Choose how to charge

You have the freedom to create the business you want! You can run a variety of businesses by charging customers an entrance fee or a time based fee with the new Ticket Kiosk. This opens up all kinds of creative business possibilities: bars, pools, gyms, painting studios, and music venues are just a few ideas. You can even sell pottery or other crafts.

Create a space for your business

Small businesses belong to an individual Sim, and you can start your business right on your home lot! A new small business tool lets you select rooms in your Sim’s home and designate if they’re open to the public (anyone can enter), employee-only spaces, or residential spaces just for your Sim’s household members. Create a studio for your Sim to host clients in, a family-run retail shop on the ground floor, and a whole lot more. You could also run your business on a Small Business Venue Lot.

Hire Sims that share your passion

Hiring is done through the interaction pie menu or while managing your business. Your Sim will need to hire Sims they’ve met and not total strangers. As the business owner, you’ll set up to 5 behaviors per employee for your staff to follow while they’re on the job. Household members can be hired as employees.

Design custom tattoos

You can freely create your own tattoos, and even share them to the Gallery for other Simmers to use. As your Sim levels up their Tattooing skill, they’ll unlock more stencils, brushes, and other tools for you to use in Tattoo Paint Mode. Create designs that are meaningful to you or designs that reflect part of your Sim’s story. Give Sims tattoos with intricately designed patterns or even a tattoo dedicated to a loved one.

Layer on more tattoos

You’re no longer limited to 1 tattoo per body region; you can add up to 5. That means that instead of having just 1 tattoo on a Sim’s back, they could have different tattoos on both shoulders (and more!).

Become a body art pro

Build your Tattooing skill by reading books, using the Sketch Pad to create de-signs, attending classes, or by using the Tattooing Table to give Sims tattoos. Sims with higher levels in this skill will unlock more tools to use in custom designs, and their odds of getting excellent results will be higher. If a Sim is being paid to do a tattoo, then better results could mean more Simoleons.

Be an Idealist, or be kinda Shady

Idealist Sims have high standards. They want to create a better world by doing what they feel is right. They want to inspire others with their actions – unlike Shady Sims. Sims with the Shady trait are all about seizing opportunities and finding ways to turn situations in their favor, even when that means bending the rules or cutting corners.

Choose how to run your business

As you grow your business, you’ll earn the ability to choose Business Perks, which include new interactions, passive effects, and more! These perks exist along Dreamer, Schemer, and Neutral paths, with Dreamer perks aligned with running your business by-the-books and Schemer perks being a bit more opportunistic. Your Business Alignment may be affected by what kinds of perks you choose as well as in-game events and interactions.

Chase new dreams

The Esteemed Entrepreneur aspiration will have you working hard to build your business while building relationships with customers and employees. Completing this aspiration will earn you the Beloved Brand Reward Trait, boosting satisfaction and relationship growth with customers. The Master Mentor aspiration is all about passing on your expertise; completing it will grant the Motivating Reward Trait. Master Mentor Sims can give a Motivating Speech to increase skill gain and mood for listeners.

Create beautiful pieces

Grow your Pottery Skill by reading books, taking classes, molding a lump of clay, or using the new Pottery Wheel or Pottery Kiln. Besides molding new pieces you can also add a glaze if you’d like; you’ll have a variety to choose from. There are even functional objects like planters, oil burners, and more that you can create. At level 7, Sims will be able to use the Japanese art of Kintsugi to repair pottery, taking pieces from broken to beautiful and gold-infused.

Pass on your knowledge

If you’ve mastered a skill, why not break out the Whiteboard and teach a class on it? Classes are events with goals attached which are run as part of Small Businesses. They allow students to improve their skills, and you can choose to charge. Often, you’ll need a skill-related object (i.e. an instrument) to teach a class. Lectures can be given from the Whiteboard without a Small Business. Another way to pass on knowledge is by becoming a Mentor, which you can do for free or as a paid service.

Explore an inspiring town

This world has 12 new lots across 2 new neighborhoods: Gammelvik and Iverstad. Gammelvik is the old town where you’ll find cobbled streets, classic architecture, and picturesque canals. Iverstad is the new town and a natural settling spot for ambitious and stylish Sims. It is flourishing in what was once a more industrial area, complete with repurposed buildings. Sims who are passionate about their hobbies will find Meetups daily in both of Nordhaven’s neighborhoods.