Death

Death is a state in which a Sim dies. Following Death, the sim that has experienced death is no longer controllable and automatically it'll switch to the next sim currently living on the lot. Death can occur from an accident to a predetermined fate made by the game and or player.

Grim Reaper
The Sim in question is visited by the anthropomorphic personification of the Grim Reaper who plays a cameo depending on the method of death and the aspiration level of the Sim in question. The exception to this is the Cowplant death



If there is a living Sim around they can plead for their loved one with the Grim Reaper but it doesn't always work. The chances of success are determined by the relationship of the Sim with the nearly deceased and pure chance. The revived Sim then becomes a blue zombie and a fully interactive part of the household again. But they are more likely to cause accidents like starting fires while cooking food.

There is a different animation for pets that die.

Unlike most legends of the Grim Reaper, he seems to be a kind being in the Sims, his nice side shows when a kind Sim dies of old age, during the animation of a pets death, or resurrecting kids with the Resurrect-O-Nomitron.

Reviving
Death, however, isn't always permanent. With a wide range of items and/or cheats, a Sim can be given a second chance in life.

In The Sims 2: University there is a special item, the Resurrect-O-Nomitron, which can restore Sims but for a hefty fee of up to §10,000. If the Sim who wants to bring another Sim back pays very little the Sim will return as a zombie, with reversed personality and possibly less or no skills, except for children. You can also revive Sims in Apartment Life and FreeTime with a witches' spell, or by a Genie and his lamp, respectively.

In The Sims 3, a special plant called a Death Flower can be grown with the Gardening skill. If a sim carries this in his inventory and dies, The Grim Reaper will come for them, but the ghost will hastily offer him the flower. Seemingly deeply moved by this gesture, he will proceed to instantly ressurrect the sim. However, it seems that the sim in question will be suffering from any lowered motives, just to a lesser degree, so it is incredibly important to use your second chance to raise these motives before the sim dies again, and this time, it'll be permanent (unless you happen to have another flower, of course.)

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlqNQt19lk for footage of the Death Flower working.

Types of deaths
Sims can be killed in many ways including fire, shock, starvation, flies, being eaten by the cow plant and being scared to death.

The Sims

 * Starvation: If a Sim doesn't eat for a prolonged period of time (several days), they will starve.
 * Drowning: If a Sim uses a pool for much too long, they might drown (possibly even a little after leaving the pool), or swimming with low energy will also drown them. You can also take away the pool ladder, and eventually, the Sim will drown because he/she can't get out.
 * Fire: When a Sim is caught on fire for a period of time, they will die by fire.
 * Electrocution: If your Sim isn't so good at Mechanical and tries to repair broken electric items or is struck by lightning, he/she may die.
 * Virus: After playing with a guinea pig from a dirty cage, the Sim may be infected by virus and will die if not treated well.

The Sims 2
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 * Death by Disease: If your sim uses the Biotech station while in the red mood, there's a chance they will get a mysterious disease and might die.
 * Starvation: If a Sim doesn't eat for a prolonged period of time (several days), they will starve. However, babies, children and Toddlers will be taken away by the Social Worker instead if their hunger need is low enough for too long.
 * Fire: If a Sim with a low cooking skill cooks a meal there is a chance it will catch fire. Similarly, if the food is left in the oven by a careless Sim or, very probably, a Nanny, the food will also catch fire. If there is no fire alarm present it is up to the Sim to put out the fire. This can be done by calling the fire department or by clicking on the fire and choosing 'extinguish'. There is no way to buy a fire alarm during a fire, as build mode and buy mode are disabled. The longer a Sim is in proximity to the fire (and because all Sims are autonomously brought to the fire to insist the 'panic' action they will be) the greater the chance is that they will catch fire. When three of their motives are completely depleted the Sim will die. In Apartment Life, if a fire breaks out on an apartment lot, all household Sims venture out onto the street, thus, minimizing their chances of being burned. The chance of dying in a fire is also minimized if the Sim has finished studying about Fire Safety.
 * Drowning: If a Sim uses a pool without a pool ladder while they are in it, they will eventually use up their energy and die.
 * Flies: If a lot is messy with many fly-infested objects, there is a chance all the lot flies could form a killer swarm when a Sim steps over a fly-infested object and eat the Sim alive.
 * Fright: If your Sim sees a ghost, his/her motives fall drastically. If the critical needs (hunger, energy, etc.) fall far enough, the Sim will die. However, a child cannot be killed by fright and will wet themselves instead.
 * Satellite: While watching clouds (daytime) or stargazing without the telescope (nighttime), there is a very remote chance that a satellite will fall on your Sim. The satellite can be sold in buy mode, but it devalues quickly, so waste no time, sell it right away.
 * Sickness: If your Sim gets ill and isn't cured on time, he/she may die, but usually if you let them relax, they will get better.
 * Electrocution: If your Sim isn't so good at Mechanical and tries to repair broken electric items or is struck by lightning, he/she may die; or if you are at a hot tub or a swimming pool when raining and a thunderstorm comes and your Sims low levels (4 needs low) your Sims will be struck and die!
 * Old age: When a Sim reaches the end of their life, they will die of old age. This is the only time in which a living Sim will not be able to plead with the Grim Reaper to bring the Sim back. If a Sim has platinum mood at the time of death, the Grim Reaper and 2 Hula Zombies will appear and relaxing music will play. Your Sim will pick up his/her suitcase and walk off with the Grim Reaper. If your Sim had a disturbed or troubled life, where few wants were fulfilled or many bad things happened, the Grim Reaper will show your Sim its hourglass of life and your Sim will try and pull it away from the Grim Reaper.
 * Death for no reason: Some Sims die for no reason. This might happen because of a cheat like boolprop effects the game.
 * Devastating events/Sadness: There's a chance that Sims can die when he/she gets too many negative events happening suddenly. This happens when a Sim encounters too many negative events in a short period of time (e.g. Death of Relatives/Demoted at job). The Sim will start crying and thinks about one of the events and eventually die. Sims usually stop thinking about negative events that occurred to them after one day.
 * Scissors: If the player downloads the scissors from the maxis site and a Sim runs with them, there's a chance he may fall and get stabbed. (requires download at TheSims2.com)

The Sims 2: University

 * Cowplant: Available with The Sims 2: University only. If a Sim attempts to 'take the bait' the hungry Cowplant offers, they will be eaten alive.

The Sims 2: Nightlife

 * Sunlight: When a vampire Sim stays in the sunlight for too long, he or she will die.

The Sims 2: Open for Business

 * Rally forth: Doing the rally forth interaction while needs are low. The sim will eventually choke from shouting into the Rally Forth and die.
 * Elevators: If the elevator breaks down while Sims are in it, and their needs fail, then they will die.
 * Evil Kite: The kite was made poorly and may get hit by lightning, it works like the electrocution death. This will not kill children.

The Sims 2: Seasons

 * Freeze: If your Sim spends too much time outside in the winter, he or she will first freeze, and the longer they remain frozen, the worse they get. At the end, they die.
 * Heat: If your Sim spends too much time outside in the summer, they will spontaneously combust.
 * Hail: When at least 4 needs drop below 50% while standing in a hailstorm, and your Sim is pelted by hail too long, he/she will die.
 * Lightning: If lightning were to hit a Sim when he or she is using a hot tub/pool, he or she will die if your Sim is low in needs.
 * Sac of Money: If a Sim wishes for money from the wishing well and it fails, a sac of only §50 will fall on his/her head, and if their needs are too low, they will perish.

The Sims 2: Apartment Life

 * Murphy Bed: When opening the Murphy bed, if a Sim has less than 5 body skill and -70 or less mood, there is a 5% chance that it will fall on and crush your Sim. He/she will die.

The Sims 3
When a Sim dies, their grave will have a picture of how they died. All of his/her belongings are added to the family inventory, so the player won't lose them. Players can give a funeral party using the phone or cell phone to plan it just like normal parties and events. Also, if a Sim dies you can add them back to your household as a ghost. You can resurrect a Sim ghost into a playable character by taking the urn to the science lab as mentioned in the Creature Section earlier in this article.



So far, 5 kinds of deaths have been confirmed.


 * Death by Old Age (an hourglass for old age)The ghost is grey and as smoke coming out of his body.
 * Drowning (hand being held above a wave for drowning)The ghost is blue and have water inside.
 * Electrocution (probably an electric bolt)The ghost is yellow and have electric bolts in the body.
 * Starvation (a crossed knife and fork for hunger) if the ghosts die of starvation they will be a light purple
 * Fire (probably fire) The ghost is red, as flame inside and smoke comes out of his body.

When A Sim Dies Music will come on and the Grim Reaper will come.

The different ghosts also seem to behave a little differently (which is most likely based on a number of factors) but it's been noticed that Fiery Ghosts like to take showers and baths quite consistently, while others like the Starving Ghosts make lots of food.

There is also supposedly a way to die while choking on poorly-cooked food, if the sim has the Clumsy Trait. This has not been confirmed.

So far it has also been observed that certain traits or sets of traits (Unlucky,loser,etc...) may cause Death to allow your sim to live because he does not wish to deprive others of the amusement of the unfortunate sims continuing demise. So far no specific cause has been cited.

Urns and Gravestones
An urn or gravestone appears on the lot when a Sim dies.

Cheats- Easy ways to die
If you have an unwanted Sim, or just like watching them die, there are many ways to do this quickly and effortlessly.

Open up the cheat window while on the neighbourhood screen (control, shift, c) and type in boolprop testingcheatsenabled true. Then, go into a Sim house and shiftclick on a Sim. Then click Spawn, and Rodney's death creator. Use this to kill a Sim in any way you choose. Also, because the boolprop cheat was activated in the neighbourhood screen, you can use it to toggle a Sim's needs meters up and down. This can be used to starve a Sim, or to save a Sim on the brink of death.

In the Sims 1 you can simply kill an unwanted Sim by building a pool with no ladder out and get the Sim to dive into it. They will drown when they get tired

Pets and Death
Pets die, too. When a cat dies, all the other cats on the lot will circle around the deceased and yowl, and when a dog dies, all the other dogs gather around and howl.