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Pack teaser GIF before trailer release
The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle | |
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Ready for your Sims to impact their world? Move into a community of fellow collaborative makers in The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack!* Play to change and make a difference in the new world of Evergreen Harbor. Help your new neighbors decide on a Community Space Project, reduce your eco footprint, and watch your neighborhood transform. You’ll be surprised by what happens when your Sims start making the rules. | |
Development | |
Developer(s) | Maxis, The Sims Studio |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
Series | The Sims |
Release date(s) | June 5, 2020 (PC/Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4) |
Technical information | |
Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
System requirements | Minimum system requirements on TheSims.com |
Game features | |
Themes | Eco-friendly living Hobbies |
Worlds | Evergreen Harbor |
The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle is the ninth expansion pack for The Sims 4. It was leaked[1] and teased on May 5, 2020[2] with its official trailer and announcement debuting on May 6, 2020. It was released on June 5, 2020 on PC/Mac and consoles.
The pack centers on the world's eco footprint, affecting worlds and their residents for better or for worse with the help of neighborhood action plans. Eco-friendly living returns, with included features such as sustainable living, renewable energy, crafting and community projects. It also includes the new coastal world of Evergreen Harbor.
It is the first pack in The Sims series to be themed around eco living, with some elements of The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff, The Sims 3: Ambitions, The Sims 3: Into the Future, The Sims 4: Island Living and various renewable energy objects from The Sims 3 Store.
Change the World: In Evergreen Harbor, every action you take and decision you make influences the state of the world around you. The cleaner Evergreen Harbor gets, the more you’ll see nature thriving. You determine whether the skies are smoggy or clear enough to see the aurora borealis glimmering above. Let garbage pile up on the streets of your neighborhood or clean it up to create lush green walking paths in town. It’s up to you!
Upgrade Your Home: New updates in Build/Buy encourage going green, too. For the first time, you can offset your bills with wind turbines, solar panels, and dew collectors. Reduce your eco footprint and invest in a living rooftop for a splash of bright color. Inside, choose between gorgeous new furniture (sustainably made, of course) or upcycle someone else’s junk into beautiful items!
Make or Break It: Speaking of reclaiming and repurposing things, why don’t you check out a new job as a maker? As you go around town, keep an eye out for collectibles and materials for your next project. Brave Sims might try dumpster diving for resources like dyes, bits and pieces, and ingredients—as long as they don’t mind the smell. Choose the Freelance Crafter career to fill mail and internet orders for your candles, fizzy juices, upcycled objects, and more! Or try to encourage your neighbors to vote for a community maker space where you can all craft together.
Use Your Voice: Unused community spaces are going to waste—literally, as a dump. Rally your neighbors to decide how to use it. To get that maker space, you’re going to need support. Want a shared planting space with vertical gardens instead? Vote for it! Every week, you can join your new community in voting for a Neighborhood Action Plan. Transform the shared lot, promote the performing arts, suggest a weekly workout, demand an upcycling initiative, or explore the many other options on the board. Just know that you could end up wearing a paper bag on your head if things go sideways….
The expansion includes a new industrial, coastal world, named Evergreen Harbor.
Eco footprint is a game mechanic that determines how much the world is in a contaminated state. Ecological changes and pollution occur in most worlds (except StrangerVille, Plumbob Pictures and destination worlds), and can be toggled on or off per save.[3]
New Objects
New Lot Assignment
New Traits
New Lot Traits
New Radio Station
New Aspirations
New Career
New Career Branch
New Skills
New Types of Death
New WooHoo Location
Other New Features
Ecological changes and pollution are possible in every world except StrangerVille and destination worlds. The following list shows how several existing packs integrate with Eco Lifestyle:
"The Sims" Chronology | ||
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Preceded by The Sims 4: Tiny Living Stuff January 21, 2020 |
The Sims series PC games | Followed by The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff July 28, 2020 |
Preceded by The Sims 4: Discover University November 15, 2019 |
The Sims 4 expansion packs | Followed by The Sims 4: Snowy Escape November 13, 2020 |
The Sims series expansion packs |
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