Raise Those Nets, Simmers!
With the release of The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits, we’re introduced to our newest aspiration: Critter Hunter! While this aspiration is centered on the new Entomology Skill introduced in the latest expansion, it also encompasses a variety of skills, both new and old. Eitherway, it will get your Sims out into nature and experiencing all Gibbi Point has to offer.
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Advice for Would-Be Hunters
- If you get tripped up or confused about how to proceed, remember that you can always hover your cursor over that step of the aspiration for hints in the menu.
- This aspiration requires skill in not just Entomology, but also Fishing, Archery, and Papercraft. For more information on the Papercraft Skill, click here for an in-depth guide!
- Bowfishing requires you to max the Archery Skill. So get your bow ready, Kittynis!
- The final Butterfly needed for the Moth and Butterfly collection requires you to have every other Moth and Butterfly before it can be attained! Level 2 of the Papercraft Skill is also essential for you to get this collectable (hint hint).
- Butterflies and Moths sometimes share spawn points with Frog Logs and Ore Rocks, so if you can’t see them in the overworld, give them a minute. They’re shy.
- While most of the collection is available through random spawns, the Jelly Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, and Sphinx Moth are only available to catch in the overworld through participation in Quests and Festivals.
- The best and, annoyingly, easiest way to acquire every Butterfly and Moth is through the Flutterarium Caterpillar Incubator. Each collectible (from Common to Rare) will slowly be available to grow and collect through progression through the Entomology Skill.
1) Amateur Lepidopterist
If you’re curious: a lepidopterist is a person who studies butterflies and moths.
- Purchase a Butterfly & Moth Habitat
- Catch 5 Butterflies
- Examine 3 Common Butterflies
- Craft 3 Paper Butterflies
This, by far, is the easiest step: get a Flutterarium Caterpillar Incubator from Buy Mode, creep those collectable spawn points, and get to craftin’!
2) Critter Allure
This step requires Level 5 of the Archery Skill to complete. Be careful of Archer’s Elbow!
- Craft 3 Paper Mache Animals
- Catch 4 Fish while Bowfishing
- Go Fishing with a Buddy
- Give a Pet Fish a Name
Note: “Go Fishing with a Buddy” requires you to click on a Sim who’s already fishing and choose “Go Fishing With”. If your Sim is currently fishing, you instead click on a Sim nearby and “Invite [Sim’s Name] to Go Fishing”.
3) Aspirant Lepidopterist
There are three Eligible Flower Topiaries spread across the neighborhoods of Gibbi Point. At each of them, you can rehome a Moth or a Butterfly from your care. You can even observe them fluttering around the plant!
- Catch and Examine a Rare Butterfly
- Rehome Butterfly at a Gibbi Point Topiary
- View Butterfly in a Butterfly & Moth Habitat
- Start Raising a Caterpillar
4) Refined Catch
- Craft a Magical Origami Butterfly
- Complete the Butterflies & Moths Collection
- Research Mating Rituals of Butterflies
- Achieve Level 5 Entomology Skill
You can “Research Mating Rituals of Butterflies” after receiving Level 5 of the Etymology Skill! It can be found under the Research menu at any computer.
Critter Enthusiast Reward Trait
Congratulations! If you’ve made it this far, you’re a bona fide Critter Enthusiast!
Reward Trait Description
“These Sims can chat with butterflies, as well as fish in fish bowls or aquariums. They can also Enthuse About Critters to other Sims! They have also learned the mystical mating ritual of butterflies, allowing them to be able to perform unique butterfly-theme Romantic Interactions on other Sims.”
The Romantic interactions Sims will be able to experience are ‘Flutter Eyes’ and ‘Cocoon Hug’! These interactions, unfortunately, use familiar animations, but they are spiced up by some pretty adorable butterfly VFX. So it all evens out, methinks.
As the description also says, much like Mermaids in The Sims 4 Island Living, you’ll be able to communicate with your fishie friends! Though communicating with the fish in The Sims 4 My First Pet Stuff‘s Tap Tap Table seems to be Merfolk only…womp womp.
With that, that’s it for this guide on the Critter Hunter Aspiration! Have you been enjoying your time in Gibbi Point so far? Let us know down and the comments below, and be on the lookout for more Adventure Awaits content here at Sims Community!
Def won’t be buying this pack. More annoying things to add that aren’t useful like the frogs and bugs already in game.