Lifespan

For ages of Sims, see Life stages.

Lifespan is a setting in the options menu of The Sims 3 that determines how long a Sim's natural life will be. As always, the Sim may die a premature, unnatural death, regardless of this setting.

The player can lengthen a Sim's lifespan in game without altering game settings by having them eat a Life Fruit (restores one day) or Ambrosia (resets days to age up), earning the Marathon Runner athletic skill challenge, being a Vegetarian or becoming creature like a mummy or a vampire, who live a number of days longer than a normal Sim.

• Short: 25 Sim days
• Medium: 50 Sim days
• Normal: 90 Sim days
• Long: 190 Sim days
• Epic: 960 Sim days

Aging can also be turned off in the options menu to temporarily or permanently stop every Sim in town from aging.

With the release of The Sims 3: Generations life stages can now have their individual length adjusted. The following information is for non-vampire Sims.

• Babies range from 1-65 Days

• Toddlers range from 2-150 Days

• Children range from 2-150 Days

• Teen sims range from 3-300 Days

• Young Adults range from 5-450 Days

• Adults range from 5-450 Days

• Elders range from 4-265 Days (This is subject to lifetime happiness gained.)

The maximum number of days a non-vampire Sim can live is 1,930 days (Also subject to lifetime happiness gained.)