Sims 4 Ocean Exploration expansion pack [Aquariums, scuba diving and houseboats]
Underwater Diving areas
There are underwater diving areas that Sims can explore and that are interactive and actually visible to the player. Players can find treasure chests, explore underwater caves or ruins or sunken shipwrecks, harvest seaweed and catch fish swimming around. The fish that have been caught can be brought to the surface and exhibited in an aquarium.
There is a scuba diving skill. The higher the skill level, the longer a Sim can stay underwater and the less depressurizing time a Sim has.
Aquarium
There is an aquarium in town that you can fill up with fish and other marine life like starfish or colorful sea slugs. These can be caught while scuba diving. There are giant aquarium tanks that you can stock with fish. There is an aquarium tunnel object that Sims can walk through. Aquariums are a new type of community venue. There are saltwater tanks (with corals and rocks) and freshwater tanks (with kelp and wood branches)
Houseboat
Houseboats are a new type of home that Sims can live in. Houseboats are editable in Build Mode like a regular lot, except you can't add a basement.
Upgrade your houseboat
Players can add upgrades to the houseboat at the wharf building.
Houseboat upgrades include…
- Ladder for ocean swimming
- Fishing net to catch fish
- Custom anchor styles
- Headlights for the night
- Faster houseboat speed
Whale watching
There are whales jumping out of the ocean that you can go watch with your houseboat. You can offer paid whale watching tours or diving tours with your houseboat by clicking on the tourist information center.
Driftwood furniture
Collect driftwood at the beach and craft new driftwood furniture using the woodworking table from base game and Handiness skill.
Expanded mermaids
Mermaids should get their own skill tree like all other occults and more scary looking like Sirens. Sirens could also be a new type of occult. To expand Mermaids they should get…
- Aquatic ears
- New mermaid tails
- Seaweed hair
- Fish scale skin tone that makes the whole body have fish scales
- Barnacles on body
- Sims can become a Siren by getting bitten by a Siren. (Like vampires)
- Mermaids/ Sirens can drink blood like vampires, but don‘t need to
- More fish-like appearance
- Fish-like eyes
- Freezing abilities
- Stronger manipulation powers
- The Siren/ Mermaid skill tree
Australian world
The town is inspired by Australian beach towns like Airlie Beach in Australia. It consists of two marinas where houseboats are located.
New collections
Sea slugs:
- Verco's nudibranch
- Black-margined sea slug
- Leaf sea slug
- Clown nudibranch
- Orange side-gilled slug
- Chromodoris nudibranch
Starfish:
- Cushion starfish
- Eleven-armed sea star
- Reef starfish
- Firebrick starfish
- Seven-armed starfish
- Blue spiny starfish
New fishes
Harvest edible seaweed
Seaweed grows underwater and you can harvest it and eat it.
