Create one Young Adult Sim.

Move them onto an empty lot.

Set their money to 0 simoleons.

Your lot must start with:

• Off-the-Grid
• Simple Living
• Wild Foxes

These lot challenges must stay active for the whole challenge if you want to earn the bonus points at the end.

Your Sim starts with:

• No house
• No job
• No partner
• No children
• No pets
• No animals
• No business

Your Sim starts with:

• No house
• No job
• No partner
• No children
• No pets
• No animals
• No business

Your Sim is starting with nothing, so the first goal is to earn money, find food, and start building the foundations of the ranch.

During this stage, your Sim can make money through:

• Fishing
• Foraging
• Collecting
• Gardening
• Selling collectables
• Selling plants
• Odd jobs

If you have Enchanted by Nature, use foraging as much as possible. Your Sim can forage for food, plants, collectables, and apothecary items. Food helps with survival, plants can start your garden, and collectables can be sold for money.

Stage 1 Goals

Complete all of these before moving on:

• Start with 0 simoleons
• Earn your first money
• Find or buy your first food source
• Begin fishing, foraging, collecting, or gardening
• Start your first crop or plant area
• Build up the Natural Living skill, if available
• Work towards being able to sleep outside or summon a privy bush, if available

You may move on to Stage 2 once your Sim has a basic survival routine and has started earning m

Stage 2 is about getting your Sim out of pure survival mode.

Your Sim does not need a beautiful farmhouse yet, but they do need a basic functional home.

During this stage, your Sim may continue earning money through collecting, foraging, gardening, fishing, crafting, woodworking, and odd jobs.

Your Sim still cannot join a normal career yet.

A normal career is only allowed once your Sim has:

• A toilet
• A shower or bath
• A fridge or cooking area
• A bed
• Four walls and a roof

Stage 2 Goals

Complete all of these before moving on:

• Build a tiny farmhouse shell
• Add a bed, either crafted or bought
• Add a toilet
• Add a shower or bath
• Add a fridge or cooking area
• Start a proper crop area
• Use crafted furniture where possible to save money
• Begin saving for chickens or your first animal setup
• Begin saving towards the home business

Opening a home business costs 750 simoleons, so this may become one of your first big money goals.

You may move on to Stage 3 once your Sim has a basic functional home and a crop area.

Stage 3 is where the ranch begins properly.

Your Sim should now move from survival into farming, animal care, and shop income.

During this stage, your Sim may make money through:

• Crops
• Animal products
• Fishing
• Foraging
• Collectables
• Crafting
• Woodworking
• Nectar making, if available
• Shop sales
• Ranch-related activities

If you move in a partner from this stage onwards, remove any money they bring with them. No rich Sim rescue missions.

Stage 3 Goals

Complete all of these before moving on:

• Add chickens
• Build a chicken coop and run
• Add either a cow or llama
• Build the first barn or animal shelter
• Expand the crops
• Mark out proper animal areas
• Start planning the full ranch layout
• Build a small farm shop or selling area
• Sell crops, animal products, crafted items, collectables, or nectar
• Begin building relationships if you want a partner

If you can afford it, open the home business during this stage.

If you cannot afford it yet, you must open the home business before starting Stage 5.

You may move on to Stage 4 once your ranch has chickens, one larger farm animal, crops, and a basic selling area.

Stage 4 adds the family side of the challenge.

Your Sim now needs to balance money, animals, crops, relationships, and household growth.

Your household must eventually include:

• At least one adult Sim
• At least two children
• One dog
• One cat
• One horse

The dog, cat, and horse count towards the 8 household slots, so plan carefully.

Your Sim does not need to get married unless you want them to. The family can be married, unmarried, single-parent, adoptive, blended, or any setup you prefer.

Stage 4 Goals

Complete all of these before moving on:

• Move in a partner, if using one
• Remove any money the partner brings with them
• Have, adopt, or prepare for the first child
• Add a nursery or child space
• Add either a dog or cat
• Add the rabbit stump, bird tree, or crow area
• Keep the ranch earning money

You may move on to Stage 5 once your household has started the family side of the challenge and has added at least one pet or wildlife feature.

Stage 5 is where the ranch becomes a visitor attraction.

The petting zoo is the main business goal for this challenge. It does not need to be huge, but it does need to look like a proper visitor area.

To count as a petting zoo, it must include:

• A visitor entrance
• A ticket area, check-in area, or farm shop
• A visitor toilet
• A fenced animal viewing area
• At least 3 different animal types for visitors to see
• A path through the visitor area
• A crop, produce, or farm product selling area
• A clear separation between the private family home and the visitor space

Stage 5 Goals

Complete all of these before moving on:

• Add sheep
• Add goats
• Add the horse
• Build the visitor entrance
• Build the petting zoo area
• Add a visitor toilet
• Add the pond
• Hire a farm hand
• Add the second child or prepare for the second child
• Open the home business if you have not already done so

You may move on to Stage 6 once the visitor area, animal areas, and home business are ready for the grand opening.

Stage 6 is the final stage.

This is your last chance to finish the ranch, open the petting zoo, and score the challenge.

Once the petting zoo has opened, visitors have attended, and the final family photo has been taken, the challenge ends.

You cannot continue building, earning, or adding animals after Stage 6 is complete.

Stage 6 Goals

Complete these final goals:

• Finish the farmhouse
• Finish all animal areas
• Finish the crop fields
• Add the fish tank
• Complete the store/cafe/visitor areas
• Run the petting zoo
• Take the final ranch family photo
• Score the challenge

Anything unfinished at this point does not count towards your final score.

• Start with 0 simoleons
• Build a farmhouse
• Own chickens
• Own a cow
• Own a llama
• Own sheep
• Own goats
• Own a horse
• Own a dog
• Own a cat
• Add a fish tank
• Add a crow area
• Add a rabbit stump
• Add a bird tree or bird habitat area
• Build a pond
• Grow crops
• Grow plants
• Sell collectables
• Hire a farm hand
• Have a home business
• Open the ranch as a petting zoo
• Have at least two children
• Build a family kitchen
• Build a living room
• Build bedrooms for the kids
• Build animal areas
• Create a visitor or petting zoo area
• Take a final family photo

Ranch Build, 25 Points

• Farmhouse completed: 8 points
• Functional kitchen: 3 points
• Living room: 3 points
• Parent bedroom: 3 points
• Children’s bedroom or shared children’s room: 3 points
• Bathroom: 3 points
• Patio, porch, or family outdoor area: 2 points

Total: 25 points

Animals and Wildlife, 30 Points

• Chickens owned: 6 points
• Cow owned: 2 points
• Llama owned: 2 points
• Sheep owned: 4 points
• Goats owned: 4 points
• Horse owned: 2 points
• Dog owned: 2 points
• Cat owned: 2 points
• Fish tank added: 2 points
• Rabbit stump added: 1 point
• Bird tree added: 1 point
• Crow area added: 1 point
• Pond wildlife area completed: 1 point

Total: 30 points

Important note: the dog, cat, and horse count towards the 8 household slots, so plan carefully.

Crops and Ranch Production, 15 Points

• Crop field created: 3 points
• At least 5 different crops or plants grown: 3 points
• Farm products sold for income: 3 points
• Foraging, collecting, or gardening used as early income: 2 points
• Nectar, preserves, crafted items, or animal products sold through the ranch/shop: 2 points
• Ranch is still earning money by the final stage: 2 points

Total: 15 points

Family Life, 15 Points

• At least two children in the household: 6 points
• Partner, spouse, or second adult added to the household: 3 points
• Nursery or child space created: 2 points
• Family dining or shared living space created: 2 points
• Final family photo or memory wall: 2 points

Total: 15 points

Petting Zoo Business, 15 Points

• Home business created: 4 points
• Visitor entrance built: 2 points
• Farm shop, ticket area, or check-in area built: 2 points
• Visitor toilet built: 2 points
• Petting zoo animal viewing area built: 2 points
• At least 3 visitors or customers attend: 2 points
• Money earned from the business during the final stage: 1 point

Total: 15 points

Final Score Rankings

• 90 to 100 points: Perfect Ranch Family
• 75 to 89 points: Cosy Chaos Ranch
• 55 to 74 points: The Animals Are Judging Us
• 35 to 54 points: Rags to Repairs
• Under 35 points: Rags to Regrets

Optional Lot Challenge Bonus

If you want extra difficulty, you can add bonus points for lot challenges.

Lot Challenge Bonus, up to 8 Points

• Simple Living kept on for the whole challenge: 3 points
• Wild Foxes kept on for the whole challenge: 2 points
• Off-the-Grid kept on for the whole challenge: 3 points

Total bonus: 8 points