The Sims 4 Discover University sees the long-awaited return of roommates! Now there are two variations of roommates. The first is those who are automatically assigned to live alongside your Sim in university housing. This could be on campus or on a specified university housing lot. Of course with the game automatically assigning roommates, you could be in for a few surprises!
The second way of gaining roommates is actually by placing an advertisement. This actually allows your Sim to get to know potential new roommates before asking them to move in. You also don’t have to be attending university to use this feature.
Placing an Advertisement
Placing an advertisement for a roommate is easy. Simply head over to a computer/laptop and under the Household menu, you will find the option to create an advertisement. Alternatively, you can use your Sims’ cell phone and again under the Household tab, you will find the option to place an advertisement.
Once you place the advertisement, you will receive a notification telling you that your advertisement has been placed for a new roommate.
If, once you have placed your advertisement you decide that you no longer want to look for a roommate, simply repeat the process again to cancel the advertisement.
After You Place The Advertisement
Once you have placed your advertisement you will need to make sure that you have space to accommodate a new roommate. Whether this is their own room or a bed and some simple furniture in an existing bedroom.
It can take a few Sim days for applications to arrive. You will be able to tell which Sims are coming to meet your Sim as they will have Potential Roommate above their name.
Once the applicants arrive, you can get to know them and interact with them just like you would with any normal Sim.
When you have decided on the Sim you want to become your new roommate, simply click on them and navigate to the Roommate menu. You can then use the Accept as new Roommate option. As soon as you select a Sim to be your Roommate your advert will be closed and taken down. The chosen Sim will also move straight in.
Living With Your New Roommate
Your new roommate is now a part of your everyday life. The fact you have handpicked this Sim will hopefully mean they will help out around the home with cooking and cleaning. Just watch out as you may end up with a disruptive Sim who will throw surprise parties and not help around the home.
Roommates will also help contribute towards the household funds via rent. The amount of rent varies depending on how many Sims you have as roommates.
You will find that Roommates won’t move out on their own and only if you kick them out if you need to. Once they have left you can place an advertisement again to help find a new roommate.
Additional Information
- Roommates are not restricted just to the world of Britechester. Regardless of where your Sim lives or if they live in a standard home, apartment or penthouse you can have roommates.
- The number of roommates depends on the number of beds. This is the same for both university housing and for normal gameplay.
- University roommates are automatically generated. They will also claim their beds too.
- You may notice that roommates will leave you little notes from time to time as well. You will be able to either compliment or complain to the roommate who left the note too!
What are you looking forward to the most when playing with roommates? Let us know in the comments below.
Roommates aren’t showing up for me in university dorms, I’ve played in both campuses and the dorms meet all the requirements. I tried placing an ad for roommates in university but the option wasn’t there. Is this a glitch or am I doing something wrong?
I’m having this same exact issue. I’ve been playing for 5 in game days and no roommates will show up in Drake Hall.
Oooo I’ve been wanting to build a boarding house or like trailer park themed lot but I didn’t want to get a mod for roommates. This will be fun
Are these roommates randomly generated or are they homeless townies?
Just to add I’ve been playing and roommates do move out on there on if you don’t provide enough space for them. My sim was living in an small apartment with his partner and got a roommate and there were on 2 chairs at table and a small couch and I got a notification that he can’t live here if I can’t make enough room for his needs and a day went past and he moved out a said sorry I gotta move out I can’t stand to live here. So just so you know roommates can move out on there own
Yeah I just had a Sim move out saying “I have needs and they are not being met in this place. I can barely take care of myself. Could you make sure there are enough things in this place to take care of myself? If not… I’m going to have to start looking for another place.” When I literally have a huge house with literally everything… Then few days later they said “this place has poor living conditions, I’m moving out.” He probably got upset cause I have Erwin fries from strangerville as a roommate and the guy just won’t stop making cakes!!!!!!
“Won’t stop making cakes” haha my sim had a roommate that constantly walked around eating expired food. It was pretty gross.
The roommates will say that line when their needs are in a critical condition. Just make the sim happy and it won’t be a problem. Make sure you have a single bed (I suppose it has to be one of the university pack ones) and assign it to them.
I just had one complaint in 2 sim-weeks and nobody left. 🙂
How do you have your sim leave their roommate notes ?
Is possible to play the household of a roommates for example, you get a roommate out of briechesters, i mean a roommate in a house, and you want to change to their household to i dont know make then apply for uni, its posible to play their household?
My sim is a Young Adult and living alone in an apartment. If I go to University Housing, do I still need to pay my apartment rent?
Alright so my sim went on a date with his girlfriend, and when he came back, I’ve noticed that his grandma’s urn was removed from it’s place and replaced with something else I’ve check the house inventory and their inventory does that mean that she’s gone forever?
If it’s not in the household inventory, you may have a kleptomaniac???
ok so i have like a huge family and i need to get them to university from like 5 diffrent famillies can i place them all in the dorms o whatever (itll help me decide if i buy this expansion
why my room mate dosnt want go to sleep and toilet,im ready prepare toilet and bed