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The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Number of New Neighborhoods and Lots Confirmed

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SimGuruRomeo went on twitter today to answer plenty of questions regarding The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack!

While we compile the entire list in a summary of new facts and information, we wanted to share insight specifically regarding the new Henford-on-Bagley world and its size.

Romeo confirmed that the world will come with 3 different neighborhoods – with each neighborhood bringing 4 new lots.

He also confirmed that there is one lot in this world that’s 64×64 – and that the entire neighborhood with this lot is huge!

We yet have to find out the sizes of these lots, are there any hidden lots and how big each neighborhood is. However, if we got anything from the reveal trailer it’s that the world is packing some huge lots and environments!

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Number of New Neighborhoods and Lots Confirmed

The Sims 4 Cottage Living is bringing back Groceries

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Finally some good food!

If you’ve ever played The Sims 2 you’d know the stress of having to refill an empty fridge. Well, it really wasn’t too stressful considering that there was a grocery delivery service with a delivery man and a delivery truck full of groceries waiting at your doorstep just a few hours after your order!

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The Sims 4 Cottage Living is bringing back Groceries

In The Sims 3 we had a Grocery Store rabbit hole where you could purchase fresh ingridients for cooking. However, it was more of an optional feature and you could buy the missing ingridients anytime your Sim would want to cook but don’t have what’s required.

The Sims 4 Cottage Living is bringing back Groceries

However, in The Sims 4 the concept of groceries was completely…forgotten? Well, up until today!

In the official blog post for The Sims 4 Cottage Living The Sims Team revealed the new Lot Challenges Feature. Although they haven’t shared much about what the new Lot Challenges are, they did share some information regarding the new Simple Living Lot Challenge which comes with new Grocery gameplay!

The Simple Living Lot Challenge makes cooking cheaper, but it also means recipes depend entirely on what you’ve got in your inventory. Forage in the nearby woods for mushrooms and berries, borrow some milk and eggs from your animals, and keep your garden full. Missing something? Place an order with the local grocery shop and get all your ingredients delivered right to your doorstep. (Don’t forget to tip the delivery person!)

Beside the new grocery orders the team also talked a little about running your own grocery stall and even the ability to order chocolate milk from the grocery store!

  • Have a Henford heart-to-heart with the pub owners at The Gnome’s Arms or the Sim running the grocery stall for some wild stories and gossip.
  • You’ll need to find some chocoberries out in the wild or add them to your grocery delivery order to get chocolate milk.

There’s a lot we yet have to discover about Lot Challenges and ordering groceries but it’s cool to know we’re getting that extra layer of realism in The Sims 4!

The Sims 4 is getting a Pond Tool

And just a few years after we got the Terrain Tools too!

In the reveal trailer for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack The Sims Team went all in to showcase new features.

If you take a closer look in the screens below from the trailer you will notice something rather important: a Pond being made! And it seems to not be just any object type of ponds that we’ve gotten in the game already – with deeper terraforming into the ground Ponds can now be finally formed!

Check out the previews below:

Still, that’s not all!

In another screenshot preview of the same lot you will also notice a Sim entering a Pond, which means that they will definitely be swimmable and interactable!

The Sims 4 is getting a Pond Tool

@Ashaife who is an Assistant Producer on The Sims also teased the Pond Tool on her Twitter profile:

Right now we don’t know a lot about the Pond Tool and how it’ll work in the game but we’ll definitely keep you posted as we learn more!

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: 100+ HQ Screens from the Reveal

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The reveal trailer for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack was fast paced – following along all the adventures (and misadvantures) around a snooping bunny that’s exploring the new world of Henford-on-Bagley!

We completely understand the frustration of having to pause the reveal trailer every now and then to spot the details which is why we’ve extracted over a 100 screens (116 to be exact) from the trailer!

These screens are in super high quality so you won’t miss out on a single detail that was shown in the reveal. To see an image of your choice in better resolution simply click the image of your choice to enlarge it.

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Purchase Bonus Gifts

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It’s been a long time since The Sims Team has done a limited offer for Expansion Pack Pre-Orders! More specifically there haven’t been any Expansion Pack Pre-Order exclusivities since The Sims 3 Into The Future came out in 2013!

However, The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack is the one to break this chain. The Sims announced that if you purchase The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack by September 2nd you’ll get the following set of objects called Gnome on the Go for FREE:

  • Delight your Lot with Bramblewood’s DeLIGHTful Tree
  • Make a Statue Statement with “Onward” The Adventurous Gnome
  • Ride Around Town on the Scenic Commuting Bicycle

These purchase exclusives should be valid for EVERYONE making a purchase of The Sims 4 Cottage Living on Origin, Steam, Microsoft and Playstation Store by September 2nd!

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Purchase Bonus Gifts

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Assets

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The Sims Team has provided us with the official assets for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack!

Down below you’ll see the official Logo, Icon, Boxart, Renders and Screens of the pack!

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The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Description + Key Features

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The Sims Team has released the official description + Key Features for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack – hitting the stores July 22nd, 2021!

Delight in the quaint charm of The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack* with animal friends, garden-to-table meals, and a close-knit community. At home, cook with the family using the freshest ingredients. Explore the forest to befriend woodland creatures or forage for food, or head to town to meet the locals. Whether Sims are hugging a cow, making friends (or enemies) with their chickens, or growing the biggest vegetables around, the countryside is abundant with new experiences and ways to connect with the world around them.

Raise or Befriend Animals

The cottage cow provides fresh (flavored!) milk for everyone while chickens lay eggs in the coop. Gather llama wool for crafts, but beware of mischievous foxes – the pesky critters love eggs! In the forest, keep an eye out for wildlife like rabbits and birds to earn their trust for occasional gifts and help in the garden.

Live Off the Land

Make cooking and gardening fun for the whole family. New recipes and Lot Challenges require fresh ingredients for each meal. Whether Sims grow their own produce, visit the village market, or forage in the wild, fresh is best! Up for a challenge? Try growing oversized crops to enter into the competition at the Finchwick Fair.

Embrace Village Life

Henford-on-Bagley is a cozy village where everyone knows everyone. So pack a picnic basket and cross-stitch hoop, and head down to The Gnome’s Arms pub to kick back with the locals after a long day. Earn unique gifts and learn about the town’s lore from neighbors, or participate in the Finchwick Fair to show off your most prized cow or chicken.

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Description + Key Features

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: 4 Official Screens

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The Sims Team has shared with us 4 official screenshots of The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack!

Check them out down below and spot all the little details!

The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Reveal Trailer

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The Sims Team has dropped the official trailer for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack – hitting the shelves on July 22nd, 2021! Check out the trailer!

This Post Puts The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator Into Perspective

Since Dream Home Decorator launched, online fan spaces have been flooded with frustrated Simmers complaining that the game pack makes no sense; how are they supposed to design a snowboarding, rock-climbing, pipe organ themed bathroom?! Why do clients give them likes and dislikes that are completely unrelated to home design?

Well, it’s because that’s not far from the truth of what real interior designers have to deal with. Any avid viewer of interior design shows knows that designers will often try to find out the clients’ hobbies and lifestyle as well as their visual preferences in order to design a space that both looks nice and is functional for that person’s lifestyle. They also have to contend with multiple clients in the same house whose preferences clash with each other. Their job is to sort through that conflicting information and gently steer the clients in a different direction if they’re going way off course. That’s the whole challenge of being a designer.

A reddit post by Intern_Waffle posted in the /r/Sims4 reddit sums up exactly this.

Intern_Waffle states what should have been obvious to everyone from the very beginning. Dream Home Decorator is a game pack. Therefore, you actually have to play the game to do well in it. People who rush into renovations as soon as they fill those little bubbles with likes and dislikes are going to struggle because they didn’t bother to play the game. They didn’t spend some extra time trying to find out other likes and dislikes or suggesting that the client give them different preferences that are easier to work with. It’s all about navigating the game the way a real designer would navigate their day-to-day job.

That’s not to say the pack doesn’t have bugs. Things like the reveal slideshow not playing, gigs abruptly ending with no pay, and Sims not being prompted to go to their gigs at the right time are all problematic glitches that The Sims Team needs to prioritize fixing as soon as possible but unrelated or conflicting client preferences are not one of those bugs. They are part of the game and if players actually take the time to play the game to its fullest potential, they’ll find that Dream Home Decorator is one of the most immersive and true-to-life game packs released to date.

COUNTDOWN TO THE REVEAL: The Sims 4 Expansion Pack 11

We’re just hours away until the full reveal of The Sims 4’s upcoming Expansion Pack!

So far we’ve gotten some hints from the team hinting at bunnies, birds, a countryside life and a whole new world called Henford-on-Bagley! You can catch up on all of that on our website.

The Sims Team has shared a YouTube premiere page for the next Expansion Pack’s reveal trailer, which is set to go live at 8AM Pacific Time / 5PM Central European Time. There are a lot of time zones to cover which is why we’ve made a countdown down below which will tell you exactly when the new Expansion Pack for The Sims 4 will get revealed!

After the counter turns zero you can also expect all the coverage on this Expansion Pack on our website including official assets, information, screenshots and so much more so stay tuned!

Feel free to also join our live discussion to the reveal on our official Discord channel!

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Poll: Who is The Best Sims 4 Base Game Townie?

We’ve all debated the topic for years but now we will finally get a definitive answer! It’s time to decide who is the best The Sims 4 townie from the base game! Will OG icon Bella Goth reign supreme or will Bob or Eliza Pancakes usurp the crown? Perhaps an unexpected underdog like Johnny Zest will sneak up from behind to shock everyone with a win. The only way to find out is to cast your vote!

Think carefully because you are limited to two votes for two Sims! One vote per world, however you can vote for two Sims from the same world if you like. Voting will be open all week. Stay tuned for more polls until we have a winner from each Sims 4 world. Those winners will face off against each other in the ultimate showdown!

Remember to click the text and not the image when casting your vote!

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The Sims 4: Upcoming Expansion Pack Teaser

The Sims Team published a brand new teaser for the upcoming Expansion Pack for The Sims 4!

In case you missed the news the pack has already been hinted via a postcard we got from Crumplebottoms, hinting at a new town full of “countryside life”.

Today The Sims published a teaser for tomorrow’s trailer where they’ve shown the trailer to 9 different Simmers. You can check out the teaser below, with what seems to be some new “countryside” soundtrack playing in the background!

However, that’s not all! They also shared a link to the YouTube Trailer premiere page with an interesting description hinting at…BUNNIES!

Somebunny confirmed the news. Find out how a simple life can make for an expanded game at 8 a.m. PT on June 10.

We’ll be the first to keep you updated on all the latest news about The Sims 4 Expansion Pack 11 so stay tuned!

You Might be a Hardcore Simmer If…

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Admit it. We’ve all wondered just how deep our love of The Sims franchise runs but have you ever made a checklist for yourself to see just how bad your Sims obsession is? Well now you don’t have to because we’ve done it for you! How many of these things have you done or wished you could do?

You might be a hardcore Simmer if…

You’ve ever said Sul-Sul instead of hello.

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The word “WooHoo” means something completely different to you.

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You can sing Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” entirely in Simlish.

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You’ve ever gotten into a heated debate with someone over whether it’s pronounced “Live Mode” or “Live Mode.” Obviously, the answer is Live Mode. How could anyone think it’s Live Mode? The audacity.

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The Sims 1 build mode music gives you flashbacks to a simpler, happier time in your life.

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You have more Simstagram followers than Instagram followers.

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Throwing someone in the pool and building walls around it seems like a perfectly reasonable and level-headed response to a minor slight against you.

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Your best friend is the Grim Reaper.

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You’ve ever considered selling a few of your windows to pay the bills.

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You’re prouder of your Sim’s university degree than you are of your own degree.

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You’ve ever contemplated quitting your job to become a dragon fruit farmer.

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You’ve called in sick to work because a plate was blocking your path to the door.

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You’ve ever tried to do the smustle.

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You’ve ever burned your kitchen down making cereal.

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Grilled cheese is the holy grail of fine cuisine to you.

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You are distinctly #TeamBob or #TeamEliza and get deeply offended when someone defends the other one.

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You’ve ever cleaned your Sim’s house to avoid cleaning your own house.

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You’ve ever thought “This looks so much easier in The Sims” while trying a new skill for the first time.

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You take the UBrite vs. Foxbury rivalry very seriously.

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You’ve ever laid awake at night thinking about Bella Goth’s disappearance.

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How many of these apply to you? Do you have more? Share them in the comments!

The Sims 4 Farmland Mod Pack Reveal

After what feels like an eternity, The Sims 4 modder Arnie aka The Sims Plus has released the trailer for the upcoming The Sims 4 Farmland mod pack! For those of you who don’t know much about Arnie, he is also the creator of the popular BrookheightsOpen World Mod Pack.

The Sims 4 Farmland has been in the works for six months and is planned to be released later this month via Patreon. Early access for Patreon members starts on June 25th 2021 and a public release follows two weeks later. Arnie has said that those dates are subject to change, but will provide an update closer to the time if needs be.

You can watch the highly anticipated reveal trailer below.

What is The Sims 4 – Farmland ?

The theme of the pack is… you guessed it, Farming! It contains a new semi-open world, new animals, gameplay, and even a story mode!

Make George’s dream come true by taking over his farm! He will help in this wonderful adventure: becoming a farmer in Eden Hills. –Arnie

Featuring a semi-open world, a new farming and gardening skill, a new Farmer aspiration, grow crops, adopt an unlimited amount of animals and much more! Did I forget to mention that there is also a story mode that you can play through as well?

You can out more about The Sims 4 Farmland by visiting Arnie’s Patreon page here. You can also follow Arnie on Twitter for regular updates about The Sims 4 Farmland here.