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[[File:TS4 Ghost Icon.png|60px|left]]'''Ghosts''' are featured in most [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' games]] after Sims [[Death|die]]. Some lots will have pre-made ghosts, and after Sims die, they linger as ghosts. Ghosts appear as transparent color-varied Sims.

Ghosts often appear just after 8:00 p.m. (20:00), but they sometimes appear later in the night, closer to midnight. Ghosts disappear at or around 6:00 am. They're never seen in the daytime or within the hour before or past light (with one possible exception). More than one angry ghost can appear at night, but it's more common to only see one. When there are only a few ghosts, they tend to appear around every three nights. When there are more than five though, they may appear every night. When a tombstone is on the lot, eerie background music may play if a Sim is outside. When a ghost is out, the music will be percussionary, and will play at intervals or whenever a ghost jumps into something. Ghosts themselves emit an eerie ambience (howlingwindy noises/howling) whenever they are haunting a lot, it can be heard in the entire lot and becomes louder, the closer the Ghost is to the player.

* '''[[Cowplant]]'''{{vgversion|TS2:U}}: Sim appears yellow green. If the Cowplant is still on the lot, the ghost Sim will taunt it with a slab of meat. Additionally, if another Sim drank the ghost Sim's life essence, then the ghost will be angry at that Sim. These ghosts usually spend the whole night taunting the plant and rarely tend to roam around

* Deleting a [[Gravestone|tombstone]] or urn will prevent that Sim's ghost from appearing, but this should not be done as itthe willsim corruptcan no longer be resurrected due to their character file being unlinked and turned into a "stub" file containing the Sim's bare-bones character data.<ref>[[Game guide:Avoiding corruption|Several tips to avoid neighborhood corruption]].</ref> Placing a tombstone or urn in a sim's [[inventory]] will also keep the ghost from appearing, but neighborhoodit corruptionwill maybe resultdeleted if ait's Sim dies with a tombstonein or urn inthe inventory.<ref>[[Game guide:Avoidingwhen corruption|Severalthe tipssim to avoid neighborhood corruption]]</ref>dies. The best way to get rid of tombstones is by moving them to a [[graveyard]]{{Vgversion|TS2:NL}}⁺

* There is a glitch that makes a Sim's cause of death (and ghost color) reset to starvationold age (white) regardless of their actual death when moving the Sim's grave or urn to a community lot using the "Move Grave" option. The ghosts will reset the same way if a function to move multiple graves at once is used, as well. A fix is offered in this [http://modthesims.info/d/625295 mod.]

In ''[[The Sims: Bustin' Out]]'', ghosts work mostly the same as they do in [[The Sims]] for PC. The ghosts of dead Sims will appear at night and haunt the living Sims and scare them, and "scary" music will also play when ghosts appear on a lot. Only one lot, [[Goth Manor]], has pre-made ghosts. The ghosts on that lot can be exorcised by using the SeanceSéance Table.

| '''[[Fire]]''' || Orange with fiery skin and smoke. || Sims can die like this in many various ways, like spontaneous combustion, [[inventing]] failure, or being too close to a [[meteor]] impact. The ghost occasionally takes showers and baths. When the ghost is in a pool, it turns [https://vimeo.com/506890678 invisible], except for its hair.{{confirm}}

| '''[[Meteor]]'''{{vgversion|TS3:A}} || Dark orange with fiery skin. || Treated as a death by [https://vimeo.com/506895676 fire].{{confirm}}

| '''Future Urnstoneurnstone Hologramhologram'''{{Vgversion|TS3:ITF}} || Blue with hologramic appearance. || This is the only ghost in ''The Sims 3'' that is not tied to any death. This type of ghost can only become playable if created via Create-a-Sim in ''Supernatural'', and ghosts created this way still have their gravestones in their inventory, despite this not being a real death. This ghost is also used with futuristic gravestones, as well as when plumbots with [[Holo Projector|holo projector]] trait chip summon a Sim.

* Red/Fire Engine Red: Angry

* Pink/Brilliant Rose: Flirty

* Lavender/Amethyst: Dazed

* Cyan/Light Sea Green: Inspired

* '''Elementals''':{{Vgversion|TS4:IL}} Elementals are ghosts that can be summoned by Sims with the [[child of the islands]] trait. When summoned, they can provide buffs or debuffs depending on how the Sims treat the island and its culture. Elementals all have the Sulani mana trait which can be inherited by adding them to the household (which makes them mortal) and having them try for a baby with a member of the household. Elementals will eventually disappear after being summoned.

* '''Island Spirits''':{{Vgversion|TS4:IL}} Island Spirits are ghosts akin to the ones from ''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' ghost hunting career where they are more ethereal than previous ghosts. Island Spirits can only be seen on lots with the "Island Spirits" lot trait, and will appear at random times. When they appear, Sims can commune with them or banish them. Communing with them will grant buffs and debuffs in a similar fashion to elementals.

* Float through objects and walls instead of going around them.

* Scare Sims. This interaction makes ghosts become completely invisible and reappear with a jump scare sound effect.

* Break objects such as sinks, toilets etc.

* Pass through Sims, which is a more playful interaction that allows ghosts to float through Sims, to which the Sim will be amazed and encourage to pass through again.

* Wear carved [[pumpkin]]s on their heads and float around with them.{{Vgversion|TS4SS}}

* Ghosts who died by fire can stomp the ground and cause a fire where they stand when they're angry.

* Ghosts who died by electrocution can break electronics such as TV's, computers etc. as well as repair them.

* Ghosts who died by drowning will leave puddles.

* Ghosts who died by laughter will always have successful jokes and give off a playful aura to other Sims.

* Ghosts who died by embarrassment will give off an embarrassed aura to other Sims.

* Ghosts who died by a cowplant will cause plants to flourish and grow faster when they are happy but wither and die when they are sad.

* Ghosts who died by overheating in the sauna will absorb puddles.{{Vgversion|TS4:SD}}

* Vampire ghosts who died by sunlight retain their [[Vampire powers|vampiric abilities]] in death.{{Vgversion|TS4:V}}

* Ghosts who died by overheating during hot temperatures have an interaction to warm up Sims.{{Vgversion|TS4:S}}

* Ghosts who died by freezing have an interaction to cool down Sims.{{Vgversion|TS4:S}}

* Ghosts who died by the Mother will have no motive decay.{{Vgversion|TS4:SV}}

* Spellcaster ghosts who died by spellcaster overload retain their magical abilities in death.{{Vgversion|TS4:ROM}}

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File:Riverview20.jpg|[[Jasper Remington]] hugging his daughter [[Kirsten Remington]].

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File:Vein Ghost.JPG|[[Anabelle Oinkslopes]], a ghost who died of electrocution.

File:Ghost 1.JPG|[[Milton Bachelor]], a ghost who died of old age.

File:Ghost3.JPG|[[Joel Astroman]], a ghost who died of starvation.

File:Criminal Ghost.JPG|[[Chester Landgraab]], a ghost who died of old age.

File:ElectricGhostReading.jpg |[[Lolita Goth]] reading a book.

File:Ghost in Bed!.jpg|A sleeping ghost

File:140px-FireGhost.jpg|Fire

File:140px-DrowningGhost.jpg|Drowning

File:ElectrocutionGhost.jpg|Electrocution

File:140px-StarvationGhost.jpg|Starvation

mummyscurseghostMummyscurseghost.jpg|A Sim who died of the Mummy's Curse shakes hands with the Grim Reaper

File:GhostMummy.jpg|A mummy-ghost WooHoo

File:CrazyBabyDoll Screenshot-26.jpg|Agnes Crumplebottom's deceased husband, who died on the night of their honeymoon

File:Drowning ghost and sim.jpg|Drowning ghost and Sim

File:Dead relative ghost.jpg|Sim sees her deceased father

File:Mummy's Curse Ghost.jpg|Mummy's Curse Ghost

File:Ghost-waffles.jpg|Ghost eating

File:TinaGhost.jpg|A Sim who died of the [[Mummy's Curse]], after the ''Late Night'' patch is installed

File:Floating Ghost.jpg|A ghost floating over Sunset Valley, a possible glitch

File:Ghost haunting cushion.jpg|A ghost haunting a cushion

allghostsAllghosts.jpg|All ghosts from ''The Sims 3'' (with the ghosts from ''World Adventures'', ''Late Night'', and ''Ambitions'')

File:IP Deaths.jpg|The ghosts in ''[[The Sims 3: Island Paradise]]''

* [[Ghosthunter]]