The Sims 4: Undertaker Career Guide

The Life & Death expansion pack for The Sims 4 delves deep into the themes of life’s journey and the afterlife, offering new careers that align with these concepts: Reaper and Undertaker. While the Reaper career provides an active, hands-on experience where players guide their Sims through tasks and accompany them to work, the Undertaker career offers a more traditional approach. Despite lacking the excitement of direct player control, the Undertaker career still introduces some intriguing aspects and provides a unique experience in managing the aftermath of death as there are some pop-up screens that players will need to navigate.

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The Undertaker may not be an active career, however, it does branch out to two different branches (Mortician and Funeral Director) as Sim gets promoted to level 6. With that, there is a bit of choice as to which skills Sim may want to improve, as the branching allows players to focus on different skills, while also allowing them to obtain different rewards.

How to Join Undertaker Career

Starting the Undertaker career in The Sims 4: Life & Death expansion is as simple as any other job selection, though there are a few additional ways players can access it. Beyond using the traditional Find a Job menu, players can also have their Sims join the Undertaker career by clicking on any Crypt in the world and selecting “Join Undertaker Career.” Additionally, there is a chance that a known Sim may randomly call and offer the job.

While there are no strict prerequisites for beginning the career, focusing on Fitness primarily, and some levels of Gardening and Charisma skills early on will help get promoted quicker, especially before choosing a branch. For those aiming climb in the Funeral Director branch, Charisma, Thanatalogy and Gardening will be required, and any trait that may help with those is going to be useful. The Mortician path, however, shifts its focus to Logic and Painting alongside Thanatalogy as well.

Unlike some careers, there is no single ideal moodlet or specific trait that guarantees success in the Undertaker path. However, having Sims with versatile traits like Outgoing or Active may help with skill-building, especially in the earlier levels.

While there are a total of 10 levels, after level 5, the career will branch out to two seperate paths, being Funeral Director and Mortician. The levels, promotion requirements, their pay and work hours is as follows:

Funeral Director Branch

Mortician Branch

Released

October 31, 2024

Publisher(s)

Electronic Arts

Genre

Life Simulation , Adventure , Simulation

Engine

SmartSim

ESRB

Teen // Crude Humor, Game Experience May Change During Online Play, Sexual Themes, Violence

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