General Rules
This challenge is played in a Rags to Riches style, moving out at the beginning of each generation. Start the challenge with a single sim. You may fully customize the appearance and traits and aspiration of this sim. Move them into an empty lot, or bulldoze a lot. Cheat money to 0 (or 1,800 for a slightly easier start). Roll dice/use a random number generator to determine how many children to have in this generation (1-6).
Each generation focuses on one career and the skills associated with it. Each generation also includes an Optional Side Quest. Follow the list of careers here or follow along below! (we are going in alphabetical order). You could also use the random career generator if you would like to mix things up! Once you’ve completed the requirements for a generation, choose an heir from your sim’s current children to lead the next generation. You can choose your favorite, have a vote somewhere, or use a random number generator to decide on the heir. You can move your heir out as early as the age of teenager, but keep in mind you will not be able to start your career until young adulthood!
When the heir moves out, use a random number generator (100-5,000) to determine the amount of simoleons they will receive from their parents. Think of it as an “allowance”. Get creative with the story behind the amount the parent is willing to give their child! Move the heir out of the household, and transfer the funds determined by the number generator. (If your current household has less than $5000 simoleons you can cheat the extra amount. I won’t tell anyone…) You may use freerealestate on to move your sim to an empty lot or a lot you will bulldoze upon moving in. When the heir becomes a young adult, roll dice/use a random number generator to determine the number of children for the next generation (1-6). The process repeats.
Standard Legacy Rules (10 gens):
If the idea of completing every single career seems intimidating, try the standard legacy of 10 gens! We created a career randomizer for you to randomly select the careers for your sims! Make it fun! You can decide whether or not you know the career before or after you decide who the heir is. Play however you want!
IMPORTANT INFO
- If you don’t have a pack necessary for a certain generation, skip that generation.
- You may move to a new lot at any point during any generation as many times as you want as long as you have the money to do so.
- After the founder, all sims must have randomized traits and aspirations.
- You cannot roll the same kid amount twice in a row. For example: If you roll a 2 after having 2 kids in your previous generation - reroll!
- You can adopt children if you would like to, whatever makes your gameplay more interesting and fun!
- If you lose a kid you do not need to “replace them”, you just get less options for heirs!
- Optional Additional Level: Complete all part-time careers!
- Other Languages: Dutch, Portuguese, Polish (other languages coming soon!)
~Bonus points if you only woohoo with sims that are wearing the Eyeball Ring :) hehe~
Generation Goals
Actor (GF)
You know you are meant for the spotlight. There is no doubt in your mind that one day your name will be known all over the world. It's really difficult for you to live in rags so you are very uncomfortable and cannot wait to upgrade into the lavish life of living. It might be hard to find gigs with a prominent scar on your face but that will not stop you from the grind!
- Reach level 10 of actor career
- Give your sim a face scar
- Become a 5-star celebrity. It’s time to become the ultimate clout chaser!
- Place a tile on the Starlit Boulevard - your family will be able to visit it for generations to come!
Astronaut
You are so tired of the boring mundane life of working in the office punching numbers. You cannot wait to advance far enough in your career to visit the stars and explore everything unknown! You love collecting anything and everything you find on your trips to outer space so make sure you have a good private place to store your collection (maybe a shed or a basement??). You wouldn’t want anyone to stumble upon your hard earned findings and steal them!!
- Reach level 10 of astronaut career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of fitness and logic skills
- Collect 5 aliens from space
- Have a rocketship
- Optional Side Quest: Never have your partner live in your house - raise the kids alone and without the benefit of marrying for money! (I do this too often…)
Athlete
Nothing clears your head more than a nice jog around the neighborhood. In fact, you jog almost daily! It’s very important to you that you have an accessible space to get those gains at home so one of your priorities is a home gym! It doesn’t have to be fancy but you want to make sure you have at least 3 different pieces of equipment!
- Reach level 10 of athlete career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of fitness + (if you have Spa Day level 10 wellness!)
- Optional Side Quest: Climb to the top of Mt. Komerebi (SE) or have a home gym (Base Game) Make sure your mountain climbing skill is high enough...it would be tragic to die early and lose the challenge :)
Business
You have a business rival. You absolutely HATE THEM! Who do they think they are, trying to steal your success and get in your way?? Whoever it is you must have a festering grudge against them and fight them everytime you see them in public. They basically make you feral!
- Reach level 10 of business career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of charisma, logic and mischief skills! You have a few tricks up your sleeves being a business person.
- Optional Side Quest: Get a penthouse apartment (with City Living) or live in a house worth at least 100,000 simoleons (Base Game) Your sim better be living that life of luxury!
Civil Designer (EL)
You are super eco conscious and have always had a dream about turning an old shipping container into a greenhouse for your various plants that you raise and use for cooking at home! You are super into sufficient sources of food and energy and want to make the world a better place!
- Reach level 10 of civil designer career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of logic skill and level 10 of either fabrication or charisma (depending on branch chosen)
- Fabricate and use 5 items in your home!
- Optional Side Quest: This sim must be obsessed with one color (think house and clothes in that color) When I say obsessed, I mean obsessed! Go all out with your newfound obsession with monochromatic color schemes! Don’t be shy!
Conservationist (IL)
Sulani is calling your name. You dream of living on the ocean and raising a family along the coast of Sulani. The land is beautiful but needs your help! You will pick up any trash and clean any messes that you stumble upon to restore the natural beauty to this island!
- Reach level 10 of conservationist career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of logic and level 10 of either charisma or fitness (depending on branch chosen) and live off the grid!
- Optional Side Quest: Marry a merperson, or become a merperson! Wouldn’t you eat a random soggy piece of kelp you fished up from the bottom of the ocean floor?? What is the worst thing that could happen?
Criminal
You have an obsession with cowplants. You can’t get over how beautiful and deadly they are. Maybe they will come in handy with your career? It’s always nice to have an efficient method of interrogation :)
- Reach level 10 of criminal career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of mischief and level 10 of either handiness or programming (depending on branch chosen)
- Optional Side Quest: Unalive all romantic partners
- NOTE: You may handpick ONE trait for this generation because criminals don’t follow the rules.
Critic (CL)
Perfection is everything. You will ensure your children are getting the best grades possible and will teach them your craft. Whether it’s cooking or painting you will ensure that they learn from you and carry these skills with them to their future.
- Reach level 10 of critic career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of writing skill (both branches) and skills in the sim’s branch:
- Art Critic Branch: Level 10 of painting skill and level 10 of either music skill (any instrument) or comedy skill
- Food Critic Branch: Level 10 of cooking and gourmet cooking
- Optional Side Quest: Complete the snow globe and poster collections in San Myshuno. Become the hoarder you were meant to be!
Culinary
Your home must have a place to entertain guests! Whether it’s an extravagant dining room with a fancy bar, or a rooftop party space with plenty of room for guests to mingle. This is important to you as you love hosting dinner parties every week! Of course, you will be the one preparing the food &/or drinks for these events.
- Reach level 10 of culinary career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of cooking and gourmet cooking or level 10 of mixology and charisma
- Optional Side Quest: Host a dinner party once a week. You gotta show off your amazing culinary skills to someone right?
Detective (GTW)
Nothing is more important to you than solving the world's mysteries. It’s unfair when evil sims get away with crimes! You dedicate your life to working and keeping sims safe. Some of these hooligans you are apprehending are kind of…attractive. It would be wrong for you to pursue them but is that going to stop you? I guess that’s up to you to decide.
- Reach level 10 of detective career
- Reach level 10 of logic and fitness skills (note: these are not required for the career but add to the challenge)
- Optional Side Quest: Have babies with the criminals you pursue. What is more exciting than forbidden love!! /s
Doctor (GTW)
You have chosen one of the most difficult careers a sim could pursue. Because of this you have a strict routine. You eat cereal for breakfast EVERY single morning without hesitation and you always enjoy a nice cup of coffee when you get home from work to boost your energy so that you can spend time with your family! It wouldn’t be a bad idea to set up an in-home office for yourself as well!
- Reach level 10 of doctor career
- Reach level 10 of logic and one other skill of your choosing (note: these are not required for the career but add to the challenge)
- Optional Side Quest: No optional side quest here, doctor career is hard enough. Give yourself a break!
- NOTE: You may choose how many children to have in this generation, and you may give each teen/young adult plastic surgery on 1 feature! (using cas.fulleditmode)
Education (DU)
You love kids. You cannot get enough of the satisfaction knowing you are helping the future generations of sims! It’s a shame that you are not paid what you are worth, so having a side hustle like painting or woodworking might be in the cards for you. Fun fact about you? You have a super cool tattoo!
- Reach level 10 of education career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of research and debate and level 10 of either logic or charisma (depending on branch)
- Optional Side Quest: Have a designated education area in the house for your children. Think of how cute a home classroom would look!? IF YOU HAVE PARENTHOOD: Help your child with 3 projects.
Engineer (DU)
You have bad circulation. This has led to you putting carpet in every room of your house except the bathrooms and the kitchen. Who needs hardwood floors when your feet are always cold. People have suggested slippers, but you shrug them off and stand firm with your decision of filling your house with carpet floors. Oh, and you wear socks to bed :)
- Reach level 10 of engineer career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of robotics and level 10 of either programming or handiness (depending on branch)
- Optional Side Quest: Build a robot for each child you have. Nothing says “I love you” more than a hunk of gear or build a servo!
Entertainer
Nothing is more entertaining to you than having each room with a different color theme! Yes, that includes the LIGHTS. Make sure the lights in each room match the overall color theme. Feel free to randomize each room using a randomizer. http://randomcolour.com/
- Reach level 10 of entertainer career (either branch)
- Depending on branch:
- Comedian: Reach level 10 of comedy and charisma
- Musician: Reach level 10 of piano and either guitar or violin
- Optional Side Quest: Adopt at least one child. This could be your chance to spice up your genetic bloodline, who knows?
Freelancer
You always have your thinking cap on. Literally. You accessorize with hats in every outfit and certainly have a lucky hat that you wear while working on important jobs or when you go on stressful dates. Your lucky hat seems to make things go well for you! Or at least that’s what you tell yourself so that you can sleep at night.
- Randomize the type of freelancer your heir will be (will vary based on what packs you have)
- Reach level 10 of the skill associated with your freelancer type
- Optional Side Quest: Since there’s less career gameplay, this gen will focus on completing your aspiration. You may randomize or pick your aspiration. We recommend not choosing an aspiration tied to a career (such as culinary).
Gardener (S)
Living alone is scary so having a roommate live with you is very important. Whether it’s your sibling or a childhood friend, this person believes in your goal to create a self sustaining farm and will help you maintain it! Oh and if anyone pisses you off you have a small army of bees that will do your every bidding :)
- Reach level 10 of the gardener career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of gardening skill and level 10 of either logic or flower arranging (depending on branch)
- Take care of some bees!
- Optional Side Quest: Pick one sibling to move in with your heir. If you have no siblings, choose a best friend to move in with the heir.
Interior Decorator (DHD)
Your style is incredible! You really connect with your clients and know exactly how to make them happy. The only problem is that you can never settle on something for yourself! You are never happy with how your house turns out, and end up moving at least 3 times in your sim lifetime! This gives you the chance to change your space and try new things!
- Reach level 10 of interior decorator
- (Hardmode) Furnish your house ONLY using items that you steal from the houses you renovate.
- Optional Side Quest: Change your hair every week! Hop into CAS, press the randomize button 3 times and THAT is your new look for the week!
Lawyer (DU)
By day you are debating and researching law. By night, you are partying at clubs and ruining relationships! Make sure your party outfit is somewhat of a disguise, or another persona! It would be terrible if sims found out that you were actually a lawyer…that could have an effect on your career!
- Reach level 10 of lawyer career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of research and debate skill and level 10 of either logic or charisma (depending on branch)
- Optional Side Quest: Give yourself the Villainous Valentine aspiration & ruin another sim’s marriage It’s time to be a homewrecker.
Military (Strangerville)
You have a secret underground bunker with a sleeping chambers, kitchen, and fitness room. You are prepared for anything from an alien invasion to the apocalypse! You are aware that someone or something might always be watching you…it can be hard for you to relax.
- Reach level 10 of military career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of fitness and level 10 of either logic or charisma (depending on branch)
- Change one of your traits to “paranoid”
- Optional Side Quest: Complete the Strangerville Mystery...if you dare!
Painter
You’ve always appreciated capturing the moment, an emotion, or a memory in a physical painting. You are constantly seeking new vistas to paint as you are growing bored of what is around you. You’ve heard rumors of a magical rainbow glade hidden inside an old tree in Willow Creek. It is your goal to travel there and construct a beautiful gazebo from which you can paint the beautiful scenery!
- Reach level 10 of painter career (either branch)
- Optional Side Quest: Only paint from reference!
- Optional Side Quest: Paint and display 10 masterpieces in your home...where no one else can appreciate them >:)
Politician (CL)
You LOVE to cook. More than anyone in your family! This means your life goal is to purchase the best oven on the market. You also have an outdoor kitchen/BBQ area for those warm summer days. It can be helpful to win over sims after treating them to a nice dinner!
- Reach level 10 of the political career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of charisma and level 10 cooking as you are super passionate about food.
- Optional Side Quest: Learn at least 13/26 recipes from the food vendors in San Myshuno. Recipe list can be found here. It can be fun to pass these recipes down!
Salaryperson (SE) (note: This career is not on the linked guide above)
Having a busy job means little time to spend with your family, so you make a great deal of going on a hike every weekend with the whole family! Visiting Mt K. weekly has become a family tradition, and you buy your kids a simmi capsule every visit!
- Reach level 10 of salaryperson career (either branch)
- Reach level 10 of logic and either charisma or programming (depending on branch)
- Note: You may choose your starting funds for this generation up to 5,000 simoleons
- Optional Side Quest: Collect all the simmie capsules. Try not to get crushed by the machine :)
Scientist (GTW)
You HAVE to have an alien bestie. It is your lifelong goal! You would be simply beside yourself if you were unable to find and befriend an otherworldly being. This does come with the risk of abductions though…so be careful!
- Reach level 10 of scientist career
- Reach level 10 of logic skill
- Optional Side Quest: Whoohoo with an alien/have at least one alien child. Warning...the alien will be in your bloodline for a long time!
Secret Agent
Your life is full of adrenaline. Nothing gets the blood pumping more than having a different pair of socks to wear with each of your outfits! They can be secret socks or they can be statement socks! No two outfits can have the same socks!
- Reach level 10 of secret agent career (or level 11 if playing the evil career line)
- Reach level 10 of mischief skill
- Optional Side Quest: You must have 2 or more kids. Before having any kids, randomly choose a child to keep as heir. Ex: If I need to have 5 kids, I roll a number from 1-5 to select which child will be the heir. Be sure to give them extra special treatment :)
Social Media (CL)
Do you believe in ghosts? Well this sim does for sure! They keep seeing movement outside their windows and hearing strange noises in the hallways during the night. I wonder if their home is haunted…? Maybe they can make some content out of it!
- Reach level 10 of social media career
- Set your lot trait to Spooky.
- Max skills associated with chosen branch:
- Internet personality: Level 10 of video gaming, charisma, and comedy/mischief
- Public relations: Level 10 of writing and charisma
- Optional Side Quests: Give your sim the erratic trait and make mac & cheese every Monday in-game
Style Influencer
Memories are SO important to you! You make sure to photograph every moment. This means taking at least one picture of your children at each stage in their lives, photographing your pets, and taking pictures with your besties! You love displaying them in your house!
- Heir makeover rule: make your outfits with a black and white filter on or randomize each clothing item 3 times. Style is everything! ;)
- Reach level 10 of the style influencer career
- Reach level 10 of the charisma and photography skills
Tech Guru
For being so tech oriented, you have a sense of adventure. You’ve heard rumors of this old cave that is boarded off in Oasis Springs. Apparently it’s a beautiful location and you’d like to see it for yourself! You’d better get started with that handiness skill to ensure you can make it!
- Max skills associated with chosen branch:
- Esports Gaming: Level 10 of video gaming and Programming
- Start-up entrepreneur: Level 10 of Programming and charisma
- Optional Side Quest: Enter a gaming tournament every saturday! Try to win it big!
Writer
You have heard about the stories of your family being passed down through the generations and to be quite honest they inspire your work. You tend to write books about your ancestors and previous feats and adventures they went on. One thing is missing though…a direct source. Your lifelong goal is to bring back your family founder somehow!
- Reach level 10 of the writer career
- Write a story for each of your children
- Optional Side Quest: Create the Book of Life or ambrosia and bring back your family founder (gen 1) to help enhance your story telling!
- **If you randomize this gen for gen 1 - make your book of life the family heirloom so they can summon you during gen 10!**