10 Base Game Objects You Need To Start Using | The Sims 4 Guide 

My favourite discovery was the coolala defender light that prevents the monster under the bed. I got basegame & parenthood together so always used the parenthood nightlight until someone pointed out the basegame version (I still usually go back to the parenthood one but its nice to have options). No more kids waking up the whole family in the middle of the night because they are too scared to sleep.

Cameras are a great way to get your relationships up, as well.

Another thing: I find that my Sims often drink part of a pot of coffee and don't finish it, so what I do now is have them grab a drink but not drink it and drag the extra coffee cups into the fridge. This is particularly good when your sim does not have simoleons to throw away

The easiest way to get a cow plant is if you have the City Living pack. The Spice Festival has a number of plants that you can harvest and you can almost always get a cow plant berry from selecting “harvest all”. You don’t even need gardening skill

I always use the laser show for my toddlers and I size it down to make it like a realistic night light

Also the bonsai bush is a great way to learn gardening skill before you can fertilise plants at skill level 3. If you have Seasons, your sims will also learn flower arranging as well as gardening while trimming the overgrowth and shaping the bonsai

About the last storage chest: there’s a mod called under counter storage that utilizes that feature for kitchen appliances and it’s pretty easy to mod new objects to also be storeable

That's the only trashcan I use lol. I've been delving more into base game items in my builds lately, because there are many things that get overlooked and are fantastic

I’m already aware of that trash can, the reason I don’t use it a lot is because it’s only available in one color swatch and it won’t match all the kitchens/rooms I built. Edit: if only they have more (preferably darker) color swatches, I'd definitely use it a lot more

The "Let There Be Light! Laser Show" is from Digital Deluxe (which costs an additional amount of $15 when bought together with the base game), so it's not a standard base game item.

08:26 Ok, that's just very practical! In other words, we can add chest in the crafting rooms, effectively clearing out the Sims personal inventories. Great thinking right there. :)

The laser light show also gives toddlers a +1 happy moodlet which is great for getting their skills up faster

I thought the laser light show thing was only available if you purchase the upgraded version of the base game. You get the tiki bar and the animal hats eith that version. In just the regular base game they are not available.

i've played the sims 4 purely base game for a month and a couple of weeks before buying any expansion, so this was nice to see! bc base game isn't as boring as everyone thinks imo. :') another thing I never knew about (until i watched a Deli LP) was the elements chart! i had no idea that collected elements could be displayed there! it was mindblowing to me lol.

You can also put the veggies and fruits in the fridge, meanwhile the flowers can be placed in the flower arranging table. 😉

I love the Nanocan! It really comes in handy when you're doing something like the 100 Baby Challenge or a Legacy Challenge, where you have a lot of sims in your household.

When I first started playing The Sims 4, I used most of these 😂 one of my sims was an astronaut, and her husband was a tech guru. They had a rocket ship in their backyard and a cupcake factory in their kitchen. I never had time to cook for their three kids, and I didn’t know how to age up kids into teens, so they lived off of cupcakes.

"Which is about 8 too many.” Preach! 😂

I didn't even know, this laser show thing exists😲

The boxes to put things in are my favorite overlooked items in the game. And with (i think) eco lifestyle the cardboard boxes (maybe added to base game idk) with little sorting images and the ability to name them are the absolute best!

You can also get the cow berry by checking Patchy's pocket for seeds

Always helpful, I had no idea what some of those objects did! The sketch pad in particular I never think to buy.

I litterally bought a chest just for decor, but finding out it has an actual function is amazing!

Reason I never use cowplants is because honestly 12 hours is too short. And mine always end up dead because I forget to feed them

I find the easiest way to find a cow plant berry is to pick the harvestables at the festivals in San Myshuno. I don't remember if it is the Spice Festival or the Romance Festival.

Lovely video as always. I was wondering if you could go over lot traits, as there are quite a few overlooked ones in there, I'm sure.

I never knew that the bin actually gave back money. Haha thanks

The easiest cowberry is found at the Spice Festival, harvested from the first plant on the right hand corner by the barbecues.

The cuteness of the cowplant is no subjective matter, is an universal law

The Eco Lifestyles sticker storage box is better than the ornate beauty, firstly because you can pick it up and put it in your sim's inventory (or they can), and secondly, because if you want to organise your collections in different boxes, the ornate beauty doesn't do that, everything will be in every ornate beauty on the lot, but the sticker storage box only has what you put in each box. You can also label the sticker storage boxes. So if I want my collection of frogs in one box, I label it "Frogs", and fill it up. Next box I might want to put all of my crystals in, I can label that one "Crystals" and put all the crystals in it, and the frogs won't be in that box! I usually have one for gardening, and another for fish, so that when I fertilise my garden, I can just grab the item I want to use to fertilise out of the box, and not have to scroll through the list of what I have in my inventory (put everything in boxes)... Also, sometimes if I'm a bit scattered, I'll have a box of plants that have been planted, and a box of plants that are waiting to be planted, so it's easier when I go to do it (also stops you accidentally using them in cooking)

Obsessed with the tree stump and the cow plant 🤩 gonna make the coolest gardener sim next

Just ran across your videos yesterday by accident. I'm really appreciating them because I'm currently challenging myself to do everything the game has to offer, and these videos definitely help to give me ideas. I have them playing passively in the background as I work and am going through your whole library.

I love, love, LOVE your guides! They are short and to the point, and give great play ideas for when I get bored, or just because they are so creative. Thanks!

I had no idea about the cow plant giving you time on your life! Definitely gonna have to try that. I’ve had the game since day one lmao, I love that I’m always learning new things about this game.

Mindblown! I literally had no idea of what most of these objects can do and be used for. Thanks!

The chest one is pure gold and now I need to put one in my sim's home. Thanks heaps!

Omg that chest is the best thing ive heard about all day! I cant wait to use it

This is why I love to watch your videos I always learn stuff about the sims that I did t k ow we could do til I started watching your videos thanks so so so much for sharing this with we I truly appreciate it alot❤

I personally love the addition of the cupcake factory, but as mentioned, it is huge. Normally when building I'd literally just place it outside and have sims make the cupcakes outside. Usually in the backyard and out of direct view, but recently I discovered a mod by Ravasheen that lets you place a cupcake factory replacement object on any surface, and I've been using that ever since. Maybe ea could still think about making an alternative to the cupcake factory, though. It would definitely be more preferable as not all people use or want to use mods in their gameplay.

On top of the chests there are cardboard boxes that were added in Discover University that work the same but are a bit less pirate like.

I APPRECIATE THE ORIGINALITY!! So many lists of the same stuff!

Okay, using the tablet for painting from reference and the storage chest are both HUGE tips for me. Thanks!

You can't sell cupcakes in the base game. It's also worth noting that all chests on a lot share one inventory (like an ender chest). You can't put down multiple chests and store different stuff in each of them, so for organization purposes they only go so far as getting the random stuff out of your sim's inventory. That's still pretty useful, though.

I had no idea about the digital sketchpad! That's so cool!

Very helpful thank you! It’s always nice to explore some new items you e never used before!

You’re amazing and I don’t think you get enough credit ❤

I actually didn’t know about 8 of these and I’m super excited to try some of these out!!! Thanks!!

wow thank you for this i didn't know the sketchpad was this interesting

I add a fireplace to each room as soon as I can. It gives an auto boost and never overheats the Sims even in the middle of a heat wave in the desert. Also, all creative Sims should have at least one lump of clay from the children's toy section for instant creativity.

Patchy the scarecrow that comes with seasons is a must-have for gardening. If you talk to him enough, your sim unlocks the scarecrow outfit, he will come to life and tend your garden, and you can ask him for seeds everyday, you can get the magic bean seeds or cowberries or rare plant seeds and ask him for gardening tips to get your sim focused.

I knew about all of these except for the light show thing! That's so cool. I've always wanted to play the sims 4 but couldn't afford to buy it, now that it's free I'm so happy. I then saw there is so much content to buy for the game,e that made it seem the base game isn't fun, until I started exploring stuff lol. Thanks for this vid😊

The paint from reference tip with the sketch pad is great! Thanks!

Wow I didn’t know about the beans or the fact you can actually store things in those boxes. Thanks! ^thumbs up* indeed

I'm using the trash can since I first started to play sims 4, it's awesome and helps me a lot in legacy challenges

I live and die by that trash can. The absolute best item in the game

love the plantsim one!

Thank you for the refresher of some objects/items I forgot about

Ah thank you for this compilation, legend!!

I have NEVER heard of that tree stump that you put the colorful magic beans on. How cool. Why have I never heard of this? and it looks like it's base game. I'm low-key pissed that know one have ever mentioned this before. Thanks for the vid.

Omg these are so cool!! I didn't know there was digital art!

this is so great - thanks! :) oh and the cool box for outside snacks and drinks is good too!!

I love the tea magic brewer it's a great way to get certain moods for your sims

I just stumbled on your vid whilst browsing my normal vids and it proved to be both entertaining and informative - thanks for sharing and I'm now subscribed to your channel

i didn’t realize the camera was functional!!! thank you great video !! 💓💓

Such a clever video idea and fun to watch

Love these! For anyone wondering the chests are under storage and miscellaneous I think. My base game love is the nightlight that keeps away the monsters for kids! I know that's not all that exciting but it saves me so much annoyance haha

Am I the only one who already knew all of the mentioned things just because you went through the building menue..?

WOW, a few of these I had no idea. thanks so much!!

This was great. I didn't know about some of this.

Ok, I had never even seen some of these objects. Now I want to play Sims 4 haha, Awesome video!

I love the nano garbage can 😊

Thank you for this video, I played the base game for so long before I bought any packs.

Had no idea about the digital sketch pad or the factory! Very helpful video thank you

These are very cool! The plant sim is definetley something im gonna have to explore :O

the stories from the rocket ship are actually quite fun if you take the time to read them, and my sim got a 3 eyed blue slug that actually blinks and moves around a bit!

I now plan to use some of these in my gameplay. Thanks for this guide

Love, love, love the trash can!

i love your sim videos, so underrated xD

Cool vid, especially the last tip.

Woah is that build from 8:17 on the gallery? Finally a good looking realm of magic lot! 😍

did not know about that trachcan/atm thing.... i placed 6 around my house as soon as he told me about what they do!

Thank this was helpful and I can't wait to try it in my game

Thanks for the video you've given me some great ideas I was completely unaware of

Mindblown!! Plant sim was back this whole time?!!

I was so excited they put the ICYA chests in Discover University, since I wanted to clean out my inventories - I didn't realize till much later the chests in the base game did the same thing!

If you have cottage living, you can find the cowplant in one of the shops. But I've only seen it there once, so it's probably rare.

Omg the chest fact? I always wished for something like this in the sims, and damn, I had no idea that it’s already there! Where were you 3 years ago or so 😂

Hey thanks :D this was really helpful for me. I used to only play bae game and never found this out. Now I have get together and it's still really helpful

I just found your channel and I'm binge watching. *gets inspired mood buff*

I had no clue about the boxes! Wow!

wow, thank you for this!

Couple of small notes on the objects: The digitalistic sketchpad can be upgraded for faster sketching. Not sure if it makes it faster than the easel (and I know some of the more expensive easels from the artist career seem to do more for the quality of the work), but it's a neat touch If people woohoo in the rocket ship and there is a computer on the lot, another sim can "listen to Space woohoo". It doesn't achieve anything as far as I can tell, but seeing that option for the first time was hilarious! I made a tiny room with the 6 magic beans in it, which is much cheaper and much more reliable way to get those rather than the lottery of the random seed packets. I actually hate the random seed packets idea so ended up making rooms for each level of plantable so I can avoid that annoying faff...

Me who has no expansion packs and relies on modding and cc: *Yes. YES. FEEL MY WRATH!!!

This is a great video, thank you!

i love your videos!

Thanks pal I learned a lot

I've never needed a cupcake factory so badly

tyvm this helped a lot

Nice video, I have to check some of these things out!

Sketch pad is overpowered. Get painting to 10, get your sim inspired/very inspired by surrounding yourself in inspiring decor/aura, and starts pumping out masterpiece insanely fast. You can even do performance upgrade on the pad to make it even faster. Every masterpiece would be rated $4000 at the lowest. My record was like around $11000 for 1 masterpiece. And this is just the value from selling straight to Art Gallery, if you sell it through retail/street gallery/plopsy, you can sell it up to 3 times the price market price. I literally stop caring about the freelancer jobs when I can just sell the paintings myself. It's the easiest and most broken way to make money without actually "abusing" the game such as overselling trendsetter outfit, joining family and "stealing" their money, or straight up using money cheat.