Gremlins!

"Jaquelette;15390149" wrote:
I thought this would be a fun lot trait for my renovated factory but with everything breaking every night (even the "unbreakable" toilets) it got to be too much effort. Turned on the Gnomes trait and let them fix everything after the second day.

I will say one thing about the trait though. If you need parts for upgrades Gremlins is THE choice. All those repairs had my Sims swimming in parts. :D

Hello @Jaquelette
As you said ,the trait is great for getting parts for upgrades, and helps to quickly build up handiness skill :)
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"Simsister2004;15390444" wrote:
Where do you find the repair gnomes, and what do they look like? Can I only have them in apartments?

Hello @Simsister2004
The Gnomes is a lot trait that you can put on houses and apartments. This is a link to a list of lot traits and the effects that they have on homes.
http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/lottraits/

This is what is written about the lot trait on the site

Broken things just seem to get mended overnight. It's as if kindly Gnomes watch over the place... While Sims are sleeping, gnomes may appear late at night to fix any broken objects.

I love chaos in my game it makes it more interesting. Though if you have the gnome trait with the gremlin trait it tends to help out a lot with sims with low handiness skills.

I know this is thread necromancy in the extreme, but this is the thread that pops up when you google "Sims 4 Gremlins trait," so I thought I'd pop in here to let people know how to control this trait if you just want the gremlins to come SOME nights (like when you have the next day free to do repairs and want a steady source of upgrade parts).

Just be awake at midnight. The gremlins only come if the household is asleep. So: pause the game at 11:45, get up to go pee, and then by the time you pee and wash your hands it's past midnight and you're safe to go back to sleep. :)

If your sink has already been upgraded not to break, will it still break?

"feetinstockings;15323038" wrote:
If your sink has already been upgraded not to break, will it still break?

I started a brand new game to explore the city, but I could probably run a test on that. I would assume that unbreakable objects wouldn't break, but they may be particularly tricky gremlins. (And now I'm wondering if objects listed in the catalog as unbreakable would be immune to the gremlins' wily ways.)

It didn't happen every night, but a couple nights later (before she'd even had a chance to finish fixing everything!) it happened again, and everything that had been fixed broke again.

*ticks off gremlins from usable lot traits*

I would absolutely hate that! It's the main reason my sims never, EVER go out to ghost nights any more.

"EmmaVane;15323476" wrote:
This would be great for a Handiness Workshop club lot... Gather... Repair TV, console, stove, coffee maker etc... Relax and enjoy the spoils... Come back next time and repeat :p.

Ooh, I like the way you think!

I suspect they can reduce the frequency of that if too many people are unhappy with it.. like alien abductions (though a lot of people would probably end up complaining like they did then).

Yikes! I know what you mean. This lot trait makes game really hard and makes death by electrocution easier. My sims got shocked many times, and three times from wall speaker. What is wrong with wall speaker when it always electrocutes my sims?