The Hobbies Soul Quest Challenge

Explore life, experience reincarnation, and build a legacy through generations.

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🧭 Challenge Overview

Welcome to The Hobbies Soul Quest, a Sims 4 challenge focused on self-discovery, exploration, and spiritual growth. Your Sim will explore hobbies, careers, and life paths — not to master them, but to live them. Once their journey is complete, they’ll reincarnate into the next generation with a new purpose.

This is Life One, where everything begins.

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🎮 How to Play

Create a young adult Sim with specific traits and aspirations, and guide them through a life of variety and change. Your Sim should aim to explore as many different experiences as possible without mastering a single path.

When their time is up, they’ll reincarnate into the next life — as the youngest person in their family — with lessons from their past carried forward.

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🛠️ Setup Rules

• 🎭 Create One Young Adult Sim
• 🧠 Required Traits:
  • Noncommittal
  • Erratic
  • Romantic
• ✨ Choose One Aspiration:
  • Renaissance Sim
  • City Native
  • Beach Life
  • Romantic Explorer
• 🏘️ Start in a rental property
• 🚫 No cheats (unless fixing bugs)

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📜 Challenge Rules

• Do not max more than 5 skills.
• Sim must try 3 different careers (minimum level 3).
• Soul Journey goals override all other goals when they appear.
• Children can be adopted or biological.
• Garden building begins in elder stage only.
• No repeating hobbies, aspirations, or maxed skills in future lives.

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🌟 Life One – The Wanderer

This Sim is a restless soul, constantly searching for meaning. They bounce between hobbies, careers, and relationships, trying everything but mastering nothing. They live impulsively — chasing excitement, changing their mind often, and leaving unfinished projects behind. But through all this, they’re laying the foundation for their soul’s growth. 🌿

🎯 Life One Goals

Goal	Description
🎨 Take 3 Classes	Must span different areas (e.g. yoga, painting, logic)
🧩 Reach Level 5 in 10 Skills	No more than 5 skills may be maxed
🧭 Complete “Flimsy” Aspiration	Can switch to another once finished
💼 Level 3 in 3 Careers	Must explore at least three paths
🧰 Do 10 Odd Jobs	Flexibility and randomness encouraged
🏠 Move to Bigger House	Start rented → move into §30,000+ home
👶 Have 2+ Children	Leaves a legacy for reincarnation
🌱 Build an Elder Garden	Minimum of 5 plant types

All Lives below

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🔮 Soul Journey Goals

These pop up during gameplay and must be completed before any other progress:

• 💫 Represent spiritual growth
• 💫 Can be tied to romance, hobbies, life events, or choices
• 💫 Unlock reincarnation

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♻️ Reincarnation Rules

• Your Sim is reborn as the youngest living descendant
• Their traits carry over
• Must pursue a new aspiration and new hobbies
• Maxed skills are now banned

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🌱 Generational Legacy Table

Generation	Focus	Skill Restrictions	Aspiration Ideas
Life One	Exploration & Variety	None	Renaissance Sim, Beach Life
Life Two	(Future Gen) Purpose & Growth	No Life One maxed skills	Nature, Creativity, Family

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🧠 Tips & Strategy

• 💡 Balance goals — It’s not a race. Let your Sim wander.
• 💡 Failure is growth — Getting fired? Breaking up? That’s growth.
• 💡 Tell a story — If your Sim leans into painting, let that shape their path — just don’t master it!

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🎬 Video Library

🎥 Episode 1 – The Beginning
🎥 Episode 2 – Vera’s New Look & Loss
🎥 Episode 3 – Soul Journey in Motion

Vera begins her soul journey by exploring pottery, writing, and cookery classes — and impulsively marks the moment with her very first tattoo. 🖋️✨
She rises in her painting career and gets a new look, but her soul journey takes an emotional turn as she attends her friend Delia’s funeral. 💔

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💌 Final Thoughts

The Hobbies Soul Quest isn’t about success — it’s about experience. Let your Sim live, fail, learn, and evolve. The beauty of this challenge is in its unpredictability. So start the journey, and see where your Sim’s soul leads them. 🌟

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🌼 Life Two – The Gardener

After their wandering past life, this Sim craves peace and roots. They find joy in nurturing plants, crafting delicate floral arrangements, and building a home filled with life. They’re practical, patient, and determined to turn their love of nature into a thriving flower shop. They enjoy family time, quiet moments, and feel most fulfilled surrounded by beauty. 🌸

🌼 Life Two Goals

Goal	Description
🌷 Max Flower Arranging Skill	Reach level 10 in Flower Arranging to master floral crafting
🌻 Max Gardening Skill	Reach level 10 in Gardening to prepare for the Gardening career and retail business
🧑‍🌾 Complete Gardening Career	Fully complete the Gardening career before opening a business
🏪 Open & Run 5-Star Flower Shop	Build a retail store selling homegrown floral arrangements; aim for a 5-star rating
🏕️ Take a Family Camping Holiday	Visit Granite Falls with the children; work on Herbalism skill
🌿 Develop Herbalism Skill	Learn Herbalism recipes and remedies while camping
👶 Have 2+ Children	Continue the family legacy and prepare the next reincarnation path
🌸 Grow a Specialty Garden	Focus on rare or special plants (e.g., death flower, bonsai, cowplant) to enrich the family’s gardening legacy

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🌴 Life Three – The Explorer

Having mastered the art of home and garden, this Sim feels called to adventure. They’re fascinated by history, culture, and the mysteries of the past. They travel to Selvadorada, uncover ancient relics, and bring the spirit of exploration back home. Their days are filled with jungle treks, archaeological digs, and stories of the world beyond their doorstep. 🗺️

🌴 Life Three Goals

Goal	Description
🗺️ Complete Jungle Explorer Aspiration	Finish all milestones in the Jungle Explorer aspiration, including uncovering Omiscan treasures
🏺 Master Archaeology Skill	Reach level 10 in Archaeology to analyse artifacts and relics
🌿 Max Selvadoradian Culture Skill	Learn local customs, dances, and recipes to deepen cultural understanding
🏪 Convert Old Flower Shop	Transform the family’s old flower store into a relic and artifact shop
🌋 Collect & Sell Omiscan Relics	Gather, authenticate, and sell relics and artifacts in your converted shop
✈️ Take Family on Jungle Trip	Travel with your family to Selvadorada and create new generational memories
👶 Have 2+ Children	Keep the family line thriving for future reincarnations
🏛️ Build a Family Museum Room	Dedicate part of the home to displaying relics, treasures, and archaeology finds

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💀 Life Four – The Medium

With so many past lives, this Sim begins to feel the pull of the spiritual world. They become attuned to the veil between life and death, mastering the Medium skill and guiding restless spirits. Their life is a mix of helping others, facing dark forces, and learning how reincarnation truly works. They may walk a fine line between light and shadow. 🕯️

💀 Life Four Goals

Goal	Description
🕯️ Master Medium Skill	Reach level 5 in the Medium skill to communicate with spirits and guide the dead
🏚️ Complete Paranormal Investigator Career	Join and master the Paranormal Investigator freelance career, helping Sims with hauntings
👻 Complete Paranormal Aspiration (if available)	Focus on spiritual milestones tied to the Paranormal Stuff pack
🔮 Conduct Seances Regularly	Hold regular seances at home to strengthen your Sim’s spiritual connection
🏠 Create a Haunted House Venue	Turn your family home into a haunted house lot type for immersive gameplay
📜 Connect with Ancestors	Use seances or rituals to communicate with past family Sims from previous generations
👶 Have 2+ Children	Continue the reincarnation cycle and pass on spiritual knowledge
💼 Balance Light & Dark	Decide whether your Sim will guide spirits to peace or embrace darker energies (this can influence future generations!)

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