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The Sims 4 Werewolves: How to become a werewolfPlus how to cure Werebies and lycanthropy
Plus how to cure Werebies and lycanthropy
How does my Sim become a werewolf in The Sims 4?The Sims 4Werewolvesis the latest in a long line of supernatural-themed game packs for The Sims 4, and for my money it might bethe best of the lot. Becoming a werewolf brings with it a whole host of interesting perks and unique interactions that are well worth checking out. If you’ve ever wanted your Sim to be able to pee freely anywhere in the world or eat literally every single item of furniture in their house, lycanthropy is definitely for you.
The Sims 4 usually gives you a few different paths towards occult transformation, and becoming a werewolf is no exception. Below we’ll outline all the different methods you can use to make your playable Sims into werewolves.
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How to become a werewolf in The Sims 4: all the ways
There are three legitimate routes to becoming a werewolf in The Sims 4, as well as one way of cheating to get there. We’ll cover them all in detail below, as well as offering you a couple of different methods for curing your Sim of the curse of lycanthropy, in case it turns out that the life lupine isn’t actually for them.
Just a quick reminder that, as ever, some exclusions apply. Namely, Sims who already possess a permanent occult life state (i.e. vampire, mermaid, ghost, Servo robot, spellcaster, or alien) can’t become a werewolf without first renouncing their old supernatural affiliation and all its associated powers. There are also some age-based restrictions when it comes to lycanthropy in the Sim world, but we’ll deal with those as we come to them in the sections below.
Method 1: Get a werewolf to bite you to pass on the curse
Accidental werewolf bites are also possible, either because your Sim strayed too close to arampaging werewolfpossessed of the Cursed Bite ability and was attacked, or as part of the text-adventure-style exploration mini-game you can play while exploring the tunnel network in Moonwood Mill. This results in the charmingly named Werebies infection, which results in an Uncomfortable moodlet of a couple of days' duration as the transformation takes hold.
Since you, the player, might genuinely not have wanted that accidental bite to happen, Sims afflicted with Werebies can prevent the onset of full lycanthropy. There are a couple of home remedies available — the infected Sim can ‘Try to Sweat Out the Werebies’ on a bed or ‘Try to Cleanse Self of Werebies’ in a shower — but it’s unclear whether these can ever affect a full cure, or just hold off the spread of infection for a while longer while you seek out proper help.
Method 2: Make a werewolf in Create-A-Sim
The easiest way to get yourself a werewolf Sim is to make one in Create-A-Sim. This is fairly straightforward and works like creating any other occult type in The Sims 4. Just go into CAS and, from the panel at the bottom of the screen, selectAdd a Sim > Add Occult Sim > Add Werewolf. Just keep in mind that, in TS4, you can’t change a character’s life state once you begin creating them, and the default new character in CAS will always be a vanilla human; so you’ll need to manually create another new character and specify them as a werewolf before you can begin. You can then either bin the default human Sim or make them your werewolf’s roommate, whichever suits you.
You can use CAS to make a werewolf Sim of any life stage from toddler upwards, but as is standard practice in the Sims universe, their full suite of powers (including your ability to customise their Beast Form) will remain dormant until they hit their teens. Which means one day soon, your beleaguered Sim parents are going to have to deal with their kid going through human and lycanthrope puberty at the same time. Better them than us, I guess.
Method 3: WooHoo with a werewolf to start a litter of your own
Method 4: Cheat
Of course, this isThe Sims, where you almost never have to do things the hard way if there’s a cheat available instead. To instantly transform your vanilla human Sim into a werewolf, first make sure you’ve selected them as the active character in Live mode.Enable cheatsand then typetraits.equip_trait trait_occultwerewolfinto the text bar for instant lycanthropification.
You can reverse the curse just as easily using the opposite cheat:traits.remove_trait trait_occultwerewolf.
How to stop being a werewolf in The Sims 4
You aren’t entirely stuck as a werewolf in The Sims 4 if you miss your window at taking the Werebies Remedy. You don’t even need to use cheats to undo the curse. The option for a cure is just a little bit hidden, and requires you to put in some groundwork.
The Sims 4 Werewolves introduces a new aspiration category simply titled Werewolf. At first, your Sim will only have access to the Werewolf Initiate aspiration. However, once they’ve completed this aspiration, you’ll be automatically prompted to pick one of four newly unlocked aspirations that directly follow on from it. These give you various choices as to how your Sim copes with their lunar condition in the long term. One of them is called Cure Seeker, and completing all of its goals will allow your werewolf Sim to craft and drink the Wolf-B-Gone potion to revert to a regular human state.
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