Graveyard

A cemetery is a unique community lot or home feature found in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.

Home Cemeteries
Cemeteries have been constructable on playable Sims' lots since The Sims. The Goth Family is famous for the many cemeteries found outside their homes in every game. The Specter Family is also famous for having a massive graveyard in their garden. Although it's not as large as the Specter Graveyard, the Capp family has a graveyard as well.

The Sims 2
The Sims 2: Nightlife added the ability to move graves from one lot to another, which allows cemeteries to be on community lots. The Downtown sub-neighborhood shipped with Nightlife includes the Gothier Green Lawns cemetery, which is the first cemetery found on a community lot. Gothier Green Lawns features some members of the Tricou family and is right next to their home.

The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, a Sim can get a part-time job in a cemetery as a Mausoleum Clerk.

Fish in a pond located in the cemetery will turn into Deathfish and Vampire Fish at midnight. At around midnight, mist will appear around all of the graves, and the ghosts will come out. If you have at least level 7 gardening you can plant seeds picked from the Death Flower Bush. These seeds are 'perfect' quality.

There is also a local cemetery in every destination of The Sims 3: World Adventures.

Pleasant Rest Graveyard
The Pleasant Rest Graveyard is the cemetery in Sunset Valley. While "Pleasant Rest" is not an unusual name for a cemetery, there may be a connection between the "Pleasant Rest" Graveyard and Sunset Valley being called Pleasantview in The Sims 2.

In the center of the Pleasant Rest Graveyard, there is a desolate and ominous-looking Mausoleum of the Specter family (who may be related in some way to the Specter Family of Strangetown). Any Sim brave enough to venture into it can explore the Mausoleum to lay hand on unknown treasures which are rumored to be hidden deep in the abyssal bottom of it. An exploration takes anywhere from three to five hours. Its proceeding and outcome are random, but it often results in a sooty smear.

Strangely, There have been some sims that have been mentioned that aren't in the town, and not in the cemetery, such as Comte LeClair. It could be because the sims moved to Riverview

The 23 dearly deceased buried here are:
 * Tragic Clown (Drowning)
 * Enriqueta Bachelor (Fire)
 * Milton Bachelor (Old Age)
 * Kermit Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Kitty Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Queenie Landgraab (Fire)
 * Chester Landgraab (Old Age)
 * Vincent Skullfinder (Old Age)
 * Gaylord Koffi (Hunger)
 * Ransom Clavell (Drowning)
 * Jennie Clavell (Drowning)
 * Opal Suarley (Drowning)
 * Nida Khan (Old Age)
 * Gertrude Flansburgh (Old Age)
 * Joel Astroman (Hunger)
 * Enola Green (Old Age)
 * Lyonel Su (Old Age)
 * Cornelius Nelson (Old Age)
 * Basil Flores (Fire)
 * Erdrick Gnomeheim (Old Age)
 * Anabelle Oinkslopes (Electrocution)
 * Carlotta McNichol (Old Age)
 * Big Steve Underwood (Hunger)

Old Town Cemetery
The Cemetery is far less Gothic than Sunset Valley's Pleasant Rest Graveyard, and has no statue of the Grim Reaper. At night, ghosts will appear around the graveyard and they will move all across the island. This could spook your Sims if they are shopping late.

With 30 Sims buried in Old Town Cemetery, some of the most notable Sims are:
 * Sam Bagley (Drowning)
 * Bernard Broke (Drowning)
 * Mary Lu Broke (Hunger)
 * Vernon Carpenter (Electrocution)
 * Janine Jones (Drowning)
 * Lydia Remington (Drowning)
 * Lonnie Dean (Fire)
 * Jenny Joy (Old Age)
 * Sasha Shallow (Drowning)
 * Abagail McDermott (Old Age)

Others include:
 * Pete Kent

Mausoleum
The Mausoleum is a building in the cemeteries in The Sims 3. A Sim can get a part-time job there as a Mausoleum Clerk.

Sims can explore the Catacombs within a Mausoleum and find loot like The Memoirs of Chin Han, Death Flowers, Gold and Mysterious Mr. Gnome. Most Sims will become scared upon entering the catacombs. Sims may also encounter monsters and bears that can attack the Sim. There is also a possibility that if a Sim (without the Brave or Daredevil trait) is attacked they may die after a couple of minutes of leaving the Catacombs. This is very rare, however.