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{{All|image=[[File:BasementTutorial 11.jpg|150px]]|caption=A house with a basement, in ''The Sims 2''}}'''Basements''' are stories of a building built partially or completely underground, or below the ground floor of a building. Basements can be built underneath some buildings in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' andby using the [[foundation]] tool, or by using the dedicated basement tool in ''[[The Sims 3]]'' and ''[[The Sims 4]]''.

Basements in ''The Sims 2'' and unpatched versions of ''The Sims 3'' can be created using [[foundation]]s by placing an area of foundation that is hollow in the center, then lowering the terrain inside the hollowed-out foundation so that the area in the basement is the equal height of a typical floor. This makes the basement a fully usable space accessible by Sims, so long as the Sims have a means to reach the basement. [[The Sims 3/Patch 6|Update 1.6.6]] for ''The Sims 3'' introduced the '''Basement Tool''' into [[build mode]], allowing the construction of basements on houses without foundations. This tool was used to construct the [[tomb]]s included in ''[[The Sims 3: World Adventures]]''. The basement tool can be used under foundations, but two sets of stairs will be required to reach the basement area, as a foundation cannot connect directly to the basement floor. Basements can be as deep as 4 stories.

[[Game Guide:Building a basement using foundations]], for constructing basements using the foundation tool in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3''.