How to Earn a Gold Medal As a Class Student

The Sims 4 is a virtual dollhouse where players can do almost anything they can think of. The popular life simulator has a ton of DLC, expanding the game and giving Sims even more activities and features. The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies added small businesses, so sims can make money from their hobbies.

With small businesses, players can have their highly skilled sims sell goods, rent their spaces for activities, or host classes. Sims can also visit other small businesses and learn about new trades with like-minded Sims. Here’s how to attend a class in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies.

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How to Attend a Class in The Sims 4

Players will need to have at least one small business in their save file to attend a class. The world from Businesses and Hobbies, Nordhaven, has two small businesses: Terra-Potta and Spilled Neon. Players can also build small businesses for Sims to visit if they play as multiple families in one save.

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies Small Business

Classes can only be held if a Hobby Whiteboard is on a lot with a small business. Sim’s 4 classes are run by Sims level 3 or higher in a skill. To attend a class, take the following steps:

Travel to a small business lot using a cellphone
Purchase an Entry Ticket
Click on a Hobby Board
Choose “Ask to Start a Class…”
Select from the available classes
Choose a Sim to host the Class
Complete the class objectives

Small businesses in the world will be marked by a dollar-sign symbol on the map. If the business is on a residential lot, a menu appears that shows the owner’s home and business. Choose the business to open and visit it.

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies Terra Potta

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies Ticket Kiosk

Players must purchase an entry ticket at a Ticket Kiosk to register as a patron for classes and activities. After registering, find the Hobby Board and click on it. Choose “Ask to Start a Class,” and if there is an available host, players can start the class whenever they want.

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies How to Attend a Class

Once the class starts, the objective list drops down to the top left side of the screen. Class objectives will change depending on what type of class it will be, but some consistent activities include:

Listen to a lecture for 45 minutes
Create a Ceramic
Be mentored for 30 minutes
Make a friend
Be inspired

Players should do the longer activities to ensure they finish before class ends.

How to Earn a Gold Medal in Class

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies How to Earn a Gold Medal

Stay active and keep track of the required activities to earn gold in a hobby class. The meter will fill all the way with green, and the medal shown will be gold when the Sim has done enough things.

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies Creative Brilliance Buff

Sims who earn gold in their classes will receive the Creative Brilliance buff, which boosts their Creativity skill performance and learning speed. Sims can take advantage of the buff and practice other Creativity skills such as painting, knitting, singing, and more. Sims can attend multiple classes a day, so learning skills is easier than ever with The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies.