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EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

List of Fears

That's it. I'm creating a list thread where we together collect the fears and effects.

If you have access to the full list and want to share it, feel free to.

List of fears and their descriptions (and what pack is required):
Base game:
  • Fear of Being Cheated On - needs to talk with his/her/their partner and soon. Otherwise, 's relationship will continue to have problems unless he/she/they finds a way to deal with it.
  • Fear of Being Judged - Those judgmental eyes feel like they are staring right at !
  • Fear of Cowplants - One bite from a Cowplant and it could all be over! would prefer to keep away from Cowplants for now. The potted plant in the corner looks like it's up to no good.
  • Fear of Crowded Places - There are too many Sims around right now! will be tense if around too many Sims on the same lot.
  • Fear of the Dark - will be afraid during the nighttime and may struggle to stay asleep! Any little bump in the night will wake him/her/them up.
  • Fear of Dead-end Job - is questioning if there is a future with his/her/their career. 's job performance will suffer and he/she/they will return from work sad.
  • Fear of Death - will avoid participating in risky behaviors and will be too afraid to interact with the Grim Reaper.
  • Fear of Failure - will start to question whether or not he/she/they is capable and have difficulty creating quality objects and struggle at work.
  • Fear of Fire - will want to run away and hide from fire and has an increased chance of starting fires accidentally.
  • Fear of Ghosts - won't want to remain near Ghosts for too long and might start believing Ghosts could be anywhere even when alone.
  • Fear of Swimming - will be too scared of swimming in the water and run out immediately if he/she/they somehow ends up in the water.
  • Fear of Unfulfilled Dreams - feels unfulfilled and dissatisfied with how life is going. will occasionally become upset with his/her/their life direction.

High School Years:
  • Fear of Disappointing Parents - Oh no. What are they going to think? will not be able to relax and will have difficult living up to his/her/their parents’ expectations
  • Fear of Homework - didn’t realize until now that homework is not just a suggestion but a requirement to get good grades and learn! will occasionally tense up when thinking about finishing his/her/their homework.
  • Fear of Failing Classes - is feeling the pressure of passing his/her/their classes. will occasionally have trouble focusing in class due to the pressure.
  • Fear of Failing Tests - does not want to fail another test! ’s test taking skills will be affected by his/her/their mood more than usual!
  • Fear of Failing After-School Activities - will occasionally relive their moment of failure and all of the emotions that came with it!

Growing Together:
  • Fear of Being Inferior - is afraid that they will never measure up and struggles with confidence. When losing confidence they will become tense. They will also become easily embarrassed when criticized or energized when their effort is praised. (Children only)

Horse Ranch:
  • Fear of Horses - What a massive creature! One wrong move and everything could go wrong. won't be able to interact with horses until they Confronts the Fear.


And for those who want to cheat on these fears, here are the trait cheats:
Spoiler
traits.equip_trait
Base game:
  • trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn
  • trait_Fear_BeingJudged
  • trait_Fear_Cowplant
  • trait_Fear_CrowdedPlaces
  • trait_Fear_Dark
  • trait_Fear_DeadEndJob
  • trait_Fear_Death
  • trait_Fear_Failure
  • trait_Fear_Fire
  • trait_Fear_Ghosts
  • trait_Fear_Swimming
  • trait_Fear_Unfulfilled

High School Years:
  • Trait_Fear_DisappointingParents
  • Trait_Fear_Homework
  • Trait_Fear_Failing_Class
  • Trait_Fear_Failing_Tests
  • Trait_Fear_Failing_AfterSchoolActivities

Growing Together:
  • trait_Fear_Inferior

Horse Ranch:
  • trait_Fear_Horses


Additional info:
Getting a fear gives you a notification and a moodlet (which depends on the type of the fear).
There are two types of fears: anxiety fears and danger fears (how I call them). Anxiety fears give tense a moodlet while danger fears give scared a moodlet.
Some existing traits prevent your sim from getting fears. This list shows which traits prevent which fears:
Spoiler
Base Game:
  • Fear of Being Cheated On -
  • Fear of Being Judged - Self-Assured
  • Fear of Cowplants - Green Fiend, Super Green Thumb, PlantSim
  • Fear of Crowded Places - Outgoing, Self-Assured
  • Fear of the Dark - Gloomy, Brave, Vampire
  • Fear of Dead-end Job -
  • Fear of Death -
  • Fear of Failure -
  • Fear of Fire -
  • Fear of Ghosts - Gloomy, Adventurous, Brave
  • Fear of Swimming - Child of the Ocean, Master of the Sea, Mermaid
  • Fear of Unfulfilled Dreams -

High School Years:
  • Fear of Disappointing Parents -
  • Fear of Homework -
  • Fear of Failing Classes - Lazy
  • Fear of Failing Tests -
  • Fear of Failing After-School Activities -

In addition, infants and toddlers can't get fears.

Let's get the curiosity satisfied and earn us some real-life satisfaction points!

50 Replies

  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    Another discovery I'll be adding to the first post.

    Brave trait (available in the rewards store) makes the sim immune to fears. You can't even add fears with cheats on them.
  • Playing merfolk, I can use a mirror to perform every interaction that came before Island Living without leaving the water, but the interactions that use the same animations don’t work for newer packs. I’m not surprised that wants and fears were not created for packs outside the base game.
  • My merfolk have to save the vampires from the sun all the time. There are a few vampires that would have burned to death if my mermen and mermaids didn’t call a rainstorm…
  • There doesn't seem to be anything stopping a sim developing every single fear, so maybe it's better that there aren't a hundred, you'd drown. But do pack-specific situations trigger the base fears? Can a bad karaoke performance or poorly-knitted sweater trigger a fear of failure, or getting hit by lightning trigger a fear of death?
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    I've updated the original post with what traits conflict with what fears (with what I found in tuning files). For example, Gloomy sims will never get the fear of ghosts.

    Now, I'm again back with bad news:
    Fears are only for teens, young adults, adults, and elders. This means children and toddlers will never get fears.
    What is with children getting left out lately?
  • SilentK008's avatar
    SilentK008
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 years ago
    "EgonVM;c-18168004" wrote:
    I've updated the original post with what traits conflict with what fears (with what I found in tuning files). For example, Gloomy sims will never get the fear of ghosts.

    Now, I'm again back with bad news:
    Fears are only for teens, young adults, adults, and elders. This means children and toddlers will never get fears.
    What is with children getting left out lately?


    That was a nice detail, gloomy sims not being scared by ghosts.
  • I don't know if it's just me but the fears seem super broken. My Sims get "fear of dead in job" like every single time they come home from work, and they get promotions regularly. I just disabled it because it was super annoying but I hate how they put the disable fear toggle with disable wants. I like wants but hate fears and I'm bummed I have to have one with the other or neither
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    "GrayfoxOmega_01;c-18183554" wrote:
    I don't know if it's just me but the fears seem super broken. My Sims get "fear of dead in job" like every single time they come home from work, and they get promotions regularly. I just disabled it because it was super annoying but I hate how they put the disable fear toggle with disable wants. I like wants but hate fears and I'm bummed I have to have one with the other or neither


    Agreed, it is super broken. Especially with elders with their fear of death (it just keeps coming back).

    This system has so much potential...
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    Update!

    Growing Together adds a new fear: Fear of Being Inferior. This is a fear for children only.

    In addition, children can now also fear the dark. Though why High School Years fears aren't included to them I don't know...

    Fear of Death for elders still hasn't been fixed...
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    Horse Ranch introduces a new fear: Fear of Horses.

    This is another fear children can't have.

    Confronting it seems to be a two step progress.

    Still no fix for Fear of Death for elders or new fears for the previous packs...

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