The Sims 4offers players the opportunity tocollectvarious items through different means, including buying, crafting, and exploring. These items can be found in various categories called Collections, which range from plants to postcards to even fossils. There are a total of 36 collections available in the game, some of which are more challenging to complete than others. While some collections require only the base game, others are exclusive to certain packs or limited-time events. Completing collections can unlock various rewards and provide a sense of accomplishment for players.
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As there are 36 collections inThe Sims 4, players have a plethora of items to collect, each with varying levels of difficulty and time required. It’s important to pay attention to the description of each collection in order to understand how to collect everything. However, it can be a challenge to focus on every collection, considering their varying rarities and time requirements. Furthermore, as players get more packs, some collections become more difficult to complete, considering the increased amount of items to find. Hence, this guide is not a comprehensive breakdown of each item in all 36 collections. Instead, it presents a broad perspective on where to search for collectibles and offers some strategies and techniques to acquire the more challenging ones.
Frogs
Frogs are a common element in the base game that players can focus on when working towards other collections, such as fishing. They can be found in various areas throughout the base game worlds, as well as in logs near fishing spots in other worlds.
While it is possible to catch them while fishing, this is not the most efficient way to collect them. What makes the frog collection unique is that some can also be collected by breeding different types of frogs. Each frog has a unique genetic makeup, and mixing the genetics of different types may seem confusing at first, but it is a useful method for collecting the rest of the collection.
Gardening
The gardening collection is one of the most extensive inThe Sims 4, offering a vast variety of plants for players to collect. With the addition of new packs to the game, the collection keeps expanding.
While players can find many items by exploring the world or grafting plants, some require specific actions, such as obtaining the forbidden fruit or discovering hidden areas like Sixam. Acquiring all the items in the collection can be costly, but players can opt to purchase seed packs to save time and collect most of the items.
MySims Trophies
MySims Trophies can be found in time capsules scattered around the worlds, but they may take some time to collect since rocks can also yield other collectibles such as crystals, metals, and fossils. However, players can utilize additional methods introduced in certain packs to increase their chances of finding these trophies.
For instance,Get To Workincludes an official retail store that sells one of the rare trophies, andRealm of Magicoffers a few trophies from an astral vendor. Additionally,City Living’s Flea Market festival provides an opportunity for players to buy almost the entire collection from a Sim vendor.
Metals
The process of finding metals is quite similar to that of MySims Trophies, as both are found within rocks that players can dig up throughout the game worlds. Additionally, metals can also be purchased from retail stores, astral projection vendors, and can sometimes be found being sold at the flea market.
However, what sets the metals collection apart is that it is required for another collection - specifically, the Elements collection - for which players need both metals and crystals. Therefore, players should be careful not to sell any metals they come across before finding the related elements needed for the Elements collection.
Crystals
Additionally, it is important for players to note that there are several crystals exclusive to certain packs, such as Jungle Adventure or Get to Work, but the collection methods remain the same. Furthermore, players can acquire most of the crystals by ordering them from the computer if they own theGet Famouspack.
As with the Metals collection, players should refrain from selling their crystals immediately and instead hold onto them until they complete their Elements collection.
Elements
To obtain elements, players must send their crystals or metals to the Geo Council for extraction, a process that takes a day with a cooldown period. To optimize their efforts, players are advised to first call the Geo Council to learn which elements can be extracted from their crystals and metals, and then ensure that they send only the items they need to complete their Elements collection.
It is worth noting that some crystals and metals may be composed of multiple elements, making the resulting element received via mail the next day random.
Postcards
The Postcard collection is a straightforward one, but it can be time-consuming for players to complete as they need to acquire postcards from various locations by having pen pals. Since this is not a commonly used computer interaction, players may overlook this collection. To start collecting, players can find the pen pal option in the social menu and interact with them a few times.
In addition to the base game postcards, theMy First PetStuff pack adds a new set of postcards. When pet rodents go out for adventures, they may bring back new postcards. Players can also display their postcards in their homes using a pinboard from the Build/Buy mode.
Fossils
Collecting fossils is similar to finding metals and MySims Trophies since players have to dig rocks to discover them.
Although some fossils are exclusive to certain packs, these collections can typically be completed simultaneously as players explore the different worlds and use the previously mentioned methods.
Microscope Prints
To complete the Microscope Prints collection, players need to have a high level of Logic skill and a microscope. Like the Elements collection, microscope prints require other collection items such as plants, fossils, and crystals, though not every item guarantees a print.
Players need to analyze numerous items under a microscope to obtain the prints, but some prints don’t require any objects to be analyzed, and simply using the microscope can also yield some prints.
Space Prints
Space Prints collection is both easy to complete and visually stunning. To obtain most of the prints, players need to use an observatory and perform specific interactions, such as observing the sky during the day. However, it’s worth noting that this collection was later expanded with a free base game update, which includes additional prints that cannot be obtained through the observatory.
To collect these prints, players need to use either the small or large telescope and perform the Moongaze interaction.
