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In ''[[The Sims: Makin' Magic]]'', a werewolf look is one of the options when a magical adult Sim successfully uses the "Beauty or Beast" [[Spells (The Sims: Makin' Magic)|charm]] . The werewolf look is available for both genders. As with all changes made with "Beauty or Beast", it is simply cosmetic, and has no effect on the Sim's interactions with other Sims.

[[File:Werewolf Transformation.png|left]]Werewolves are Sims who have been infected with Lycanthropy, a life state introduced in ''[[The Sims 2: Pets]]''. [[Sim]]s can become Werewolves when bitten by the [[Pack leader|leader of the pack]], a large wolf distinguishable by its dark coat, heavy build, and characteristic glowing yellow eyes. The leader only appears at night. Lycanthropy can also be transferred using the [[Savage]] [[interaction]], though that will leave two bad memories - one of losing a fight to the Sim who initiated the savaging, and another for becoming a werewolf - and it is common for the victim to mourn for a while because of that, despite wanting to become a werewolf.

Once a Sim has become a Werewolf, they will transform every night at 8:00 PM/20:00. Their [[energy]] shoots up and their [[hunger]] need plummets, sometimes making it a good idea to prepare a meal in advance; but this Hunger drop will never immediately kill the Sim. A Werewolf Sim can howl when selected, an action which lowers the [[bladder]] need of all non-Werewolf Sims in the room by half. When outside, a Werewolf can also howl to summon wolves to the lot. Sims gain the ''Irritate > Grr!'' interaction which can be used against another Sim regardless of relationship and will lower his or her Bladder need. Werewolf Sims can even turn other Sims into Werewolves with the ''Savage'' interaction. Werewolves will transform back every morning at 6:00, disabling all Werewolf-specific interactions until nightfall.

The personality of Werewolf Sims will slowly shift over the course of a few days, eventually reaching 0 Neatness, 10 Outgoing, 10 Activeness, 10 Playfulness, and 0 Niceness; the [[Body]] skill will also increase. As such, Werewolves will tend to eat more quickly than other Sims and can even lick their plates clean when finished, but will rarely clean up after themselves, are notoriously messy in the shower, and cheat without instruction while playing chess.

[[Knowledge]] Sims naturally aspire to Werewolf-related wants, such as ''Sim howls'', ''Become a Werewolf'', and ''Turn Sim into Werewolf'', while they fear being cured of Lycanthropy. Sims with any other [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]] are exactly the opposite, fearing becoming a werewolf and wanting to be cured if turned. Interestingly, even if a Sim wants to become a werewolf, once they do, it will always appear as a negative [[memory]].

Lycanthropy can be cured by purchasing the Lycanthropic-B potion from the obedience trainer, or from the [[Gypsy Matchmaker|gypsy]] if ''[[Nightlife]]'' or ''[[FreeTime]]'' is installed. Unlike [[Vampire]]s with the [[Vampires#Re-Normalization|Vamprocillin-D]] potion, visiting Werewolf Sims cannot be influenced to drink Lycanthropic-B, and must either be directed to do so on their home lot or taken control of via a game hack.

Werewolves are better at training dogs. They can train a command in just one hour, compared to the usual two hours it takes.

Note that pregnant Werewolf Sims are unable to savage. Also, if a Werewolf has a custom skintone when in normal-Sim form, they usually won't get the hairy Werewolf skin at night. This is a glitch.

Werewolves, much like [[zombie]]s, walk differently during the night. They run when bent down. They can't run or skip until daytime.

Werewolves can fight [[burglar]]s, and will always win after the fight.

After <code>boolprop testingcheatsenabled</code> is set to <code>true</code>, Shift-click on the lot mailbox, select NPC, and then choose Leader of the Pack. After a certain amount of time, the wolf will appear at the edge of the lot, and Sim can begin forging a positive relationship with the beast.{{clr}}

During the night, the Sim in question becomes, in essence, an anthropomorphic wolf. Their howl ability causes a drop in the [[bladder]] need of [[Life state|non-werewolves]], which in werewolves is possibly a naturally developed equivalent of the '''[[Wikipedia:Brown note|Brown Note]]''' used to ward off predators, such as Sims in lynch mobs. The subsequent urination creates enough embarrassment for the werewolves to escape from the scene in one piece. The nightly transformation causes an extremely fast 'big crunch' metabolism in the stomach to create [[Energy]], change chemicals in the brain and facilitates the growth of hair all over the body, along with tinted irises, all at once, within a few seconds, leaving the werewolf hungry and onlookers scared and confused.

Werewolves cannot pass the condition onto children they may have, unless the child is a teen or older. As evidenced by the increase in [[Body]] skill, werewolves seemingly accumulate vast amounts of practical knowledge on the workings of the body seemingly only from transforming back and forth, enabling them to learn how to fight, or to do feats such as skipping, doing [[yoga]], or practicing [[Tai Chi]] effectively, knowledge possibly from means of telepathy, which suggest that it is potentially extracted from a hive mind. This is possibly unlikely, as if this was true, the werewolf would accumulate other skills other than Body skills. Strangely, werewolves do not build [[Fitness (hobby)|muscle mass]] as would be expected by the metabolic breakdown during transformation and instead accumulate body skill. This is most likely the result of the same wishful thinking that caused the programmers of ''The Sims 2'' to have Sims gain an abnormally high amount of [[aspiration bar|Lifetime Aspiration Points]] from [[WooHoo]]ing for the first time.

Male werewolves will gain a new "ruffled" hairstyle after they transform, while females will keep their original hairstyle. In this case it cannot be changed back until the werewolf reverts to human form. If the player attempts to change the Sim's appearance in front of a mirror, the Sim will say there is too much hair.

Zombie-Werewolf hybrids strangely do not gain hair when they transform,<ref name="skintone" /> though males will still gain the werewolf hairstyle. They will also lose their "zombie gait" walk and will move like ordinary Sims, making this combination useful, albeit faulty.

==The Sims 2 (PSP)==

Werewolves can frighten Sims or build negative relationships with them by sniffing them inappropriately (can also be done on [[pet]]s<!-- including horses? -->){{vgversion|TS3:P}}, growling at them, or complaining about their shedding. Sometimes, a Sim may whack the werewolf's nose using a newspaper. When scratching furniture in a Sim's lot, a werewolf can get scolded by the owner of the lot for acting inappropriately. At level 3 of the Lycanthropy hidden skill, werewolves can bite other Sims with a cursed bite, beginning a transformation process after which the Sim will become a werewolf.