Hello, I have been reading online that apparently children and babies can die in the sims 3, and not just get taken away by the social worker. I wanted to know if this was true and how it could happen. I wanted to do a tragic story where the only boy in the family dies of an illness... and the parents never get over it. But I don't know whether starving the child will make the social worker take him AND the other two girls away. I don't want to lose all my children. Anyway, I know this is a strange topic, but I was hoping someone could give me an answer so that I don't lose all three children. Thanks!

I have never seen or heard of a baby being able to be killed in The sims 3 before, sounds something to morbid to be in a game like this.

I'm pretty sure children can die in a house fire, and they might be able to drown, but the social worker takes them away before they can starve.Maybe try deleting the doors so the social worker can't get to them? It might work.I'm more used to killing off adult sims in various entertaining ways.

Thanks for your answers!! I guess it just happens with story progression then... I just hate that the social worker takes ALL the children when she comes. I wouldn't mind it if they just took the neglected child, but leaving my family childless is out of question. I think it's stupid that baby and toddlers are "magically" immune to all types of deaths. It's not that I wish them to die, but it would make for some very dramatic and tragic stories... It's a shame they haven't included the lethal hamster virus since Sims 1... I miss that!!

If you're into Mods, the Force Kill option under Master Controller might be able to do it. It can kill any Sim and it gives you a menu option of all the ways a Sim can die. I usually pick "Meteor Strike." I have never used it on a baby or toddler Sim, but maybe you can test it to see if it can be done. Just don't expect the Grim Reaper or anything. The force-killed Sim just disappears and a pop-up message says "_____ has been killed by a meteor". I use this for those annoying Paparazzi's always showing up on the lot.

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Can babies and children die in the Sims 3?

21 Replies

thelawtman2013
14 years ago
I have never seen or heard of a baby being able to be killed in The sims 3 before, sounds something to morbid to be in a game like this.
Silfrvarg
14 years ago
I'm pretty sure children can die in a house fire, and they might be able to drown, but the social worker takes them away before they can starve.
Maybe try deleting the doors so the social worker can't get to them? It might work.
I'm more used to killing off adult sims in various entertaining ways.
bbbananas
14 years ago
I'm pretty sure children can die (most likely from drowning, burning to death, etc.) but I don't believe toddlers or babies can die. Like thelawtman said, it would be quite morbid to create the death of a baby/toddler.

I would suggest drowning him, but that's just me :P I'm sure there are other ways, I've just done this off the top of my head, but I hope it helps :)
amazingray
14 years ago
Children can die, but at the moment I think they can only die by drowning, fire and meteors. The rest of the death types don't seem to apply to them.

Death by hunger: Out of the question as they will be taken by the social worker.
Death by electrocution: Not possible, since they can't repair anything.
Death by old age: Well...you don't need an explanation for this, right? :lol:
Death by cowplant: Children cannot interact with cowplants thus they will not be eaten.
Death by thirst: They will be taken by the social worker as this is tied into hunger
Death by mummy's Curse: Children can travel, but they can't go tomb exploring. So, no.
blacksheba1973
14 years ago
TheCheezeAteMyCat wrote:
silfrvarg wrote:

Maybe try deleting the doors so the social worker can't get to them?

They will teleport the child/baby out of the locked room if they can't get to them.
Not that I've tested this before! :shock: But I know it happens!
:lol:
captainslow89
14 years ago
I've never had a child in my household die, but I've seen it in other households, the ones I don't control. But they just die because the town is too full
cyborg_ninja612
14 years ago
Ray27 wrote:

Death by cowplant: Children cannot interact with cowplants thus they will not be eaten.

children can interact with the plant but it can't kill them.
catvandermiau
14 years ago
Thanks for your answers!! I guess it just happens with story progression then...

I just hate that the social worker takes ALL the children when she comes. I wouldn't mind it if they just took the neglected child, but leaving my family childless is out of question. I think it's stupid that baby and toddlers are "magically" immune to all types of deaths. It's not that I wish them to die, but it would make for some very dramatic and tragic stories...

It's a shame they haven't included the lethal hamster virus since Sims 1... I miss that!!
shaposh2012
Seasoned Traveler
14 years ago
CatvanderMiau wrote:

It's a shame they haven't included the lethal hamster virus since Sims 1... I miss that!!

Ha ha! I remember trapping a sim in a room full of hamster cages and she never seemed to catch the virus. It was so frustrating!
nosila6789
13 years ago
In the sims 3 Showtime i was playing this family with a.Six level singer, her bff and her bff's boyfriend.So my sims bff gave birth to a baby boy.(i hate baby boys i like sims giving birth to girls since i am a girl)So i wanted to kill it.I set the house on fire.With the rug put up to fire place light the fire.But the baby did't DIE!But i forgot put walls around the babys room.And KILLED my sims household :oops:!But yes the baby did get taken away :D.So i think you Not do this.SIM BABIES WILL DIE! :twisted: