Simming Tips, Tricks, and Curiosities

Simming Tips #7: The Two Deadliest In-Game Items

Tired of fire, drowning, and Pufferfish Nigiri?
Well, should you have access to Seasons and/or Jungle Adventure, the deadliest items in The Sims 4 are just a grind away from holding a sim's life in your hands.

Let's start with the most straightforward of the two (very few bells and whistles):
1 - The Death-scented flower arrangement (Seasons)

Upon reaching level 9 of Flower Arranging, a sim can scent an arrangement using the Death Flower. These can be obtained by:

• Grafting (Orchid + Pomegranate)
  
• Alchemical Materials vendor stall - Casters Alley, Magic Realm ($1,200)
  
• Purchasing a 'Rare Plants' packet (Lvl 10 Gardening).
  

Once crafted, a sim can then gift it to another ("Give Flower Arrangement Gift" interaction), causing them to age up one lifestage per arrangement gifted. If the recipient is an elder when gifted the arrangement, it's an instant death sentence.
Notes:

• Vampires will age up if gifted the arrangement, but they stop at elderhood, due to an immunity to dying of old age.
  
• Scented arrangements can be cloned and copy-pastoed.
  

This encompasses both "Decay" and "Death".
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Next, let's talk about the most fun (for sadists) of the two:
2 - The Zazatototl Death Totem (Jungle Adventure)

This requires:

• A vacation to Selvadorada.
  
• A common, uncommon, or rare crystal.
  
• Either lvl 7 Archaeology and an archaeology table, or the "Send to Jeweler for Refinement" interaction ($25). This is for the crystal you'll want to use.
  
• Patience and determination.
  

The relics of the Omiscan spirits (Zazatototl, Totecallama, and Balampalsoh) come in 2 forms: Wooden and Golden.

• The wooden relics are made up of a top piece (each corresponding to one of the three spirits) and a base piece (each corresponding to one of three elements: "Chaos", "Watcher", or "Death"). This relic type breaks after a few uses.
  
• The golden relics are found with both parts already put together. This relic type never breaks, but is very rare.
  
• Both types can be found through fishing, searching treasure chests, text adventures, and archaeological excavation. Be sure to stock up on supplies and/or bring highly-skilled sims, as both will take perseverance to find and (in the case of the wooden ones) put together.
  

Once either a golden Zazatototl Death Relic has been found, or a Zazatototl Top and Death Base have been put together, slot in the refined crystal of your choice. The name doesn't matter, only the rarity.

• Common crystals will grant the power to cast an electrocution curse upon the target sim, which lasts for 3 days. If the sim survives one shock, they will be shocked again at intervals (without needing to re-cast). It usually doesn't take many of these for it to be fatal. Note that some victims can be lucky enough to outlive the curse. Simply re-cast and see if "lightning strikes twice" (so to speak).
  
• Uncommon crystals will grant the power to cast a "spontaneous combustion" curse upon the target sim. Should they fail to extinguish themself or be extinguished, they will burn to death. Should they be extinguished, they will re-ignite at intervals for 3 days.
  
• Rare crystals will grant the power to cast a poison curse upon the target. This will cause them to belch a vile green gas, put them in a dazed state, cause large, colourful spots all about their body, and will kill them within 3 days from the casting day and time. If not within the active household, this sim will have to be watched for the duration of the 3 days, as the cooldown glitches out if they zone away (This makes it more sinister, as it means you'll literally watch as they suffer and die).
  

Notes:

• All three variants can kill vampires.
  
• The Relics and bases can neither be cloned, nor copy-pastoed. You won't ever need more than one with a golden relic, but you'll have to find multiple tops and bases for wooden relics if you want to go on a world-wide killing spree.
  

This encompasses both "Suffering" and "Death".
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Final Notes:

• Whilst the flower arrangement has no cure (it fast-forwards the process of aging, rather than murdering a sim), the relics do.
  
• One can also buy ($1,000 on the computer), or have a native Selvadoradan craft the poison antidote for the rare stage (Ancient Bone Dust can be found whilst adventuring, or bought from vendors at level 5 Selvadoradan Culture skill).
  
• The Statue of Madre Cosecha can cure any curse ($250).