I haven't seen any guides or patch notes yet, so I've been testing their effects on sims. I will be updating this as more information is presented, but feel free to add things I've missed.Due to the fact that so many phases of the moon appear to do nothing, despite the fact that we saw in the livestream that one of the phases gave an increase to athletic skill, this leads me to believe that most of the gameplay attached to the lunar cycle will be tied to the upcoming werewolves pack. New Moon: Vampire Energy will constantly rise at night, as if they are sleeping. Waxing Crescent Moon: Unknown/no effectFirst Quarter Moon: Unknown/no effect.Waxing Gibbous Moon: Unknown/no effectFull Moon: Increased spellcasting success & hydration loss is lowered for mermaids.Waning Gibbous Moon: Unknown/noeffectThird Quarter Moon: Unknown/no effectWaning Crescent Moon: Unknown/no effectMoonbathing:New Moon: +1 Inspired BuffWaxing Crescent Moon: +1 Energized BuffFirst Quarter Moon: +1 Happy buffWaxing Gibbous Moon: +1 playful buffFull Moon: +1 Flirty BuffWaning Gibbous Moon: +1 Confident BuffThird Quarter Moon: + 1 happy buffWaning crescent Moon: + focused buff Alien: +1 happy buff (doesn't matter what phase.)Please Note: If a lunar phase affects a specific occult, you will not see what it does unless you have that occult selected currently. So for a New Moon, it will appear to do nothing in the UI unless you are currently controlling a vampire.

Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.

"Gordy;c-18129160" wrote:Do we get any negative effects from moon phases?None that I found

Just looked at the lunar cycle in the game. I had hoped for a bit more effect on the occults instead of just one single moon fase with an effect for each occult.Note : the moon fase seems to change to the next stage at 7 in the morning. (tested with an 8 day cycle)

"Simmerville;c-18129162" wrote:Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.I think humans do have reactions to moon phases. My sim has been getting a “weird dream” moodlet (from high maintenance trait) since the update, and there’s a moon in the icon. Also, my sim went to the spice festival during a full moon and everyone kept breaking out into fights.

"BoujieSimmer;c-18129474" wrote:"Simmerville;c-18129162" wrote:Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.I think humans do have reactions to moon phases. My sim has been getting a “weird dream” moodlet (from high maintenance trait) since the update, and there’s a moon in the icon. Also, my sim went to the spice festival during a full moon and everyone kept breaking out into fights. My high-maintenance Sim has been getting that all along, before yesterday's update. Though it might have been a nod to the upcoming lunar phases update.

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Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.
zeldagirl180
3 years ago
"Gordy;c-18129160" wrote:
Do we get any negative effects from moon phases?

None that I found
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Just looked at the lunar cycle in the game. I had hoped for a bit more effect on the occults instead of just one single moon fase with an effect for each occult.

Note : the moon fase seems to change to the next stage at 7 in the morning. (tested with an 8 day cycle)
BoujieBee2
New Spectator
3 years ago
"Simmerville;c-18129162" wrote:
Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.

I think humans do have reactions to moon phases. My sim has been getting a “weird dream” moodlet (from high maintenance trait) since the update, and there’s a moon in the icon.

Also, my sim went to the spice festival during a full moon and everyone kept breaking out into fights.
loubyloulou
Seasoned Novice
3 years ago
"BoujieSimmer;c-18129474" wrote:
"Simmerville;c-18129162" wrote:
Would be cool if also human sims reacted a little, at least at full moon. Light sleep, bigger chance of failures (clumsy), perhaps more romance thoughts, or easier scared... guess it should depend on personality.

I think humans do have reactions to moon phases. My sim has been getting a “weird dream” moodlet (from high maintenance trait) since the update, and there’s a moon in the icon.

Also, my sim went to the spice festival during a full moon and everyone kept breaking out into fights.

My high-maintenance Sim has been getting that all along, before yesterday's update. Though it might have been a nod to the upcoming lunar phases update.
BoujieBee2
New Spectator
3 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18129531" wrote:
@BoujieSimmer the Breaking out into fights sounds much like what can happen in RL. There has been a tie to the lunar cycles to Human behavior. I'm about to have my first Full Moon in my game. We'll see what comes of it. I have no Occults in my game. Just the possibility of Aliens from space.

I’ve never had Judith Ward fighting everyone attending the event before. Maybe it was just Judith lol
BoujieBee2
New Spectator
3 years ago
@VeeDub @DaWaterRat I think it was a N.A.P.
Karamazov123
Seasoned Vanguard
3 years ago
Do we get any negative effects from moon phases?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@BoujieSimmer the Breaking out into fights sounds much like what can happen in RL. There has been a tie to the lunar cycles to Human behavior. I'm about to have my first Full Moon in my game. We'll see what comes of it. I have no Occults in my game. Just the possibility of Aliens from space.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
3 years ago
@BoujieSimmer If you have Eco ~~Living~~ Lifestyle and NAPs enabled, the fights might have been caused by the roughhousing one (I don't recall its exact name), if it happens to be currently active.