Where do ghosts come from in the Sims?
When sims die the Grim Reaper comes to collect their soul. The Reaper uses its scythe and extracts the soul. Then the body turns into either a tombstone or an urn (depending on whether you die outs...
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FlamingoKickerThere are three planes of existence in the Sims 4: the physical world, the spirit world, and the netherworld. The Grim Reaper himself, as well as his workshop, exist at a sort of nexus between the three. It's like the "Wood between the Worlds," if you've ever read Chronicles of Narnia.
When a sim has just died, their soul is temporarily trapped in their body. When Grim comes to reap them, he is separating their soul from their body and transferring them to the spirit world. A ghost in the spirit world is still connected to the physical world via their tombstone/urn, and can visit the living. The longer they remain in the spirit world without anyone strengthening their connection to the physical world, the more they want to go to the netherworld. Eventually they will go on their own. If someone in the Reaper career reaps a ghost who is already in the spirit world, they are sent to the netherworld. Once in the netherworld, they have no connection at all to the physical world, although they can still visit the Reaper's workshop.
