How to Rebirth in The Sims 4

Thanks to The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion pack, the life of a Sim doesn’t need to end when they meet their demise. It can go on in the afterlife and in another life. Players can now be reborn in The Sims 4 if they unlock the ability to Rebirth.

The Rebirth process can be quite complicated, but this guide will tell players what they need to know about it and the steps that a Sim needs to take in order to be able to be reborn in The Sims 4.

How to Rebirth in The Sims 4

In order to be able to Rebirth, Sims will have to complete their living bucket list in The Sims 4. However, they can unlock more Rebirth options in their next life if they delay this and continue on with the Soul’s Journey process in the afterlife. So, even though a Sim can Rebirth as soon as they pass away, they can do it later on as a Ghost Sim and unlock the Burning Soul trait, which will give them access to past traits and memories. Here’s how it works:

How to Rebirth Immediately Upon Death in The Sims 4

Sims will unlock the ability to Rebirth once they complete the first six tiers of the Soul’s Journey. Once they pass away, they can pick the “Rebirth” option and immediately come back to life as another Sim.

How to Rebirth as a Burning Soul in The Sims 4

If the Sim picks the “Become a Playable Ghost” option instead of Rebirth immediately after death, they will be able to complete their Unfinished Business as Ghost Sims.

Players can receive the Burning Soul trait by finishing two additional bucket list goals, which will unlock the next two tiers, thus fully completing the Soul’s Journey. Once players have earned the Burning Soul trait, they can go to Baleful Bog, near the ruins in Ravenwood’s Mourningvale neighborhood, at any time and Rebirth.

Next, gamers can pick the household where they’d like to be reborn and start customizing their Sim’s look and traits for their new life.

The Sims 4 Rebirth Customization Options

After players choose the household where they’d like their Sim to Rebirth, they have some creative freedom with both the household Sims and the Sim that’s being reborn. The Sim experiencing Rebirth can resemble their appearance in a past life, they can be genetically similar to the household members, or completely customized.

Reborn Sims can come back at any life stage, which means that they can even be reborn at a later stage of life compared to the one when they died. Players who completed the Soul’s Journey in The Sims 4 and unlocked the Burning Soul trait will immediately gain access to key infant and toddler skills, and once they’re teens or older, they can recover a personality trait.

How to Recover Traits After Rebirth in The Sims 4

There are two interactions that players must perform to get their Sim to recall their past life after they’ve been reborn:

• Recall Past Life (self-interaction) – Recalls one personality trait
• Peer Into Soul (mirror interaction) – Recalls Reward Traits

How to Recover Memories After Rebirth in The Sims 4

To recover memories after Rebirth, gamers will want to communicate with important people from their past lives. However, before being upfront about Rebirth, the player might want to increase the relationship bar between the reborn Sim and their loved ones from a past life; Sims can fail to connect with them at first, which can lead to a negative friendship bar.

Here is a list of the familiarity interactions Sims can have after Rebirth:

• Friendly > Greet Familiar face
• Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Odd Familiarity
• Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Strange Connection
• Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Previous Life
• Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Past Family
• Friendly > Deep Thoughts > Talk about Rebirth