Hello everyone! I’ve got yet another new challenge for you all to play. This one is focusing entirely on The Sims 4 City Living expansion.
The Movin’ On Up Challenge has you starting off with a single Sim, 0 money, and the cheapest, grungiest apartment (1313 21 Chic Street) in San Myshuno. It’s your task to get earn money to be able to afford gradually better apartments with the ultimate goal of moving into the Torendi Tower (the most expensive penthouse in San Myshuno).
The challenge starts off a bit like a
Legacy or
Rosebud Challenge, but deviates in that you will be moving into better/more expensive apartments as you are able to afford them. The challenge ends once your Sim is able to afford to move into Torendi Tower. It will probably take more than one generation to complete this. So sit back and enjoy!
The Premise
You have big dreams. Dreams of wealth, dreams of a life of luxury, and dreams of living in that deluxe apartment in the sky. However, you have only enough money to rent the cheapest, dirtiest, and grungiest apartment in San Myshuno. It’s a start I guess. And the only way you can go from here is up.
Welcome to the Movin’ On Up Challenge, where you start with a single Sim, zero money, and must work your way up (using
this apartment list) to be able to own the most expensive Penthouse in San Myshuno, Torendi Tower.
The Rules- This challenge requires The Sims 4 City Living
- You must start with a single Sim fresh out of CAS – they can have any aspiration and traits that you wish
- Move this starter Sim into the 1313 21 Chic Street Apartment, after they have moved in, decrease their household funds to §0. The apartment must be purchased unfurnished. (That’s right, you’re going to start off living in a completely empty apartment!)
- You many travel to any world you wish in order to satisfy your Sims needs (for instance they can travel to the Willow Creek gym or library if they need to)
- To earn money in the early game you may gather collectibles, rummage through trash along with all other traditional methods.
- You may choose any additional lot traits that you wish, but the ones that originally came with the apartment when you moved in must stay.
- No cheats except those used to decrease your money.
- You must furnish the apartment that you are currently living in. It cannot remain empty in an attempt to save money. You are required to fully furnish each apartment before making sure you can move on to the next one. (By fully furnish I mean you need to have a the same number of bedrooms/bathrooms listed in that apartments info, as well as a kitchen, and every room needs to have a functional purpose)
- You cannot move in a spouse/roommate until you’ve been able to successfully pay your first week’s rent and you have a place for them to sleep.
- If your spouse/roommate moves in with a job, they must quit their job upon moving in and take a new one. You must also decrease the family’s funds back down to whatever they had prior to the spouse/roommate moving in. This will essentially make it so that the spouse/roommate doesn’t bring in any additional money.
- You may only move in one spouse/roommate per generation
- Your Sim is allowed to have children (via either birth or adoption) and you can pick and choose any aspirations/traits that you wish
- You will be moving your Sim to every apartment on this list throughout the challenge (some are not included as the prices double with another apartment). You will start with the least expensive one (determined by rent + deposit) and work your way up. (NOTE! If you wish to keep collections in tact when moving, make sure to use the phone or computer to move and not Manage Worlds. Thanks for the tip @EuphorialQueen!)
- Once your Sim has the first week’s rent and deposit for the next apartment on the list and they have fully furnished the previous apartment (ie they have furniture in every room and each room has a purpose) they can move on to the next apartment. You must stay in every apartment long enough to pay the first week's rent. You cannot simply move into one apartment and then quickly move into the next if you can afford it! This will prevent the challenge from moving too quickly.
- Every apartment must be purchased unfurnished. Your Sim must take the furniture from their old apartment with them and you are not allowed to choose to "sell all furniture" when you move. (You may, however, sell pieces of furniture as you upgrade to better items throughout the challenge. I just don't want you selecting the "Sell all furniture" option when you move). Any furniture that you take with you can be used to furnish the new apartment.
- Your Sim and their spouse/roommate are allowed to have any job they wish, or you may own a business/restaurant, or to make it more difficult can only earn money through a craft (painting, music, writing, etc)
- This continues until your Sim and their family can afford to move into Torendi Tower (the most expensive Penthouse worth §109,445 unfurnished)
- This challenge will only end once you reach Torendi Tower. If your founding Sim dies before this happens, that’s ok. The next generation will continue working on it.
Completing the Challenge
Once your Sim and their family is able to move into Torendi Tower, the challenge is complete.
Can your Sim move on up to that deluxe apartment in the sky? (I sure hope someone gets this reference too, or I’m going to feel old!)
Want to see how to get started in the Movin’ On Up Challenge? Check out the first episode in my new series on my
Youtube channel!
Mystic
Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of
The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter -
@Sims_Legacy
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Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter - @Sims_Legacy
Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter - @Sims_Legacy
Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter - @Sims_Legacy
FYI: Interactive San Myshuno map
https://www.thesims.com/city-living-san-myshuno-map
Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter - @Sims_Legacy
Wife of Pinstar & co-owner of The Sims Legacy Challenge website
Origin ID - Pinstar1161 (shared with my husband)
Twitter - @Sims_Legacy
The inhumanity
This can go pretty quickly depending on income.
Taking along furniture helps to fill the newest apartment. One drawback is that in Sims 4 when you take furnishings from the old apartment it is left empty.
That's not all, Braylon Carrington lives at the Old Salt House.
Origin ID: Adoriyah
Was this in a new save? Are you looking in Manage Worlds or Live mode? So far except for the haunted ones the apartments on the list are not occupied. They may not stay empty though. My game will move in random Sims.
I am just going to play it by ear. If there is already a tenant I will just go to Manage Worlds to place them somewhere else.
Tip: In order to keep collections intact it is best to use the phone or computer to move your household in game.
As i was checking out all of the places on the list, i was in manage worlds, with the loading screen i thought this would be the fastest way to look at all the apartments on the list. Now i havent really spent a great amount of time with ghosts before so Idk how she rents a place to live or if i can evict or relocate her.
Every time i move *my* sim- families, i use a phone or PC to make sure that all of their possessions come with.
Origin ID: Adoriyah
I've actually given myself an added challenge in that my sim Zelda can't magic sell anything so all collectibles must be sold at the yard sale. Also she can't kill any of the mice since she has the Good trait (the roaches are alright though because...ewww) though the landlord can do what he wants with them I guess lol. Also can't travel to other towns unless there's a day off. She's in the Entertainment career so once she can afford to get a guitar we'll be busking as well as selling at the flea market to make extra money.
@SoulGal7 - Enjoy the challenge!
@EuphorialQueen - Yup. ALL THE WELCOME WAGONS xD And yeah the jobs you take will definitely impact how quickly the challenge goes. And thanks for the tip on keeping collections in tact, I will add that to the rules.
@Adoriyah - Yeah I didn't factor in ghosts when I was thinking about occupied vs unoccupied apartments. You can still move into the ones with ghost tenants.
@3KNPen - Good luck! I like that extra challenge that you added. It will definitely keep it difficult for longer!
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I did up evicting her, bc there was no option to rent the place.
Origin ID: Adoriyah
And yeah Disney World was amazing! We had a great time!
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Re: Ghosts
In my new save the apartments on the list were empty. @Adoriyah said above that this was not a new save. That could account for the Ghosts or other Sims being in those apartments.
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You must stay in every apartment long enough to pay the first week's rent. You cannot simply move into one apartment and then quickly move into the next if you can afford it! This will prevent the challenge from moving too quickly.
Hope this helps!
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Origin ID: Adoriyah