Well known modder Kawaii Stacie, known for her Slice of Life and Explore mods, has created a new mod that helps players recreate an Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience in The Sims 4. It comprises a unique aspiration that helps guide players through an experience mirroring that of playing New Horizons.

There are also some challenge rules on her website, to help you make the experience more authentic. If you’re craving an Animal Crossingadventure but don’t have a Switch or simply want to combine two of your favorite games, then this is the mod for you. Here we take a look at the things you need to know about Kawaii Stacie’s Animal Crossing mod and what you can do with it.

10 Experience Being In Debt To Tom Nook

Owing Tom Nook money is a key part of the Animal Crossing experience and here it’s faithfully replicated. You begin the challenge with a tent, radio, bench, shower, outdoor light, grill, and bush.

This very closely represents the package Tom Nook gives you in New Horizons, just adding a couple of essentials like a shower and grill, to ensure your sims survival. Also replicating the experience you’ll need to pay him for the privilege, to the tune of 45,000 simoleons.

9 Socialize With Your Villagers

The townies around you take the place of villagers on your island. The first thing you need to do is start to chat with them. Villagers are an important part of life in New Horizons, so it’s great to see them acknowledged here.

While you can wait for the welcome wagon we found that they don’t always like to visit the deserted Sulani island we set up on as suggested, so you may need to head over to the bar to complete this task.

8 Recieve Some Gifts

In New Horizons you receive odd gifts from your mom or other islanders. This is replicated here by random items being gifted to you through the mod. You’ll find most of them go into your household inventory so keep an eye on it.

The gifts also match the style of some of the furniture that is in the early game of Animal Crossing, adding a nice touch to the closeness of this mod to the actual Animal Crossing experience.

7 Learn DIY

Collecting and crafting DIY recipes to make furniture is another aspect of Animal Crossing that’s nicely captured through the woodworking skill. While the choices are more limited and less aesthetically pleasing in The Sims 4, they are still there.

Enjoy learning how to craft furniture and early on a handy tip to know is that knife blocks, craftable from the start, count as furniture when you are trying to complete your tasks.

6 Create A Home

Your home is your base and that’s the same in both games. In The Sims 4, you need to improvise a little but it’s very possible to build a home that resembles the one you’ll receive in Animal Crossing.

The main difference is that you won’t be able to replicate both inside and out without a little fiddling. We recommend getting a good external aesthetic then building your extra rooms in the basement, essentially making your entrance go into the top floor, rather than the middle one.

5 Collect Fish And Bugs

Sims can go fishing and there is a huge collection of fish to discover. You can also collect and breed frogs if you want to add an extra challenge. This means you’ll have the beginnings of a museum fit for Blathers.

For those with Outdoor Retreat, which the mod recommends, you’ll also be able to collect bugs from Granite Falls.

4 Do Some Gardening And Collecting

Flower breeding and planting is another large part of Animal Crossing and this is replicated by encouraging gardening. Planting a variety of fruits, herbs, and vegetables as well as flowers will also allow you to make some money, splicing will also replicate breeding.

You can also harvest items in the surrounding areas to gain minerals and other collectibles to add to your museum.

3 Build A Museum

As your collection builds you may want to build a museum fit for Blathers, in order to display your catches. While the museum in Animal Crossing would be much harder to replicate than the houses, any museum is fine.

Select from the gallery or get your building hat on. We suggest making the museum on a retail lot so you can still access it without having it in your back garden.

2 Make Some Upgrades

Towards the end of the aspiration, you’ll find yourself completing your museum collection, upgrading your home, and decorating. There are also more tasks relating to bonding with the islanders.

Once the aspiration is complete you’ll receive 1 million simoleons and the “one with nature” trait. As with Animal Crossing, this isn’t the end either as there are still people to see, places to decorate, and rooms to rearrange. You could even expand your village like Sims 4 Creations.

1 Add Your Own Twist

The mod does a great job of guiding you through the basics but you can of course add your own touches, especially if you have packs like Jungle Adventure, which adds the archaeology skill.

Missing KK? Why not add a musical sim to your neighborhood and get them to perform? Want The Nooks Cranny experience? Build a store like home and visit it whenever you need to sell anything. The only limit here is your imagination, as demonstrated by talented simmers like SatiSim, who created an entire Animal Crossing village.

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