Gravestone

An urn or gravestone appears on the lot when a Sim dies. An urn can be placed on the floor or on tables and counters. A gravestone can be placed on the ground outside. At least in The Sims and The Sims 2, whether a grave appears as an urn or a gravestone will depend on whether it is inside or outside; an urn will become a gravestone if it is moved outside, and a gravestone will become an urn if it is moved inside. Sims can "Mourn" over graves or urns. Beginning with The Sims 2: Nightlife, they can be moved to a community lot.

The Sims
In the first game, gravestones are the same except when you put them inside. If you put them inside, it will turn into an urn.

The Sims 2
If a Sim had platinum aspiration when he/she died of old age, a gold gravestone/urn will appear with the dead Sim's aspiration symbol on it. Othsewise, the Sim will get the average, gray gravestone/urn.

If Nightlife or later is installed, players have the options to click on an urn or gravestone and select "Move grave(s)". This moves the grave to a community lot of the player's choice. It is a good idea to make a cemetery if you plan to do this, but there is "Gothier Green Lawns", found Downtown next to the House of Fallen Trees.

In The Sims 2: Pets, pets also have the gray gravestone/urn, but the owner(s) of the pet will get a special memory.

The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, the plaque on the gravestone shows how the Sim died:


 * Lightning Bolt: Electrocution
 * Hand sticking out of a pool: Drowning
 * Flame: Fire
 * Hourglass: Old Age
 * Fork and Knife making an "X": Starvation
 * Sphinx: Mummy curse

There are at least 3 different types of graves in the graveyard that comes with the game, a flat plaque like one, a tall obelisk type and another similar to those in The Sims 2. A Sim can obtain these different gravestones by:


 * Small Plaque
 * dying without completing lifetime wish;


 * Medium Grave
 * dying after completing lifetime wish and/or after earning 50,000 - 150,000 lifetime happiness points;


 * Large Tombstone
 * dying after completing Lifetime wish and/or after earning 150,000 or more Lifetime Happiness points.

The player has the option of whether to keep the grave on the Sim's home lot or to put it into a Cemetery.