How to Complete the Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4

Death is an important part of a Sims life, and the Life and Death expansion pack for The Sims 4 embraces this fact, which can be hard to face sometimes. Before staring death in the eyes, many Sims will want to feel like they’ve life to the maximum, and one of the best ways to do this is to scratch everything off their bucket list.

This guide will tell players everything they need to know about creating and completing a bucket list in The Sims 4 so their Sims can enter an eternal slumber knowing they did everything they wanted to do before it was time to cross the rainbow bridge.

How to Start a Bucket List in The Sims 4

Players can start a bucket list in The Sims 4 by interacting with a Private Journal or a Computer and selecting the Bucket List option. Here, gamers can add goals to their bucket list according to the following options:

• Write Goal
• Write Goal from Category
• Write the Perfect Goal

Gamers can select a completely random goal, choose an objective related to a category, or write a specific goal.

Players can have up to four items on their bucket list, and if they aren’t happy with the goals that they’ve gotten, they can always scratch the bucket list’s goals and retry later. However, if they want full control of their next bucket list goal, there are certain ways to unlock the option to write the perfect bucket list goal in The Sims 4.

How to Write the Perfect Goal in a Bucket List in The Sims 4

There are three ways to gain access to the perfect goal option in The Sims 4‘s bucket list feature. Here’s how:

• Attend an Afterlife Anonymous group meeting in the ruins in Ravenwood’s Mourningvale neighborhood
• Witness another Sim die recently
• Have the Chased by Death trait

With the perfect goal interaction unlocked, gamers are able to see the list of available goals in each category and pick any option they like.

How to Complete the Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4

The path of the Soul’s Journey has eight milestones in total, and players will have to complete all of them to finish the Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4.

To get through the first six milestones, players must scratch six items off their bucket list. Doing so, completes the Sim’s journey as a living Sim, allowing them to be reborn upon death. However, the last two milestones in the Soul’s Journey are exclusive to Ghost Sims, and this is how you unlock the Burning Soul trait, which allows a more powerful Rebirth. Therefore, to truly complete a Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4, the Sim must die so they can finish their Unfinished Business.

After a Sim dies, players must select the “Become a Playable Ghost” option to continue controlling them as a Ghost Sim.

Soul’s Journey Rewards in The Sims 4

As Sims check more items off their bucket list, they’ll get closer to completing their Soul’s Journey.

Ultimately, going through the Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4 grants the Sim the ability to Rebirth, which allows them to be born into the same family or a completely different household. Additionally, completing it in full gives the Sim the Burning Soul trait, which makes it so they can recall some of the personality traits in their past lives and gain skills faster.