The Sims 4: Life & Death, the seventeenth expansion pack in The Sims 4 series, brings a deep exploration of life’s most poignant moments, from heartfelt farewells to meaningful achievements. This pack introduces a unique array of Build/Buy items, including new memorial objects, ceremonial decor, and classic furnishings inspired by gothic and historical styles. With the recent base game update, which now includes memorial services and enhanced ghost interactions, players can seamlessly create spaces to honor Sims’ lives, whether it’s crafting peaceful memorial gardens, traditional funeral parlors, or even supernatural sanctuaries that capture the mysteries of life and the afterlife.
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The Sims 4: Life and Death expansion pack is particularly interesting for those that prefer Dark Autumn and Winter tones with a hint of gothic style.
For players passionate about building and decorating, The Sims 4: Life & Death expansion offers a thoughtful selection of items for all aspects of life’s journey. From everyday home essentials to ceremonial decor fit for funeral settings, the pack includes both functional and decorative pieces designed to suit everything from cozy domestic spaces to somber memorial venues. With a variety of light or dark swatches, players can create anything from classic, timeless interiors to solemn, reflective spaces, giving their builds a personalized touch that honors the theme of life and remembrance. Here’s everything players can expect in the Life & Death Build/Buy catalog.
All Build / Buy Items
The Sims 4: Life & Death brings around 190 unique Build/Buy items, merging charm and versatility to suit the entire journey of life. With inspiration from classic and gothic aesthetics, the items are perfect for settings both light and somber. This expansion complements the new world of Ravenwood, a hauntingly beautiful place ideal for both the living and the departed, featuring ghostly haunts, a scenic graveyard, and even celebratory events for Sims to embrace the festive side of life and death. From home essentials to funeral or graveyard decor, the items offer a range of styles and swatches, letting players design cozy living spaces, meaningful memorials, or even vibrant community spots if they want to, all capturing the essence of Ravenwood’s atmosphere.
The Sims 4: Life & Death expansion enriches gameplay with a vast collection of items, thoughtfully designed for everyday use yet equipped with unique pieces perfect for memorials and the departed. With plenty of comfort, kitchen, and plumbing options, the new Build/Buy items cater to all aspects of life’s journey, from infancy to elderhood. A highlight of the set is undeniably the vast array of funeral and remembrance items, ideal for crafting beautiful tributes and meaningful memorial spaces. Alongside these, there’s a large selection of clutter items—like memorial keepsakes, framed photos, and floral arrangements—perfect for adding personal touches.
The expansion’s Modern Grimpressions and Tell-Tale Art series bring versatile, stylistic touches that fit seamlessly with various aesthetics, while infant-themed items complement the Storybook Nursery Kit, making it easy to create matching rooms for young Sims. Whether players aim for a minimalist modern look or a classic, heartfelt setup, Life & Death equips them to craft everything from homely kitchens to serene spaces dedicated to honoring life’s most significant moments.
Limited-Time Items
For players who purchase The Sims 4: Life & Death by December 12, 2024, two of the three exclusive limited-time items enhance Build Mode with unique legacy-themed options. The “Lasting Legacy Family Portrait” offers a customizable photo frame that automatically includes household Sims; players can adjust poses, swap outfits, or lock the image, making it a perfect tribute for legacy families. This allows players to “freeze” past generations in time, perfect for crafting a family photo wall filled with ancestral memories. The second item, the “Mournful Melodies Music Box,” plays a selection of somber tunes to honor those who’ve passed. Both pieces can be cherished as heirlooms, adding a meaningful touch to any household’s history and memory-keeping in Life & Death.
Styled Rooms
The Life & Death expansion introduces six styled rooms, each designed with a unique purpose, catering to a range of life stages and interests. The Moonlit Cradle is a cozy, dreamy nursery for infants, while the Hallowed Hideaway offers a serene single-bedroom setting ideal for teens or introverted Sims who enjoy solitary activities. For households with toddlers, the Crow’s Nest Nursery accommodates two little ones in a charming, playful space. The Legacy Lounge provides a warm living room setup perfect for family gatherings, and the Visionary’s Study is tailored for Sims looking to hone skills especially that can be studied indoors, for example writing or theology through a bookshelf or computer. Lastly, the Memorial Ground is a reverent outdoor space where loved ones can gather for funerals, adding a heartfelt new setting for honoring departed Sims.
Peel back the veil to uncover the secret to richer Sim lives and beyond in The Sims™ 4 Life & Death Expansion Pack. Achieve your dreams in life by ticking items off your Bucket List or pursue them as a Ghost with Unfinished Business. There is a ghastly new world to haunt, a career that’ll bring you closer to Grim, Wills to write, Crypts to explore, and even ghostly skills to master. There are no real endings — only transitions — as you move between life, afterlife, and even rebirth.
KEY FEATURES:
An Endless Journey — Build your Bucket List by collecting goals throughout your Sim’s life, starting as a Young Adult. Items will appear on your list based on your Sim’s traits and family relations, and you can also choose your own. Removing items is possible, but completing them yields powerful rewards. If a Sim’s life ends with items still on their list, they can devote their afterlife to completing their Unfinished Business. The ultimate reward for experiencing everything on their list is the option to be Reborn, though you can still choose to Move On or remain on this plane as a Ghost.
A Ghastly, Gorgeous Life — Make death your life’s work with a career of reaping souls, helping Ghosts, dispersing hauntings, and more as a member of Grim’s team. Or, you could become a Mortician and deal with death more from the perspective of the living. Outside of work, you might spend your days exploring Crypts and building your Thanatology skill for the new Ghost Historian Aspiration. These things — among other dark diversions like bonding with your Pet Crow (careful, provoking it could be deadly) or collecting and reading the lost Tarot Cards of Lady Ravendancer Goth — will have a special appeal to Sims who are Macabre, one of 3 new traits.
Goodbye (For Now) — Different Sims will grieve in different ways. There are 4 types that will tie in with both Sims’ personalities and their relationships with the deceased. Grieving Rituals are customizable and unscripted, allowing you to hold whatever type of event (or events) fits your story. In life, Sims can create Wills which can be used to pass down Heirlooms, assign guardians for surviving dependents, distribute their Simoleons, and more. Sims can honor the departed with a memorial display featuring their portrait and by interring their urns in Crypts or with Custom Caskets and Gravesites.
Friendly or Fiendish? — Linger on as a Ghost, and spend your afterlife helping or terrorizing the living. Ghosts will grow in their abilities as they do everything from assisting with household chores to levitating living Sims and hanging them upside down (fun AND profitable — they may drop Simoleons!). Their interactions with the living can earn them Fear or Goodwill essences, which can both be sold for Simoleons. There’s a lot to do after death; Ghosts can even pair up for a special, spectral Woohoo.
A Town Worth Haunting — The veil between life and death is thin in Ravenwood, a 3-neighborhood town. Visit the countryside and perhaps take a swim by the mysterious face in the cliffs. Or, head into the village where you’ll find some odd goods for purchase near the old Specter cemetery, a haunted house to brave, or a festival to attend. The residents of these first 2 neighborhoods are (mostly) alive, but it’s Ghosts who will feel most at home in the third, where you’ll find 2 more festivals and a spectral support group. Living Sims can use its Baleful Bog to have an out-of-body experience and try their hands at being temporary Ghosts. Well, it’s usually temporary. Don’t overdo it.