Homeless Challenge

The Homeless Challenge was created by Aislynne to present you with a very real situation : navigating the world as someone who is homeless. With side challenges and your favorite Auntie Edna, this challenge is a must-play for all simmers.

## **Description**

You are a sim who has to face the harsh realities of living without a place you can call home. You can choose your background yourself. Are you a runaway country girl or a businessman who has suddenly lost his job and his house, for example? Whatever the reason for your homelessness, you’ll need to survive by any means necessary and slowly build a better life for yourself. It won’t be easy, but you’ll experience The Sims 4 from a very different point of view and may find yourself in some surprising and amusing situations along the way.

## **Goal**

To have 5 000 simoleons in cash and a basic house. How you do this is up to you. After you’ve completed the challenge, if you want to continue playing, all the restrictions are removed.

## **Setup**

-Create a sim, either young adult or adult. You may choose your traits and aspiration if you want to, but I recommend picking them randomly for a more interesting challenge (you can use random.org , for example). Clothes must look cheap and worn, if possible. You may choose your style and make it suit your background - just remember that if something looks more elegant than shabby, it’s not ok.

-Buy an empty lot.

-Remove all your money (see the instructions below).

-Start playing and have fun!

## **Rules and Instructions**

-You may not move out, get married or have a steady boyfriend / girlfriend. You can have a baby, however.

-You may not get a job before the requirements are met, because nobody wants to hire you (see below).

-Collecting, fishing, gardening, digging for treasure, rummaging in trash cans, asking for loans, writing books, painting, playing an instrument etc. are permitted and can be used for making money. Use your imagination! Only regular careers are forbidden.

-You’re not allowed to build on your starting lot or to buy anything that you can’t carry in your inventory before you’ve applied for the building permit (see below).

### ***Instructions for changing the amount of money you have:***

Press Ctrl + Shift + C to open the cheat console, turn cheats on (if you haven’t already) by writing *testingcheats on* and hitting Enter, then write *money "amount here"* (no quotations) and hit Enter. You have to use this cheat code when you buy something specified in this challenge, eg. a new set of clothes, or if you earn something as a domestic helper, for example. For all other purposes you can just use the build and buy mode. If you don’t want to or can’t use cheats, you can invent your own system for this (buy trees to spend money, for example)

## **MINI CHALLENGES**

The following mini challenges are all optional, so if you want to have a simple challenge, you can ignore all or some of them. The rewards you’ll get for completing these challenges will make it easier for you to reach the goal, however.

### **Auntie Edna**

Your distant relative is impressed at how well you’re doing despite your circumstances. She gives you 1000 simoleons .

#### ***Requirements:***

* 7 points in one skill or 5 points in two different skills.

### **Building permit**

* After applying for a building permit, you’re allowed to build on your starting lot and buy furniture.

### **Domestic worker**

* You can do household chores for families to earn a little money.

#### ***Requirements:***

* You need to buy a set of clean clothes, cost 150 simoleons.
* You need to have at least three skill points in one of the following: Cooking / Gourmet cooking / Handiness; OR have one of the following traits: Neat / Speedy Cleaner / Mentor.

#### ***Instructions:***

* Choose a house where at least two sims (or preferably more) live. You must show up at their door at 8 am. If they let you in, you’ll work until 4 pm. You have to cook at least one group meal, clean, fix everything that’s broken, help children with their homework and upgrade appliances.
* Your wage for one day is 10 simoleons x your skill points in Cooking, Gourmet Cooking and Handiness. For example, if you have two skill points in Cooking, three in Handiness and one in Gourmet Cooking, your wage will be 10 x (2+3+1) = 60 simoleons.
* If there is no work to do at any given time during the day, you may read a book, watch TV, play chess, take a nap on the sofa and so on. You may also eat a portion of the meal you’ve cooked. Just don’t do anything impolite like sleep in their bed or take a bath!

### **The Community Wants To Help**

You’ve made friends in the community and they’ve become aware of the difficulties that homeless people face every day. They collect some money and build a shelter for homeless people.

#### ***Instructions:***

* Build a shelter on an empty lot (not yours!), an ugly shack with the cheapest furniture available: a fridge, counters, toilet, sink, shower, dining table and chairs, sofa and a couple of single beds. NO stoves, skill objects, TVs, computers, fancy decorations etc. Change the lot type to “Generic”.
* You may use this lot to have a simple meal, rest, take a shower or use the toilet, but you don’t own it and so you can’t buy more furniture later etc.

### A New You

You can take self-development classes, which allow you to change your traits.

#### ***Instructions:***

* You need to use cheats to change traits: Open the Cheat Console (CTRL + SHIFT + C) -> write *testingcheats on* and press Enter -> write *cas.fulleditmode* and press Enter-> press and hold Shift and click on your sim -> Modify in CAS. You can now change the desired trait.

#### ***Requirements:***

* You need to buy smart clothes and a good haircut for job interviews, cost 500 simoleons.
* You need to have your own house (a very basic one is ok as long as it has walls and a roof, shower / bath, toilet, bed and fridge). The shelter for homeless people does not count!
* You need to have at least three points in a corresponding skill (eg. culinary career -> Cooking / Gourmet cooking).

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