Doctor (GTW), Vet (C&D) or Athlete
Aspiration: Bodybuilder
If you have Discover University, I strongly recommend you to send your Sim to University, to add to the idea that they’re going to medical school. If you do, have them earn a degree in Biology.
Complete either the Bodybuilder aspiration or the Academic aspiration (DU)
Reach level 10 of the Doctor career (GTW), the Athlete career or register with the ministry of labor as a ‘Vet’:
If you have Cats & Dogs, purchase a Vet Clinic and make that your full-time job
Reach level 10 of the Fitness and Logic skill and the Veterinarian skill (C&D) IF you chose the vet route.
Marry and have at least one child
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(Optional) Generation 10: Black
Last but not least (for real this time): black. The color of power, elegance, death, evil and mystery. A sharp turn from our last generation, in some ways. But don’t worry, this sim won’t be so evil.
'Ever since you were born, people knew that you’d be different. And you were: as a child you often displayed ‘odd’ behavior, and as you got older you were diagnosed with erraticism. However, you also had a very high IQ. One could almost wonder if your erraticism was caused by your giftedness, or the other way around. Either way, you decided to not let your diagnosis get in the way of your dreams, and you pursued a career in science and engineering, subjects you were highly interested in since childhood. You wanted to prove to yourself and the world that having a ‘disability’ does not have to stand in the way of greatness.'
Traits: Erratic / Genius / Noncommital
Career: Astronaut, Scientist (GTW) or Engineer (DU)
Aspiration: You decide!
Since you have the Erratic trait, you may choose any aspiration for this final generation. But make sure to complete it!
Reach level 10 of the Handiness and Rocket Science skills, as well as the Robotics skill (DU) and at least level 5 of the Piano skill
If you have Discover University, have your sim earn a degree in either Physics or Computer Science
Reach level 10 in either the Astronaut career, Scientist career (GTW) or Engineer career (DU)
Build a rocket ship and visit Sixam
Have only one Best Friend (you may live with them or be roommates with them if you like)
Never have any romantic partners and die single
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The End
Thank you for reading and/or playing this challenge. I hope you enjoyed!