Though The Sims team might be hard at work on series’ next title, Project Rene, that doesn’t mean they aren’t taking some time to implement some big changes to the series’ current iteration. EA has announced that limited-time events are coming to The Sims 4.
According to an EA blog post, these events will reward players for logging in daily with free items, traits, and more. Font, a senior game designer on The Sims 4, wrote that the newly-added events feature is focused on adding “new opportunities to your game.”
“Our team created a platform for these new events to live. Something that is flexible, easier to update, and will be easy for you to find and claim those rewards,” Font said. “Our designers have been busy making this new system shine and preparing for the first Event, while our artists have been creating new objects and Create-a-Sim pieces.”
The game’s first event, The Sims 4 Happy at Home Login Event, kicks off today and is scheduled to run for four weeks. The event contains a handful of items that “will help create a comfortable hangout space for your Sims,” as well as the Practice Makes Perfect trait, which will allow your Sims to learn skills faster. A full list with descriptions of all eight rewards coming can be found over the official EA blog.
Considering The Sims 4 is known for its ever-expanding (and costly) catalog of DLC, the studio has already assured players that all the items included in events are entirely free. According to Font, all players have to do is engage with the event. Once a reward is claimed, it can be found within the Base Game.
However, Font also explained that the requirements for unlocking items will differ. While Happy at Home just requires that players login, some events might take players on “quests” where they will have to complete goals to earn rewards.
Font also explained how joining an event late will work, writing:
“There’s plenty of time during the event to jump in if you are coming in late. Each day you launch the game counts as a login to unlock the next available reward. If you come in late to the event there’s still time to catch up, but it will take eight days of logins to unlock all of the rewards. We’ve provided an extra week to login and claim those remaining rewards.”
With that in mind, Happy at Home should run through the first week of July. EA has not yet announced what event will follow, or how frequent events will be. For those looking to spice up The Sims 4 themselves, here are 25 mods we recommend checking out.
