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The very firstSimsgame was a pioneer in a lot of ways, paving the way for what would become an iconic series, but there are a few limitations that feel a bit constricting when you’re going back to the older games from the new, as many of us are with the Legacy editions.
There are a few different ways you’re able to make occult Sims in the original game, but they didn’t become the robust occult states we know and love until the next entry in the series. Still, ghosts and zombies are both possible here if you know how!
All Occult States In The Original Sims
How To Make Ghosts And Zombies
It sounds a bit macabre, but the only way to make ghost Sims in the original Sims game isfor a Sim to die. Regardless of how it happens, if youleave a Sim’s tombstone or urn on a lot, there’s a chance they’ll turn up in the dark of night, typically between midnight and when the sun comes up. They like toscare living Simsand cause mayhem, but at least they’re still around.
If Grim shows up to handle someone passing away and someonepleads with Grim for a dying Sim, there’s a chance (albeit not a big one) that he’ll challenge this Sim to a game ofrock, paper, scissors. you may’t control what your Sim chooses, nor can you force Grim to play, but if he accepts the challenge, one of two things happen:
Zombies are playable life statesfor Sims, but you’ll notice thatzombified Sims have no personalityanymore after their resurrection. Their hard-earned skills won’t be touched, butany personality traits they hadbefore they died will be wiped, producing a Sim with no personality at all. If you grow tired of the zombie,Miss Lucillethe palm reader who appears in Old Town on public lots can help you out.
She charges§200 to revive the zombieback to life, but unfortunately, their personality points are lost forever, and they’ll come back to life without them.
Magical Sims who are well versed in using charms can make and use theShed Your Skin charm. If they use the charm at night, they’ll become a ghost this way, but watch out for snakes to infest the lot instead if the charm is used during the day (or if the Sim trying to cast the charm is already a ghost - you can’t die twice in this game).
All Other Occult Sims Are Fairly Limited
While you’ll definitely bump into some odd supernatural Sims in the original game, especially as you dive into all the whimsical contentadded with Makin' Magic, you’renot able to create occult Simsoutside of ghosts and zombies. Makin' Magic made all this mystical a reality, but the designation of Witches as occult Sim life states didn’t happen until The Sims 2.
This means you can have any Sim, both adultsand children alike, work on their magical abilities without fear of much happening to make them inhuman. For the remainder of life states that have become iconic to the franchise since the original games - vampires, werewolves, aliens, and more - while they might make an appearance, you won’t be able to create these Sims for yourself.
Through the use of theBeauty or Beast magical charm(or the junior version made by a child magic user), Sims can have plenty of “beastly” appearances, visibly appearing as occult Sims for a few in-game hours despite nothing about their life state or motives changing in the process. Additionally, theConcoctinatorChemistry Setcan temporarily render Sims as monsters. You can’t control them in this state, but they will revert to normal in a few in-game hours.
