So, the other day I had my sims participate in the holiday, Halloween. When I created the holiday I chose "spooky spirit" as one of the activities and when the holiday rolled around, it said that I needed to interact with ghosts and other creepy things like that. How do I complete that? No ghosts or anything spooky appeared. And my child sims were pretty disappointed that they hadn't done everything.

"ChelsPlaySims;d-944373" wrote:So, the other day I had my sims participate in the holiday, Halloween. When I created the holiday I chose "spooky spirit" as one of the activities and when the holiday rolled around, it said that I needed to interact with ghosts and other creepy things like that. How do I complete that? No ghosts or anything spooky appeared. And my child sims were pretty disappointed that they hadn't done everything.Spooky Spirit also covers Aliens/Vamps as well, but if you don't have either of those, you're out of luck.

There are ways to get ghosts to appear. If you have the "haunted" lot trait there is a chance a ghost will appear or you can tell ghosts stories and they have a chance of summoning a ghost, not sure if that is part of the base game or if it came with outdoor retreat. If you have GT youc ould go to the Von Haunts estate in Windenburg and interact with the two ghosts on that lot.If you have Spooky Stuff the spooky spirit tradition will also include carving pumpkins and using the candy bowl.

I'm not completely sure, but I think having "remembrance" as one of the traditions creates ghost passerbys. If it's not remembrance then it's one of the other traditions. I had a lot of ghosts walk by!

"VentusMatt;c-16601791" wrote:There are ways to get ghosts to appear. If you have the "haunted" lot trait there is a chance a ghost will appear or you can tell ghosts stories and they have a chance of summoning a ghost, not sure if that is part of the base game or if it came with outdoor retreat. If you have GT youc ould go to the Von Haunts estate in Windenburg and interact with the two ghosts on that lot.If you have Spooky Stuff the spooky spirit tradition will also include carving pumpkins and using the candy bowl.Telling ghost stories only came with Outdoor Retreat, but the Haunted lot trait is either basegame or only with CL, idk. However, it does not guarantee a ghost to appear on the night you want them to appear on.

"paradiseplanet;c-16602011" wrote:Telling ghost stories only came with Outdoor Retreat, but the Haunted lot trait is all basegame. However, it does not guarantee a ghost to appear on the night you want them to appear on.I don't think the Haunted lot trait is base game, I believe it comes with the City Living EP. I rarely use lot traits though so I could be mistaken or perhaps it was recently added to base game in a patch? Last time I looked through the list of lot traits though, I don't recall seeing it there. I really hope you're right because I'd love that trait for certain lots in my game. :)

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EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Because of the spooky spirit tradition, ghosts roam around the streets at the nighttime. If you don't have any ghosts the game will generate some.
dianed485
Rising Scout
7 years ago
If you have Get Together, you can go to The Von Haunt estate. Though the ghosts came next to my sims house on Spooky Day. Also if you have Cats and Dogs, I know there's a pet cemetery on Deadgrass Island, maybe there are ghosts there too ?
vanpelt81
New Spectator
7 years ago
I made a cemetery lot in my game and as a result my Halloween had ghosts roaming around the neighborhood.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"Dianesims;c-16602654" wrote:
If you have Get Together, you can go to The Von Haunt estate. Though the ghosts came next to my sims house on Spooky Day. Also if you have Cats and Dogs, I know there's a pet cemetery on Deadgrass Island, maybe there are ghosts there too ?

I almost forgot about that, but yes animal ghosts do appear on the island after maybe 6-7pm gametime and stay out all night.
simsimsere
Seasoned Adventurer
7 years ago
"EgonVM;c-16602602" wrote:
Because of the spooky spirit tradition, ghosts roam around the streets at the nighttime. If you don't have any ghosts the game will generate some.

I don't think spooky spirit generates ghosts. I had a spring holiday with remembrance, trick or treating, egg hunt, thankful spirit and gardening. One of those traditions triggered the ghosts. I guess it was remembrance.
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"luimistelija;c-16602734" wrote:
"EgonVM;c-16602602" wrote:
Because of the spooky spirit tradition, ghosts roam around the streets at the nighttime. If you don't have any ghosts the game will generate some.

I don't think spooky spirit generates ghosts. I had a spring holiday with remembrance, trick or treating, egg hunt, thankful spirit and gardening. One of those traditions triggered the ghosts. I guess it was remembrance.

Maybe it was because you had the remembrance/spooky spirit tradition first time. When I had a holiday with Spooky spirit tradition first time, I didn't see any ghosts in the streets. But when I had a holiday with remembrance tradition two days after, there were some ghosts in the streets.
Idontrcall
7 years ago
I had Spooky Day this morning, and I was scrambling to fulfill it. I found an alien and was able to accomplish it, but later when it got dark outside I saw a few ghosts stroll by my house.

I had Spooky Spirit chosen as a tradition. Maybe the ghosts only come out in the evening?

eta: I did not have remembrance as a tradition.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Ghost townies are suppose to walk by but even if they don't there is that pet cemetary in Brendleton Bay with cat and dog ghosts.
janyses
New Observer
7 years ago
"VanPelt81;c-16602664" wrote:
I made a cemetery lot in my game and as a result my Halloween had ghosts roaming around the neighborhood.

Ghosts roam every Halloween without a cemetery. It's the spooky tradition that makes it happen.
janyses
New Observer
7 years ago
"luimistelija;c-16602734" wrote:
"EgonVM;c-16602602" wrote:
Because of the spooky spirit tradition, ghosts roam around the streets at the nighttime. If you don't have any ghosts the game will generate some.

I don't think spooky spirit generates ghosts. I had a spring holiday with remembrance, trick or treating, egg hunt, thankful spirit and gardening. One of those traditions triggered the ghosts. I guess it was remembrance.

Remembrance triggers ghosts but so does Spooky Spirit. The difference is that with Spooky Spirit you'll see ghosts at night, while with Remembrance you'll also see them during the day.

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