Forum Discussion

EgonVM's avatar
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!
  • "Akl500P;c-18156636" wrote:
    "RoseQuartz;c-18156611" wrote:
    "Akl500P;c-18156507" wrote:
    I’m confused though because I thought George said on twitter they did add fears from previous packs. If we don’t have any others remember they did say this was a work in progress feature like neighborhood stories is. So don’t panic too much yet as they may tweak and add more.

    Here is the tweet. I may have misunderstood and content meant base game but that’s a super odd way of wording it.
    https://twitter.com/simgurugeorge/status/1548063111868866561?s=21&t=o8MSng76EBr_7vhggb2Dww


    Did they say that? It sounded to me like they could add more, but not that they would. Guess we'll see.


    I thought they said that in the livestream for the HS pack. Could have misheard though.


    Sure, could be. Maybe I missed it. Would be great if they added more!
  • You mean that you do not choose which sim has a specific fear. It is random?
  • Thanks so much for posting these: I feel like my simself would definitely have the 'fear of failure' fear, so I'd definitely want to use cheats to properly implement that if I put her into a save. Her likes and dislikes already accurately represent me, but it's not really going to feel like me in-game with any other fear on the Sim. I mean, I'm not exactly afraid of Cowplants. :D
  • 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.
  • 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
    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?
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    "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
    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...

About The Sims 4 General Discussion

Join lively discussions, share tips, and exchange experiences on Sims 4 Expansion Packs, Game Packs, Stuff Packs & Kits.

33,099 PostsLatest Activity: 2 hours ago