Find all the Cross Pack Bussiness Activities coming with Businesses & Hobbies!
Over on the official Blog Post, the full list of cross-pack compatible business activities has been revealed with 131 unique activities from 27 different expansion, game, and stuff packs. You can choose up to five activities to assign to your business, with the total number of combinations totalling 2.2 billion with just the Base Game and Businesses & Hobbies as revealed in Monday’s live stream! The cross-pack features don’t just stop at business activities. Let’s dive in and take a look at what’s coming!
Complete List of The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Cross-Pack Features
Business Activities
As previously mentioned there are a total of 131 business activities from several different past packs. The majority of activities are available with just Businesses & Hobbies, so if you are a new player you won’t be missing out. Let’s take a look at every activity in every category available!
Art & Music
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Do Comedy | Base Game |
| Play Violin | Base Game |
| View Art | Base Game |
| Dance | Base Game |
| Listen to Music | Base Game |
| Paint | Base Game |
| Play an Instrument | Base Game |
| Play Guitar | Base Game |
| Play Piano | Base Game |
| Watch Live Entertainment | Base Game |
| View Collectibles | Base Game |
| DJ | Get Together |
| Sing | City Living |
| Acting Routines | Get Famous |
| Produce New Track | Get Famous |
| Cross-stitch | Cottage Living |
| Play Pipe Organ | Vampires |
| Knitting | Knifty Knitting |
Food & Drink
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| All Things Grilled Cheese | Base Game |
| Cook | Base Game |
| Drink Bar Drinks | Base Game |
| Drink Coffee | Base Game |
| Eat | Base Game |
| Grill | Base Game |
| Mix Bar Drinks | Base Game |
| Drink Tea | Base Game |
| Bake | Get To Work |
| Make Nectar | Horse Ranch |
| Drink Nectar | Horse Ranch |
| Eat Popcorn | Movie Hangout |
Fun & Games
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Play Cards | Base Game |
| Play Physical Games | Base Game |
| Play Chess | Base Game |
| Play Darts | Base Game |
| Play Don’t Wake the Llama | Base Game |
| Play Pub Games | Base Game |
| Play Video Games | Base Game |
| Play Table games | Base Game |
| Play Arcade Machine | Get Together |
| Play Foosball | Get Together |
| Play Basketball | City Living |
| Play Soccer | Discover University |
| Play Football Toss | High School Years |
| Play Simbles | Growing Together |
| Put Puzzles Together | Growing Together |
| Play Hopscotch | For Rent |
| Play Who’s Up Party Game | Lovestruck |
| Wear Costumes | Lovestruck |
| Play Horseshoes | Outdoor Retreat |
| Use Lawn Water Slide | Backyard |
| Go Bowling | Bowling Night |
Hobbies
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Rocket Science | Base Game |
| Program | Base Game |
| Read | Base Game |
| Use Microscope | Base Game |
| Use Telescope | Base Game |
| Woodwork | Base Game |
| Work Out | Base Game |
| Write | Base Game |
| Use Science Objects | Get To Work |
| Use Bubble Blower | City Living |
| Go Skating | Seasons |
| Flower Arranging | Seasons |
| Record Video | Get Famous |
| Build Robots | Discover University |
| Debate | Discover University |
| Do Research | Discover University |
| Fabricate Objects | Eco Lifestyle |
| Cheerlead | High School Years |
| Do Spa Activities | Spa Day |
| Do Yoga | Spa Day |
| Meditate | Spa Day |
| Use Cauldron | Realm of Magic |
| Watch Movies | Movie Hangout |
| Do Gemology | Crystal Creations |
Home Activities
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Try on Outfits | Base Game |
| Bathe and Shower | Base Game |
| Browse the Web | Base Game |
| Clean | Base Game |
| Fix Objects | Base Game |
| Sleep | Base Game |
| Watch TV | Base Game |
| Stay Near Household Sims | Base Game |
| Do Laundry | Laundry Day |
Kid Activities
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Play on Playground | Base Game |
| Do Homework | Base Game |
| Play with Toys | Base Game |
| Use Science Table | Base Game |
| Use Activity Table | Base Game |
| Play Marbles | For Rent |
| Battle with Voidcritters | Kids Room |
| Perform Puppet Shows | Kids Room |
Mischief + Mayhem
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Hack | Base Game |
| Possess Objects | Base Game |
| Sabotage Objects | Base Game |
| Swipe Objects | Base Game |
| Use Alien Powers | Get To Work |
| Prank | High School Years |
| Roar | Outdoor Retreat |
| Drink Plasma | Vampires |
| Use Vampire Powers | Vampires |
| Cast Spells | Realm of Magic |
Outdoor
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Fish | Base Game |
| Hangout by Fire | Base Game |
| Look for Frogs | Base Game |
| Swim | Base Game |
| Tend Garden | Base Game |
| Tend and Harvest Garden | Base Game |
| Use Hot Tub | Base Game |
| Use Jump Platform | Get Together |
| Play with Pets | Cats & Dogs |
| Summer Activities | Seasons |
| Winter Activities | Seasons |
| Spring Activities | Seasons |
| Fall Activities | Seasons |
| Use Water Vehicles | Island Living |
| Conservation Activities | Island Living |
| Care for Animals | Cottage Living |
| Moonbathe | Werewolves |
| Play in Park Fountains | Romantic Garden |
Social
| ACTIVITY | PACK |
| Hug | Base Game |
| Kiss | Base Game |
| Scare | Base Game |
| Be Friendly | Base Game |
| Be Funny | Base Game |
| Be Mean | Base Game |
| Be Mischievous | Base Game |
| Be Romantic | Base Game |
| Fight | Base Game |
| Tell Jokes | Base Game |
| Give Speech | City Living |
Snow in Nordhaven – Seasons
Twitter user @SimsWorld_IT has shared a thread of cross-pack features present in The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack. This includes seasonal effects in Nordhaven. After last year’s snow debacle over on Twitter, it is nice to see seasonal compatibility make a return as Nordhaven takes most of its inspiration from Scandinavia which is known for its cold climate and shorter daylight hours in the winter.
Business Milestones – Growing Together
Thanks to our very own Discord administrator Esther, we have tuning references for Businesses & Hobbies. This confirms that there are five new milestones included if you also own The Sims 4 Growing Together. These include:
- Gave First Tattoo
- Got First Tattoo
- First Simoleon
- Registered a Business
- Sold a Business
University Classes – Discover University
@lunar_britney has confirmed that there will be two elective classes available for Sims at The University of Britechester and Foxbury University. These include both tattooing and pottery, both of which are new skills included with Businesses & Hobbies.
Hobby Vlogs – Get Famous
lunar_britney has also confirmed above that there are two new vlog types available with the video station and drones featured in The Sims 4 Get Famous. Sims can either vlog about pottery or tattooing and post them online for royalties. This could be an interesting and unique way to earn extra revenue (and fame) while you run your business!
Businesses in Apartments – City Living + Eco Lifestyle
SimsWorld_IT also confirmed via Twitter that you CAN run small businesses from apartments in both San Myshuno and Evergreen Harbour. You can assign spaces within your apartments as public, staff only, or residential as you would a small business lot type. This does not, however, apply to rental units from The Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack as those are classed as ownable businesses.
Future Cross-Pack Compatibility
Hopefully, the small business system will be updated as new packs are released. Maybe the much rumoured Bands pack will include the ability to have Sims perform on small business lots, however we do not have any concrete evidence on the packs existence yet.
What kind of business are looking forward to playing with the most? Let us know down below and stay tuned on Sims Community to be the first to know when the pack comes out!
Disappointed about the For Rent news. I wanted to create a row of small shops with rented flats above which is very common in Britain.
While I can understand the disappointment I’m actually glad they didn’t touch for rent. From what I’m seeing this pack doesn’t appear really that buggy but if they had incorporated for rent I feel it would’ve been very buggy for this dlc because of how buggy for rent has been since release. I hope they go back and revamp the system and combine what they did for dorms and small businesses so for rent can be less buggy because the system they use sounded good in practice but was badly executed.
It’s also common in NYC
Super excited for this! Gonna have my sim have a pottery/cat cafe that sells jewelry on the side! Cant wait for tomorrow!!!!
I really commend the team who worked on this, THE definition of an EXPANSION pack, to EXPAND the features in the game. Now we just need this team to work on a new EP that is based solely on gameplay and without a new world being required, and we could have the best pack The Sims 4 has seen.
Yea I really want a fully focused pack on hobbies for children and up. No new world. Just use all the resources on new hobbies and cross compatibility. Maybe a new npc that’s for toddlers to obsess over like how Barney or Bluey is. So there’s a new channel, an outfit for them and they can meet the character with their family at a meet up. Just so the little ones aren’t completely ignored with hobbies as being a fan is a hobby of sorts.
I’m surprised there’s no photography.. like what you want to be a photographer and have your own studio ykyk
my sentiments exactly
This exists with the Moschino kit and works independently
8ne thing to add is ther ar sub chathegories under these activities so something might not be nentioned but is part of the activity itself and as far as i saw everything we can do in gane us included.
Wait… what?!
There’s one special activity missing.
Which one? Folks mentioned photography but I saw it on an earlier list, I think.
I would like to see a pack that’s based on toddler and child siims where a new school is introduced. I would like for child sims to get a grade school diploma in order to graduate to high school. I would also like toddlers receive a certificate of completion in order to go to grade school. It’ll make aging up seem more meaningful. Use the same school system just expand on it for toddlers and child sims.
Bonjour un streameur a compté + de 170 activités à faire tous packs confondus. Il doit en manquer mdrr
This pack is a shallow, overpriced, and buggy mess. Cross-pack compatibility shouldn’t come at the cost of new features. Boycott the Sims. They give us crumbs, and the community gobbles them up like famine-stricken peasants, rewarding EA for their laziness instead of demanding real innovation.
“the much rumoured Bands pack”? 😮
Disappointed that Dine Out wasn’t on the list for cross-pack compatibility
Agreed but it also sort of falls into my concerns with for rent. Dine out, wedding stories and for rent are the most buggiest dlc for sims 4 (if I’m recalling correctly) despite several fixes over the years compared to other packs so I’m actually glad they didn’t touch it similar to my views on for rent. It’s unfortunate though as that could’ve added more to the pack. But what is available is good though. This pack doesn’t seem to be that buggy so I’m very pleased.