Rebirth allows Sims to resurrect in The Sims 4: Life & Death. Some may go quietly into the afterlife, while others will stay in worlds as restless ghosts. Sims who have achieved the most in life will gain the option of ing a new family and coming back into a new form. This can resemble their past existence or allow full customization to make any desired change.

This reincarnation isn’t simply a cloned Sim. Upon reaching young adulthood, they can regain many of their previous skills, and if they meet someone from their past, they may recall lost memories. However, their lives may be completely out of sync during longer games of The Sims 4. If your Sim is reborn as a young child, all of their friends may be elders or dead by the time they re-enter The Sims 4: High School Years. This makes it important to seek out old friends and loved ones before that connection is gone.

How To Be Reborn In The Sims 4: Life & Death

Complete Bucket List Aspirations

Setting up a Bucket List at a computer in The Sims 4 Life and Death

Under normal circumstances, Rebirth is locked upon death in The Sims 4. To access this option, a Sim must complete six Soul's Journey Bucket List goals before death. These can be written on any computer or if the Sim buys a personal journal from a bookcase. Goals are randomly generated, but you can focus them on a specific category like “Adventure,” “Travel,” “Create,” or “Busy” (WooHoo). These have you explore other expansions you may own and never force you to buy any new packs for The Sims 4.

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Soul's Journey Bucket Lists are stored in the aspirations . This is the same area where you would track milestones for aspirations like Romantic Explorer. You have up to four goals at a time, but if you choose to delete any of them, all will be wiped at the same time. If you want to complete goals quickly, only accept easy ones like traveling to a specific world for 24 hours, social interactions, or using skill-based objects. After finishing any six goals, living Sims while gaining Dreams Fulfilled and may select Rebirth upon dying for any reason.

Delaying Rebirth As A Ghost

Regardless, if you complete six Bucket List goals, you are still given the option to remain as a playable ghost in The Sims 4. However, doing so removes you from any high-paying career you had. This does not lock out Rebirth entirely but increases the tasks you must finish. Now, you have to complete eight goals to earn The Big Picture.” These can be a combination of ones you already did during life or as a spirit.

Once having “The Big Picture,” head to the Ravenwood neighborhood of Mourningvale. Interact with the Baleful Bog in the west. There will be an option labeled “Rebirth.” Confirm a second time, and your Ghost Sim will be resurrected.

Editing And Playing A Reborn Sim

ing Their New Family

Adding a Sim to the Spencer Kim Lews family in The Sims 4 Life and Death

The first step to Rebirth is deciding which family the Sim will belong to. You can return them to their original home or add them to any family that already lives in the world. Though, there may be some restrictions if the target family is on vacation or visiting a secret world in The Sims 4.

YouTuber Whiny Brit completed all her goals as a ghost and used the Baleful Bog. She ed the iconic base-game family, the Pancakes. She chose to be the child of Bob and Eliza, but you have the freedom to set other family relationships.

You will be given full access to Create A Sim and can edit your Sim as you please. You can change their age, gender, traits, name, and appearance. The only restriction is that they must remain humans, even if you access to animals from The Sims 4: Horse Ranch or other expansions. When I personally tried Rebirth, I converted my young adult to a teen. They lost many of their clothing options and wound up with a different hairstyle, so the editing isn’t always flawless.

ing The Past

If you decide to come back as an infant or toddler, it is still possible to recall important skill levels later in life. However, this is only for former ghosts that gained “The Big Picture.” Upon becoming a teenager, click on the Sim and select Recall Past Life to gain old traits and skills.

It is also helpful to track down lost loved ones in The Sims 4: Life & Death. They tend to roam around their home world if they are not an active family. Find them and use Deep Thoughts interactions to access your past life history.

Source: Whiny Brit/YouTube

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The Sims 4
10.0/10
Released
September 2, 2014

ESRB
T for Teen: Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Maxis
Publisher(s)
Electronic Arts
Engine
Proprietary Engine
Cross-Platform Play
Xbox, PlayStation, and computer versions of Sims 4 are all separate games incompatible with each other
Cross Save
no
Franchise
The Sims
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
Platform(s)
PS4, PC
How Long To Beat
N/A
X|S Optimized
No
File Size Xbox Series
22 GB (November 2023)
Metascore
70
OpenCritic Rating
Fair