The highly anticipated Businesses and Hobbies expansion pack has officially been released! One (of many) exciting new features is The Sims 4 Family Recipe system, which introduces a brand new generational cooking experience. In this guide, we will be taking a full look at how this system works and how it will shape storytelling and gameplay with The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies. Additionally, we will be sharing a few family recipe ideas created by us.
Now, let’s dive into some really fantastic features for The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies regarding the Family Recipe System. We personally can not wait for you to hear about all of the exciting features for The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies. Please refer to our Businesses and Hobbies articles for the most up to date information on The Sims’ latest expansion pack!
Guide To The Sims 4 Family Recipe System
What is the Family Recipe System?
In The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies, the Family recipe is a newly introduced system to the franchise of The Sims. We have not before this game had a family recipe system. This is super exciting!
The Family Recipe system allows sims to be able to pass down special, unique recipes through their families generations, creating a more traditional culinary recipe. Rather than unlocking new dishes by only skill-building, this system encourages sims to preserve, share, and create family recipes, fostering a new sense of nostalgia and connection between different generations.
Key Features of the Family Recipe System:
- Creating a Family Recipe: If you click onto the new Grammy’s Family Recipes item and select Family Recipes > Create a Family Recipe
- Teaching a Family Recipe: You can now teach a family recipe to other sims, so that your sim is able to pass down or teach recipes to their friends and family.
Choosing A Base Recipe
When creating a Sims 4 Family Recipe, the first thing that you’ll need to do is choosing a Base Recipe. This includes a list of all already available recipes in The Sims 4, including Base Game and DLC. You can choose to opt in for using prepped ingredients, fresh or both! This will all have an effect on the total cost of your final Family Recipe creation.
The Base Recipe includes Vegetarian, Lactose Free, Meat, Seafood and Sweets options.
Picking A Secret Ingredient
There are several Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs available for you to pick from for a Secret Ingredient, including:
Fruits:
- Apple
- Avocado
- Blackberry
- Blueberry
- Cherry
- Chocoberry
- Coconut
- Dragon Fruit
- Elderberry
- Glow Orb
- Grape
- Huckleberry
- Lemon
- Pear
- pineapple
- Plantain
- Pomegranate
- Quill Fruit
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
- Tomato
- Trash Fruit
- UFO (Unidentified Fruit Object)
Vegetables
- Bell Pepper
- Black Bean
- Carrot
- Faux Jerky Cube
- Faux Meat Cube
- Garlic
- Green Bean
- Green Pea
- Kava Root
- Morel Mushroom
- Mushroom
- Onion
- Potato
- Soy Beans
- Spinach
- Taro Root
Herbs
- Basil
- Parsley
- Sage
All Special Touch Meal Effects and Unlock Requirements
A Special Touch is what makes your Family Recipe truly unique. Each Special Touch includes a different Gameplay Effect, from giving a Moodlet to boosting your Sim’s fertility.
Each Special Effect has a unique gameplay element to it. But it also requires a different goal for you to unlock while playing the game. Here are the Special Effects Benefits and Requirements:
- Academic Ace: Increases the speed that homework is completed at. Unlocked by graduating from Graduating Grade School, High School or University.
- Mystery Fuel: Rejuvenates Sims with a burst of energy and prevents Elder Sims from experiencing exhaustion. Unlocked by obtaining a Skill Enhancement Perk.
- Fertility Unleashed: Boosts fertility and increased the likelihood of twins or triplets for sims ages Young Adult and older. Unlocked by giving birth to a newborn.
- Comfort Food: Reduces the duration of sad and Uncomfortable Moodlets. Unlocked by having a successful chat with the Sadness Hotline through the Social tab on the Phone while feeling Sad.
- Dream Chaser: Sims earn double satisfaction Points from completing Wants and Aspirations. Unlocked by fulfilling 50 Wants.
- Heartbreak Healer: Reduces the duration of Heartbroken Moodlets. Unlocked by experiencing a Heartbreak.
- Home Remedy: Reduces the duration of illnesses. Unlocked by overcoming a common ilness.
- Low Maintenance: Slows down how quickly the needs decrease for Toddlers and Children. Unlocked when a parent Sim witnesses their child age up.
- Motive-ating: Pauses the decrease of a random Need. Unlocked by not experiencing a negative moodlet for 3 days.
- Spontaneous Rage: Increases the chance of success in Mean interactions and boosts performance in physical confrontations against other sims. Unlocked by winning a fight against another Sim.
Family Recipe Ideas
- Grandma’s Fertility Remedy: Apple pie, sugar, and fertility unleashed.
- Dream Chaser Salad: Garden Salad, Apple, and Dream Chaser.
- Mystery Bread: Milk Bread, sage, and Motive-ating.
The Impact of Family Recipes on Storytelling
For simmers who enjoy legacy gameplay and generational storytelling, the Family Recipe System adds depth and realism to The Sims 4. Imagine your sim inherits their great-grandparents home remedy, only to use it for their benefit and pass it on for generations. This feature also makes it more expansive for sims who are interested in the culinary career, adding that drive of realism.
Teaching a Family Recipe is only available to Sims who are a part of your family and are old enough to Cook.
View All Family Recipes
All of the Sims 4 Family Recipes that your Sim has created (or was taught) can be found in your Sim’s Notebook under the Recipes panel. The notebook keeps accurate track of information regarding the Recipe ingredients and the Original Creator.
Final Thoughts
The Family Recipe System in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies introduces a new, meaningful way to create, share, and evolve traditions in-game. With it’s focus on storytelling, cultural preservation, and business potential, this feature it bound to became a favorite among legacy players and food-loving Sims alike. This feature will be vital to story progression within the Sims 4 Legacy style players. Personally, we are very impressed with this family recipe system, and are looking forward to playing with this new mechanic more!
The Family Recipe system is just one of many new features that came with The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies! Stay tuned on Sims Community for the latest updates.
Unfortunately not all recipies are available to use as a base of family recipe. Maybe it is bug in my game or mistake of creators. You can choose only from repicies shown throught Cook section on Fridge Pie Menu. For example Waffles, Pizza, Icecream, Candy and other are available only througth special kitchen appliance and are not included in Fridge Menu and I was’t able to find recipies made with Baking skill. The only exception are repicies from Pressure Cooker from For Rent Expansion. One good thing is, that you can have family recipe from Pancakes with gummy bears, Heart shaped cookies and other Emotional recipes from base game!