Are Sims getting more ways to interact with those pesky gnomes? You may have noticed changes to their relationship with Gnomes in a recent The Sims 4 update.
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What we Know About Gnomes
Gnomes have a rich history throughout the Sims franchise of being mischievous little creatures who also have a helpful side. In the Sims 4, Gnomes are more than just mere decorations. Gnomes can repair broken items overnight through the Gnome Lot Trait and provide seasonal seeds on Holidays.
With the Sims 4: Seasons Expansion Pack, Gnomes were given more attitude and agency as they pop up (or teleport) around the house on holidays and dare your Sims to appease them with gifts. A halo will appear over the Gnome’s head if they’re happy with your gift, or, if you gave them a bad gift, the Gnome will show its rage by erupting a flame above its head. Each Gnome has their own preferred gift out of Coffee, Pie, Salad, Toy, Fruitcake, and Future Cube. Choose wisely!
Update: The Relationship Bar
Well, it looks like our Gnome friends may have gotten an upgrade in the recent update. Simmers like X/Twitter User @RexEdogawa have noticed a relationship bar that appears above Gnomes’ heads after interacting with them.
As you’d expect, the relationship bar reflects how the Gnome feels about the gift your Sim gave them, at this point. If your Sim angered a Gnome, they can work to repair the relationship with the Plead For Forgiveness interaction. Sims can also use the Sing Together interaction with other Sims to sing to Gnomes and work on their relationship. We haven’t noticed any new ways our Sims can interact with Gnomes yet, but we have a feeling their coming soon.
Relationship with Gnomes: Hints & Guesses
The teaser website somethingisgrowing.com tells us about a Sim living in a Gnome-loving world called Innisgreen. They start to feel a little off and awake to sweet and sinister high-pitched giggles. The Sim must work on a “Cure”. This makes us wonder: what is the Cure for? Is the Gnome-heavy teaser hinting at the possibility of your Sim turning into a Gnome and needing to craft a Cure to return to their normal Sim form? Is your Sim living amongst Gnomes and being asked to Cure an illness in their town? Will Plantsims be making a comeback, and will your Sim need to enlist the help of Gnomes to Cure themselves?
The addition of relationship bars for Gnomes implies that something like this could be coming, letting us build relationships through new interactions and work with our Gnomey friends.
The website also mentions “creatures” that can do things like sway emotions and nurture plants. We know the lore of Gnomes being skilled in the garden, but this could mean they will be getting even more of an upgrade soon that will give them way other ways to influence your Sims’ world.
Will we be getting different interactions with Gnomes with the upcoming Nature’s Calling Event and the Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack? What changes do you hope are coming to create a relationship with Gnomes in the Sims 4? Let us know what you think below!
I wonder how many people care about relationships with gnomes
I don’t. I hope I can turn this update off.
That would be great but they rarely give us that opportunity
While you can’t disable gnomes having a relationship. You can disable gnomes from doing the Holiday event, which gets rid of this system. But lately since at least the Werewovles pack, the Sims Team have been making great strides to make sure everything that may be annoying or immersion breaking for players is an option. Including even the Burglar system.
Are gnomes animated or they are just statues?
hm… i can see this being fun for some people, the idea of playing with quirky, mysterious forest creatures. but i’m not personally an occult/fantasy player and i’ve always found the gnome-related holiday activities and the dropping of seeds to be annoying.
You can edit Harvest Fest and other holidays, to stop that, if you don’t enjoy the gnomes showing up, :).
i never really messed with the holiday settings, i’ll look into that
Okay but did you update console
The update this article mentions came on May 27th, 2025 or earlier even. But consoles did get this update as well.